''Showtime, Storytime'' is a video release, released as a double
Blu-ray
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,
DVD
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,
CD and
LP from
Finnish symphonic metal
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band
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka N ...
.
Nuclear Blast
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recorded their live performance at
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music, rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and su ...
in
Wacken,
Germany
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on 3 August 2013. ''Showtime, Storytime'' is the first Nightwish production to feature
Floor Jansen
Floor Jansen (; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
Jansen first became known as a member of symphonic metal band After Forever, standing as their lead voca ...
on vocals. She initially replaced previous vocalist
Anette Olzon
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during their
North America tour leg, and on 9 October 2013 it was revealed that she would become an official band member, along with
Troy Donockley
Troy Donockley (born 30 May 1964) is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of Uilleann pipes. Having performed with many artists as a session player, he is most notable as a member of Finnish symphonic metal ba ...
. The running time of the concert is 1 hour and 38 minutes. The album also contains a 120-minute documentary about the first days of Jansen in the band, still as an only live member, and her process of adaptation in the band, called "Please Learn the Setlist in 48 Hours".
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Track listing
Video disc 1
;Bonus track
Video disc 2
Members
*
Floor Jansen
Floor Jansen (; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
Jansen first became known as a member of symphonic metal band After Forever, standing as their lead voca ...
– vocals
*
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish songwriter, record producer and musician, best known as one of the founders and the leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that h ...
– keyboards
*Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
*
Marko Hietala
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic ...
– bass guitar, clean male vocals (on tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14 & 15)
*
Jukka Nevalainen
Jukka Antero "Julius" Nevalainen (born 21 April 1978, in Kitee, Finland) is the former drummer in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
Personal life
He spent his early years in the city of Kitee. His music teacher at school told him ...
– drums
*
Troy Donockley
Troy Donockley (born 30 May 1964) is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of Uilleann pipes. Having performed with many artists as a session player, he is most notable as a member of Finnish symphonic metal ba ...
– Uilleann pipes, flutes, additional vocals
Charts performance
References
External links
Nightwish's Official Website
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Nightwish video albums
Nightwish albums
2013 video albums
2013 live albums
Live video albums
Films shot in Germany