Edema Ruh

Save up…. Start saving now in fact.    It’s become very expensive in recent years.    Really silly expensive.  

One that I am aware of. ( all I can say is Edinburgh - and its  a nice venue.  ) 

1 hour ago, Edema Ruh said:

I’m just checking I have the right Johanna.  !!  In my excitement I forgot to acknowledge when I got the text.  !  

Yes.  It’s Johanna K   🙂.  

1 hour ago, Fugazi said:

Well I'm not surprised that they wouldn't come to North America -- for now! I do look forward to hear what they sound like live. At some point Troy mentioned wanting to play in churches and other quaint places, I wonder if in the end they went for more traditional venues.

I can con confirm that the uk part of the  will be in quaint / traditional  places.   At least 2 of them anyway. 😉 

I’m just checking I have the right Johanna.  !!  In my excitement I forgot to acknowledge when I got the text.  !  

A little update.   Johanna will be soon announcing a Finnish Christmas tour.  
 

impatiently waiting on dates !! 

A little off topic but on topic … so to speak 

Auri tour 2025.  Will be Europe only. 6 weeks long including 4 uk gigs.  
 

Sorry chums across the pond.   you’ll have to grow wings . 🙂 

14 hours ago, Fugazi said:

Hi Edemah Ruh, welcome to the forum!

Thanks for your insight, it's nice to hear that there are no hard feelings or any intention to break up the band in the near future. That and the 'multi-album' deal with Nuclear Blast will allay any fears of the band calling it quits.

So in 2025 it almost looks like a combined Auri+Altamullan Road tour! By that time the third Auri album will possibly have been released, so they will have plenty of material to pick from. I don't think that Auri will cross the pond to tour the US, unless as a support act for another group. Delain perhaps? Martijn Westerholt seems to be in very good terms with the Holopainen-Kurkela family.

i think Auri would be a little too large a troupe to be a support act.. though never say never...

I met the two Johannas at the Helsinki and Porvoo Altamullan road concerts recently..    absolutley fantactic concerts.. and such lovely people...   breath taking concerts...  absolutley breath taking..  I'd love to get to the Delain concerts, but logistically ,  a nightmare.... and costly...  too costly for me..    

HI.  I just stumbled upon this forum and thread  and hope you don't mind I joined up.

I am a personal friend of one of the members of Nightwish and have some insight into whats going on behind the scenes..   I was fortunate to meet up with most of the band in Helsinki at the Altamullan Road concert at the Savoy and had a superb chat with Troy, Tuomas and Jukka ( despite him being on crutches following an ice hokey " incident".  The band were in Helsinki to film videos for the new album and were able to attend the two Johannas' concert... ( which was incredible) . 

the New album is now complete as I write this and Troy, TUomas and Johanna are now writing Auri III material.

THe decision to take a hiatus from touring.. " the circus just got too big and tiring..  it's not just the show.. its the rehearsals, the travel, and the sheer size of Nightwish on tour..  after 3 years of not touring, getting back on the road was great,  but the circus can be overwhelming.. and as we  saw with Marko,  can lead to personal pressures that can get too much - we dont want ot break the band... We are human beings after all .. and each one of the "band" has their own side projects , so some time off to work on them is needed...."

The Auri tour in 25 will be on a smaller scale.. I've seen the list of some of the venues booked and they are much smaller than any Nightwish tour venues.. much smaller.  The "circus" will be smaller and the sets much simpler  too... the bad   the three of them.. Kai on drums, Johanna  and Mirko Iivaneinen supplementing the line up.. becase T,T & J can't play and sing  everything.. and the crew will similarly be much fewer in number.  I am not aware if there are any US gigs on the tour ( at the time i had my chat).

There may be some exciting things going in Finland over the year, but mostly  it is working on Auri III, ( though Altamullan Road are doing some support gigs for Delaine) and promotional work for the new album... 

I'm so looking forward to album 10...  but more so Auri III...  and Altamullan Road II