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Imaginaerum World Tour

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Imaginaerum World Tour
Tour by Nightwish
Poster for the concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, scheduled to April 10, 2012
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumImaginaerum
Start dateJanuary 19, 2012
End dateAugust 11, 2013
Legs9
No. of shows104
Nightwish concert chronology

The Imaginaerum World Tour was a concert tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, in support of their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum.[1]

The tour started in Los Angeles, USA, on January 21, 2012,[2] and then the band played an arena tour in Europe between March and May,[3] and the group has also performed in North and Latin America later that year. In 2013, the band performed in Asia and Oceania, finishing the tour with festival shows in Europe, in a 104 concert tour that finished on August 11, 2013.[4]

A "secret" concert under the pseudonym "Rubber Band of Wolves" was held at the Key Club in Hollywood, California, on January 19, 2012.[5]

On September 28 in Denver, Colorado, Anette was rushed to the hospital and missed the show that night. Kamelot backup vocalists Elize Ryd and Alissa White-Gluz stepped in and performed five songs.[6] Anette did her final show on the September 29th show in Salt Lake City, before parting ways with the band on October 1. Floor Jansen replaced Olzon on the remainder of the tour.[7]

Set list

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The following set list was performed at a concert during the 70000 Tons of Metal festival, but has since had alterations to it:

Notes
Anette Olzon was replaced by Dutch singer Floor Jansen (pictured) in 2012, during the North American leg of the tour.

One of the band's performances during the 70000 Tons of Metal festival included the song "Dead to the World" and another performance included "Romanticide."

When the band kicked off the first leg of their tour in March, the set list remained mostly unchanged, but with "Finlandia" moved to the beginning of the encore and "Taikatalvi" inserted to open the show. "The Siren" would occasionally be replaced with "Ever Dream" or "Dead to the World".

Starting with the concert held on March 4, "The Poet and the Pendulum" and "Over the Hills and Far Away" were moved up to close the show, and "Song of Myself" and "Last Ride of the Day" were moved down to serve as the encore.

The concert held on March 9, 2012, at the Paviljonki Areena in Jyväskylä, Finland included the world premiere of the song "Ghost River" following "Planet Hell". The following concert on March 10 included "Dead to the World" in place of "The Poet and the Penedulum". These songs have been used later on.

The concert held on March 17, 2012, in Ukraine included "Come Cover Me".[8] The song was played between Scaretale and The Siren. The song was performed again on April 13, 2012 in the Netherlands, and remained part of the set list until April 16. On these dates, "The Siren" was not played, and "Come Cover Me" was played between "I Want My Tears Back" and "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" with Marco's voice on the chorus, new arrangements and Troy playing.[9] This altered setlist was used again on April 21, remaining that way through May 3.

On 5 May 2012, "Dark Chest of Wonders" was played following "Ghost River", with "Dead to the World" played in place of "The Siren". "Dead to the World" was returned to its proper place in the set on 6 May, but "Ever Dream" was played in place of "The Siren".

Nightwish kicked off its North American Tour on September 12, 2012, with a few changes to the set list. "Roll Tide" was played as the intro instead of "Taikatalvi", "Dead to the World" was played in place of "The Siren", and "Dark Chest of Wonders" was played in place of "Ghost River".

The second performance in Atlanta, United States, on September 13, 2012, of the beginning North-American Tour included "Higher Than Hope"[10] played before "Over the Hills and Far Away", only played four times before with Anette Olzon. This show also included "The Siren" instead of "Dead to the World" and "Ghost River" instead of "Dark Chest of Wonders", and excluded "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove".

The concert held on 15 September 2012, in the Beacon Theatre, New York included "Escapist" played in place of "Planet Hell".

The concert held on 16 September 2012 featured "7 Days to the Wolves" played instead of "Planet Hell", with "Planet Hell" played instead of "Scaretale". This show was also the last to feature "The Siren" instead of "Dead to the World", which was played in place of "Higher Than Hope" for this performance.

From September 17, 2012 onward, the set list reverted to its format at the start of the North American tour, but with "Ghost River" played in place of "Dark Chest of Wonders". "Dark Chest of Wonders" was played after "Ghost River" on September 21; "Dead to the World" was replaced with "7 Days to the Wolves" on the same date.

"7 Days to the Wolves" was played in place of "Scaretale" on September 23 and 24.

On September 24, 25 and 27, "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" was omitted and "Dark Chest of Wonders" was played following "Ghost River". The concert held on September 27 also included "The Siren" played in place of "Dead to the World".

Olzon was hospitalized due to illness during the concert held on September 28, 2012 in Denver, Colorado, so Elize Ryd and Alissa White-Gluz of Kamelot filled in on vocals. The shortened set list included the world premiere of "Rest Calm".

The concert held on September 29 omitted "Dead to the World" and included "Rest Calm" after "Ghost River".

Following the departure of Anette Olzon on October 1, 2012, Floor Jansen agreed to continue touring with the group. The set list featuring Jansen was largely unchanged from that featuring Olzon, but with "Dark Chest of Wonders" following "Wish I Had an Angel", "Slow, Love, Slow" and "Over the Hills and Far Away" omitted, and "Song of Myself" and "Last Ride of the Day" moved up to follow "Ghost River", meaning the band no longer performed an encore.

"Slow, Love, Slow" was reintroduced into the set list on October 3, 2012 following "Dead to the World", with "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" removed.

The concert held on October 6, 2012, included "Higher Than Hope" played following "Ghost River" and omitted "Dead to the World".

Beginning October 7, 2012, "Dead to the World" was replaced with "Ever Dream".

The concert held on 10 October 2012, at Emo's, in Austin, Texas, included "Ghost Love Score" played following "Song of Myself"; "Scaretale" was not played. This change in the set list was used in later shows.

Beginning October 11, "Wish I Had an Angel" and "Dark Chest of Wonders" were switched in the set.

"The Siren" was played first time with Floor at Birmingham on 6 November 2012.

"Arabesque" was played first time at Hartwall Arena, Finland, and featured fire dancers.[11] The first public screening of Imaginaerum took place after the concert.

"Wishmaster" was played first time with Floor at Mexico City on 29 November 2012.

"7 Days to the Wolves" was played first time with Floor at Adelaide on 18 January 2013.

Tour dates

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List of 2012 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support act(s)[12]
Date City Country Venue Support Act(s)
January 19, 2012 Los Angeles United States Key Club —
January 21, 2012 Gibson Amphitheatre Amorphis
January 23, 2012 Miami 70000 Tons of Metal —
March 2, 2012 Joensuu Finland Areena Poisonblack
March 3, 2012 Sotkamo Vuokattihalli
March 4, 2012 Oulu Teatria 25
March 9, 2012 Jyväskylä Paviljönki Areena
March 10, 2012 Helsinki Ice Hall
March 11, 2012 Tampere Ice Hall
March 14, 2012 Saint Petersburg Russia Lensoveta Culture Palace —
March 15, 2012 Moscow Crocus City Hall
March 17, 2012 Kyiv Ukraine MVC Arena
April 10, 2012 Gothenburg Sweden Lisebergshallen Battle Beast
April 11, 2012 Copenhagen Denmark Falconer Amphitheatre Battle Beast
Eklipse
April 13, 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
April 14, 2012 Düsseldorf Germany ISS Dome
April 16, 2012 Brussels Belgium Forest National Arena
April 17, 2012 Paris France Palais Omnisports
April 18, 2012 Nantes Le Zénith
April 20, 2012 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
April 21, 2012 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
April 23, 2012 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle
April 24, 2012 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
April 25, 2012 Milan Italy Datch Forum di Assago
April 27, 2012 Vienna Austria Gasometer
April 29, 2012 Budapest Hungary Sports Arena
April 30, 2012 Prague Czech Republic Tesla Arena
May 1, 2012 Leipzig Germany Arena
May 3, 2012 Hamburg Color Line Arena
May 5, 2012 Nuremberg Arena
May 6, 2012 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 8, 2012 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall
June 2, 2012 Warsaw Poland Ursynalia Festival —
June 8, 2012 Leicestershire England Download Festival
June 10, 2012 Nickelsdorf Austria Nova Rock Festival
June 15, 2012 Seinäjoki Finland Provinssirock
June 30, 2012 Letisko Piešťany Slovakia Topfest
July 5, 2012 Gävle Sweden Getaway Rock Festival
July 7, 2012 Turku Finland Ruisrock
July 12, 2012 Montreux Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival
July 14, 2012 Vizovice Czech Republic Masters of Rock
July 21, 2012 Benicàssim Spain Costa de Fuego Festival
July 28, 2012 Kuopio Finland RockCock
August 5, 2012 Colmar France Foire Aux Vins
August 25, 2012 Trondheim Norway Sverresborg Arena Triosphere
September 12, 2012 Atlanta United States Center Stage Kamelot
September 13, 2012
September 15, 2012 New York City Beacon Theatre
September 16, 2012 Philadelphia Electric Factory
September 17, 2012 Worcester Palladium
September 19, 2012 Montreal Canada Cepsum Arena
September 20, 2012 Toronto Sound Academy
September 21, 2012 Columbus United States Newport Hall
September 23, 2012 Royal Oak Music Theatre
September 24, 2012 Chicago Congress Theater
September 25, 2012 Sauget Pop's Club
September 27, 2012 Kansas City Beaumont Club
September 28, 2012 Denver Ogden Theatre
September 29, 2012 Salt Lake City Complex Hall
October 1, 2012 Seattle The Showbox
October 2, 2012 Portland Crystal Ballroom
October 3, 2012 San Francisco Warfield Theatre
October 5, 2012 Anaheim City National Grove
October 6, 2012 San Diego House of Blues
October 7, 2012 Phoenix Marquee Theatre
October 9, 2012 Oklahoma City Diamond Ballroom
October 10, 2012 Austin Emo's Club
October 11, 2012 New Orleans House of Blues
October 13, 2012 Fort Lauderdale Revolution Club
October 14, 2012 Lake Buena Vista House of Blues
November 4, 2012 Manchester England Apollo Theatre Pain[13]
November 5, 2012 London Brixton Academy
November 6, 2012 Birmingham O2 Birmingham
November 7, 2012 Glasgow Scotland O2 Glasgow
November 10, 2012 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena —
November 28, 2012 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropolitan
November 29, 2012
December 1, 2012 San Juan Puerto Rico Anfiteatro Tito Puente
December 3, 2012 San José Costa Rica Peppers Klubi
December 5, 2012 Lima Peru Plaza San Miguel
December 9, 2012 Porto Alegre Brazil Clube Opinião Save Our Souls[14]
December 10, 2012 Rio de Janeiro Circo Voador Tierramystica[15]
December 12, 2012 São Paulo Credicard Hall
December 14, 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Flores Abrasantia[16]
December 15, 2012
List of 2013 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support act(s)[12]
Date City Country Venue Support Act(s)
January 4, 2013 Brisbane Australia Arena Eyefear[17]
January 8, 2013 Auckland New Zealand Studio Club Naquadah[18]
January 11, 2013 Sydney Australia Enmore Theatre Sabaton[19]
January 14, 2013 Melbourne Palace Theatre
January 15, 2013
January 18, 2013 Adelaide HQ Complex Black Majesty[20]
January 20, 2013 Perth Metropolis Fremantle
May 21, 2013 Osaka Japan Namba Hatch —
May 23, 2013 Nagoya Diamond Hall
May 24, 2013 Tokyo Ebisu Liquid Club
May 25, 2013 Studio Coast Liv Moon[21]
June 8, 2013 Tampere Finland Sauna Open Air —
June 15, 2013 Interlaken Switzerland Greenfield Festival
June 30, 2013 Helsinki Finland Tuska Open Air
July 4, 2013 Byblos Lebanon Byblos International Festival
July 11, 2013 Lakselv Norway Midnattsrocken
July 13, 2013 Joensuu Finland Ilosaarirock
July 20, 2013 Vuokatti Sotkamon Syke Festival
July 27, 2013 Liberec Czech Republic Benatska Noc Fest
August 3, 2013 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air
August 10, 2013 Kortrijk Belgium Alcatraz Festival
August 11, 2013 Hildesheim Germany M'era Luna Festival

Personnel

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Nightwish

Additional musicians

* filled in as vocalist during the September 28, 2012 show in Denver, Colorado while Anette Olzon was hospitalized due to illness.[22][23][24]

References

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  1. ^ "Imaginaerum Latest News". Nightwish. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
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  4. ^ "Nightwish: European Tour Dates Announced". RoadRunner Records. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
  5. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET – NIGHTWISH Plays 'Secret' Gig in Hollywood; Photos, Video Footage Available". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
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  8. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Nightwish Kiev(Киев) 17.03.12 Imaginaerum live". YouTube.
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Nightwish – Come Cover Me live HMH, The Netherlands 13-4-2012 Amsterdam". YouTube.
  10. ^ "Nightwish 11 Atlanta, GA 9 13 12 – Higher Than Hope". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
  11. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Nightwish – Hartwall Areena: Arabesque (Fire dancers)". YouTube.
  12. ^ a b "Tour: Past shows". Nightwish.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Reviews and photos of Nightwish+Pain- Manchester, Apollo". Metal-Discovery.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Nightwish: proporcionando um show belíssimo em Porto Alegre" (in Portuguese). Whiplash.net. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Nightwish: banda acerta em cheio no repertório em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Whiplash.net. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Nightwish: Latin America Tour 2012" (in Portuguese). DynamoProd.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Nightwish at The Arena, Brisbane". Pinterest. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Nightwish live in New Zealand in 2023". UnderTheRadar. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Sabaton announce one exclusive headline Australia show in Melbourne, 13 January 2013". MayTheRockBeWithYou. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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  21. ^ "Review of the FINLAND FEST 2013". ToniMattiKarjalainen. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  22. ^ Blabbermouth.net (September 29, 2012). "KAMELOT Backing Singers Fill In For NIGHTWISH Frontwoman In Denver". Blabbermouth. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  23. ^ Blabbermouth.net (September 29, 2012). "NIGHTWISH Singer Explains Denver Concert Absence". Blabbermouth. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
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