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NIGHTWISH To Celebrate Record Release With Special Finnish Concert

January 17, 2004

NIGHTWISH will celebrate the release of their as-yet-untitled new album with a special live performance on May 22 at Kitee Icehall in Finland. According to a posting at the band's official web site, "The show will be a spectacle. NIGHTWISH will spend more money than never before for the lights and pyros. There will be also playing another great Finnish band which has made its way to the top of the Finnish music with original sound and music. The name of the band will be released on the middle of February. There will be plenty of foreign and Finnish media on the event so 'Be there or miss it!!!' "

As exclusively reported here yesterday, NIGHTWISH will embark on a 14-date tour of North America beginning in mid-August.

Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Aug. 16 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
Aug. 17 - Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis
Aug. 20 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Aug. 22 – New York, NY @ B.B.Kings Blues Club
Aug. 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Phantasy Theater
Aug. 25 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Aug. 26 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest Club
Aug. 30 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cajun House
Aug. 31 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Sep. 02 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues

As previously reported, tickets for all shows are either on sale or will be on sale in a few days.

Look for Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Denver to be added to the itinerary as well.

Support will be added at a later time and will consist of only one act. A more comprehensive NIGHTWISH North American tour will follow in early 2005.

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