Storm World Tour

Storm Tour

Tour by Tarja Turunen
Tarja and her band live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 6, 2008
Associated album	My Winter Storm
Start date	November 25, 2007
End date	October 19, 2009
Legs	7
Number of shows	95
Tarja Turunen concert chronology

Storm World Tour (or simply Storm Tour) was the first world tour by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen to support her second studio album, My Winter Storm, released on November 19, 2007, by Universal Music; it was Tarja's first world tour since her dismissal from Nightwish in 2005, playing for the first time in several countries like Luxembourg, Serbia, Israel, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Belarus.^[1]

The tour was divided in seven legs between 2007 and 2009, with ten warm up concerts in Europe between November and December.^[2] In 2008, she played in South America and finished the year again in Europe; in 2009, Tarja played in North America, with dates in the United States and Canada, and then she hosted new concerts in South America, debuting in Venezuela.^[3]

During the last leg, Tarja played for the first time in Turkey and Croatia, and finished the tour in London, England, on October 19, 2009, after 95 concerts.^[1]

Setlist

Own Songs I Walk Alone Lost Northern Star The Reign My Little Phoenix Die Alive Boy and the Ghost Sing for Me Oasis Our Great Divide Damned and Divine Minor Heaven Ciarán's Well Calling Grace Enough (2008 only) The Seer (2008 only) If You Believe (2009 only) In for a Kill (2009 only) Tired of Being Alone (2009 only) Wisdom of Wind (2009 only)

Songs by Nightwish Nemo Dead Gardens She is my Sin The Kinslayer Deep Silent Complete Wishmaster Sleeping Sun Passion and the Opera Other covers Symphony of Destruction (Megadeth) Poison (Alice Cooper) Over the Hills and Far Away (Gary Moore) The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber) Walking in the Air (Howard Blake) You Would Have Loved This (Cori Connors)

Recordings

Tarja live in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 28, 2008.

On December 8, 2007, Tarja hosted a big concert in Kuusankoski, Finland; the show was professionally recorded and later in 2008 she released the full concert for download online, without any commercial intention, according to Tarja, it was only a "gift for her fans".

She played the following setlist:

1. Boy And The Ghost
2. Lost Northern Star
3. Passion & The Opera
4. My Little Phoenix
5. Sing For Me
6. Damned And Divine
7. Ciarán's Well
8. Our Great Divide
9. The Phantom Of The Opera
10. Oasis
11. Walking In The Air
12. You Would Have Loved This
13. Poison
14. I Walk Alone
15. Calling Grace^[4]

Opening Acts

• Interitus, Czech band (Czech Republic on May 11, 2008)
• Martin Kesici, German singer (Poland on May 12, 2008)
• The Dogma, Italian band (Germany on May 14, 2008)
• Passionworks, Finnish band (Europe between May 17 and June 3, 2008)
• Urn, American band, and The Eternal, Australian band (United States between April 29 and May 4, 2009)
• Furnaze, britanic band, and Kings of Modesty, Finnish band (Europe between September 20 and October 16, 2009)
• Apparition, britanic band (London on October 19, 2009)

Tour dates

^[1]

Date	City	Country	Venue
Warm Up Storm
November 25, 2007	Berlin	Germany	Columbia Club
November 27, 2007	Budapest	Hungary	Petőfi Hall
December 2, 2007	Moscow	Russia	B1 Maximum Club
December 8, 2007	Kuusankoski	Finland	Sami Hyypiä Areena
December 10, 2007	Cologne	Germany	Live Music Hall
December 11, 2007	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
December 13, 2007	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg
December 15, 2007	Athens	Greece	Fuzz Club
December 18, 2007	Zürich	Switzerland	X-tra Club
December 20, 2007	London	United Kingdom	Electric Ballroom
Storm in Europe
May 7, 2008	Cologne	Germany	E-Werk
May 9, 2008	Leipzig		Wave-Gotik-Treffen
May 11, 2008	Zlín	Czech Republic	Hala Novesta
May 12, 2008	Warsaw	Poland	Stodola Club
May 14, 2008	Wiesbaden	Germany	Schlachthof
May 17, 2008	Munich		Georg-Elser-Halle
May 18, 2008	Zürich	Switzerland	Rohstofflager
May 20, 2008	Graz	Austria	Orpheum Theatre
May 21, 2008	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz Club
May 23, 2008	Filderstadt	Germany	Philarmonie
May 24, 2008	Hamburg		The Dock's
May 27, 2008	Malmö	Sweden	Bongo Klubb
May 28, 2008	Oslo	Norway	Rockefeller Music Hall
May 30, 2008	Gothenburg	Sweden	Trädgarn
June 1, 2008	Stockholm		Tyrol
June 3, 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Tavastia Club
Storm in America
August 14, 2008	Monterrey	Mexico	Iguana Cafe
August 16, 2008	Mexico City		Circo Volador
August 17, 2008	Guadalajara		Estudio Cavaret Theatre
August 20, 2008	Bogotá	Colombia	Downtown Majestic
August 23, 2008	São Paulo	Brazil	Credicard Hall
August 24, 2008	Curitiba		Helloch
August 26, 2008	Porto Alegre		Opinião Club
August 28, 2008	Fortaleza		Ceará in Rock Festival
August 30, 2008	Belo Horizonte		Lappa MultiShow
August 31, 2008	Rio de Janeiro		Canecão
September 3, 2008	Santiago	Chile	Caupólican Theatre
September 6, 2008	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Obras Sanitarias
Storm Returns to Europe
October 18, 2008	Wieze	Belgium	Metal Female Voices Fest
October 19, 2008	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
October 21, 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	Incheb Arena
October 22, 2008	Ostrava		Bonver Arena
October 24, 2008	Bratislava	Slovakia	Sibamac Arena
October 25, 2008	Košice		Cassoport Hall
October 27, 2008	Belgrade	Serbia	SKC Club
October 28, 2008	Sofia	Bulgaria	Festivalna Hall
October 31, 2008	Tel Aviv	Israel	Hangar 11
November 3, 2008	Kiev	Ukraine	CKM NAU
November 4, 2008	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk Sports Palace
November 6, 2008	Moscow	Russia	B1 Maximum Club
November 7, 2008	Samara		MTL Arena
Storm Returns to America
April 29, 2009	New York City	United States	Filmore Irving Plaza
May 1, 2009	Montreal	Canada	Le Méddley
May 2, 2009	Toronto		The Opera House
May 4, 2009	Chicago	United States	House of Blues
May 7, 2009	San Francisco		Regency Center
May 8, 2009	Los Angeles		House of Blues
May 16, 2009	Mexico City	Mexico	Circo Volador
May 20, 2009	Caracas	Venezuela	Sambil Amphitheatre
May 23, 2009	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Flores Theatre
May 24, 2009
May 26, 2009			La Trastienda Club
May 27, 2009
Summer Storm
June 20, 2009	Budapest	Hungary	Petőfi Hall
June 22, 2009	Bucharest	Romania	Palace Hall
June 24, 2009	Žiar nad Hronom	Slovakia	MSK Centrum
June 26, 2009	Zaragoza	Spain	Metalaway Festival
June 28, 2009	Monza	Italy	Gods of Metal
June 30, 2009	Pratteln	Switzerland	Z-7 Club
July 18, 2009	Vaasa	Finland	Rockperry Festival
July 21, 2009	Saarbrücken	Germany	Garage Club
July 22, 2009	Vienna	Austria	Szene Club
July 24, 2009	Malá Skála	Czech Republic	Benátská Noc Festival
July 25, 2009	Szczytno	Poland	Hunterfest
August 2, 2009	Kiev	Ukraine	Global East Rock Festival
Final Storm
September 19, 2009	Arcen	Netherlands	Elf Fantasy Fair
September 20, 2009	Bremen	Germany	Aladin
September 22, 2009	Hanover		Capitol
September 23, 2009	Berlin		Fritz Club
September 26, 2009	Barcelona	Spain	Salamandra 1
September 27, 2009	Madrid		La Riviera
September 29, 2009	Pratteln	Switzerland	Z-7 Club
September 30, 2009	Ludwigsburg	Germany	Rockfabrik
October 2, 2009	Munich		Muffathalle
October 3, 2009	Ingolstadt		Ohrakel
October 5, 2009	Bologna	Italy	Estragon New Club
October 6, 2009	Zagreb	Croatia	Tvornica Kulture
October 8, 2009	Istanbul	Turkey	Jolly Jocker
October 9, 2009	Athens	Greece	Gagarin 205 Klub
October 11, 2009	Thessaloniki		Principal Club Theatre
October 12, 2009	Sofia	Bulgaria	Universiada Hall
October 14, 2009	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Tivoli Hall
October 16, 2009	Pardubice	Czech Republic	Mala ČEZ Arena
October 18, 2009	Wieze	Belgium	Metal Female Voices Fest
October 19, 2009	London	United Kingdom	O2 Academy Islington

Support band

• Tarja Turunen - Vocal and Piano
• Maria Imoniemi - Keyboards (2007–2009)
• Doug Wimbish - Bass (2007–2009)
• Alex Scholpp - Guitar (2007–2009)
• Mike Terrana - Drums (2007–2009)
• Max Lilja - Cello (2007–2009)
• Toni Turunen - Backing vocal (2007–2008)
• Kiko Loureiro - Guitar (2008–2009)
• Oliver Holzwarth - Bass (2008–2009)
• Markus Hohti - Cello (2007)
• Christian Kretschmar - Keyboards (2009)

References

1. "Tarja: Past Events". Tarja's Official Website. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
2. "Tarja: Events in 2008". Winter Storm Brazil. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
3. "Tarja: Events in 2009". Winter Storm Brazil. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
4. "Tarja: Full Kuusankoski Concert Available". Metal from Finland. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2011-03-18.

External links

• Tarja's Official Website