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22.02.2010 - Nightmail is back!

It has been long since the last round of Nightmail, so we have decided to finally break the silence. Since everything in the Nightwish camp is rather quiet at the moment, we will do things a bit different this year:
Instead of individual rounds of questions, you can ask questions to any member of the band, their crew or the management. The first Nightmail will be next month, more rounds to follow throughout the year. As always, the answers to your questions will be posted on the website in the following month.

» Nightmail
19.01.2010 - "The Islander" t-shirt (update)

Season Of Mist's "The Islander" t-shirt is now also available from the Nightwish-Shop. Follow the link below.

» Nightwish-Shop
24.12.2009 - Merry Christmas!

Nightwish and Crew wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2010!
08.12.2009 - New "The Islander" t-shirt

Season Of Mist have designed an exclusive "The Islander" t-shirt which is available only in France and through their own e-shop. Take a closer look now and hint your personal Santa towards the link below!

» Season Of Mist e-shop

21.10.2009 - Nightwish to record a new song in Finnish!

Nightwish is showing respect for Finnish singer/songwriter veteran Jaakko Teppo by recording his song “Hilma ja Onni” in Finnish. Jaakko Teppo is well known in Finland of his humorous protest songs associated with the labor movement. 15 years ago a serious illness forced Jaakko Teppo to withdraw from the stages. Today many of the brightest stars in Finland are honoring Jaakko Teppo’s legacy for Finnish music culture by recording his songs on tribute album "Pörsänmäen Sanomat". Nightwish's rendition of “Hilma ja Onni” is available on iTunes & CDON.COM and the album "Pörsänmäen Sanomat – Tribuutti Jaakko Tepolle" can be ordered through www.fanzone.fi/jaakkoteppo.

The profit of the sales is directed to Jaakko Teppo. Thank you for your support!
08.10.2009 - Magnificent 8 CD boxset is now on presale!

Magnificent 8 CD boxset is now on presale at Nightwish-Shop. Check the details and order yours! Available also with exclusive T-shirt and Girlie-shirt!

The year 2006 began with good news for Nightwish: Their "Highest Hopes" Best-Of compilation had not only crossed the Finnish Double Platinum mark of 60,000 sold copies, it was also Finland's best-selling album of 2005, having sold more than 65,000 times. With the media frenzy finally slowing down, the band members found time to concentrate on the important things again. Tuomas had already written the majority of the new songs, Emppu recorded some new tunes with the Finnish hard rock band Brother Firetribe, Marco returned to the Tarot camp to record the eagerly awaited album "Crows Fly Black" and Jukka had his own business projects going on.

 

In March, Nightwish brought home two prizes from the Emma Gaala. The band was awarded an Emma as "Best Finnish Artist 2005" and one for "Most Sold Album 2005". In the same month, the band officially started to look for a new vocalist through an open call for auditions on their website. In April, the Finnish music video awards, the Muuvi, brought more happy news to Nightwish. The jury awarded the band a Silver Muuvi for their "Sleeping Sun" video, shot in 2005. The video also made it to the second place in the public voting. May finally brought two long-expected releases. The Nightwish book, written by Mape Ollila, was released in Finland. Shortly after, Nightwish's second full-length live DVD "End Of An Era" was released and reached gold status in Finland after just one day. It was later certified gold in Germany and France as well. In the following weeks, the band retreated to their summer camp to rehearse the new songs and have a good summer. Meanwhile, the media kept themselves busy with unending speculations about the new singer.

 

In September, Nightwish went to the studio to begin recording the next album.

 

The auditions for the position as new lead singer ended in mid-January. All in all, the band had received and listened to more than 2,000 demos from singers from all over the world. Exciting news that was followed by the announcement of the first new live shows, scheduled to happen in the USA and Canada in October and November.

 

On May 24th, all speculating and waiting was put to an end when Nightwish introduced their new lead singer, Anette Olzon. Within minutes, the news was all over websites and news stations around the world. One day later, the first single "Eva" was released as an internet-only single. The single's entire revenue was donated to a children's charity.

 

In June, the band went to Los Angeles to shoot two videos for their upcoming singles "Amaranth" and "Bye Bye Beautiful". Both were directed by the renown Finnish director Antti Jokinen, who had already worked with Nightwish for their "Nemo" video. "Amaranth" was released in August and sold gold in just two days in Finland. It made good charts positions all across Europe and went straight to the top of the single charts in Finland, Hungary and Spain.

 

The new album "Dark Passion Play" was released in late September and had a very successful start all across the world. It was awarded double platinum in Finland after just two days and received four more gold awards so far. The album entered the charts at the top position in several countries. The world tour is booked, first shows already sold out, the new era has begun...

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