NIGHTWISH - New Nightmail Installment Featuring TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Available, Live Dates For UK Announced
September 3, 2007, 17 years ago
NIGHTWISH's new Nightmail Q&A; featuring keyboardist/founder Tuomas Holopainen is now online. Following is a brief excerpt:
Q: Why did you choose a singer like Anette to replace Tarja? Don't you think that the vocalist of NW should be an opera singer? Don't you think that you're changing the idea of the band this way?
Tuomas: The idea of the band was originally to do just acoustic campfire music. So the idea was already changed 10 years ago. Also, Nightwish quit with the operatic vocals already in the Century Child album, and ever since. People complain that the opera is now gone with Anette in the band, I think it has already been gone for the past five years.
A band should never be a prisoner of a format. This is a change all the members in the band wanted to do. You always need to follow your heart in what you want to do, otherwise you'll end up being a whore. Nightwish is not a music style, it's five people who do the kind of music they want, the way they want, with the tools they have. Selfish, but honest."
Click here to check out the complete Q&A.;
In other news, Nightwish have announced the following live dates forthe UK:
March
25 - Astoria - London, UK29 - Carling Academy - Birmingham, UK
30 - Carling Academy - Newcastle, UK
31 - ABC1 - Glasgow, Scotland
April
2 - Mandela Hall - Belfast, Ireland3 - Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
4 - Academy 2 - Manchester, UK
Go to this location for the band's complete tour schedule.
