NIGHTWISH Singer Anette Olzon Says She Will Not Release A Solo Album
February 23, 2010, 14 years ago
NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has issued the following update on her official blog:
"Some of you have asked me about whether or not I will release a solo album.I have decided not to release any solo album.
The factors are mainly that I want to focus on my family during this break from Nightwish. I am sure I will do a solo some other time, but at this time it doesn't fit into my life and then it's better to not do it, than to do it and it just won't feel good.
But I hope you all will follow me and the boys in NW from the summer when we start to work with the new album. It will be fun!!"
As reported here on February 20th, Nightwish management has informed BraveWords.com that while there will be no new album until September of 2011. Mainman Tuomas Holopainen is currently writing the follow-up to 2007's Dark Passion Play which featured new singer Anette Olzon. The band will get together in July to record a demo of the ideas Holopainen has come up with. After that, he will live with the music, to determine if it just needs tinkering, or additional pieces must be created.
Currently the band is investigating the possibility of starting the next world tour in Los Angeles. Plans would call for a one-off North American exclusive at the 6,000 seat auditorium within the Universal Amphitheater. This venue would allow Nightwish to bring pyro and the full production to North America for the first time. A full continental tour would commence three-four months later, tentatively billed as late 2011, or early 2012.
