Fan-filmed video footage of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen‘s June 9 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below.
Turunen‘s brand new live-art album and video, “Act II”, will be released on July 27 on earMUSIC as 2CD digipak, 3LP gatefold (180g, black), DVD, Blu-ray, limited mediabook 2CD+2BD and digital.
Filmed during Tarja‘s world tour “The Shadow Shows”, during which the influential heavy rock singer circled the world 7.5 times with over 300,000 km travelled and played over 200 shows in 40 countries in front of 1 million people, “Act II” consists of the singer’s very intimate 75-minute set filmed and recorded live at the Metropolis Studio in London, England and the breathtaking live performance of one of her shows in Milan, Italy, and previously unreleased interviews and photo galleries.
The theatrical rock adventure “Act II” combines two incredible-yet-slightly-different live performances on video: The first chapter, “Metropolis Alive”, has been filmed two months prior to the release of Tarja‘s 2016 success “The Shadow Self”. Twenty winners from all over Europe were lucky to witness Tarja‘s set at Metropolis Studios, where the singer performed songs from her then unreleased album — for the first time in front of an audience.
“Act II” is the second chapter and was recorded on November 29, 2016 at the magnificent Teatro della Luna Allago in Milan, Italy and includes numerous hits from all four Tarja albums such as “Innocence”, “Die Alive”, “Until My Last Breath”, as well as an incredible cover of MUSE‘s classic “Supremacy”. That night’s setlist also enchants the soprano’s long-time fans with a medley consisting of the distinctive NIGHTWISH evergreens: “Ever Dream”, “Slaying The Dreamer” and “The Riddler”. It was all topped off with a remarkable acoustic set, which presented Tarja classics in a brand new way.
“Act I”, Tarja‘s first-ever live release, charted Top 10 all over Europe as well as almost all over the world, with a sensational No. 5 in Germany. The video version even remained for over two months at the peak of the Finnish music video charts.
