End of an Era

End of an Era
Nightwish live album
Publication (s)	June 1, 2006
admission	October 21, 2005
Label (s)	Nuclear Blast
Format (s)	CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc
Genre (s)	Symphonic metal
Title (number)	20th
running time	1 h 43 min
occupation	Singing : Tarja Turunen Guitar : Emppu Vuorinen Bass and vocals : Marco Hietala Drums : Jukka Nevalainen Keyboard : Tuomas Holopainen
chronology End of Innocence (2003) End of an Era Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) (2009)

End of an Era is a live DVD of the Finnish symphonic metal - band Nightwish . Nuclear Blast recorded the concert on October 21, 2005 at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki , Finland . It was the last concert of a long world tour that began after the release of the album Once . During the concert, the Lakota Indian from the Oglala tribe, John Two-Hawks , performed with the band. His performance of the song "Stone People" from his album Honor served as an introduction to the Nightwish song "Creek Mary's Blood", which the band played with Two-Hawks.

In addition to the band's own songs, the earlier published cover versions "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Gary Moore and "The Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber were played. In addition, a cover of the song "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd was presented.

In addition to the 1-hour and 43-minute concert, the DVD includes a 55-minute film entitled A Day Before Tomorrow , which documents the preparations for the concert, as well as a photo gallery.

The DVD was released on June 1, 2006 in Finland and on June 2, 2006 in Germany. After just one day, the record had achieved gold status in Finland. On June 17, 2008, the band received the platinum award for more than 200,000 DVDs sold to retailers in Germany.

End of an Era is the last production with the singer Tarja Turunen . On the evening of the concert she was handed a letter by the band, asking that it be opened the next morning. In the letter, Holopainen accuses her of seeing herself only as a "guest musician" and acting mainly out of greed, which all too often came at the expense of the fans. Her relationship with her husband Marcelo Cabuli, who “turned her from a lovable girl into a diva”, is particularly attacked. In addition to Holopainen, the three other band members also signed the letter. The letter was also published on the official website in Finnish, German and English the following evening.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

DVDs

End of an Era   DE 3 06/09/2006 (16 weeks)   AT 41 06/16/2006 (4 weeks)   CH 18th 06/18/2006 (12 weeks)   FI 6th 06/02/2006 (11 weeks)

	title	Songwriter	comment	length	Beginning
1.	Red Warrior	Hans Zimmer	Intro (from the movie Last Samurai )	0:35	0:00
2.	Dark Chest of Wonders	Holopaines		4:43	0:35
3.	Planet Hell	Holopaines		4:45	5:18
4th	Ever dream	Holopaines		5:27	10:03
5.	The Kinslayer	Holopaines		4:09	3:30 p.m.
6th	The Phantom of the Opera	Andrew L. Webber Charles Hart Richard Stilgoe	Cover by Andrew Lloyd Webber	5:12	19:39
7th	The siren	Holopainen Vuorinen	The keyboard solo contains an allusion to the song "The Castaway" by the band Amorphis	4:53	24:51
8th.	Sleeping Sun	Holopaines		4:55	29:44
9.	High hopes	David Gilmour Polly Samson	Cover of Pink Floyd	6:54	34:39
10.	Bless the Child	Holopaines		6:25	41:23
11.	Wishmaster	Holopaines	At the end, the intro of The Trooper is played by Iron Maiden .	4:44	47:58
12.	Slaying the Dreamer	Holopainen Vuorinen		5:05	52:42
13.	Kuolema tekee taiteilijan	Holopaines		4:13	57:47
14th	Nemo	Holopaines		4:46	1:02:00
15th	Ghost Love Score	Holopaines		10:29	1:06:46
16.	Stone People	John Two-Hawks	Enter John Two-Hawks	4:09	1:17:15
17th	Creek Mary's Blood	Holopaines	is played with John Two-Hawks	8:39	1:21:24
18th	Over the Hills and Far Away	Gary Moore	Cover by Gary Moore	5:26	1:30:01
19th	Wish I Had an Angel	Holopaines		4:17	1:35:27
20th	All of Them	Hans Zimmer	Outro (from the movie King Arthur )	3:35	1:39:44
Total:					1:43:19

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tuomas Holopainen: Open letter to Tarja ( Memento of December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), October 22, 2005 (official German translation, accessed on August 1, 2007)
2. ↑ officialcharts.de: End of an Era in the German charts
3. ↑ austriancharts.at: End of an Era in the Austrian charts
4. ↑ hitparade.ch: End of an Era in the Swiss charts
5. ↑ finnishcharts.com: End of an Era in the Finnish charts

Web links

• End of an Era on Nightwish.com ( Memento from June 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Official Nightwish website