NIGHTWISH: New Audio Interview With TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Available

NIGHTWISH keyboardist/main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the 12-minute interview in MP3 format at this location (5 MB).

NIGHTWISH was honored in the "Best-Selling Artist - Scandinavia" category at the World Music Awards on November 4 in Monte Carlo.

The World Music Awards (founded in 1989) is an international awards show that annually honors recording artists based on their worldwide sales figures, which are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

NIGHTWISH's new album, "Dark Passion Play", was recently certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 30,000 copies. The CD, which has already achieved triple-platinum status in Finland after selling more than 90,000 copies, has shifted 26,000 units in the United States since its October 2, 2007 release.

NIGHTWISH is currently touring around the world and their schedule looks the following:

14.11.2007 / Culture Room, Ft Lauderdale, FL USA
15.11.2007 / House Of Blues, Orlando, FL USA
17.11.2007 / Masquerade, Atlanta, GA USA
28.11.2007 / KB Hallen, Copenhagen DENMARK
30.11.2007 / Lisebergshallen, Göteborg SWEDEN
01.12.2007 / Sentrum Scene, Oslo NORWAY
02.12.2007 / Sentrum Scene, Oslo NORWAY
04.12.2007 / Arenan, Stockholm SWEDEN
05.12.2007 / Skycom Arena, Umeå SWEDEN
08.12.2007 / Hullu Poro Areena (18), Levi FINLAND
09.12.2007 / Hullu Poro Areena (18), Levi FINLAND
11.12.2007 / Teatria (15), Oulu FINLAND
12.12.2007 / Areena, Joensuu FINLAND
14.12.2007 / Paviljonki Areena, Jyväskylä FINLAND
15.12.2007 / Ice-hall, Tampere FINLAND
16.12.2007 / Karibia, Turku FINLAND
28.12.2007 / Arena, Salzburg AUSTRIA
29.12.2007 / König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen GERMANY
01.01.2008 / Ice-hall, Helsinki FINLAND
27.01.2008 / The Metro, Perth AUSTRALIA
29.01.2008 / HQ, Adelaide AUSTRALIA
30.01.2008 / The Palais, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
01.02.2008 / The Enmore, Sydney AUSTRALIA
02.02.2008 / The Tivoli, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
19.02.2008 / Visla Hall, Krakow POLAND
20.02.2008 / T-Mobile Arena, Prague CZECH REPUBLIC
21.02.2008 / Arena, Berlin GERMANY
23.02.2008 / Arena, Leipzig GERMANY
24.02.2008 / Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart GERMANY
25.02.2008 / Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt GERMANY
27.02.2008 / Jako Arena, Bamberg GERMANY
28.02.2008 / Gasometer, Wien AUSTRIA
29.02.2008 / Hallenstadion, Zürich SWITZERLAND
02.03.2008 / Palalido, Milano ITALY
04.03.2008 / Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana SLOVENIA
05.03.2008 / Petofi Hall, Budapest HUNGARY
08.03.2008 / Olympic Fencing Arena, Athens GREECE
17.03.2008 / Color Line Arena, Hamburg GERMANY
18.03.2008 / AWD Hall, Hannover GERMANY
19.03.2008 / Westfalenhalle 2, Dortmund GERMANY
21.03.2008 / Arena, Berlin GERMANY
22.03.2008 / Den Atelier, Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
23.03.2008 / Lotto Arena, Antwerp BELGIUM
25.03.2008 / Astoria, London ENGLAND
27.03.2008 / Astoria, London ENGLAND
29.03.2008 / Carling Academy, Birmingham ENGLAND
30.03.2008 / Carling Academy, Newcastle ENGLAND
02.04.2008 / Mandela Hall, Belfast SCOTLAND
03.04.2008 / Vicar Street, Dublin IRELAND
04.04.2008 / Apollo, Manchester ENGLAND
06.04.2008 / Zenith, Paris FRANCE
07.04.2008 / Zenith, Strasbourg FRANCE
10.04.2008 / Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon FRANCE
11.04.2008 / Dome, Marseille FRANCE
12.04.2008 / Zenith, Toulouse FRANCE
14.04.2008 / Razzmatazz 1, Barcelona SPAIN
15.04.2008 / Santana 27, Bilbao SPAIN
16.04.2008 / La Riviera, Madrid SPAIN
18.04.2008 / Coliseum, Porto PORTUGAL
19.04.2008 / Coliseum, Lisbon PORTUGAL
05.05.2008 / Starland Ballroom, Sayreville USA
06.05.2008 / Webster Theatre, Hartford USA
07.05.2008 / Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie USA
09.05.2008 / Centre De Foire, Quebec City CANADA
14.05.2008 / Garrick Centre, Winnipeg CANADA
15.05.2008 / The Drink, Regina CANADA
16.05.2008 / Starlite Room, Edmonton CANADA
17.05.2008 / MacEwan Hall Ballroom, Calgary CANADA
19.05.2008 / Sugar, Victoria CANADA
20.05.2008 / Croation Cultural Centre, Vancouver CANADA
22.05.2008 / The Boardwalk, Orangevale, CA USA
23.05.2008 / House of Blues, San Diego USA
24.05.2008 / House of Blues(LV), Las Vegas USA
26.05.2008 / Ogden Theater, Denver USA
27.05.2008 / Granada, Lawrence USA
28.05.2008 / Pop´s, Sauget USA
30.05.2008 / Headliner´s Music Hall, Louisville USA
31.05.2008 / The Pearl Room, Mokena USA