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And so concludes another leg of the Human. :||: Nature World Tour. As the band always says, and this is something I will have said before and will say always... "We Were Here!" Next up: 70,000 Tons of Metal 🚢 All aboard! 🤘

Looks like the band have announced two final Germany shows for the tour, as they just concluded their Germany shows on the European leg. These shows will be taking place in both Berlin and Gelsenkirchen in June 2023.

Stuttgart setlist is taking longer than usual too. Will leave this as a template. Feel free to change if there is anything different. Stuttgart 2022-12-18: Noise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM2MhINwz-0 Storytime Tribal Élan 7 Days to the Wolves Dark Chest of Wonders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCWhaXJx7nw Harvest I Want My Tears Back Sahara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7O8nDcjZes Our Decades In The Sun (acoustic) Nemo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKEzmOVV3h4 Shoemaker Last Ride of the Day Ghost Love Score https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwL1C9291M The Greatest Show on Earth Ad Astra Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX-JP-lohRX1md7PH923KTHfxir98sAj Only two shows left for the European leg! Next up: Budapest!

It'll definitely be interesting to hear "Procession" live in concert. It's probably too much to bet, but I'm hoping to have my fingers crossed for the band to perform the first disc of Human. :II: Nature. in its entirety at the Kitee show, but at the same time, am not holding my breath on that.

Kamelot will be starting their upcoming tour in support of their new album which still hasn't come out, but has been said by the band that it is coming out in March 2023. The new tour called Awaken the World will feature special guests like Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion. This will be after their Latin American tour with Turilli / Lione Rhapsody in February - which will have Melissa Bonny from Ad Infinitum touring with them.

New music video is going to be premiered on the 20th this month for the song "The Fire Within". So it's not listenable just yet.

Zurich setlist is taking a bit longer than usual. I shall leave a template setlist of recent performances here. If there are any changes, feel free to make those changes. Zurich 2022-12-16: Noise Storytime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ooZrYluOU Tribal Élan 7 Days to the Wolves Dark Chest of Wonders Harvest I Want My Tears Back Sahara Our Decades In The Sun (acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2pPyhNMtdE Nemo Shoemaker Last Ride of the Day Ghost Love Score The Greatest Show on Earth Ad Astra

You almost had me there! I thought they would have performed "Pan", but this is a bigger surprise. Found out that it is an acoustic version of the song:

The book is now available in the German language: https://www.backstagerockshop.com/collections/nightwish/products/nightwish-we-were-here-buch-auf-deutsch?_pos=5&_fid=ee37d5eed&_ss=c

I'd practically be begging for them to play "Pan" or "Beauty of the Beast". if it comes to special songs. For special guests, I can see Marko Hietala, Jukka Nevalainen or Sami Vanska joining to perform at least one song like the 20th anniversary concert back in 2016, though I admit it would be cool to see Tony Kakko joining for a performance of "Astral Romance" if they perform that one.

I was thinking that! I can see them recording the Kitee show for this tour.

Setlist for the Frankfurt show. Frankfurt 2022-12-09: Noise Storytime Tribal Élan 7 Days to the Wolves Dark Chest of Wonders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROJVlC-ULdE Harvest I Want My Tears Back Nemo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM4ihK89uUo How's the Heart? (acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsw-cfeHX5w Sahara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFl0Aqas_-0 Shoemaker Last Ride of the Day Ghost Love Score The Greatest Show on Earth Ad Astra Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX-JP-lohRUB6bP-6aqV0VpHThv7WQuP

Tuomas has confirmed that the new album will have orchestra and choirs, and it will be the London Orchestra like the other albums. He went on to say that the recording studios are already booked. http://metalchestofwonders.com/en/interview/tuomas-holopainen-nightwish-2022-11-30

Reading Tuomas' end of November interview, according to him, the Amsterdam shows were recorded but there will be no DVD. 😢 The band will instead release the music from that show at some point, though the idea of recording came two weeks before the shows. With that, "The Phantom of the Opera" performed in Amsterdam was Floor's idea, after the positive reception given at her performance at Beste Zangers. http://metalchestofwonders.com/en/interview/tuomas-holopainen-nightwish-2022-11-30

Tuomas Holopainen has stated in a recent interview with Metal Chest of Wonders that Eye of Melian's Legends of Light is his favorite album of 2022. http://metalchestofwonders.com/en/interview/tuomas-holopainen-nightwish-2022-11-30

Tuomas recently had an interview with Metal Chest of Wonders and he had some things to say. I'll leave it below. http://metalchestofwonders.com/en/interview/tuomas-holopainen-nightwish-2022-11-30

A new single and music video for the self-titled song on the new album, "The Wonders Still Awaiting", will be released tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing it. I've got my fingers crossed that Delain and Xandria will co-headline North America together next year.

Looks like the shows in Asia have been postponed... again! But fortunately, it isn't due to what was going for the past two years. Floor Jansen has to undergo radiation therapy, which means no shows in Asia for January. However, a statement has been made that the team are working to reschedule the tour dates. Also, Nightwish are set to perform in Greece for the Release Athens Festival on June 7, 2023. Back in Greece again after a long while. I know a Lithuania fanpage on FB that are getting hopeful that there will be a show in Lithuania in June.

I watched this film back in high school. Really enjoyable experience, though it took a few watches to understand the message the film was telling me.