Dark Passion Play World Tour

The Dark Passion Play World Tour was a concert tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, taking place from 2007 to 2009 in support of their sixth studio album, Dark Passion Play, released by Nuclear Blast on September 26, 2007; it was the first tour with former frontwoman Anette Olzon, who joined the band in 2006, after Tarja Turunen's dismissal on October 21, 2005. During this tour, the band played for the first time in Israel, China, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Ireland, Serbia and Croatia.

On September 22, 2007, the band hosted a secret concert at Rock Café in Tallinn, Estonia, disguising itself as a Nightwish cover band called "Nachtwasser". Their first official concert with the new singer was in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 6, 2007. The tour thus started, visiting the United States, Canada, most of Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 2008, the band played over 100 shows, with concerts in Oceania, Europe and Asia. In November, the band played in South America, and later took a three-month break; Nightwish started the third leg in 2009, with dates in North America and Europe, and also attended various summer festivals, including Graspop Metal Meeting and Masters of Rock. The last show was played at Helsinki Hartwall Areena, with an attendance of 11,000 people.

For their Once album, Nightwish had planned to give a grand concert in London with a live orchestra, as the progressive metal band Dream Theater had done on what later would be their Score album, and this project is still in the works. In an interview in December 2007, Holopainen said that they have been planning the concert and that this was something he really wanted to do, but that the locale they needed was already booked for two years in advance. The show was never played though, but according to Holopainen it is still in the future plans for other tours.

Set list

 * Sample set list
 * 1) "Bye Bye Beautiful"
 * 2) "Cadence of Her Last Breath"
 * 3) "Dark Chest of Wonders"
 * 4) "The Siren"
 * 5) "Whoever Brings the Night"
 * 6) "Amaranth"
 * 7) "The Islander"
 * 8) "Last of the Wilds"
 * 9) "The Poet and the Pendulum"
 * 10) "Ever Dream"
 * 11) "Dead to the World"
 * 12) "While Your Lips Are Still Red"
 * 13) "Sahara"
 * 14) "Nemo"
 * 15) "7 Days to the Wolves"
 * 16) "Wishmaster"
 * 17) "Wish I Had an Angel"

Tour dates
Cancelled dates

Personnel

 * Anette Olzon – female vocals
 * Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards
 * Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
 * Jukka Nevalainen – drums
 * Marko Hietala – bass, male vocals

Guest musicians
 * Troy Donockley – bagpipes (UK and 2009 shows)
 * John Two-Hawks – male vocals and flute (shows in Louisville, Mokena and Sauget)
 * Pekka Kuusisto – violin (Hartwall Areena only)