Nightwish: Montreal, Toronto Dates Added To Fall Tour

Nightwish has added two shows in Canada (Montreal and Toronto) to its fall 2008 tour with Sonata Arctica.

The group's fall schedule is now shaping up as follows:

08/29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
08/30 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
09/01 - Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis
09/02 - Toronto, ONT @ Sound Academy
09/04 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
09/05 - Detroit, MI @ Harpos
09/09 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
09/10 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
09/12 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
09/13 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
09/14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater
09/16 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
09/17 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
09/19 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
09/20 - New Orleans, LA @ House of BLues
09/21 - St Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
09/23 - Knoxville, TN @ The Valarium
09/24 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
09/26 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
09/27 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theater

Tickets for the Montreal and Toronto dates are on sale now exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until June 10, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.

"The Islander", the new single from Nightwish, will be released on May 21 and will include the following tracks:

01. The Islander
02. Escapist (instrumental version)
03. Meadows Of Heaven (orchestral version)

Additionally, it will include the videos for "The Islander" and "Bye Bye Beautiful".

Check out the "The Islander" single artwork at this location.

The video for "The Islander" was shot last autumn in Rovaniemi, Finland and was directed by Stobe Harju.

Professionally filmed video footage of Nightwish performing the song "Bye Bye Beautiful" in Sydney, Australia on February 1, 2008 can be viewed here.

Thanks for the info to MetalFromFinland.com.