Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen has posted the following message on her official blog: “Tour was awesome! It is hard to think that next shows with the band will happen only in May 2009. It is a long time to wait, but I guess the time will run fast as it has done so in the last years. Anyway, I have many activities that will keep me very busy starting right now. I will tell you about it in the next posts…
“Let me tell you what happened during the last weeks of the tour. I got a big surprise from Bulgaria. There were around 5,000 people in the audience at my show in Sofia! Absolutely amazing considering it was my first time ever to visit Bulgaria! WOW. People were so kind to us there. I will never forget that spirit and feeling…”
Read the entire blog posting at www.mywinterstorm.com/blog/.
Meanwhile it was announced that Tarja will release a new 11-track EP on December 1 via Spinefarm Records. The record will come as a limited-edition digipack and will be available in the UK only, and here’s its tracklist:
01. The Seer (feat. Doro Pesch)
02. Lost Northern Star (Pain remix)
03. The Reign (Score Mix)
04. Die Alive (alternate version)
05. Boy And The Ghost (alternate mix)
06. Calling Grace (full version)
07. Lost Northern Star (Ambience Sub Low Mix)
08. Damned And Divine (live in Finland)
09. You Would Have Loved This (live in Finland)
10. Our Great Divide (live in Finland)
11. Ciaran’s Well (live in Finland)