Masterfully written, directed and edited by Ville Lipiäinen, the documentary takes viewers into the depth of the chaos that was Olzon’s departure, and the triumph of a band that believed in each other, their music, and their fans to daringly bring on board a new face on short notice, and persevere through another 10 months of rigorous touring, culminating in the Wacken Open Air Festival of 2013. More compelling to fans is the fact that the documentary, which may have been intended to simply be a road documentary, was molded and edited into a stirring portrayal of a band on the brink of collapse, and their subsequent perseverance and amazing success with new front-woman Floor Jansen. Accompanying the Wacken Open Air concert is a wonderful documentary entitled, Please Learn the Setlist in 48 hours, which captures the trying departure, and the world tour from its earliest beginnings in Los Angeles California, back in January of 2012. Leave it to the ever cautious and driven visionary behind the band, Tuomas Holopainen to work towards planning a replacement when things with Olzon began to go south. The replacement of Anette Olzon midway through the North American leg of the tour was nothing short of remarkable. The journey was not easy, and it was weathered by one of the most difficult seasons of the band’s career. This was certainly one of the highlights of the year for metal, and for the band it was the culmination of many, many months of hard work and dedication on the road. To conclude the massive “Imaginaerum World Tour” the band closed the tour with three festival dates, one of which was at Wacken. On top of touring the band put the finishing touches on their very own motion picture based on the album’s story called Imaginaerum by Nightwish. Nightwish spent over a year and a half promoting their latest release, Imaginaerum, with a world tour that saw the band visiting 34 countries, and 104 shows, which were seen by nearly 1.5 million fans. The band and promoters pulled out all the stops for this show, which is jam packed with all the lights, cameras, glitz, and glamour one could hope for in a Nightwish performance. Recorded live at Wacken Open Air, 2013, this live collection captures the band’s main-stage headlining set in front of 85,000 hungry fans.
To be on stage and share the beauty of life – this is the calling of Nightwish, and on their latest live CD/DVD Showtime, Storytime, the band wishes to share this with you. Nightwish – Showtime, Storytime – Nuclear Blast Records