Радио-интервью с Туомасом от 29 сентября,
http://yle.fi/alueet/pohjois-karjala/2009/09/nightwishilla_onnistunut_kiertue_takana_-_edessa_mediahiljaisuutta_1042390.html




Nightwish Had a Successful Tour - Now Going to Media Silence

(Apparently, Hilma ja Onni was played on radio before this interview)

That was Nightwish and Marco Hietala performing Hilma ja Onni. Tuomas Holopainen, how long did it take to make this cover song?

- About eight hours. We made it in one day. The idea was that we don’t rehearse and think about it beforehand. We just wanted to go to the studio and play it by feeling and see what happens. So, we wanted to make this as non-Nightwish style as possible and I think we succeeded well. Pretty much every part of the song is the first take without too much thinking.

That’s amazing. You are really professional guys. When I heard the song for the first time, I thought that you’ve planned and arranged it several weeks.

- Nope. We went to the studio about 12 AM and began to think how to play the song. Marco Hietala had already planned in his head how to approach the song and you just heard the result.

Tuomas Holopainen, the two-year tour is now over. How do you feel?

- Very well, but I’m also a bit confused. The last concert in Hartwall Areena was about a week ago and I haven’t yet fully been able to start living a so called normal life. I haven’t slept much and I’ve been wondering what to do. I remember the moment when I came home a week ago. I just played keyboards whole night. I just couldn’t let go.

You visited the United States twice during the tour. How do you rate the tour as a whole?

- It had lots of ups and some downs too, but the final grade will be full A. Everything from replacing the vocalist and the massive production of the latest album gave us a lot of pressure and we didn’t know how the people will react. When I now think about the last two years, I feel very good and relieved.

Now the band members have separated from each other for a while. Was it a wistful moment or did you think that “at last”?

- The final bow in Hartwall Areena, the moment when you realized what has just happened, was a very bittersweet moment. I didn’t expect it to be such. The group has been exhausted in the last months so everyone has been waiting for this moment. The moment when you can take some distance to Nightwish. But when we went away from the stage we all were in tears. And somehow I’ve lived the last few days in that melancholy. Apparently a human being can’t ever be satisfied to the present situation. I’ve personally been waiting the end of the tour because I’ve been tired, but the day after the last concert we had a long group hug. Now I’m already waiting for the summer when we start working together the next time.

Could you tell shortly what the other band members are going to do during the break? How’s Anette?

- I’ve never seen Anette so happy than she has been in last few weeks. She seems to have a really good moment in every aspect of live. We’ll have a two-year concert break and during the break she’ll make a solo album and maybe features in some other albums. We’ll probably contact each other often and in July or August we’ll start making the new album. At the latest we’ll see each other then.

Can Anette already speak Finnish?

- She tried hard to learn it, but I think it has left to the state that she understands quite well what we speak but can’t talk much herself.

What does the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen do during the break?

- I think he’ll start making a new album with Brother Firetribe in the beginning of the next year. I don’t know how much concerts they’ll have. At the moment they are driving motorbikes in Europe. He has earned the vacation.

How about Marco Hietala, the man from Savo (Eastern Finland)?

- Marco is such a workaholic that he can’t be away from music projects. He’ll probably have 20 or so side projects going on every time. He promised to do nothing in October, but in November he’ll go to the studio with Tarot. And they’ll probably have a tour in the next year.

And how about Jukka Nevalainen who lives in Joensuu and manages the business side of Nightwish?

- Big thanks to Jukka for that. It’s a huge blessing to have a person like him in the band. He is a person who is sincerely interested about business and is good at it. Jukka is a good musician and friend. And it is important to have someone who understands the finance of the band.

What do you think about your fans? How they have treated you recently?

- When I watched the people in the front row in Hartwall Areena and met them after the concert, it was an emotional moment. I love them.

Media is interested about celebrities’ personal life and makes money with it. How have the journalists treated you recently? Have you seen men with cameras in the bushes of your garden in Kitee?

- I’ve seen them, men and women, with and without cameras. It feels weird. But I think that the Finnish media has treated us very well during these years. I think it depends on what kind of imago you have and how you treat the media. It’s better to work with the media rather than fight against it. But in some moments they don’t treat me very well. I would like to be at home in peace. That’s where I draw the limit.

How have people harassed you? Could you tell some examples?

- I don’t want to whine, but sometimes I have come home and seen people in my patio taking pictures of my house through the windows. And sometimes I’ve heard the doorbell ringing and found a group of people asking autographs to their CDs. I don’t think that they mean anything bad, but they don’t seem to understand that it’s not appropriate. When I’m home, I like to wear my broken Winnie the Pooh undershorts and be like anyone at home. So I don’t want to be worried that someone is taking pictures.

Has these things happened often in the last summer or whenever you are home?
- I don’t even have to be home. I’ve heard that people visit my house anyway.

Have you ever been really upset because of media?

- In these years I’ve learned to live with it. And as I just said, the media have treated us really well, much better than the prime minister recently*. But there have been some totally false front page news which have hurt me a bit. But I believe that the people will understand what’s true and what’s not.

How well do you manage to keep your privacy? Everyone knows your face.

- Well, I just try live a normal life and don’t think that I’m so special. That’s why it’s so confusing when people treat my as a celebrity. But I have to admit that I’m similar myself. A couple of years ago I saw Michael Jackson in the airport and went as crazy as the other people. So I followed him a while and took pictures. So, who am I to blame anyone?

Then some questions about you. Can you use an axe? When was the last time you sliced wood?

- It was about two weeks ago when I sliced wood for the winter. But we used a machine because there was so much wood. We cut the wood by disk saw and carried them to storage.

Are you good at making food?

- I’m average. When I’m home alone, I tend to eat noodles, tuna fish and rye bread. But I like to cook and I like to try everything new.

How about sport? Do you train?

- It’s a shame how little I’ve trained in the last few months. One of the projects during the break is to improve my physics back to the state it has been at best.

How do you train?

- Well, walking, jogging. And maybe I’ll try to ski in this winter, for the first time since army. I’ll also go to weight room every now and then.

Speaking of army, where did you serve your military service?

- In Kontiolahti. I was in the military band playing clarinet nine and half months. I had to spend only one night in the forest. So it was quite easy.

What kinds of news are you interested in? Do you read often the daily news?

- I don’t read news often. In the morning I might read the latest NHL ice hockey results and in the summer the pesäpallo (Finnish version of baseball) results. But I’m not very interested about the real news. Maybe I should, but I’m such an escapist that news tend to seem too realistic and distressing. Somehow I’m numb to the sad news from the world. If I see a news like “20 people have died in a car bomb explosion in Iraq” I just don’t feel anything. And I think that the same has happened to many other people too. It’s awful, but violence is so common subject in media and news, that people just becomes numb to the evilness of the world. And I don’t want to be numb to things like that.

You’ve told in other interviews that you like to jump to the imaginary world. Can you do that in a normal day?

- Yes I can. I have so many things to choose from. I like movies, books, Disney and sport.

So, you jump to Tuomaslandia. Do you make songs there?

- In there too. It’s not that I would hate the real world. I think that the world is a beautiful and wonderful place, but sometimes life sucks and I want to go to another place.

Tuomas Holopainen, you told me that this will be your last interview for a long time and that you are going to Australia. Why?

- I feel that I’ve been too much in the media and probably our fans too are annoyed to see us so often in certain newspapers. So we decided that we’ll keep a low profile in the media for a while. If possible, I’ll try to stay away from the newspapers, radio etc for the next 12 months.

And you are going to Australia. Why there?

- I’ve dreamed about this for years. Australia and Finland are my favourite countries and now we have time to do this road trip, 6 weeks in Australia.

Can you tell who’s going with you?

- It’s a group of me and my three friends who are technicians of the band. And knowing the guys, I believe it’s going to be a wild trip.

Have a nice journey.

- Thank you very much.

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* с этим пока непонятно, надеюсь, добрые финские юзвери оф форума прояснят ситуацию)

скоро предоставлю перевод)

MrsHeveinSmith писал(а):

We’ll have a two-year concert break and during the break she’ll make a solo album and maybe features in some other albums. We’ll probably contact each other often and in July or August we’ll start making the new album. At the latest we’ll see each other then.

Два года без концертов? Почему так долго, не могу понять... Но по крайней мере понятно, когда начнется запись нового альбома

Ave Omen писал(а):

Два года без концертов? Почему так долго, не могу понять...

Год отдохнут, год записывать и выпускать будут...

Ave Omen писал(а):

Два года без концертов?

а они должны послу двухлетнего тура отдохнуть месяцок, а потом снова ринутся в бой, в промежутках записывая альбомчик? )
Сами же сказали, что ясно, что запись альбома начнется летом. Памятуя обещания Туо о еще более массивной записи, понятно, что времени она отнимет больше. Месяцев 8, навскидку, на сам альбом, и еще 4 на постпродакшен, рекламу, съемки клипов и выход пары синглов.

Мне интересно, как переживет эти два года наш сайт и форум.
Верю, что всё будет хорошо

Спасибо большое за интервью! Очень интересно! Он любит Австралию? Неожиданно, если честно)))

Он вроде даже туда специально ездил перед записью CC.

Отличное интервью!теперь можно на 10000000% заслуженный отдых!я горжусь ими всеми!и хорошо даже,что не будет особых новостей от группы в течение года)надо набраться новых эмоций до выхода будущего альбома надеюсь ребята отдохнут на славу)

Кстати появилась инфа о том,что выйдет шикарный бокс-сет со всеми альбомами и бонусами всяческими:Nightwish Lokikirja.релиз 11 ноября.примерная цена 42 евро.



З.Ы. предвосхищая камменты о коммерции-такому маленькому лейблу как Spinefarm тоже надо выживать в условиях повального скачивания

MrsHeveinSmith писал(а):

In these years I’ve learned to live with it. And as I just said, the media have treated us really well, much better than the prime minister recently*.

Лера, я думаю он имел в виду вот это

Metalshrine: Even before NIGHTWISH, was that something that you had any idea of happening? Being in the tabloids and TV shows? It seems like in Finland there's tons of that stuff every week.

Tuomas: God no! There is and we really hit the big time. We dug our own grave with this (laughs). Honestly, I didn't think that we would be such an interesting band. Maybe the whole scenario with this dramatic... nothing is more interesting to a human mind than when other people have problems and especially with relationships. It totally blew me away. I can't believe that this is such a big deal. Even the prime minister of Finland had something to say about it. Every single talk show in Finland was talking about how I need to find my feminine side (laughs) and it totally got out of hand. Like a public soap opera. It has calmed down a little bit, but it's still like that. Every week there's something in the papers.

(разговор шел об увольнении Тарьи и отношениях Тарьи и Туомаса)

Posted after 2 minutes 50 seconds:

и еще сюда же

Were you expecting the media furore that it caused?

TH: It shocked so many people and you can't believe the media hassle we got; in Finland especially, it wasn't that big outside our country but in Finland we were in the tabloids for two or three weeks. Every single talk show was talking about the Nightwish issue. Even the prime minister of Finland had an opinion of what happened. It was ridiculous. Everybody had an opinion. There were psychologists on TV telling me what to do with my life in the future and many religious people came to me and told me I had sinned big time and had to pray to Jesus Christ as I had betrayed my friend and was going to hell. And I got a lot of really weird letters and emails so I was wondering, have I created a monster or what? Things are a bit easier now.

The Prime Minister had an opinion? Wow, it does seem that in Finland even the government are interested in heavy metal, they really seem to support it over there. Are you proud to be from a country with such a great metal heritage?

TH: Absolutely, I believe Finland is the only country in the world where extreme metal bands always top the national charts. Just one example but Children Of Bodom were number 1 in the singles charts for 11 weeks a few years ago and not the rock charts but the actual charts and this is a phenomenon that can only happen in Finland. And I think metal music is like a national music.

silence_born писал(а):

Лера, я думаю он имел в виду вот это

нет. Он имел в виду,что к ним пресса относится куда лучше, чем к премьер-министру *сейчас в Суоми большой скандал, тк премьера обвиняют во взяточничестве и прочих плохих делах*.

Спасибо за интервью! Хорошее)))

Интересное интервью, спасибо)

Отдых после такого продолжительного тура им нужен всенепременно. Вымотал их DPPWT - столько концертов! И лично моё мнение, поклонникам ведь тоже перерыв нужен. Если каждый день кушать любимое блюдо, в конце концов оно станет обычным и повседневным. Жаль конечно всё-таки до 2011го ждать, но я утешусь новым альбомом Tarot . И Найты как раз восстановят силы, Маэстро новых впечатлений наберется, отсюда и новый материал для альбома. Мы все их очень любим и будем ждать новых песен, а значит и новых выступлений, эмоций и конечно же концерта в России.

Добавлено спустя 7 минут 12 секунд:

А Сахару Туо написал когда они в Египте отдыхали, а он в пустыне заблудился - вот вам и впечатления!

Denis писал(а):

А Сахару Туо написал когда они в Египте отдыхали, а он в пустыне заблудился - вот вам и впечатления!

я помню, с его слов, что он написал её по мотивам сна

OceanReBorn, Да, он сказал, что это ему просто приснилось)))

MrsHeveinSmith писал(а):

If I see a news like “20 people have died in a car bomb explosion in Iraq” I just don’t feel anything. And I think that the same has happened to many other people too. It’s awful, but violence is so common subject in media and news, that people just becomes numb to the evilness of the world. And I don’t want to be numb to things like that.

Мне очень понравилось это высказывание маэстро. Видно что он те только хороший музыкант но и хороший человек. Чето подобное я чувствую после каждого просмотра выпуска новостей

Сканы новой статьи о эпичном завершении тура в Хельсинки из Suosikki http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/susitar/Nightwish/Lehtijuttuja/Lehdet%2033/?action=view&current=hpqscan0006-3.jpg,http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/susitar/Nightwish/Lehtijuttuja/Lehdet%2033/?action=view&current=hpqscan0005-4.jpg,http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/susitar/Nightwish/Lehtijuttuja/Lehdet%2033/?action=view&current=hpqscan0004-4.jpg так же если пройти по стрелочкам слева можно найти сканы из Rumba посвящённые тому же событию)спасибо как всегда говорим в адрес Afrodite)))

Перевод вышеуказанных сканов от Afrodite)

Suosikki 10/2009

Which Finnish band sells out Helsinki's Hartwall Arena? Well, of course Nightwish who arrived home as a winner from the two year long Dark Passion Play Tour. Vocalist Anette Olzon was on fire at the Arena:
- Would I dare call the show even perfect? It was amazing to end the tour this way.

All is well that ends well

Nightwish's gigantic tour ended with an evening filled with love at Hartwall Arena. Tuomas Holopainen recalled the high points of the two year long Dark Passion Play Tour - and also contemplated the future a bit.

Tuomas and..
.. the show at the Arena:
- Before the concert the feeling was conflicting. Like getting out from a prison of paradise. During the past months I hoped a few times that I could already go on holiday, but at Hartwall that idea never crossed my mind. In the end it was one of our best and most heartfelt performances of all time. You very rarely get the feeling that came during the last ten minutes of that show. The audience made waves, front rows were clearly moved - as were the people on stage. It was an evening filled with love!
..the most exotic show on the tour:
- Perhaps the show in China. The concert hall was absolutely freezing. The other arrangements were what were too but as a whole experience the trip was very wonderful. And the fans were of course awesome.
...the hard core fans:
- I've heard Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister is a huge Nightwish fan. Ozzy Osbourne's son-in-law drove our bus on the American tour. He told that Ozzy listenes to Nightwish at home and walks around wearing our shirt. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi for one was at our show in Birmingham and liked it!
... the career as a busker:
- I'm going to Australia at the end of the year with my friends. We also mean to set up a busker band. Playing three acoustic guitars and a melodica and earn some travelling money.
... the secret of Nightwish:
- No of us is a musician at Alexi Laiho's level but when we play together magic happenes. James Hetfield has said the same thing about Metallica.

Anette's baptism of fire

Nightwish's tour life was sometimes hard with Anette Olzon, who replaced vocalist Tarja Turunen.
- Perhaps you thought in your ludicrousy after firing Tarja that we have to find a perfect person and a perfect singer in the same package, Tuomas thinks.
- When we faced some conflicts with Anette that caused a few difficult but growing moments. Disagreements will follow when you have in "a closed space" four non-temperamental people (us guys) and one very temperamental person (Anette). I believe we've learned from our problems. Taking the whole tour in to consideration I'd grade Anette as 10+.
At Helsinki Arena feeling were unravelled on both sides.
- I gave Anette a hug on-stage at the end of the show and in a way that felt like forgiving things for both sides. We've had our own battles but now everything looks very good, Tuomas says.
Olzon plans to record a solo-album during Nightwish's break.
- That's very okey though fans have criticized the matter, Holopainen says.
- Nightwish's next album will come out in the autumn 2011 and the tour starts after that. Should she sit at home doing nothing the whole time? Two years without any income? It's just a good thing that the members of the band have things to do. Marco works with Tarot, Emppu has Brother Firetribe and so on. Of course I hope Anette's solo material is quite different compared to Nightwish. And I think it will be.

- The concept for the next Nightwish album is ready, Tuomas tells.
- Perhaps the lyrics will have more optimism. There is American poet Walt Whitman, Walt Disney, imagination, fairytales and Finnish nature. Dark Passion Play was quite a murder of the soul as a whole. Life's smiling differently now and there's no need to do the same kind of album.

Top 3-lists by Tuomas

Weirdest signed places
1. Cover of a Bible
2. Skin with the comment "Do it neatly, I'm getting it tattooed"
3. Passports, phones, iPods and cars

Scariest experiences of the road
1. The Panama Air plane, flying to Panama from Columbia. Two hours in a thunder storm. The plane swinged, swayed and banged. Not funny at all.
2. The USA tour. Our bus driver was at his limit. We lightly hit a truck for example on the highway going 120 kilometres per hour. When the trip was over you noticed you were shaking all over. We had to tell the driver that thanks, but we'll continue without you.
3. Ecuador, Quito. We got serious and realistic death threats before the show. The letter said "this is shamanic country, we don't want rock bands here. If you go on stage you will be shot". That was scary and agonizing.

Nightwish's best cover songs
1. Walking in the Air
2. High Hopes
3. Phantom of the Opera

Nightwish's Dark Passion Play Tour 2007-2009 in numbers
Show: 194
Countries: 48
Continents: 4
Flights: 1680
Hotel nights: 4110
Warm meals: 4656
Hours on airports: 970
Months on the tourbus: 7
Fans on gigs: 1,6 million
+ Encore 1
Plectrums used by guitarist Emppu Vuorinen: 8000
Drumsticks used by drummer Jukka Nevalainen: 200 pairs
Magic tricks backstage by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen: 20
+ Encore 2
Secret name used by Nightwish: 6 (Century Child, Natuvissyset and Sushi Patrol among others)

(c) Afrodite, of forum.