AURI Debut Album Now In Pre-sale!

Johanna Kurkela, Tuomas Holopainen, and Troy Donockley – the charismatic protagonists behind AURI – take their eponymous debut on a fairytale journey through time and space, far from here and now reminding us of the fantastic adventures of Alice in Wonderland.

Release date: 23.3.2018

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NIGHTWISH WILL START THEIR 9-MONTH ”DECADES: WORLD TOUR” FROM NORTH AMERICA

NIGHTWISH WILL START THEIR 9-MONTH ”DECADES: WORLD TOUR” FROM NORTH AMERICA

In March 2018, symphonic metal legends NIGHTWISH will begin their 9-month-long ‘DECADES: WORLD TOUR 2018‘ starting with 34 shows in North America.

The band will have a very special setlist for the tour, featuring rarely heard material from the earlier era, and excitingly for both band and fans, they will revisit the old songs with some new twists.
This setlist will be a ‘one-off’ and only performed on this ‘DECADES: WORLD TOUR 2018’
Pre-sales will start on Monday, June 12th for most of these North American venues.

To accompany the tour, Nuclear Blast will release a 2CD compilation »Decades« on the 9th of March 2018. On the night of the show, every ticket holder will receive a copy of the 2CD as a memento of this unique tour.

NIGHTWISH

”DECADES: NORTH AMERICA 2018” tour dates:
09.03. USA Atlanta, GA – Tabernable
10.03. USA Charlotte, NC – The Filmore
12.03. USA Norfolk, VA – The Norva
13.03. USA Baltimore, MD – Lyric Theater
14.03. USA New York, NY – Playstation Theater
16.03. USA Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
17.03. USA Worcester, MA – The Palladium
18.03. USA Albany, NY – The Egg
20.03. CDN Montreal, QC – Metropolis
21.03. CDN Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
23.03. USA Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theatre
24.03. USA Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater
25.03. USA Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
26.03. USA Covington, KY – Madison Theater
28.03. USA Kalamazoo, MI – State Theatre
29.03. USA St. Louis, MO – Touhill Performing Arts Center
30.03. USA Minneapolis, MN – The Myth
31.03. USA Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
02.04. USA Omaha, NB – Sokol Auditorium
03.04. USA Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
05.04. CDN Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Aud
06.04. USA Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
07.04. CDN Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theater
08.04. USA Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
10.04. USA Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
12.04. USA Ventura, CA – The Majestic Ventura Theatre
13.04. USA San Jose, CA – City National Civic
14.04. USA Anaheim, CA – City National Grove
15.04. USA Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
17.04. USA Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
18.04. USA Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
19.04. USA Mobile, AL – Saenger Theater
21.04. USA St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing
22.04. USA Miami, FL – Olympia Theater

For more information and to buy tickets, please visit ‘Entervault,com’

If more dates are added they will be updated here.

In December last year, NIGHTWISH released their double-DVD »Vehicle Of Spirit« with their shows at London’s Wembley Arena and in Tampere. In case you missed it, you can order it now here: »Vehicle Of Spirit«

Order it from the NIGHTWISH shop: >>  NIGHTWISH shop

More on »Vehicle Of Spirit«:

Shudder Before The Beautiful’ Live at Wembley Arena

‘Alpenglow’ Live at Wembley Arena:

‘Stargazers’ Live in Tampere:

‘My Walden’ Live in Tampere:

For Further Information

Nightwish Official Website 

Nightwish Official Facebook Page

Nuclear Blast Official Nightwish Profile

 

Arjen A. Lucassen Annouances Ayreon Universe

What is Ayreon Universe?

Ayreon Universe is Ayreon live in concert for the first time ever, organized and arranged by Arjen A. Lucassen and Joost van den Broek.

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Ayreon Universe is happening September 15 & 16 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, featuring a special appearance by Arjen Lucassen. Ayreonauts take notice and mark September 15 and 16 of 2017 in your calendars! These are the days that you can experience AYREON LIVE for the first time ever! There will be no less than 16 original Ayreon singers including backing vocals, as well as a hand-picked band of 8 of the best instrumentalists.The Ayreon Universe set list features selected songs from all Ayreon albums plus a selection of Star One songs.

 
Arjen will make a special appearance performing live on stage.
Vocalists
Floor Jansen – Nightwish
Russell Allen – Symphony X
Damian Wilson – Threshold
Hansi Kürsch – Blind Guardian
Tommy Karevik – Kamelot
Anneke van Giersbergen – The Gentle Storm
Marco Hietala – Nightwish
Jonas Renkse – Katatonia
Mike Mills – Toehider
Marcela Bovio – Stream of Passion
Irene Jansen – Ayreon
Robert Soeterboek – Star One
Edward Reekers – Kayak
Jan van Feggelen – Ayreon
Magali Luyten – Nightmare
Lisette van den Berg – Scarlet Stories
Instrumentalists
Ed Warby – Drums
Johan van Stratum – Bass
Marcel Coenen – Lead guitar
Ferry Duijsens – Guitar
Joost van den Broek – Keyboards
Ben Mathot – Violin
Jeroen Goossens – Flutes, woodwinds
Maaike Peterse – Cello