The First Tour of the Angels

The First Tour of the Angels

Tour by Nightwish
Associated album	Angels Fall First
Start date	December 31, 1997
End date	November 13, 1998
Number of shows	8
Nightwish concert chronology

The First Tour of the Angels was a concert tour by Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish from December 31, 1997, to November 13, 1998. Nightwish played only 8 gigs since Jukka Nevalainen and Emppu Vuorinen were waylaid by their mandatory military draft and Tarja Turunen hadn't finished her studies. The male vocals in "Beauty and the Beast", "The Carpenter" and "Astral Romance" were sung by Tuomas Holopainen, beside Tarja. The band was supported by bassist Samppa Hirvonen and the keyboardist Marianna Pellinen during the tour; in 1998, Samppa was replaced by Sami Vänskä. There is a bootleg of the Helsinki gig called Live at The Tavastia.

Personnel

• Tarja Turunen- Female vocal^[1]
• Tuomas Holopainen- Keyboards, male vocal^[2]
• Emppu Vuorinen- Guitar^[3]
• Jukka Nevalainen - Drums^[4]
• Samppa Hirvonen- Bass^[1]
• Marianna Pellinen- Additional keyboard, Backing vocals

Setlist

Played live 

• "Elvenpath"
• "Beauty and the Beast"
• "The Carpenter"
• "Astral Romance"
• "Angels Fall First"
• "Tuthankamen"
• "Know why the Nightingale Sings"

The following songs have also been purported to have been played, though this is impossible to confirm.

• "Nymphomaniac Fantasia"
• "A Return to the Sea"
• "Once Upon a Troudbadour"
• "The Forever Moments"
• "Piano solo"

A typical setlist would consist of:

• "Elvenpath"
• "The Carpenter"
• "Tutankhamen"
• "Angels Fall First"
• "Know Why the Nightingale Sings"
• "Astral Romance"
• "Beauty and the Beast"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Finland [5]
December 31, 1997	Kitee	Finland	Ice-Hall
January 9, 1998	Helsinki		Lepakko
February 13, 1998			Tavastia Club
February 14, 1998	Pori		Jungle Jane
February 25, 1998	Joensuu		Kellari
February 27, 1998	Jyväskylä		Lutakko
March 6, 1998	Siilinjärvi		Huvikumpu
November 13, 1998	Kitee		Ice-Hall

References

1. "Band- Members". Nightwish.com. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
2. "Band- Members". Nightwish.com. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
3. "Band- Members". Nightwish.com. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
4. "Band- Members". Nightwish.com. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
5. "Live: Past Shows (1997)". Nightwish's Official Website. Retrieved 2009-10-14. External link in |publisher= (help)

External links

• Nightwish's Official Website