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List of Nightwish concert tours

Nightwish ending a concert in 2022. From left to right: Koskinen, Holopainen, Jansen, Donockley, Hahto, and Vuorinen.

This is the list of concert tours played by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.

Nightwish was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and lead singer Tarja Turunen, soon joined by drummer Jukka Nevalainen in 1997 and then bassist Sami Vänskä in 1998.[1] In 2001 Vänskä was replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role, and in 2005 Turunen was fired to be replaced by Anette Olzon in 2007 and eventually by Floor Jansen in 2012.[1] In July 2019, Nevalainen, who had been inactive since 2014 due to health issues, announced that he would not be returning to the band, with Kai Hahto, who had acted as his replacement since 2014, becoming the official drummer.[1] Hietala parted ways with the band in January 2021, and Jukka Koskinen was announced as his replacement in August 2022.[2] Multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley, who had been joining the band in studio and live since 2007, was made an official member in 2013.[1]

Nightwish is the third-best-selling band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies and is also the most successful Finnish band worldwide, selling more than 10 million records.[3] From 1997 until the touring hiatus which began in 2024, the band has performed almost 1000 shows around the world.[4]

The First Tour of the Angels

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The First Tour of the Angels
Tour by Nightwish
Location
  • Europe
Associated album
Start dateDecember 31, 1997
End dateNovember 13, 1998
No. of shows8
Nightwish concert chronology
  • The First Tour of the Angels
    (1997–1998)
  • Summer of Wilderness
    (1999)

After releasing their debut studio album, Angels Fall First, in November 1997, the band played their first show in their hometown Kitee for around 400 people on 31 December 1997, but after that they were able to play only seven more shows across Finland the following year as Turunen was still finishing her studies at the time, and both Holopainen and Vuorinen had their military obligations to fulfill.[1] These early concerts were later dubbed "The First Tour of The Angels" by the band, and they would only start gigging heavily after the release of their Oceanborn album in December 1998.[1]

Samppa Hirvonen joined them as a sessional live member as a bass guitarist, while Marianna Pellinen was also a sessional live member as an additional keyboard player and a backing vocalist for Turunen.[5] Sami Vänskä would later join the band instead of Hirvonen.[1]

Set list (1997–1998)

Typical Set list

  1. "Elvenpath"
  2. "The Carpenter"
  3. "Tutankhamen"
  4. "Angels Fall First"
  5. "Know Why the Nightingale Sings"
  6. "Astral Romance"
  7. "Beauty and the Beast"
List of 1997 and 1998 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
31 December 1997 Kitee Finland Huvikeskus
9 January 1998 Helsinki Lepakko Club
13 February 1998 Tavastia Club
14 February 1998 Pori Jungle Jane
25 February 1998 Joensuu Kellari Club
27 February 1998 Jyväskylä Lutakko Club
6 March 1998 Siilinjärvi Huvikumpu Club
13 November 1998 Kitee Huvikeskus

Band

Additional musicians

  • Samppa Hirvonen – bass
  • Marianna Pellinen – additional keyboards, backing vocals

Summer of Wilderness

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Summer of Wilderness
Tour by Nightwish
Location
  • Europe
Associated album
Start dateJanuary 22, 1999
End dateAugust 14, 1999
No. of shows28
Nightwish concert chronology
  • The First Tour of the Angels
    (1997–1998)
  • Summer of Wilderness
    (1999)
  • Oceanborn Europe Tour
    (1999)

After releasing their second studio album, Oceanborn, in December 1998, the band played a few shows in early 1999 before started touring more often in May, gigging heavily across Finland until late August, in a series of shows the band dubbed "Summer of Wilderness", playing not only headlining dates but also taking part in open air festivals as well as supporting big names at the time, such as Stratovarius and Tarot.[5] It was their first tour with bassist Sami Vänskä, and Tapio Wilska, who recorded vocals on Oceanborn for the tracks "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" and "Pharaoh Sails to Orion", usually joined the band onstage to perform these two songs.[1]

Later that year the band would tour Europe for the first time supporting Rage.[1]

Set list (1999)

Typical Set list

  1. Sacrament of Wilderness"
  2. "Elvenpath"
  3. "Stargazers"
  4. "Passion and the Opera"
  5. "Know Why the Nightingale Sings"
  6. "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean"
  7. "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)
  8. "Gethsemane"
  9. "Astral Romance"
  10. "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion"
    Encore
  11. "Beauty and the Beast"
List of 1999 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
22 January 1999 Helsinki Finland Tavastia Club
13 February 1999 Turku Feeniks Club
6 March 1999 Helsinki Lepakko Club
31 March 1999 Tampere Pakkahuone Theatre
10 April 1999 Nivala Tuiskula Club
21 May 1999 Vantaa Vernissa Club
22 May 1999 Lappajärvi Halkosaari Club
27 May 1999 Lieksa Brahesale Theater
28 May 1999 Joensuu Silva Metsämessut
4 June 1999 Helsinki Tavastia Club
5 June 1999 Somero Sommerstock Festival
6 June 1999 Karis Kattoparkkirock Fest
11 June 1999 Eura Eurastock Festival
12 June 1999 Kauhajoki City Kasino
19 June 1999 Seinäjoki Provinssirock Festival
24 June 1999 Jämsä Himos Festival
25 June 1999 Kalajoki Hiekkasärkkä Club
Pudasjärvi Jyrkkäkoski Club
26 June 1999 Nurmijärvi Nummirock Festival
Kouvola Midnight Party Planet
3 July 1999 Eno Kanavarantarock Fest
7 July 1999 Tampere Tammerfest
9 July 1999 Helsinki Tuska Open Air
Ruovesi Notarock Festival
16 July 1999 Kiuruvesi Korpeerock Festival
18 July 1999 Joensuu Ilosaarirock
30 July 1999 Liperi Suvisouturock Fest
31 July 1999 Utajärvi Untorock Fest
7 August 1999 Suomussalmi Suviyön Sumutus
8 August 1999 Korso Ankkarock Festival
14 August 1999 Lohja Kesärock Festival
Salo Vuohisrock Festival

Band

Oceanborn Europe Tour

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Oceanborn Europe Tour
Tour by Nightwish
Location
  • Europe
Associated album
Start dateNovember 12, 1999
End dateDecember 12, 1999
No. of shows25
Nightwish concert chronology
  • Summer of Wilderness
    (1999)
  • Oceanborn Europe Tour
    (1999)
  • Wishmaster World Tour
    (2000–2001)

After gigging heavily across Finland until August 1999, the band was hired to support German band Rage across Europe after their Oceanborn album also charted in Germany.[5] The two bands got along fine, but as the tour progressed Nightwish's popularity also grew, with people often leaving after Nightwish's set, which led to tensions between crews, with Nightwish's set soon being shortened, and also on the last dates, they were denied a soundcheck.[5] Despite this, Nightwish enjoyed the tour which helped them to hone their act and grow tighter as a band.[5]

Rage's drummer at the time, Mike Terrana, would eventually join Tarja's support band for her eventual solo career in 2007.[6]

Set list (1999)

Typical Set list

  1. "Stargazers"
  2. "Gethsemane"
  3. "Passion and the Opera"
  4. "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean"
  5. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
  6. "Swanheart"
  7. "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion"
  8. "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)
  9. "Elvenpath"
  10. "Astral Romance"
  11. "Know Why the Nightingale Sings"
List of 1999 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
12 November 1999 Markneukirchen Germany Schützenhaus
13 November 1999 Katowice Poland Mega Club
14 November 1999 Spremberg Germany MTS Club
15 November 1999 Berlin Kesselhaus
16 November 1999 Hamburg Markthalle
18 November 1999 Groningen Netherlands Vera Club
19 November 1999 Osnabrück Germany Works Club
20 November 1999 Vosselaar Belgium Biebob Club
21 November 1999 Bochum Germany Zeche Club
22 November 1999 Saarbrücken Garage Club
24 November 1999 Barcelona Spain Sala Mephisto
25 November 1999 Madrid Sala Macumba
26 November 1999 Avilés Quattro Club
27 November 1999 Bergara Sala Jam
28 November 1999 Valencia Garage Club
30 November 1999 Geneva Switzerland Undertown Club
1 December 1999 Pratteln Z7 Club
2 December 1999 Turin Italy Supermarket Club
3 December 1999 Vienna Austria Planet Music
4 December 1999 Kaufbeuren Germany Zeppenlinhalle
6 December 1999 Offenbach Hafenbahn Club
8 December 1999 Braunschweig FBZ Club
9 December 1999 Cologne Live Music Hall
10 December 1999 Bad Salzungen Keller Werk
11 December 1999 Freiberg Trivoli Club
12 December 1999 Ludwigsburg Rockfabrik

Band

Wishmaster World Tour

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Wishmaster World Tour
Tour by Nightwish
Nightwish live at Ruisrock on July 7, 2001
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated album
Start dateMay 15, 2000
End dateSeptember 15, 2001
No. of shows86
Nightwish concert chronology
  • Oceanborn Europe Tour
    (1999)
  • Wishmaster World Tour
    (2000–2001)
  • World Tour of the Century
    (2002–2003)

The band's third studio album, Wishmaster, hit Number 1 in Finland and also charted in Germany and France, thus allowing the band to host a headlining world tour.[5] In July, they became the second finnish band to do a headlining tour in South America, after Stratovarius in 1996, where they enjoyed a huge popularity and attracted over 4 thousand people for their show in São Paulo, also becoming the first European band to play in Panama and later that year would be the first Finnish metal band to host shows in Canada.[5] For their European tour between October and November, they were supported by supergroup Sinergy, whose bassist, Marko Hietala, would eventually join Nightwish.[5] The last show of the year in Tampere was recorded and later released as From Wishes to Eternity, the first live DVD by a Finnish group.[1]

In 2001, the band released the Over the Hills and Far Away EP and spend most of the year touring mostly in Finland, but also played headlining and festival dates in Europe, also performing in South Korea in a festival in front of over 50 thousand people.[5] The last show of 2001 in the Finnish city of Nivala was also their last show with Sami Vänskä, later replaced by Hietala, and this was also the last tour where Holopainen sang lead vocals, with Hietala also taking over the lead male vocals after joining.[1]

Set list (2000)

Typical Set list

  1. She Is My Sin"
  2. Gethsemane"
  3. The Kinslayer"
  4. Deep Silent Complete"
  5. The Pharaoh Sails to Orion"
  6. Come Cover Me"
  7. Wanderlust"
  8. Crimson Tide" (Hans Zimmer cover) / Deep Blue Sea (Trevor Rabin cover) (medley, instrumental)
  9. Swanheart"
  10. "Elvenpath" / "FantasMic" (part 3)
  11. "Dead Boy's Poem"
  12. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
    Encore
  13. "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)
  14. "Beauty and the Beast"
  15. "Wishmaster"
Set list (2001)

Typical Set list

  1. The Kinslayer"
  2. "She Is My Sin"
  3. "10th Man Down"
  4. "Elvenpath" / "FantasMic" (part 3)
  5. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover)
  6. "Come Cover Me"
  7. "Deep Silent Complete"
  8. "Sleeping Sun"
  9. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
    Encore
  10. "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)
  11. "Wishmaster"
List of 2000 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
15 May 2000 Vosselaar Belgium Biebob Club
20 May 2000 Kitee Finland Ice Hall
24 May 2000 Oulu Woodoo Night Club
25 May 2000 Kuopio Clone Club
26 May 2000 Mikkeli ZicZac Club
27 May 2000 Imatra Onnenpäivät Halle
31 May 2000 Helsinki Nosturi Club
1 June 2000 Kouvola Rubin Fest
2 June 2000 Tampere Pakkahuone Theatre
3 June 2000 Virrat Hiekkaranta Halle
12 June 2000 Leipzig Germany Wave-Gotik-Treffen
22 June 2000 Nurmijärvi Finland Nummirock Festival
23 June 2000 Joensuu Eastpop Festival
24 June 2000 Jämsä Himos Festival
1 July 2000 Turku Ruisrock
7 July 2000 Helsinki Tuska Open Air
8 July 2000 Aitoo Kirkastusjuhlat Fest
9 July 2000 Joensuu Ilosaarirock
14 July 2000 Curitiba Brazil Studio 1250
15 July 2000 São Paulo Tom Brazil
16 July 2000 Porto Alegre Opinião Club
19 July 2000 Santiago Chile Teatro Providencia
22 July 2000 Buenos Aires Argentina Alcatraz Club
25 July 2000 Panama City Panama Dali Club
28 July 2000 Guadalajara Mexico Roxy Club
29 July 2000 Mexico City Salon Ideal
30 July 2000 Morelia Arena
5 August 2000 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air
1 September 2000 Tampere Finland Teatro Tullikamari
2 September 2000 Nivala Tuiskula Club
8 September 2000 Uusikaupunki Aquarius Club
9 September 2000 Lappajärvi Halkosaari Club
15 September 2000 Helsinki Tavastia Club
16 September 2000 Kauhajoki City Kasino
22 September 2000 Jyväskylä Lutakko Club
23 September 2000 Kuopio Akateeminen Startti
5 October 2000 Hamburg Germany Markthalle
6 October 2000 Bremen Tivoli Club
7 October 2000 Herford Kreck Club
9 October 2000 Bochum Zeche Club
10 October 2000 Frankfurt Batschkapp
11 October 2000 Ludwigsburg Rockfabrik
13 October 2000 Ebersdorf Hellraiser Club
14 October 2000 Bad Salzungen Kalle Werk
16 October 2000 Strasbourg France La Laiterie
17 October 2000 Lille Le Splendid
18 October 2000 Paris Élysée Montmartre
20 October 2000 Lyon Teatro Rail
21 October 2000 Marseille Jas de Rod
22 October 2000 Barcelona Spain Sala Mephisto
24 October 2000 Pratteln Switzerland Z7 Club
25 October 2000 Graz Austria Orpheum Theatre
26 October 2000 Vienna Planet Music
28 October 2000 Wels Alter Schlachthof
29 October 2000 Budapest Hungary E-klub
31 October 2000 Berlin Germany Razzle Dazzle
1 November 2000 Prague Czech Republic Palac Akropolis
4 November 2000 Kaufbeuren Germany Zeppelinhalle
5 November 2000 Vosselaar Belgium Biebob Club
7 November 2000 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
8 November 2000 Braunschweig Germany FBZ Club
9 November 2000 Cologne Live Music Hall
25 November 2000 Montreal Canada Le Medley
26 November 2000
29 November 2000 Tampere Finland Pakkahuone Theatre
List of 2001 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
27 January 2001 Levi Finland Hallo Poro Rock
2 February 2001 Nokia Iisoppi Hotel
3 February 2001 Evijärvi Nuorisoseuran Talo
5 February 2001 Stockholm Sweden GOOM-Cruise
7 February 2001 Turku Finland Feenix Club
8 February 2001 Helsinki Tavastia Club
14 June 2001 Jyväskylä Lutakko Club
16 June 2001 Seinäjoki Provinssirock
21 June 2001 Kouvola Midnight Party Planet
22 June 2001 Nurmijärvi Nummirock Festival
23 June 2001 Jämsä Himos Festival
24 June 2001 Vaasa Vantarock Festival
7 July 2001 Turku Ruisrock
8 July 2001 Aitoo Kirkastusjuhlat Fest
12 July 2001 Tampere Tammerfest
21 July 2001 Koria Roll Festival
4 August 2001 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air
5 August 2001 Pratteln Switzerland Z7 Club
6 August 2001 Vienna Austria Planet Music
7 August 2001 Budapest Hungary Sziget Festival
11 August 2001 Busan South Korea Internacional Rock Festival
24 August 2001 Moscow Russia Gorbunova Culture Club
25 August 2001 Saint Petersburg LDM Center
1 September 2001 Helsinki Finland Can You Festival
6 September 2001 Turku Feenix Club
7 September 2001 Tampere Pakkahuone Theatre
8 September 2001 Alavus Aulava Club
13 September 2001 Kuopio Puijonsarvi Club
14 September 2001 Joensuu Huvitörmä Club
15 September 2001 Nivala Tuiskula Club

Band

World Tour of the Century

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World Tour of the Century
Tour by Nightwish
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated album
Start dateJune 22, 2002
End dateSeptember 27, 2003
No. of shows58
Nightwish concert chronology
  • Wishmaster World Tour
    (2000–2001)
  • World Tour of the Century
    (2002–2003)
  • Once Upon a Tour
    (2004–2005)

The band's second world tour was much shorter compared to others, before and after, due to many personal issues, including the birth of Hietala's twins and Turunen's studies in Germany.[5] Still, their popularity was rising and allowed them to play successful South American and European tours in 2002 with a show for over six thousand people in São Paulo,[7] also playing England and the United States for the first time in 2003, when they also played their first arena concerts in Germany.[5]

Set list (2002)

Typical Set list

  1. "Bless the Child"
  2. "End of All Hope"
  3. "Come Cover Me"
  4. "The Kinslayer"
  5. "Dead to the World"
  6. "Deep Silent Complete"
  7. "10th Man Down"
  8. "Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
  9. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
  10. "Slaying the Dreamer"
  11. "Beauty of the Beast"
  12. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover)
    Encore
  13. "Sleeping Sun"
  14. "Beauty and the Beast"
  15. "Wishmaster"
Set list (2003)

Typical Set list

  1. "Bless the Child"
  2. "End of All Hope"
  3. "Come Cover Me"
  4. "The Kinslayer"
  5. "Dead to the World"
  6. "Ever Dream"
  7. "Sleeping Sun"
  8. "The Pharaoh Sails to Orion" (featuring Tapio Wilska)
  9. "Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
  10. "Beauty of the Beast"
  11. "She Is My Sin"
  12. "Slaying the Dreamer"
  13. "Wishmaster"
    Encore
  14. "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)
  15. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover)
List of 2002 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
22 June 2002 Jämsä Finland Himos Festival
23 June 2002 Jyväskylä Lutakko Club
28 June 2002 Balingen Germany Bang Your Head Festival
1 July 2002 Helsinki Finland Tuska Open Air
14 July 2002 Joensuu Ilosaarirock
16 July 2002 Mexico City Mexico Circo Volador
17 July 2002 Santiago Chile Teatro Providencia
18 July 2002 Buenos Aires Argentina Hangar
20 July 2002 São Paulo Brazil Credicard Hall
21 July 2002 Brasília Camping Show
24 July 2002 Porto Alegre Opinião Club
26 July 2002 Curitiba Moinho São Roque
27 July 2002 Belo Horizonte Lapa Multi Show
28 July 2002 Rio de Janeiro ATL Hall
4 August 2002 Vantaa Finland Ankkarock Festival
5 August 2002 Budapest Hungary Sziget Festival
9 August 2002 Busan South Korea International Rock Festival
13 August 2002 Moscow Russia Gorbunova Culture Club
16 August 2002 Helsinki Finland Tavastia Club
17 August 2002
20 August 2002 Antwerp Belgium Trix HofterLoo
22 August 2002 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen 2
23 August 2002 Abtsgmünd Summer Breeze Open Air
24 August 2002 Vienna Austria Mind Over Matter Festival
27 August 2002 Hamburg Germany Große Freiheit
28 August 2002 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso Club
30 August 2002 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz 1
31 August 2002 Bergara Sala Jam
2 September 2002 Paris France Élysée Montmartre
3 September 2002 Cologne Germany Live Music Hall
4 September 2002 Tilburg Netherlands 013 Club
6 September 2002 Berlin Germany Columbiahalle
7 September 2002 Leipzig Haus Auensee
14 November 2002 Stockholm Sweden Stora Arenan
15 November 2002 Klubben
List of 2003 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
11 January 2003 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsener-Arena
12 January 2003 Munich Le Zenith
4 June 2003 Helsinki Finland Stella Star Club
5 June 2003 Budapest Hungary Summer Rocks Fest
7 June 2003 Banská Bystrica Slovakia PKO Open Air
20 June 2003 Rauma Finland RMJ Party Camp
4 July 2003 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
5 July 2003
11 July 2003 Villarrobledo Spain Metal Mania Festival
2 August 2003 Hultsfred Sweden Gates of Metal Festival
9 August 2003 Hildesheim Germany M'era Luna Festival
15 August 2003 Erfurt Vantarock Festival
16 August 2003 Pratteln Switzerland Z7 Club
17 August 2003
29 August 2003 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival
30 August 2003 Derby England Bloodstock Open Air
31 August 2003 London Astoria 2
5 September 2003 Atlanta United States ProgPower USA
6 September 2003 Montreal Canada Le Medley
7 September 2003 New York City United States L'Amours Brooklyn
9 September 2003 Mexico City Mexico Circo Volador
26 September 2003 Saint Petersburg Russia Yubileyny Sports Palace
27 September 2003 Moscow Gorbunova Culture Club

Band

Once Upon a Tour

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Main article: Once Upon a Tour

The band's fifth studio album, Once, was their commercial breakthrough album, topping the charts in four European countries and entering the top 10 in other five countries, also becoming their first album to chart in the USA and in the UK, eventually selling 1 million copies until the end of 2005.[8] It spawned two hit singles, "Nemo" and "Wish I Had An Angel".

The success of the album allowed the band to tour worldwide, hosting their first US Tour, playing for the first time in Australia and Japan, playing arena shows in Europe and stadium festival shows in South America, in a total of over 130 shows in two years.[5] The last show, at Helsinki's Hartwall Areena, was later released as the End of an Era DVD.

This was their last tour with Tarja Turunen, fired after the last show in Helsinki.[9]

Dark Passion Play World Tour

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Main article: Dark Passion Play World Tour

Swedish singer Anette Olzon was announced as the new lead singer for Nightwish in May 2007,[10] with the band's sixth studio album, Dark Passion Play, later being released in September that year. Between 2007 and 2008 the band played over 100 shows around the world, in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America.[4]

After a three month break, the band resumed touring in March 2009, a series of shows dubbed the "Deja Vu Tour", in European arenas and festivals and US clubs and theatres, with the last concert of the tour again at Helsinki's Hartwall Areena.[4] A live EP, Made in Hong Kong was released in March 2009.[11]

Imaginaerum World Tour

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Main article: Imaginaerum World Tour

In 2011, Nightwish released their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, later released as a movie with the same name and its soundtrack.[12] The band started touring in 2012, but during a North American tour in September, Anette Olzon was fired and quickly replaced by Dutch singer Floor Jansen, originally announced only as a live replacement for that specific tour.[13]

Bye the end of the tour in 2013, both Jansen and Troy Donockley, who had been accompanying the band live and in studio since 2007, were made official members of the band.[14] It was also the last tour with drummer Jukka Nevalainen, who retired from touring due to health issues.[15] The show at Wacken Open Air on 3 August 2013 was released as the Showtime, Storytime DVD.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour

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Main article: Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour

During the recording of the band's eighth studio album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, drummer Jukka Nevalainen announced his retirement from recording and touring with the band due to health issues, and Kai Hahto was announced as his replacement.[16]

The band toured heavily between 2015 and 2016, with the concerts at the Ratina Stadium in Tampere and at the Wembley Arena in London later released as the Vehicle of Spirit DVD.[17]

Decades: World Tour

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Main article: Decades: World Tour

To celebrate their 20 year anniversary, the band released a compilation, Decades, and played a special tour across Europe, North America and South America in 2018. The band presented a special set list for this tour, featuring rare songs from the earlier era to revisit with some new twists.[18] It is the final tour to feature Marko Hietala who later departed from the band in January 2021.[19]

The show at the Estadio Malvinas in Argentina was later released as the Decades: Live in Buenos Aires DVD.[20]

Human. :II: Nature. World Tour

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Main article: Human. :II: Nature. World Tour

After releasing their ninth studio album, Human. :II: Nature, the first dates for the tour were announced for 2020, but were later postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2021, bassist Marko Hietala announced he was leaving the band due to personal and health issues, with Jukka Koskinen later joining the band as his replacement.[21]

After two virtual shows watched online by over 150 thousand people in May 2021, the band was back on stage in July and toured until June 2023, concluding with two stadium shows in Finland. At the conclusion of the tour, the band began a touring hiatus which is set to last between 'two to three years' following the release of the band's tenth studio album, Yesterwynde.[22]

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