Voici une interview récente que Tuomas de NIGHTWISH a donné au magasine Classic Rock. Il est question dans cette interview de la sortie de scène de Anette lors d'un cobncert au Brésil et de sa décision de prendre un manager personnel.

 

Classic Rock: The "Dark Passion Play" tour began in October 2007. Is the finish line in sight?

Holopainen: "It's on the far horizon, maybe.. There's only another five months to go. It's been the band's longest and most exhausting tour; a real roller-coaster ride."

Classic Rock: By that you must mean Anette bursting into tears and walking off stage at a gig in Brazil last November (see video footage below), later claiming in an interview that "the stress and bad vibe within the band had reached a boiling point?"

Holopainen: "Yes, but I disagree about the bad vibe part. It was a combination of many different things. Everyone was getting along, but the schedule was too hard. The whole band, the technicians, everyone, was on the verge of collapse."

Classic Rock: What was meant by the explanation that Anette was "really not up to this kind of heavy shit right now"?

Holopainen: "She was being affected by a smoke machine, which isn't great for a singer. There were middle fingers in the front row, and some jerks were screaming the name of our former vocalist (Tarja Turunen). It all kind of closed in on her. But everybody's relaxed again now. We went home and had three months off the road. As simple as that."

Classic Rock: Did alarm bells ring when, echoing her predecessor, Olzon recently hired a personal manager (Swedish management company Hagenburg Management, which also represents EUROPE and THE CARDIGANS)?

Holopainen: "At the beginning I had a feeling of déjà vu. But when we discussed it I understood that she needs somebody who speaks her own language [Swedish]. Her manager is a very, very reasonable guy."

Classic Rock: How is she handling the fame?

Holopainen: "She has told me a couple of times that she might not be able to handle it, on top of her divorce. I've seen her close to collapse and it has scared me, so we are protecting her. There will be no more interviews."

 

Classic rock

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/nightwish-speak-out-about-vocalist-problems/

Voici aussi les premières minutes du DVD de Made In Hong Kong

Nightwish - Made in Hong Kong DVD Preview

NIGHTWISH était en concert à Londres au Brixton Academy le 11 mars 2009. Voici la set list :

01. 7 Days To The Wolves
02. Dead To The World
03. The Siren
04. Amaranth
05. Romanticide
06. Dead Boy's Poem / Walking In The Air
07. Sahara
08. Nemo
09. The Islander
10. The Poet And The Pendulum
11. Dark Chest Of Wonders
12. The Escapist
Encore:
13. Ghost Love Score
14. Wish I Had An Angel

 

7 days to the wolves

 

EDGUY était à Moscou le 8 mars 2009.

Voici la set-list :

1. Intro
   02. Dead Or Rock
   03. Speedhoven
   04. Tears Of A Mandrake
   05. Babylon
   06. The Pharao
   07. Ministry Of Saints
   08. Vain Glory Opera
   09. Drum Solo
   10. Pride Of Creation
   11. The Headless Game
   12. Save Me
   13. Superheroes
   Encore:
   14. Nine Lives
   15. Lavatory Lovemachine
   16. King Of Fools

photos ici :

http://www.darkside.ru/report/3734/

d'autres photos ici :

http://headbanger.ru/reports/1382?show_images=1

Ministry Of Saints

 

Pride Of Creation

Le célèbre site de Metal Finlandais a décerné ces awards 2008.
Voici quelques résultats en "vrac" :

Pour le meilleur groupe :
1 : H.I.M
2: Tarja Turunen
3 : NIGHTWISH

Meilleur chanteur/chanteuse de groupe
1 : Ville Valo (H.I.M)
2 : Tarja Turunen
3 : Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH/TAROT
4 : Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA)

Meilleur guitariste :
1 : Emppu Vuorinen (NIGHTWISH)

Meilleur batteur
1 : Jukka Nevalainen (NIGHTWISH)

Meilleur bassiste :
1 : Marco Hietala

Meileur claviériste :
1 : Tuomas Holopainen (NIGHTWISH)

Plus d'info ici :

http://www.metalfromfinland.com/awards

Spinefarm Records va sortir le single « Enough » avec un titre inédit « Wisdom Of Wind » de Tarja. Ces deux titres sont des nouveaux morceaux, Mias on ne sait pas encore s'ils figureront sur le futur nouvel album de Tarja. Voici la pochette de ce single.