Fugazi Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Live performances of specific songs I thought I would share this reference tool that I have built. If you want to find out whether a song has ever been performed live, or whether it has been released on an official live CD or DVD/BR, this is the place for you. Songs are grouped chronologically by album (with distinct colours for each album). If a song name is red, like "Nymphomaniac Fantasia", then it has never been performed live by Nightwish (as far as I know, and with the help of setlist.fm). If a song name is bolded, like "Elvenpath", then not only it has been performed live, but it's also been recorded and released on an official CD (audio) or DVD/BR (video). Then my table is separated by singer eras, so for instance Tarja has sung "Elvenpath" live, Anette hasn't, and Floor has. A greyed out box means that a specific singer has never performed that song live. Moreover, the live album source is mentioned. For instance one can see that "Elvenpath" live has been released on From Wishes to Eternity (FWTE) with Tarja, and also on Decades Live (DL) with Floor. The last column denotes the year when a song has last been performed live, if it hasn't been performed during the "Floor era" (after 2012). Finally, yellow boxes stand for songs in the current tour rotation, that may potentially be recorded for future releases. Live album acronyms are: FWTE : From Wishes to Eternity EOI : End Of Innocence ONCE : Once Remastered HH : Highest Hopes Special Edition EOAE : End Of An Era MIHK : Made In Hong Kong STST : Showtime, Storytime EMFB : Endless Forms Most Beautiful Tour Edition VOS : Vehicle Of Spirit DL : Decades Live TIA : Virtual Live Show From The Islander Arms 2021 / Human :||: Nature Tour Edition Please send in any corrections-additions. Last update 2022-12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Adding on to this, I would like to make a list of the best fan or TV video recordings for songs that have no official DVD live recording. For instance, for Floor we have the following live songs (not counting the Human Nature songs which will probably see future DVD/BR releases): Wishmaster: Saitama 2016 ⭐ Over The Hills And Far Away: Buenos Aires 2012 ⭐ (released by the band directly to YouTube) Dead To The World: San Francisco 2012 The Siren: Sofia 2016 Higher Than Hope: San Diego 2012 Slow, Love, Slow: Fort Lauderdale 2012 Scaretale: London 2012 The Crow, The Owl And The Dove: Mexico 2012 No official DVD featuring Anette was ever released, so I will be listing the best source for every one of the songs that she sang live. There are a couple of professionally recorded shows (⭐) from this era though so that will help. Sacrament Of Wilderness: Wacken 2008 ⭐ Walking In The Air: Helsinki 2009 (Anette's only performance of this song) Sleeping Sun: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ She Is My Sin: Philadelphia 2007 Come Cover Me: Montreux 2012 ⭐ Wishmaster: Wacken 2008 ⭐ Dead Boy's Poem: Rotterdam 2009 Over The Hills And Far Away: Montreux 2012 ⭐ Dead To The World: Lowlands 2008 ⭐ Ever Dream: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Slaying The Dreamer: Helsinki 2008 Dark Chest Of Wonders: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Wish I Had An Angel: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Nemo: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Planet Hell: Montreux 2012 ⭐ Creek Mary's Blood: Sauget 2008 The Siren: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Romanticide: Helsinki 2009 ⭐ (training session) Ghost Love Score: Helsinki 2009 Higher Than Hope: New York City 2012 The Poet And The Pendulum: Gampel 2008 ⭐ Bye Bye Beautiful: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Amaranth: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Cadence Of Her Last Breath: Sidney 2008 ⭐ Eva: Montreal 2007 Sahara: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ Whoever Brings The Night: Novi Sad 2008 ⭐ The Islander: Sidney 2008 ⭐ 7 Days To The Wolves: Gampel 2008 ⭐ Meadows Of Heaven: Helsinki 2009 (the only live performance of this song) Escapist: Sibiu 2009 Taikatalvi/Storytime: Jyväskylä 2012 ⭐ (released by the band directly to YouTube) Ghost River: Milano 2012 Slow, Love, Slow: Montreux 2012 ⭐ I Want My Tears Back: Montreux 2012 ⭐ Scaretale: Jyväskylä 2012 ⭐ (released by the band directly to YouTube) Rest Calm: Salt Lake City 2012 (Anette's only performance and only video available, poor sound), Denver 2012 (sung by Marko alone) The Crow, The Owl and The Dove: Moscow 2012 Last Ride Of The Day: Montreux 2012 ⭐ Song Of Myself: Montreux 2012 ⭐ Tarja sang a number of songs for which official live recordings were never released. The Carpenter: Tavastia 1998 (only an audio recording is available) Astral Romance: Tavastia 1998, Helsinki 1999 (only audio recordings available) Angels Fall First: Tavastia 1998 (only an audio recording is available) Tutankhamen: Tavastia 1998 (only an audio recording is available) Know Why The Nightingale Sings: Torino 1999, Eno 1999 (the only 2 video recordings available) Stargazers: Liperi 1999 Gethsemane: Montreal 2000 Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean: Eno 1999 (the only video recording available) Passion And The Opera: Buenos Aires 2000 Crownless: Santiago 2000 (only played twice, only an audio recording is available) Sleepwalker: Helsinki 2000 ⭐ (the only live performance, during the Eurovision Finnish finals) Beauty Of The Beast: Amsterdam 2002 ⭐ Higher Than Hope: Minneapolis 2004 Feel free to send YouTube links, and I will go through the lists I have as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Making some progress finding suitable recordings of the songs that never made it to DVD. It's surprisingly difficult to find quality recordings of Floor singing the Imaginaerum-era songs like Slow, Love, Slow, Scaretale or The Siren. Anette singing Eva was also hard to find. If you know of better videos of any of the songs above, do let me know! Do you have a favourite version of Tarja singing Stargazers or Gethsemane? The latter was cut from the From Wishes to Eternity DVD, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 Ok my work here is done! 😉 The best possible live recordings of songs that didn't make it to the official DVD/BR releases. Sources of better material are always welcome, as you will notice some subpar recordings in the list. Some songs also don't have known video recordings for now, only audio. I was pretty certain that Tarja had sung Romanticide live, but it appears I was wrong. 🤔 Of note, recordings of Crownless live exist, but none are available on YouTube. Comments welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 The Nightwish singers have performed solo many of the band's songs, some of which they never sang live with the band! Here's a partial list that may be of interest. Don't dismiss it only because it's not officially Nightwish, there's some surprisingly good (and exclusive) stuff here! And yeah, there's some pretty bad stuff too! 😁 The "unlock" 🔓 symbol denotes songs never performed on stage with Nightwish. Tarja Turunen solo The Phantom Of The Opera: Savonlinna 2006 (with Raimo Sirkia) Dead Gardens: Unknown 2008 🔓 Angels Fall First: Miskolc 2010 White Night Fantasy: Ostrava 2010 🔓 Where Were You Last Night: Ostrava 2010 🔓 Beauty Of The Beast: Vizovice 2010 Erämaajärvi (Lappi part I): Tilburg 2010 🔓 Stargazers: Buenos Aires 2011 Wishmaster: Buenos Aires 2011 Over The Hills And Far Away: Wieze 2013 (with Floor Jansen) Swanheart: Unknown 2013 Tutankhamen*/Ever Dream/The Riddler*/Slaying The Dreamer medley: Clisson 2016 (*instrumental only) Planet Hell: Madrid 2020 Anette Olzon solo Kuolema tekee taiteilijan: Stockholm 2009 🔓 Meadows Of Heaven: Stockholm 2009 Last Ride Of The Day: Helsinki 2015 Bye Bye Beautiful: Israel 2015 Amaranth: Israel 2015 Meadows Of Heaven: Helsingborg(?) 2019 Floor Jansen solo She Is My Sin: s-Hertogenbosch 2006 (with After Forever) Ever Dream: Amsterdam 2021 Slow, Love, Slow: Amsterdam 2021 The Phantom Of The Opera: Amsterdam 2021 (with Henk Poort) Our Decades In The Sun: Amsterdam 2021 Élan: Amsterdam 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Man, Tarja did leave no stone unturned when planning her solo shows... 😮 I found out today that she even performed "Where Were You Last Night" (the Ankie Bagger cover she recorded with Nightwish 😬) and "Erämaajärvi" (first part of Lappi from the first album) in 2010 during her solo tour. See the post above for links to this and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Planet Hell is the only Nightwish song on Tarja's setlist for the current tour. I found this recording from last week in Rio de Janeiro, for old time's sake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartanguy83 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 On 12/27/2021 at 2:33 PM, Fugazi said: The Nightwish singers have performed solo many of the band's songs, some of which they never sang live with the band! Here's a partial list that may be of interest. Don't dismiss it only because it's not officially Nightwish, there's some surprisingly good (and exclusive) stuff here! And yeah, there's some pretty bad stuff too! 😁 The "unlock" 🔓 symbol denotes songs never performed on stage with Nightwish. Tarja Turunen solo The Phantom Of The Opera: Savonlinna 2006 (with Raimo Sirkia) Dead Gardens: Unknown 2008 🔓 Angels Fall First: Miskolc 2010 White Night Fantasy: Ostrava 2010 🔓 Where Were You Last Night: Ostrava 2010 🔓 Beauty Of The Beast: Vizovice 2010 Erämaajärvi (Lappi part I): Tilburg 2010 🔓 Stargazers: Buenos Aires 2011 Wishmaster: Buenos Aires 2011 Over The Hills And Far Away: Wieze 2013 (with Floor Jansen) Swanheart: Unknown 2013 Tutankhamen*/Ever Dream/The Riddler*/Slaying The Dreamer medley: Clisson 2016 (*instrumental only) Planet Hell: Madrid 2020 Anette Olzon solo Kuolema tekee taiteilijan: Stockholm 2009 🔓 Meadows Of Heaven: Stockholm 2009 Last Ride Of The Day: Helsinki 2015 Bye Bye Beautiful: Israel 2015 Amaranth: Israel 2015 Meadows Of Heaven: Helsingborg(?) 2019 Floor Jansen solo She Is My Sin: s-Hertogenbosch 2006 (with After Forever) Ever Dream: Amsterdam 2021 Slow, Love, Slow: Amsterdam 2021 The Phantom Of The Opera: Amsterdam 2021 🔓 (with Henk Poort) Our Decades In The Sun: Amsterdam 2021 🔓 Élan: Amsterdam 2021 This is great, thanks! Still working my through some older posts. Tons yet to view! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Still waiting for Floor's proper video recording of Our Decades In The Sun from AFAS, there's been a lull in the weekly releases! 🤨 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 With Floor singing 'The Phantom Of The Opera' with Nightwish tonight, I had to update a numbers of lists! For the record, Floor has performed 65 different Nightwish songs live, of which 53 have been released on DVD/BR over the years. Hopefully Tribal, Shoemaker and The Phantom will be also included on a future physical release! In case you're wondering, Tarja has performed live 49 different NW songs during her time in the band, and Anette almost as many -- 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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