This is the list of headlining major concert tours by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, who is best known as the former lead vocalist for the symphonic metal band Nightwish, and has been in a solo career since 2006.
In 2004, Tarja released an independent single, "Yhden enkelin unelma, and played a few headlining Christmas shows in Europe in late 2005, later launching her solo career in 2006 with a Christmas album called Henkäys ikuisuudesta, followed in 2007 by her first metal album, My Winter Storm, accompanied by the "I Walk Alone" single, playing her first world tour in support of the album. She has kept a routine of album productions and touring, not only as a solo metal artist, with a total of five metal albums so far (the most recent being In the Raw in 2019), but also venturing into diverse styles as classical music territory, which is her official music formation, also often putting out albums and playing live tours regarding Christmas celebrations. (see Ave Maria – En Plein Air from 2015 and Score for a Dark Christmas from 2017 as examples).
Since her first headlining tour in 2006, Turunen has played over 500 concerts around the world. Turunen has toured every continent except for Oceania (though she played there with Nightwish) and Africa.
Henkäys ikuisuudesta Tour
The Henkäys ikuisuudesta Tour was a short concert tour Tarja performed based on her 2006 Christmas album, Henkäys ikuisuudesta, limited to her home country and Russia, where she enjoyed a huge popularity.
Songs performed
The shows were based on the track listing of the album, consisting mostly of covers and renditions of traditional Christmas and classical pieces. The list of songs is based on the shows in Russia in 2006.
Originals "Kuin Henkäys Ikuisuutta" "Ensimmäinen jouluinen potpuri" "Toinen Jouluinen Potpuri"
Covers "You Would Have Loved This" (Cori Connors) "Happy New Year" (ABBA) "En Etsi Valtaa, Loistoa" (Jean Sibelius) "Jo Joutuu Ilta" (Jean Sibelius) "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon) "Varpunen Jouluaamuna" (Otto Kotilainen) "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) "The Eyes of a Child" (Air Supply) "Mökit Nukkuu Lumiset" (Heino Kaski) "Mary's Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) "Magnificar" (Bach) "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake) "Varpunen Jouluaamuna" (Zachris Topelius) "Silent Night" (traditional) "When a Child Is Born" (traditional)
Tour dates + List of 2006 concerts, showing date, city, country and venues Date City Country Venue25 November 2006HelsinkiFinlandCulture Hall3 December 2006JoensuuArena5 December 2006JyväskyläPaviljönki Areena6 December 2006TampereTampere Hall12 December 2006LahtiSibelius Hall15 December 2006TurkuKaribia Center16 December 2006KuopioMusic Center19 December 2006Saint PetersburgRussiaLensovet Theatre20 December 2006MoscowMKHAT Theater
Backing Band The following musicians accompanied Tarja on this tour, based on the backing band on the album:
Maria Ilmoniemi – Keyboards and piano Juha Lanu – Electric and acoustic guitar Ako Kiiski – Bass guitar Harri Ala-Kojola – Drums Iiris Pyrhönen, Heikki Hämäläinen – Violin Tiia Makkonen & Veli-Matti Iljin – Cello Mauri Pietikäinen – Viola Emilia Kauppinen – Flute Heikki Pohto – Saxophone
Storm World Tour
Songs performed
The list of songs is based on the shows played from 2007 to 2009.
From My Winter Storm and The Seer EP "I Walk Alone" "Lost Northern Star" "The Reign" "My Little Phoenix" "Boy and the Ghost" "Sing for Me" "Oasis" "Poison" (Alice Cooper cover) "Our Great Divide" "Damned and Divine" "Die Alive" "Minor Heaven" "Ciarán's Well" "Calling Grace" "Enough" "The Seer" Wisdom of Wind"
From What Lies Beneath "If You Believe" "Montañas de Silencio"
Nightwish songs "Angels Fall First" "Passion and the Opera" "Sleeping Sun" "She's My Sin" "The Kinslayer" "Wishmaster" "Deep Silent Complete" "Nemo" "Dead Gardens"
Other covers "The Phantom of the Opera" (musical theme) "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore) "Tired of Being Alone" (Schiller) "Symphony of Destruction" (Megadeth) "...and Justice for All" (Metallica) "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake) "You Would Have Loved This" (Cori Connors) "Desarma y Sangra" (Serú Girán)
Tour dates + List of 2007 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support acts Date City Country Venue Support act25 November 2007BerlinGermanyFritz Clubrowspan="10" 27 November 2007BudapestHungaryPetofi Csarnok2 December 2007MoscowRussiaB1 Maximum Club8 December 2007KuusankoskiFinlandSami Hyypiä Areena10 December 2007CologneGermanyLive Music Hall11 December 2007ParisFranceÉlysée Montmartre13 December 2007AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkweg15 December 2007AthensGreeceFuzz Club18 December 2007ZurichSwitzerlandX-tra Club20 December 2007LondonEnglandElectric Ballroom
+ List of 2008 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support acts Date City Country Venue Support act7 May 2008CologneGermanyE-WerkDelain9 May 2008LeipzigWave-Gotik-Treffen Festival11 May 2008ZlínCzech RepublicNovesta ArenaInteritus12 May 2008WarsawPolandStodola ClubMartin Kesici14 May 2008WiesbadenGermanyKulturzentrum SchlachthofPassionworks17 May 2008MunichGeorg Elser Hallen18 May 2008ZurichSwitzerlandVolkshaus20 May 2008GrazAustriaOrpheum Theatre21 May 2008MilanItalyAlcatraz Club23 May 2008FilderstadtGermanyPhilarmonic Hall24 May 2008HamburgDelphi Showpalast27 May 2008MalmöSwedenKB Club28 May 2008OsloNorwayRockefeller Music Hall30 May 2008GoteborgSwedenTrädgarn Club1 June 2008StockholmTyrol Club3 June 2008HelsinkiFinlandTavastia Club14 August 2008MonterreyMexicoIguana Clubrowspan="4" 16 August 2008Mexico CityCirco Volador17 August 2008GuadalajaraTeatro Estudio Cavaret20 August 2008BogotáColombiaDowntown Majestic23 August 2008São PauloBrazilCredicard HallHydria24 August 2008CuritibaHellooch Music Hallrowspan="2" 26 August 2008Porto AlegreOpinião Club28 August 2008FortalezaOasis ClubObskure30 August 2008Belo HorizonteLapa Multshow31 August 2008Rio de JaneiroCanecãoHydria3 September 2008SantiagoChileTeatro CaupolicanSix Magics6 September 2008Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio Obras SanitariasLuzabril10 October 2008WiezeBelgiumMetal Female Voices Fest19 October 2008Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhalSalamandraApparitionFaderay21 October 2008PragueCzech RepublicIncheba Aréna 22 October 2008OstravaBonver Arena24 October 2008BratislavaSlovakiaSibamac Arena25 October 2008KošiceCassosport Hall27 October 2008BelgradSerbiaKulture Center28 October 2008SofiaBulgariaFestivalna Hall31 October 2008Tel AvivIsraelHangar 113 November 2008KyivUkraineNAU Culture Center4 November 2008MinskBelarusSports Palace6 November 2008MoscowRussiaB1 Maximum Club7 November 2008SamaraMTL Arena
+ List of 2009 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and support acts Date City Country Venue Support act29 April 2009New York CityUnited StatesIrving PlazaThe Eternal Urn1 May 2009MontrealCanadaLe Médley2 May 2009TorontoOpera House4 May 2009ChicagoUnited StatesHouse of Blues7 May 2009San FranciscoRegency Center8 May 2009Los AngelesHouse of Blues16 May 2009Mexico CityMexicoCirco Voladorrowspan="11" 20 May 2009CaracasVenezuelaAnfiteatro Sambil23 May 2009Buenos AiresArgentinaTeatro Flores24 May 200926 May 2009La Trastienda Club27 May 200920 June 2009BudapestHungaryPetofi Csarnok22 June 2009BucharestRomaniaSala Palatului24 June 2009Žiar nad HronomSlovakiaMSK Centrum26 June 2009ZaragozaSpainMetalaway Festival28 June 2009MonzaItalyGods of Metal Festival30 June 2009PrattelnSwitzerlandZ7 ClubDelain18 July 2009VaasaFinlandRockperry Festival21 July 2009SaarbrückenGermanyGarage ClubVisions of Atlantis22 July 2009ViennaAustriaSzene Club24 July 2009Malá SkálaCzech RepublicBenátská Noc Festivalrowspan="4" 25 July 2009SzczytnoPolandHunterfest2 August 2009KyivUkraineGlobal East Festival19 September 2009ArcenNetherlandsEl Fantasy Fair20 September 2009BremenGermanyAladin Music HallFurnazeKings of Modesty22 September 2009HannoverCapitol Hall23 September 2009BerlinColumbiahalle26 September 2009BarcelonaSpainSalamandra 127 September 2009MadridLa Riviera29 September 2009PrattelnSwitzerlandZ7 Club30 September 2009LudwigsburgGermanyRockfabrik2 October 2009MunichMuffat Halle3 October 2009IngolstadtOhrakel Club5 October 2009BolognaItalyEstragon Club6 October 2009ZagrebCroatiaTvornica Kulture8 October 2009IstanbulTurkeyJolly Joker Hall9 October 2009AthensGreeceGagarin 205 Klub11 October 2009ThessalonikiPrincipal Theatre12 October 2009SofiaBulgariaUniversiada Hall14 October 2009LjubljanaSloveniaTivoli Hall16 October 2009PardubiceCzech RepublicČEZ Arena18 October 2009WiezeBelgiumMetal Female Voices Fest19 October 2009LondonEnglandO2 Academy IslingtonPower Quest
Backing Band The following musicians accompanied Tarja on this tour:
Guitar: Alex Scholpp (2007/Europe 2008 and 2009/North and Latin America 2009) / Kiko Loureiro (Latin America 2008/2009 Summer shows) Bass: Doug Wimbish (all shows except for the final European leg in 2009) / Oliver Holzwarth (final European leg in 2009) Drums: Mike Terrana (all shows) Keyboards: Maria Ilmoniemi (all shows except for the last European leg in 2009) / Christian Kretschmar (last European leg in 2009) Cello: Max Lilja (all shows) Toni Turunen, Tarja's brother, played additional drums, guitar and did backing and lead vocals, but only in 2007 and in the first European tour in 2008)
What Lies Beneath World Tour
Songs performed
The list of songs is based on the shows played from 2010 to 2011.
From What Lies Beneath "Anteroom of Death" "Until My Last Breath" "I Feel Immortal" "In for a Kill" "Underneath" "Little Lies" "Rivers of Lust" "Dark Star" "Falling Awake" "The Archive of Lost Dreams" "Crimson Deep" "Naiad" "We Are" "Montañas de Silencio" "If You Believe" "The Crying Moon" "Still of the Night" (Whitesnake cover)
From My Winter Storm "I Walk Alone" "Lost Norther Star" "The Reign" "My Little Phoenix" "Boy and the Ghost" "Sing for Me" "Oasis" "Damned and Divine" "Die Alive" "Minor Heaven" "Ciarán's Well" "Enough"
From Colours in the Dark "Into the Sun" "Never Enough"
Nightwish songs "Lappi" "Stargazers" "Swanheart" "Sleeping Sun" "Wishmaster" "Bless the Child" "End of all Hope" "Beauty of the Beast" "White Night Fantasy" "Nemo" "The Siren" "Higher than Hope"
Other covers "The Phantom of the Opera" (musical theme) "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore) "Tired of Being Alone" (Schiller" "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake) "Signos" (Soda Stereo) "Where Were You Last Night" (Ankie Bagger) "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Belinda Carlisle) "Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi) "Don't Give Up" (Peter Gabriel)
Tour dates