Storm World Tour

Storm World Tour (or simply Storm Tour) was the first world tour by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen to support her second studio album, My Winter Storm, released on November 19, 2007, by Universal Music; it was Tarja's first world tour since her dismissal from Nightwish in 2005, playing for the first time in several countries like Luxembourg, Serbia, Israel, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Belarus.[1]

Storm Tour
Tour by Tarja Turunen
Tarja and her band live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 6, 2008
Associated albumMy Winter Storm
Start dateNovember 25, 2007
End dateOctober 19, 2009
Legs7
No. of shows95
Tarja Turunen concert chronology

The tour was divided in seven legs between 2007 and 2009, with ten warm up concerts in Europe between November and December.[2] In 2008, she played in South America and finished the year again in Europe; in 2009, Tarja played in North America, with dates in the United States and Canada, and then she hosted new concerts in South America, debuting in Venezuela.[3]

During the last leg, Tarja played for the first time in Turkey and Croatia, and finished the tour in London, England, on October 19, 2009, after 95 concerts.[1]

Setlist

Own Songs

My Winter Storm
  • I Walk Alone
  • Lost Northern Star
  • Seeking for the Reign ("The Reign" intro)
  • The Reign
  • The Escape of the Doll ("My Little Phoenix" intro)
  • My Little Phoenix
  • Die Alive
  • Boy and the Ghost
  • Sing for Me
  • Oasis
  • Our Great Divide
  • Damned and Divine
  • Minor Heaven
  • Ciarán's Well
  • Calling Grace
  • Enough (2008 only)
  • The Seer (2008 only)
  • Wisdom of Wind (2009 only)
What Lies Beneath
  • In for a Kill (2009 only)
  • Montañas De Silencio (2009 only)
  • If You Believe (2009 only)
  • Tired of Being Alone (2009 only)
The Brightest Void
  • Witch Hunt (2009 only)

Songs by Nightwish

Angels Fall First
  • Angels Fall First
Oceanborn
Wishmaster
Once

Other covers

Recordings
Tarja live in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 28, 2008.

On December 8, 2007, Tarja hosted a big concert in Kuusankoski, Finland; the show was professionally recorded and later in 2008 she released the full concert for download online, without any commercial intention, according to Tarja, it was only a "gift for her fans".

She played the following setlist:

  1. Boy And The Ghost
  2. Lost Northern Star
  3. Passion & The Opera
  4. My Little Phoenix
  5. Sing For Me
  6. Damned And Divine
  7. Ciarán's Well
  8. Our Great Divide
  9. The Phantom Of The Opera
  10. Oasis
  11. Walking In The Air
  12. You Would Have Loved This
  13. Poison
  14. I Walk Alone
  15. Calling Grace[4]

Opening Acts
  • Interitus, Czech band (Czech Republic on May 11, 2008)
  • Martin Kesici, German singer (Poland on May 12, 2008)
  • The Dogma, Italian band (Germany on May 14, 2008)
  • Passionworks, Finnish band (Europe between May 17 and June 3, 2008)
  • Urn, American band, and The Eternal, Australian band (United States between April 29 and May 4, 2009)
  • Furnaze, britanic band, and Kings of Modesty, Finnish band (Europe between September 20 and October 16, 2009)
  • Apparition, britanic band (London on October 19, 2009)

Tour dates

[1]

Date City Country Venue
Warm Up Storm
November 25, 2007 Berlin Germany Columbia Club
November 27, 2007 Budapest Hungary Petőfi Hall
December 2, 2007 Moscow Russia B1 Maximum Club
December 8, 2007 Kuusankoski Finland Sami Hyypiä Areena
December 10, 2007 Cologne Germany Live Music Hall
December 11, 2007 Paris France Élysée Montmartre
December 13, 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
December 15, 2007 Athens Greece Fuzz Club
December 18, 2007 Zürich Switzerland X-tra Club
December 20, 2007 London United Kingdom Electric Ballroom
Storm in Europe
May 7, 2008 Cologne Germany E-Werk
May 9, 2008 Leipzig Wave-Gotik-Treffen
May 11, 2008 Zlín Czech Republic Hala Novesta
May 12, 2008 Warsaw Poland Stodola Club
May 14, 2008 Wiesbaden Germany Schlachthof
May 17, 2008 Munich Georg-Elser-Halle
May 18, 2008 Zürich Switzerland Rohstofflager
May 20, 2008 Graz Austria Orpheum Theatre
May 21, 2008 Milan Italy Alcatraz Club
May 23, 2008 Filderstadt Germany Philarmonie
May 24, 2008 Hamburg The Dock's
May 27, 2008 Malmö Sweden Bongo Klubb
May 28, 2008 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
May 30, 2008 Gothenburg Sweden Trädgarn
June 1, 2008 Stockholm Tyrol
June 3, 2008 Helsinki Finland Tavastia Club
Storm in America
August 14, 2008 Monterrey Mexico Iguana Cafe
August 16, 2008 Mexico City Circo Volador
August 17, 2008 Guadalajara Estudio Cavaret Theatre
August 20, 2008 Bogotá Colombia Downtown Majestic
August 23, 2008 São Paulo Brazil Credicard Hall
August 24, 2008 Curitiba Helloch
August 26, 2008 Porto Alegre Opinião Club
August 28, 2008 Fortaleza Ceará in Rock Festival
August 30, 2008 Belo Horizonte Lappa MultiShow
August 31, 2008 Rio de Janeiro Canecão
September 3, 2008 Santiago Chile Caupólican Theatre
September 6, 2008 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Obras Sanitarias
Storm Returns to Europe
October 18, 2008 Wieze Belgium Metal Female Voices Fest
October 19, 2008 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
October 21, 2008 Prague Czech Republic Incheb Arena
October 22, 2008 Ostrava Bonver Arena
October 24, 2008 Bratislava Slovakia Sibamac Arena
October 25, 2008 Košice Cassoport Hall
October 27, 2008 Belgrade Serbia SKC Club
October 28, 2008 Sofia Bulgaria Festivalna Hall
October 31, 2008 Tel Aviv Israel Hangar 11
November 3, 2008 Kiev Ukraine CKM NAU
November 4, 2008 Minsk Belarus Minsk Sports Palace
November 6, 2008 Moscow Russia B1 Maximum Club
November 7, 2008 Samara MTL Arena
Storm Returns to America
April 29, 2009 New York City United States Filmore Irving Plaza
May 1, 2009 Montreal Canada Le Méddley
May 2, 2009 Toronto The Opera House
May 4, 2009 Chicago United States House of Blues
May 7, 2009 San Francisco Regency Center
May 8, 2009 Los Angeles House of Blues
May 16, 2009 Mexico City Mexico Circo Volador
May 20, 2009 Caracas Venezuela Sambil Amphitheatre
May 23, 2009 Buenos Aires Argentina Flores Theatre
May 24, 2009
May 26, 2009 La Trastienda Club
May 27, 2009
Summer Storm
June 20, 2009 Budapest Hungary Petőfi Hall
June 22, 2009 Bucharest Romania Palace Hall
June 24, 2009 Žiar nad Hronom Slovakia MSK Centrum
June 26, 2009 Zaragoza Spain Metalaway Festival
June 28, 2009 Monza Italy Gods of Metal
June 30, 2009 Pratteln Switzerland Z-7 Club
July 18, 2009 Vaasa Finland Rockperry Festival
July 21, 2009 Saarbrücken Germany Garage Club
July 22, 2009 Vienna Austria Szene Club
July 24, 2009 Malá Skála Czech Republic Benátská Noc Festival
July 25, 2009 Szczytno Poland Hunterfest
August 2, 2009 Kiev Ukraine Global East Rock Festival
Final Storm
September 19, 2009 Arcen Netherlands Elf Fantasy Fair
September 20, 2009 Bremen Germany Aladin
September 22, 2009 Hanover Capitol
September 23, 2009 Berlin Fritz Club
September 26, 2009 Barcelona Spain Salamandra 1
September 27, 2009 Madrid La Riviera
September 29, 2009 Pratteln Switzerland Z-7 Club
September 30, 2009 Ludwigsburg Germany Rockfabrik
October 2, 2009 Munich Muffathalle
October 3, 2009 Ingolstadt Ohrakel
October 5, 2009 Bologna Italy Estragon New Club
October 6, 2009 Zagreb Croatia Tvornica Kulture
October 8, 2009 Istanbul Turkey Jolly Jocker
October 9, 2009 Athens Greece Gagarin 205 Klub
October 11, 2009 Thessaloniki Principal Club Theatre
October 12, 2009 Sofia Bulgaria Universiada Hall
October 14, 2009 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall
October 16, 2009 Pardubice Czech Republic Mala ČEZ Arena
October 18, 2009 Wieze Belgium Metal Female Voices Fest
October 19, 2009 London United Kingdom O2 Academy Islington

Support band

References
  1. "Tarja: Past Events". Tarja's Official Website. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. "Tarja: Events in 2008". Winter Storm Brazil. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  3. "Tarja: Events in 2009". Winter Storm Brazil. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  4. "Tarja: Full Kuusankoski Concert Available". Metal from Finland. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
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