Mainman of Finnish symphonic legends NIGHTWISH Tuomas Holopainen has posted an update about their new concept album based around the Disney character Scrooge:

“The recordings are over and Tero (Kinnunen, engineer) has been mixing it for the past week at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki. I will join him Monday for another week of mixing, followed by mastering with Mika Jussila the next week. Superbly exciting times!

There will also be a single release, with a music clip to go with it early next year.

At the end of November, Nuclear Blast will release a press statement with more details and schedules.

Best wishes,

Tuomas”

To see studio photos visit Tuomas-Holopainen.com.

Nightwish - who recently confirmed Floor Jansen as their new singer - will release Showtime, Storytime on November 29th as a Ltd. 2Blu-ray + 2CD DIGI, Ltd. 2DVD + 2CD DIGI, Ltd. 2CD DIGI, 2LP (coloured) in gatefold and an exclusive Nuclear Blast Mailorder Edition.

Check out 'Storytime' clip from the release below:

Showtime, Storytime contains the entire Nightwish headliner show, played at this years’ legendary Wacken Open Air – the world’s biggest heavy metal festival. The live show in the front of 85,000 screaming metalheads was directed by Ville Lipiäinen, filmed with seventeen cameras and has a total duration of 85 minutes.

The second disc consists of 120-minute tour documentary Please Learn The Setlist in 48 Hours – also directed by Ville Lipiäinen - with no short of drama or overall madness. Also, there is a 16-minute Nightwish Table Hockey Tournament, filmed on tour. On top of this there are two music clips: ‘I Want My Tears Back’ (Live at Hartwall Arena) and ‘Ghost Love Score’ (Live in Buenos Aires).

Check out the official trailer below:

The Wacken Open Air appearance was the first of the three final shows of the band’s Imaginaerum World Tour 2013, which saw the Norsemen and their Dutch amazon Floor Jansen (REVAMP) playing of 104 concerts in 34 different countries with total audience of over 1.5 million fans around the globe.

Mastermind and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen states: “Our darling flying Dutchwoman, Floor Jansen, has been nothing but incredible during her time in Nightwish on this tour, so this is a perfect opportunity to immortalize the current vibe of the band on film! “

The setlist reads as follows (DVD1):

'Dark Chest Of Wonders'

'Wish I Had An Angel'

'She Is My Sin'

'Ghost River'

' Ever Dream'

'Storytime'

'I Want My Tears Back'

'Nemo'

'Last Of The Wilds'

'Bless The Child'

'Romanticide'

'Amaranth'

'Ghost Love Score'

'Song Of Myself'

'Last Ride Of The Day'

'Outro (Imaginaerum)'

For more details visit Nightwish.com.