Nightwish Full North American Tour Dates Announced

Nightwish are setting off on their world tour in 2015, as revealed on the blog last week they will be bringing Delain along for the North American leg.

Marco Hietala (who has frequently collaborated with Delain) left the following message about the tour:

"Hi to all! Our work on the new album has been going with serious productive speed and comfortable ease at the same time. It´s going to be great to get it out to you and play these pieces live. And with this announcement it will obviously happen quite soon! Here are the dates for the North-American shows. Come on over and we´ll raise hell and kick some arses together!"

Dates are as follows:

04/09/15 - Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY

04/10/15 - Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA

04/11/15 - Palladium – Worcester, MA

04/13/15 - Capitole Theatre – Quebec City, QC – CANADA

04/14/15 - Phoenix Concert Theater – Toronto, ON – CANADA

04/16/15 - Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY

04/17/15 - Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH

04/18/15 - Concorde Music Hall – Chicago, IL

04/19/15 - Val Air Ballroom – Des Moines, IA

04/21/15 - Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO

04/22/15 - In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT

04/24/15 - Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA

04/25/15 - Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA

04/26/15 - Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR

04/28/15 - Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA

04/30/15 - House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV

05/01/15 - Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

05/02/15 - Marquee Theatre – Phoenix, AZ

05/03/15 - Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX

05/05/15 - Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX

05/06/15 - Warehouse Live – Houston, TX

05/08/15 - House of Blues – Orlando, FL

05/09/15 - Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL

05/11/15 - Marathon Music Work – Nashville, TN

05/12/15 - Expo Five – Louisville, KY

05/13/15 - Filmore – Charlotte, NC

05/14/15 - Filmore – Silver Springs, MD

Until October 11th, tickets will be sold exclusively through Enter The Vault. VIP tickets are available for upwards of $150 and include a meet and greet (people who attended on the last tour described this as being a brief signing), a poster and a program.