NIGHTWISH - Kingdom Of Hegyalja Festival Date In Hungary Cancelled; Headline Show Announced For Budapest

July 5, 2015, 8 years ago

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NIGHTWISH - Kingdom Of Hegyalja Festival Date In Hungary Cancelled; Headline Show Announced For Budapest

Organizers of the Kingdom Of Hegyalja festival in Tokaj, Hungary have been forced to cancel the event. Nightwish was due to perform at the festival, but they will now play a headline show in Budapest, Hungary on July 15th at Petöfi Music Garden.

The purchased tickets for this festival will be valid for the new venue, for refund or ticket exchange. Fans are advised to contact their ticketing service or point of purchase.

Following is a statement from the organizers of the Kingdom Of Hegyalja festival regarding the cancellation:

"Due to unexpected problems relating to land-lease the festival between July 15th - 19th will not go ahead at Tokaj-Rakamaz. We have not got the festival site at our hands in the format we previously agreed on with the local municipality, thus we made the hurtful decision not to go ahead with our event. We are working tirelessly on rearranging shows at selected venues, and will provide information in due course."

Nightwish have added a show in their homeland to their upcoming Europan tour this winter. They will play the Barona Arena in Espoo on November 13th. Ticket sales start this Friday, June 12th at this location.

In addition, the band's first of two show in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 19th, is officiall sold out according to the official Nightwish website.

Nightwish's European tour schedule this winter is as follows. Arch Enemy and Amorphis are on the bill as support for the duration.

November
13 - Espoo, Finland - Barona Arena
15 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stora Arenan
16 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Falconer
18 - Hamburg, Germany - O2 World
19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
20 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
21 - Oberhausen, Germany - König-Pilsener-Arena
23 - Lyon, France - Hall Tony Garnier
25 - Paris, France - POPB-Bercy
26 - Toulouse, France - Le Zénith
28 - Basel, Switzerland - St. Jakobshalle
29 - Bologna, Italy - Unipol Arena

December
1 - Munich, Germany - Zenith
3 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle
4 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
5 - Nürnberg, Germany - Arena
7 - Prague, Czech Republic - Tip Sport Arena Prague
10 - Bucharest, Romania - Polivalenta Hall
14 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena
15 - Berlin Max, Germany - Schmeling-Halle
16 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Rockhal
17 - Antwerp, Belgium - Lotto Arena
19 - London, England - Wembley SSE Arena

On April 9th, Nightwish - featuring Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen - kicked off their Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Fan-filmed video can be viewed below.

The setlist on the night, featuring seven songs from the new album, was as follows:

"Shudder Before The Beautiful"
"Yours Is An Empty Hope" 
"She Is My Sin" 
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" 
"My Walden" 
"The Islander" 
"Élan" 
"Weak Fantasy" 
"Storytime" 
"Nemo" 
"I Want My Tears Back" 
"Stargazers" 
"Sleeping Sun" 
"The Greatest Show On Earth"

Encore:

"Ghost Love Score"
"Last Ride Of The Day"

Go to this location for the complete Nightwish tour schedule.



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