TARJA TURUNEN: South American Dates Announced

June 10, 2008

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunenwill embark on a tour of South America in late August/early September. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Aug. 29 - Rio De Janeiro [to be announced]
Sep. 03 - Santiago De Chile, Chile - Teatro Caupolican
Sep. 06 - Buenos Aries, Argentina - Estadio Pepsi Music

Turunen's touring lineup is as follows:

* Tarja Turunen - Vocals
* Doug Wimbish (LIVING COLOUR, MADONNA, JEFF BECK, ROLLING STONES) - Bass
* Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA) - Guitar
* Maria Ilmoniemi - Keyboards
* Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, SAVAGE CIRCUS, ex-RAGE, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Drums
* Max Lilja (HEVEIN, ex-APOCALYPTICA) - Cello

In other news, Tarja's most recent solo album, "My Winter Storm", has been certified gold in in Hungary and the Czech Republic.

When "My Winter Storm" was released last in Europe November, it entered the Finnish album chart at No. 1, the first record by a solo artist to debut atop the list. It's now platinum there (30,000 copies),gold in Russia (10,000 copies) and nearly gold in Germany (100,000). Finland also nominated her for an Emma Award (the equivalent of a Grammy) for best Finnish artist, and Germany nominated her for an Echo Award for most successful newcomer.

"My Winter Storm" was released in the U.S. at the end of February. The CD was made available in two exclusive U.S. versions via Fontana: the standard and deluxe editions (the latter featuring extra tracks not released elsewhere, as well visually stimulating bonus DVD content).

"My Winter Storm" was produced by Daniel Presley (FAITH NO MORE, JEWEL, THE BREEDERS),who has been joined in the studio by a truly stellar line-up of musicians: Doug Wimbish on bass (LIVING COLOUR, ANNIE LENNOX, JOE SATRIANI, JEFF BECK, MADONNA, ROLLING STONES),Alex Scholpp on electric guitars (FARMER BOYS) and Earl Harvin on drums (SEAL, PET SHOP BOYS, AIR),a player personally selected by Tarja after she saw him stealing the show at a SEAL concert. Keyboards and programming, meanwhile, are being provided by Torsten Stenzel, whose previous credits include NELLY FURTADO, MOBY, TINA TURNER, VANESSA MAE and more.

A three-minute video clip featuring some of the highlights of Tarja Turunen's June 1, 2008 concert at Tyrol in Stockholm, Sweden can be viewed below.

A review of the show by Mike Eriksson is available at this location.

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