Imaginaerum World Tour

Imaginaerum World Tour

Tour by Nightwish
A poster for the concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, scheduled to April 10, 2012.
Associated album	Imaginaerum
Start date	January 19, 2012
End date	August 11, 2013
Legs	9
Number of shows	104 28 in North America 55 in Europe 10 in Latin America 7 in Oceania 4 in Asia 1 cancellations
Nightwish concert chronology

Imaginaerum World Tour is the fifth world 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 will play an arena tour in Europe between March and May,^[3] and the group is also expected play in North and Latin America later that year and in Asia, Oceania and possibly Africa the following year, in a 100 concert tour.^[4]

To date, there are 88 concerts confirmed.^[5]

A "secret" concert under the pseudonym "Rubber Band of Wolves" was held at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA, on January 19, 2012.^[6]

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.^[7] Anette did her final show on the September 29th show in Salt Lake City, Utah, before parting ways with the band on October 1. Floor Jansen replaced Olzon on the remainder of the tour.^[8]

Setlist

Songs performed throughout the tour 

• "Taikatalvi"
• "Storytime"
• "Ghost River"
• "Slow, Love, Slow"
• "I Want My Tears Back"
• "Scaretale"
• "Arabesque"
• "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
• "Last Ride of the Day"
• "Song of Myself"
• "Imaginaerum" (playback outro)
• "Amaranth"
• "The Islander"
• "Last of the Wilds"
• "7 Days to the Wolves"
• "Dark Chest of Wonders"
• "Wish I Had an Angel"
• "Nemo"
• "Planet Hell"
• "The Siren"
• "Higher Than Hope"
• "Dead to the World"
• "Ever Dream"
• "Over the Hills and Far Away"
• "Finlandia"
• "Roll Tide" (playback intro)

Only with Anette Olzon

• "Come Cover Me"
• "Rest Calm"
• "The Poet and the Pendulum"

Only with Floor Jansen

• "Bless The Child"
• "She Is My Sin"
• "Romanticide"
• "Wishmaster"
• "Ghost Love Score"

Sample Setlist

The following setlist was performed at a concert during the 70000 Tons of Metal festival, but has since had alterations to it: ^[9]

• "Finlandia" (intro)
• "Storytime"
• "Wish I Had an Angel"
• "Amaranth" (with long outro)
• "Scaretale"
• "The Siren" (with "Arabesque" and "Tutankhamen" samples)
• "Slow, Love Slow"
• "I Want My Tears Back" (featuring Troy Donockley)
• "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" (featuring Troy Donockley)
• "The Islander" (acoustic version, featuring Troy Donockley)
• "Nemo" (acoustic version, with "Angels Fall First" samples and featuring Troy Donockley)
• "Last of the Wilds" (featuring Troy Donockley)
• "Planet Hell" (with "Stargazers", "Gethsemane" and "Wayfarer" samples. First performance live since 2005)
• "Song of Myself" ("Love" section omitted)
• "Last Ride of the Day"

Encore:

• "The Poet and the Pendulum"
• "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover, featuring Troy Donockley. First performance live since 2005)
• "Imaginaerum" (outro)

Setlist Alterations/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"^[10] and another performance included "Romanticide."^[11]

When the band kicked off the first leg of their tour in March, the setlist 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.^[12]

The concert held on March 17, 2012, in Ukraine included "Come Cover Me".^[13] 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 setlist 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"^[14] with Marco's voice on the chorus,new arrangements and Troy playing.^[15] 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 setlist. "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, USA, on September 13, 2012, of the beginning North-American Tour included "Higher Than Hope"^[16][17] played before "Over the Hills and Far Away", only played four times before with Anette Olzon.^[18] 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".^[19]

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 setlist 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 setlist 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 (ex-After Forever & ReVamp) agreed to continue touring with the group. The setlist 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.^[20]

"Slow, Love, Slow" was reintroduced into the setlist 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 setlist 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.^[21] 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

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[22]
January 19, 2012	Los Angeles	United States	Key Club^[A]
January 21, 2012			Gibson Amphitheatre
January 23, 2012	Grand Cayman	Cayman Islands	70000 Tons of Metal
Europe[22]
March 2, 2012	Joensuu	Finland	Areena
March 3, 2012	Sotkamo		Vuokattihalli
March 4, 2012	Oulu		Teatria 25
March 9, 2012	Jyväskylä		Paviljonki Areena
March 10, 2012	Helsinki		Helsinki Ice Hall
March 11, 2012	Tampere		Ice Hall
March 14, 2012	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Lensoveta Culture Hall
March 15, 2012	Moscow		Crocus City Hall
March 17, 2012	Kiev	Ukraine	MVC Arena
April 10, 2012	Gothenburg	Sweden	Lisebergshallen
April 11, 2012	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falconer Amphitheatre
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 de Paris-Bercy
April 18, 2012	Nantes		Le Zenith
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
Summer Festivals[22]
June 2, 2012	Warsaw	Poland	Ursynalia – Warsaw Student Festival
June 8, 2012	Leicestershire	United Kingdom	Download Festival
June 10, 2012	Nickelsdorf	Austria	Nova Rock Festival
June 15, 2012	Seinäjoki	Finland	Provinssirock
June 30, 2012	Letisko Piestany	Slovakia	Topfest 2012
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	Borggården Festival
North America[5]
September 12, 2012	Atlanta	United States	Center Stage
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		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 ^[B]
October 1, 2012	Seattle		Showbox
October 2, 2012	Portland		Crystal Ballroom
October 3, 2012	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
October 5, 2012	Anaheim		Grove Club
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		Emos 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
Europe 2[5]
November 4, 2012	Manchester	United Kingdom	O2 Apollo
November 5, 2012	London		O2 Academy, Brixton
November 6, 2012	Birmingham		O2 Academy
November 7, 2012	Glasgow		O2 Academy
November 10, 2012	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena^[C]
Latin America[5]
November 28, 2012	Mexico City	Mexico	Teatro Metropolitan
November 29, 2012
December 1, 2012	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Tito Puente Amphitheatre
December 3, 2012	San José	Costa Rica	Peppers Club
December 5, 2012	Lima	Peru	Centro de Convenciones Plaza San Miguel
December 9, 2012	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Opinião Club
December 10, 2012	Rio de Janeiro		Circo Voador
December 12, 2012	São Paulo		Credicard Hall
December 14, 2012	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Teatro Flores
December 15, 2012
Oceania[5]
January 4, 2013	Brisbane	Australia	Arena
January 8, 2013	Auckland	New Zealand	Studio Club
January 11, 2013	Sydney	Australia	Enmore Theatre
January 14, 2013	Melbourne		Palace Theatre
January 15, 2013
January 18, 2013	Adelaide		HQ Complex
January 20, 2013	Perth		Metropolis Fremantle
Asia
May 21, 2013	Osaka	Japan[23]	Namba Hatch
May 23, 2013	Nagoya		Diamond Hall
May 24, 2013	Tokyo		Liquidroom
May 25, 2013			St Coast (Finland Fest)
Summer Festivals 2[5]
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[24]
July 13, 2013	Joensuu	Finland	Ilosaarirock
July 20, 2013	Vuokatti		Sotkamon Syke
July 27, 2013	Liberec	Czech Republic	Benatska Noc
August 3, 2013	Wacken	Germany	Wacken Open Air
August 10, 2013	Kortrijk	Belgium	Alcatraz Festival
August 11, 2013	Hildesheim	Germany	M'era Luna Festival[25]

• A^ This was a secret concert that the band played under the pseudonym "Rubber Band of Wolves".
• B^ This was the band's last show with singer Anette Olzon, and Floor Jansen filled in on every show afterwards.
• C^ The world premiere of Imaginaerum took place after the concert at Hartwall Areena.

Personnel

• Anette Olzon - female vocals (until 29 September 2012)
• Floor Jansen - female vocals (from 1 October 2012 onwards)
• Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards
• Emppu Vuorinen - guitars
• Jukka Nevalainen - drums
• Marco Hietala - bass, male vocals
• Troy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, additional vocals

Guests

• Elize Ryd* - female vocals
• Alissa White-Gluz* - female vocals

* filled in as vocalist during the September 28, 2012 show in Denver, Colorado while Anette Olzon was hospitalized due to illness.^[26][27][28]

Opening acts

• Amorphis (January 21, 2012)^[5]
• Dommin (January 21, 2012)^[5]
• Poisonblack (March 2–11, 2012)^[5]
• Battle Beast (April 10-May 8, 2012)^[5]
• Eklipse (April 11-May 8, 2012)^[5]
• Triosphere (August 25, 2012)^[5]
• Kamelot (North American Tour)^[5]

References

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2. "Nightwish kick off the "Imaginarium World Tour" in Los Angeles". Nightwish.com. March 14, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
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10. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/majesty-of-the-seas-caribbean-sea-us-virgin-islands-6bd14e6a.html
11. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/majesty-of-the-seas-caribbean-sea-us-virgin-islands-53d14bd5.html
12. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/paviljonki-areena-jyvaskyla-finland-43ded753.html
13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh787Jsyrzc
14. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/heineken-music-hall-amsterdam-netherlands-53de7f8d.html
15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig-gRBfrnWE
16. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/center-stage-atlanta-ga-1bdda108.html
17. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgqKEuLb6o&feature=player_embedded
18. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/nightwish-13d6fd01.html?song=Higher+Than+Hope
19. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-1bdd9988.html
20. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nightwish/2012/the-showbox-sodo-seattle-wa-2bddcc9e.html
21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qXU1wxMFE34
22. "Live: Archive- All Nightwish concerts ever". Nightwish.com. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
23. https://www.facebook.com/nightwish/posts/10152637486940068
24. https://www.facebook.com/events/327544834018567/permalink/327544837351900/
25. https://www.facebook.com/events/330734430368512/permalink/330734433701845/
26. Blabbermouth.net (September 29, 2012). "KAMELOT Backing Singers Fill In For NIGHTWISH Frontwoman In Denver". Blabbermouth. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
27. Blabbermouth.net (September 29, 2012). "NIGHTWISH Singer Explains Denver Concert Absence". Blabbermouth. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
28. Nightwish (September 29, 2012). "Official Nightwish Facebook: Note regarding Anette's absence for Denver show". Nightwish. Retrieved September 29, 2012.

External links

• Nightwish's Official Website