WHAT LIES BENEATH America 2011 Tour 13.03: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL 21.03: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA 26.03: ROSARIO, ARGENTINA 27.03: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA WHAT LIES BENEATH Europe 2011 Tour 08.05: PRATTELN, SUIZA 22.05: COPENHAGEN, DINAMARCA WHAT LIES BENEATH Final 2012 Tour 13.01: ZLIN, REP. CHECA 14.01: PARDUBICE, REP. CHECA
A new package is formed for the spring tour from Tarja Turunen. The German gothic band Leaves’ Eyes will support the diva on her tour in Germany, for the second promotion tour of ‘ What Lies Beneath’ in April and May 2011. The band is headlining the tour with special guest MIDNATTSOL, as well as being direct support for TARJA. At Nachtleben in Frankfurt the official release party of the new album “Meredead†will take place with some specials for the fans.Singer Liv-Kristine comments: “Both tours are just perfect for the release of our fourth full-length album “Meredeadâ€. Firstly, I will finally share stage with my sister, Carmen Elise Espenaes/Midnattsol, which is like a dream coming true. Secondly, it’s a great honor for us to go on tour with our friends and support TARJA TURUNEN and her outstanding band! We are really looking forward to this. It will truly be a special experience for our fans and us!â€Tarja & Leaves’Eyes:03.05.11 DE – Stuttgart / Longhorn04.05.11 DE – Erlangen / E-Werk06.05.11 DE – Mí¼nchen / Backstage07.05.11 DE – Karlsruhe / Festhalle Durlach10.05.11 DE – Bonn / Brí¼ckenforum11.05.11 DE – Osnabrí¼ck / Rosenhof13.05.11 DE – Hamburg / GroíŸe Freiheit14.05.11 BE – Durbuy / Durbuy Rock Festival ( without Tarja)16.05.11 DE – Leipzig / Haus Auensee17.05.11 DE – Neu Isenburg / Hugenottenhalle19.05.11 DE – Bochum / Matrix20.05.11 DE – Hannover / Capitol
Entrevista para la Playboy de BrasilLa cantante que vino del frioDe Finlandia, Tarja, ex vocalista de Nightwish, vuelve a Brasil para lanzar su tercer album en solitario, “What Lies Beneathâ€, y habló con nosotros acerca de los conciertos, futbol, Argentina y sensualidad.Aún sientes algun prejuicio por ser una mujer en el Heavy Metal?Nunca tuve problemas por ser mujer en el Heavy Metal, la verdad siempre me sentí muy respetada por los hombres en este entorno. Nunca he tenido un momento dificil, simplemente por ser mujer. Lo que sucede es que al estar rodeada solamente por hombres, es imposible pasar desapercibida porque soy una mujer en el universo masculino.Te sientes una mujer sexy?Si me hubieran preguntado hace diez años, yo diría que no, pero con la edad algunas cosas son mas fáciles de aceptar y entender. Por ejemplo, nunca me puse ropa ajustada cuando era más jóven, pero ahora me gusta mas mi cuerpo que antes. Síé que suena raro eso. Creo que todas las mujeres son sexys, solo la forma en que lo percibimos es lo que lo hace verdaderamente sexy. Soy muy dura conmigo misma y me esfuerzo para mantenerme “bienâ€, pero me encanta cuando veo los resultados de mis duros entrenamientos.Y eso cambia la forma de comportarte en el escenario?Sí, me dá más confianza. Me gusta ser una artista, me gusta ser el centro de atención al cantar, pero eso termina en el escenario. No quiero llevarlo fuera del escenario. Para ser honesta, soy una mujer muy tímida.Has estado algunas veces en Brasil con Nightwish y en solitario. ¿Quíé recuerdas de esas temporadas aquí?He estado mucho en Brasil, una vez viajíé a Sao Paulo para ver la fórmula 1 y fui varias veces de vacaciones. Me gusta la comida, la naturaleza, el mar y el sol. Mis shows siempre fueron increibles alli, las personas muestran tanta pasion por la música. Son recuerdos inolvidables!Tu esposo es Argentino. ¿Ustedes ven juntos el Futbol?Si, ahora estoy viviendo en Buenos Aires. Y sí, me gusta el futbol. Me convertí en una fiel seguidora de un equipo argentino llamado San Lorenzo. Hace algún tiempo fuí a ver el juego del Palmeiras en Sao Paulo. Es muy bueno saber que la calidad de su fútbol es casi tan buena como la argentina [risas].¿Que es lo más peculiar de ser finlandesa? algo que siempre recuerdes cuando estas en otros lugares del mundo.Finlandia es un país muy pequeño y muy seguro, echo eso de menos cuando estoy en otros lugares.
Hola a todos desde Mexico DF!We arrived to DF few days ago for rehearsals and everything has been just great.It is nice to have Doug and Julian with us this time. The rehearsals were intense, but rewarding since we went through a huge amount of songs, including some new ones too. So, now we are ready to rock the South American audiences! I really cannot wait to hear the screams again!!!The sun is shining in Mexico and it made the whole band really happy, because most of the people could leave the cold weather behind. I instead, have been enjoining the sun in Buenos Aires for some time and it’s been wonderful to regain my energies back. Now I truly feel that I am in my best condition to perform.It was a tough job, since I was rehearsing daily singing, going for a run or swim 6 times a week…but it was worth the sweat I guess.Last night after the rehearsals we went out for a stroll in the city, just to see a bit more than our cosy hotel room’s interior. This city is SO huge and it feels it never sleeps. Well, 30 million people is a quite a lot of people! We are all very excited to start a new tour. It feels it’s been ages since, even though that is not true. Every one of us has been busy on their own, but now it feels good to get together again.Looking forward to meet my crazy, lovely fans down here…I will keep you posted along our way.Soundcheck is over and everything is ready for the first show!With love, Tarja
Intro Dark Star My Little Phoenix The Crying Moon I Walk Alone Falling Awake Signos (Soda Estereo Cover) Mike's Solo Instrumental Little Lies Underneath Stargazers Higher Than Hope We Are (acoustic) Minor Heaven (piano) The Archive Of Lost Dreams Ciaran's Well In For A Kill Where Were You Last Night Die Alive Until My Last Breath Wishmaster
Intro- If You Believe Dark Star My Little Phoenix The Crying Moon I Walk Alone Falling Awake I Feel Immortal Drum solo + Band solo Little Lies Underneath Higher Than Hope & We Are (Acoustic) Minor Heaven & The Archive Of Lost Dreams (Piano) End Of All Hope Ciaran's well Die Alive Until my last breath_________________
setlist from BOGOTA: If You Believe [Instrumental Intro] Dark Star My Little Phoenix The Crying Moon I Walk Alone I Feel Immortal Drum Solo [Mike Terrana's Solo] Band's Solo Little Lies Underneath End of All Hope [Nightwish] [Acoustic set] Higher Than Hope [Nightwish] We Are Minor Heaven The Archive Of Lost Dreams Ciarán's Well In For A Kill Where Were You Last Night / Heaven Is A Place On Earth / Living On A Prayer Die Alive Until My Last Breath Naiad [Instrumental Outro]
Rock in Rio Tarja Turunen special guest September 25th, 2011 Tarja has been invited to a guest performance with the Brazilian band Angra in their upcoming Rock in Rio show on September 25th, 2011. Message from Tarja: “Rock in Rio is one of the biggest festivals and happenings in the world still today. It has been amazing to follow the stunning list of great performers in this event in the past. I am very delighted and happily surprised about the invitation I got from Angra to take part of their performance in Rio this year. It´s an honour for me and a lot of fun. I am sure that our fans will be excited about this collaboration, as we both parties are as well. I have known the guys from Angra for few years already and worked closely with Kiko Loureiro, so it’s nice to make this thing happen. As this is not my own show, we are starting now to check with the guys what songs will be both interesting and challenging for us to perform together. But for sure you can expect some surprises We are going to have fun and rock together with the people in Rio! Can’t wait!†Other important European Summer Festivals will soon be announced.
We are proud to announce that Leaves Eyes will be a Special Guest in Tarja’s “What Lies Beneath Europe 2011 Tourâ€. Leaves Eyes will perform with Tarja on the following German dates:May 3rd, 2011May 4th, 2011May 6th, 2011May 7th, 2011May 10th, 2011May 11th, 2011May 13th, 2011May 16th, 2011May 17th, 2011May 19th, 2011May 20th, 2011Welcome aboard!More information on Leaves Eyes and their new album at www.leaveseyes.de
My dear friends, it was impossible to post during my Latin American tour.Whether we were travelling or I had some other activities. I searched for a time to rest whenever I could.Instead, I decided this time to make a tour report so that you know what was going on. I hope you like it!PART IAfter some days of rehearsals in the DF, the shows in Mexico City and Guadalajara were wonderful and we had so great time with my Mexican fans. It was truly a pleasure once again to perform to you guys. I had missed you! The organization, the weather and the food…all just marvellous. How nice it was to see happy, smiling faces again in front of me, singing with me. I will cherish these moments for a long time, because I had been waiting for this tour particularly very long. I was pretty nervous to sing “Signos†for the first time in DF, but you people, you loved it! Thank you so much.I just wonder what was going on with one man’s head and heart when he decided to get me these flowers? They are just incredibleWe were stopped by the local people who offered us food for free and we accepted their offer.I asked Mike while we were eating how he liked his food and he answered:†it’s delicious.†What he didn’t know was that he was eating crab, which is seafood, which means NO, NO for Mike. HAHAA.When we left Mexico behind us and arrived to Bogotá, we got a warm welcome from my fan club at the airport. People were so friendly that it made my band really happy after a long flight. The weather was way colder down there than it was in Mexico, but we survived I have to say that we were really lucky to get to play these two shows in Colombia finally, because both of them were in danger to be cancelled just in the last minute due to the technical issues and organization problems.I want to thank my Colombian fans for being there to support us. Hopefully next time I will have better luck. I am patient.It was so nice to arrive to the venue in Sao Paulo and hear my beautiful fans screaming out loud when they saw me! I had missed those screams! It made me very happy to know that they’ve been waiting for my return as I have waited to go back for three long years.My concert in Sao Paulo went really well and the audience was fantastic. At times much louder than we could play, but that’s the way we love it! It was tough though to take the plane early next morning and fly to Rio for a show, but there was so much lovely energy left from the show in Sao, we managed pretty well.Rio is a wonderful city. It was SO HOT in the concert hall that I almost fainted during my show. I think the amount of water that I drank got immediately out…somehow People anyway were excited and overwhelmed, cheering and singing with us during the whole show.Even though I had been in Rio many times before, I never had the chance to go here.We had two shows in Colombia, one in Bogotá and another one in Medellin where I had never been before. Actually no one from the crew had, so it was nice to get to know the city. Medellin is a beautiful town in the middle of the mountains. It was really lovely experience to see the gorgeous city from way upon and the weather was just perfect for nice pictures.Also I got a beautiful gift from my Winter Storm Rio fan club. A book of The Alchemist with a dedication for me from my favourite author Paulo Coelho. I am honoured. The city of Brasilia took us all as a surprise. Very modern and not looking like any other city I know.I had been only once in this city before and the concert at that time was not as successful as it was now. Fantastic audience and you could say it was hotter in the venue than in a Finnish sauna during the show. We had some time to rest in Brasilia before we travelled to Perú.
