VENUE OVOARENA, WEMBLEY
DATE 21/11/2022
You can almost hear 12,500 people heaving out a sigh of relief as they walk into Wembley Arena. Rarely has a gig been threatened from as many angles as this one. Nightwish first announced that they’d be returning to the Big Smoke in October 2019 – only for that show to be postponed during the pandemic. It got postponed again. Then support band Amorphis dropped out, citing scheduling conflicts. Then Floor Jansen was diagnosed with breast cancer. That tonight’s even happening – let alone to a sold-out congregation – is no less than miraculous. Immediately, Finland’s symphonic prog maximalists answer the hype with an extravaganza of pomp. A slideshow depicting nothing less than the evolution of all life fills the three screens above the stage,…
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Prog (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 136