TARJA - Luna Park Ride

[KingsGene]

TARJA – “UNTIL MY LAST BREATH” FROM LUNA PARK RIDE STREAMING

Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen’s live performance, Luna Park Ride, will be released in various formats on May 29th via earMUSIC. The live performance is available for the first time as audio and standalone video - including over 70 minutes of bonus material. Check out a video of "Until My Last Breath" from the show below:



Imagine an enchanted audience in front of an enormous stage in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thousands of fans screaming just for her: the one and only Tarja. Having their cameras and cell phones ready to film what will become one hell of a performance, Tarja finally appears, dressed fully in black and with the most beautiful smile on her face; she is in full bloom. Let the show begin.

Filmed at Stadium Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 27th, 2011 during Tarja’s What Lies Beneath World Tour 2011, Luna Park Ride will be released as 2CD, 2LP, DVD, Blu-ray and Download on May 29th via earMUSIC.

Previously included in a very limited edition of her Top 5 live production Act I, May 29th finally sees the stand-alone release of the breathtaking Luna Park Ride. For the first time available on audio and video, the fan filmed material is topped with 14 bonus live performances and offers the full package including previously unseen photos.

Ranging from Tarja classics like “I Walk Alone” to “Until My Last Breath”, the high quality audio mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam, Robert Plant) and fan video recordings also feature Nightwish rarities such as “Stargazers” or the electrifying medley of “Where Were You Last Night”, Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” and Bon Jovi’s classic “Livin’ On A Prayer”.

The 70 minute bonus material, also mixed by Tim Palmer, takes the fans on a tour of Tarja’s festival appearances and club shows from 2010 to 2014: From Tarja’s 2010 show at Masters Of Rock in Czech Republic with her band, choir and full orchestra live on stage, to a 2011 performance at Summer Breeze festival in Germany including a very special Gold Award presentation, continues with a recent performance in Ekaterinenburg, Russia as well as a performance together with Van Canto at last year’s Wacken Open Air. The bonus material finishes with three fan favourites – “Never Enough”, “Die Alive” and “Victim Of Ritual” – performed at Summer Breeze Festival 2014.

 

[KingsGene]

TARJA – FIRST LOOK AT BONUS MATERIAL FROM LUNA PARK RIDE STREAMING

“Never Enough”, performed at Summer Breeze Open Air 2014 in Germany:

 

[KingsGene]

TARJA PREMIERS “UNDERNEATH” VIDEO FROM LUNA PARK RIDE DVD

 

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TARJA PREMIERS “THE CRYING MOON” VIDEO FROM LUNA PARK RIDE DVD

 

[TwizstedJesus]

Whatever happened to Tarja saying she did not want to continue performing heavy music and wanting to go back to school or something for her singing?

She just wanted to shove it up Nightwish's collective asses

 

[The Fiddler]

Whatever happened to Tarja saying she did not want to continue performing heavy music and wanting to go back to school or something for her singing?

Your source, please?

 

[TwizstedJesus]

Your source, please?

Tarja herself said that she had planned to quit the band in December of 2004. This is according to an interview done with Tarja posted on News Room Finland.

Tuomas said that Tarja wanted to leave the band for an indefinite hiatus so that she could continue her studies as an opera singer. I can't give you a source but you could watch the videos that the band has released over the years. I'm certain that it is on one of them. You can also find some info on the internet.

I never claimed to be a Nightwish master (haha see what I did there?)
I heard that somewhere before she was fired that she would eventually leave the band. I didn't know I was gonna be tested on my memory of the events :Spin:

Regardless, Floor replaces Tarja nicely and it worked for both parties in the end.

Annette Olzon who?

 

[TheLongshot]

Tarja herself said that she had planned to quit the band in December of 2004. This is according to an interview done with Tarja posted on News Room Finland.

Maybe you are thinking of this?

In 2002, Turunen toured South America, performing in the classical Lied concert Noche Escandinava (Scandinavian Night) to sold-out houses. Following this and an exhausting world tour in support of Century Child (the World Tour of the Century), Nightwish took a hiatus and Turunen returned to Karlsruhe to finish her studies. After the hiatus Nightwish recorded the album Once; it was released on May 10, 2004.[22] The album has sold platinum in Finland and Germany and was the best selling album in all of Europe in July 2004.[23] The band performed in the supporting Once Upon a Tour throughout 2004 and 2005.