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| Friday, July 15, 2005 - Nightwish news | The greatest export of the Finnish music industry, Nightwish, will once again up the ante in terms of how far a Finnish group can take their show. On October 21, Nightwish will bring their performance to the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. This is something a very few Finnish acts have accomplished and the magnitude of the show is second to none.
"Once Upon A Tour 2004-2005" has been selling out venues around the world for nearly 18 months and the group are now keen to end the tour on their home turf. At more than 150 shows on all continents, more than one million spectators have witnessed the Nightwish spectacle. The Hartwall Arena show will be their last before Nightwish take a lengthy break, estimated to last for at least 18 months, during which they will compose and record the follow-up to their highly successful "Once" album.
To add fuel to the fire, Nightwish have decided to film the show for future release as a full-length DVD. The director will be Antti Jokinen, who has previously worked with the group on the "Nemo" clip. The show will be recorded with 20 cameras, which is unheard of in Finland. But then again, not many bands have sold 2.5 million records and are able to present a spectacle featuring such an arsenal of sound, light, visuals and pyro effects.
Nightwish's last Finnish appearance before this summer's three festival shows took place at the Helsinki Icehall on December 26, 2004. It didn't take more than a few hours to sell out the 6,500-capacity venue.
The night at the Hartwall Arena will be kicked off by Sonata Arctica. The band will complement their ongoing Finnish festival tour with a 14-show European trek, which will take them through eight countries. In addition to this very special appearance, Sonata Arctica will only perform a few selected Finnish dates this year. The band's latest album, "Reckoning Night", has also been one the greatest success stories in Finnish metal.
Tickets for this unique event will go on sale on July 25 at 9:00 a.m. through Lippupalvelu.
The concert is presented in cooperation with Radio City, whose metal program, "Rautakanki", will offer special features and contests regarding this event, as well as SUE magazine, the biggest music magazine in Finland.
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