NIGHTWISH - First Hand Account Of Fire Incident
December 15, 2007, 16 years ago
As previously reported, the Friday, December 14th gig by NIGHTWISH at the Paviljonik Arena, in the city of Jyväskylä, Finalnd was interrupted by a non-lethal fire. According to eyewitness accounts, the show was stopped three songs into the evening, by an announcement for everyone to "calmly move outside." They were informed of a fire in the building and ultimately, confined to the roof. Fans had to actually leave the venue TWICE, as an inadvertent "all clear" was premature, and the audience fled the building for a second time. Some left for home, despite having queued up in frosty temperatures for more than 12 hours, to get to the front rail of the general admission seating. After a quick sound-check, the show resumed, Marco Hietala (bass/vocals) asking the crowd, 'Are you still on flames?' followed by the re-entrance of the entire band.
