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End of an Era
End of an Era
Video by Nightwish
Released	1 June 2006
Recorded	21 October 2005
Venue	Hartwall Arena (Helsinki, Finland)
Length	103:10
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Tero Kinnunen; Tuomas Holopainen; Marko Hietala;
Nightwish live album chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Ultimate Guitar	^[2]

End of an Era is a DVD and double CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, on 21 October 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was joined on-stage by John Two-Hawks, who performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as an introduction to "Creek Mary's Blood", which featured his voice and cedar flutes. End of an Era is the final Nightwish production to feature Tarja Turunen on vocals. She was dismissed by a letter after this concert.^[3]

In addition to original Nightwish songs, three significant covers appear, their known cover of Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away", Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", and a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes".

The running time of the concert is 1 hour and 43 minutes. The DVD also contains a 55-minute documentary about the fifteen days prior to the concert, A Day Before Tomorrow, and a photo gallery.

The Blu-ray Disc version was released on 29 May 2009.

Track listing

DVD edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Red Warrior" (Intro from The Last Samurai soundtrack) / "Dark Chest of Wonders"	Tuomas Holopainen	Intro: Hans Zimmer / Holopainen	5:08
2.	"Planet Hell"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:45
3.	"Ever Dream"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:45
4.	"The Kinslayer"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:09
5.	"The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)	Charles Hart · Richard Stilgoe	Andrew Lloyd Webber	5:12
6.	"The Siren"	Holopainen	Holopainen · Emppu Vuorinen	4:53
7.	"Sleeping Sun"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:55
8.	"High Hopes" (Pink Floyd cover)	David Gilmour · Polly Samson	Gilmour	6:54
9.	"Bless the Child"	Holopainen	Holopainen	6:25
10.	"Wishmaster" (Including the intro to "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden)	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:44
11.	"Slaying the Dreamer"	Holopainen	Holopainen · Vuorinen	4:44
12.	"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:13
13.	"Nemo"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:46
14.	"Ghost Love Score"	Holopainen	Holopainen	10:29
15.	"Stone People" (Performed by John Two-Hawks)	John Two-Hawks	Two-Hawks	4:09
16.	"Creek Mary's Blood" (feat. John Two-Hawks)	Holopainen	Holopainen	8:39
17.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover)	Gary Moore	Moore	5:26
18.	"Wish I Had an Angel" / "All of Them" (Outro from the King Arthur soundtrack)	Holopainen	Holopainen / Outro: Zimmer	7:52

CD edition disc 1
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Red Warrior" (Intro from The Last Samurai soundtrack) / "Dark Chest of Wonders"	Tuomas Holopainen	Intro: Hans Zimmer / Holopainen	5:08
2.	"Planet Hell"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:45
3.	"Ever Dream"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:45
4.	"The Kinslayer"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:09
5.	"The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)	Charles Hart · Richard Stilgoe	Andrew Lloyd Webber	5:12
6.	"The Siren"	Holopainen	Holopainen · Emppu Vuorinen	4:53
7.	"Sleeping Sun"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:55
8.	"High Hopes" (Pink Floyd cover)	David Gilmour · Polly Samson	Gilmour	6:54
9.	"Bless the Child"	Holopainen	Holopainen	6:25
10.	"Wishmaster" (Including the intro to "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden)	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:44

CD edition disc 2
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Slaying the Dreamer"	Holopainen	Holopainen · Vuorinen	4:44
2.	"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:13
3.	"Nemo"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:46
4.	"Ghost Love Score"	Holopainen	Holopainen	10:29
5.	"Stone People" (Performed by John Two-Hawks)	John Two-Hawks	Two-Hawks	4:09
6.	"Creek Mary's Blood" (feat. John Two-Hawks)	Holopainen	Holopainen	8:39
7.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover)	Gary Moore	Moore	5:26
8.	"Wish I Had an Angel" / "All of Them" (Outro from the King Arthur soundtrack)	Holopainen	Holopainen / Outro: Zimmer	7:52

Chart performance

The DVD was released on 1 June 2006 in Finland and on 2 June 2006 in Germany. After only one day on sale, the DVD was certified gold in Finland, and later sold platinum.^[4]^[5] End of an Era also was Platinum in Germany^[6] and Gold in France^[7] and on 2009 in Switzerland.^[8]

Chart	Peak position
Austrian DVD Chart	2^[9]
Austrian Albums Chart	41^[9]
Belgian Ultratop 50	40^[10]
Dutch DVD Chart	3^[11]
Finnish DVD Chart	1^[12]
Finnish Albums Chart	6^[13]
French CD+DVD Chart	24^[14]
German CD+DVD Chart	3^[15]
Hungarian DVD Chart	1^[16]
Norwegian Albums Chart	35^[17]
Japanese DVD Chart	158^[18]
Spanish DVD Chart	2^[11]
Swedish Albums Chart	35^[19]
Swiss CD+DVD Chart	18^[20]
UK Rock Chart	7^[11]
UK Indie Chart	8^[11]
UK DVD Chart	115^[11]