http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/-t1.htm News about Tarja's happenings and fanclub. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:06:05 GMT 10 http://i34.tinypic.com/faqmh.png http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/-t1.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/nightwish-book-causes-more-hassle-t255.htm Angels Fall First “Tarja Turunen was fired from Nightwish over 4 years ago but the drama around it keeps on going. Now Tarja’s husband Marcelo Cabuli and 3 other men are suing parties behind Nightwish book for slander. The indictment has been sent to Like Kustannus Oy (publishing house) and to it’s CEO Päivi Isosaari and also to the author of the book, Marko Ollila. According to Marcelo Cabuli, the views written in the book about him and his businesses are completely false. Päivi Isosaari from Like ... News Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:06:05 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/nightwish-book-causes-more-hassle-t255.htm#1411 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/nightwish-book-causes-more-hassle-t255.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/thank-you-winter-storm-t251.htm Angels Fall First The long touring and the promotion for the debut album are over. Has been amazing to sing for you all. Magnificent tours, beautiful places, caring and helpful people, great opportunities, many memories. I will never ever forget this excellent beginning for my solo career. I am so happy to realize my dreams. Let me go back and tell you about the last days of the final tour. Like one year ago, my show in Sofia was a great success. It is very hard for me still to understand how on ... News Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:15:59 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/thank-you-winter-storm-t251.htm#1382 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/thank-you-winter-storm-t251.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/regards-from-sofia-bulgaria-t249.htm Angels Fall First So far so good. Everybody around is healthy and the road takes us further every day. Countries and environments are changing all the time. It is nice to see people having still fun and giving me smiles, even though it is obvious that all of us are already tired of traveling. Anyway, the general feeling is excellent and positive. I am enjoining every little details of this tour, since it’s the last one for my debut album and I’ll need to wait quite a long time for the next proper tour. Visiting ... News Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:54:27 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/regards-from-sofia-bulgaria-t249.htm#1377 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/regards-from-sofia-bulgaria-t249.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/day-off-in-augsburg-t248.htm Angels Fall First We have been on the road two weeks already. Still many shows ahead and many new places to visit. I must say that I am really enjoining this tour very much. Spain was a wonderful experience for all of us. We got to spend a great time in Barcelona the day before the show and relax under the Spanish sun. I, of course, made some shoe shopping as well The amount of tourists was incredible in Barcelona as the city was having celebrations. Many bands playing in the streets. It was very ... News Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:46:57 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/day-off-in-augsburg-t248.htm#1376 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/day-off-in-augsburg-t248.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/viva-barcelona-t247.htm Angels Fall First My friends, The long distance between Berlin and Barcelona is getting shorter as the road takes us further, closer to Spain. Is the best chance I have to write a new post. I am the only girl again on the road with the guys, but the group of people are having fun together and it looks like this tour is going to be nice ending for My Winter Storm album. Shows have gone really well so far. Is very encouraging to realise that nearly two years after My Winter Storm was released, more ... News Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:11:56 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/viva-barcelona-t247.htm#1374 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/viva-barcelona-t247.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-just-before-the-final-storm-t244.htm Angels Fall First Last weeks full of work and fun are happily over and I can relax a bit and enjoy the days before the “Final Storm Tour” is starting. I have done some new Xmas recordings and filmed a video spot for it. I was very happy to perform in a Swedish Gala concert and my own Mäntyharju classical concert. Everything went as expected or better! The Christmas album, produced by Finnish famous Olli Ahvenlahti, is a charity project for missionary workers in Finland and it is going to be released ... News Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:11:41 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-just-before-the-final-storm-t244.htm#1365 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-just-before-the-final-storm-t244.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/halloween-concert-t243.htm Angels Fall First Friday 30 October 2009, 7 pm Tampere Hall Main Auditiorium Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Benjamin Vary, conductor Tarja Turunen, soprano Sami Uotila, speaker Exciting film & classical music and songs by Tarja Turunen, among others: Mussorgsky"s Night on a Bare Mountain, Dukas" The Sorcerer"s Apprentice, Gounod"s Marche funèbre d"une marionette, Herrmann"s music for Hitchcock films Psycho and Vertigo, Williams" Harry Potter and the Sorcerer"s ... News Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:02:15 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/halloween-concert-t243.htm#1364 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/halloween-concert-t243.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hello-dear-fans-t241.htm Angels Fall First I guess you wanted to know a bit more about the summer storm that passed by already some time ago. First show in Vaasa, Finland went really well. For me it was very important show since I haven’t been able to play Rock in my home country for a long time. I want to thank all my Finnish fans for the patience and love and the Rockperry festival for the opportunity. It was very nice feeling to be in front of the home audience again. After Vaasa, we played in small venues in Saarbrücken ... News Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:43:35 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hello-dear-fans-t241.htm#1350 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hello-dear-fans-t241.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/terve-t240.htm Angels Fall First I have been resting and enjoining the warm and beautiful Finnish summer for few days now. Also spent time promoting my next shows, but I had the chance to make a brief cameo in my friends’ second movie called “Yhtä Kyytiä” (Mad Rush). More information about the black humour comedy you’ll find from: www.yhtakyytia.com Here few snapshots of the filming day Tomorrow is the beginning of the second leg of my summer tour. I am delighted to travel with many friends ... News Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:18:45 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/terve-t240.htm#1339 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/terve-t240.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/back-in-suomi-t239.htm Angels Fall First We are now having a little break between the summer shows. The band members are having their other engagements and I am doing a lot of promotion for the future shows. I am very happy with the shows we did together so far and I am sure there will be many surprises for us in the near future. It has been a nice challenge to start the festivals season for the first time in my solo career and the reception has been very good so far. It was wonderful to visit Spain and Italy for ... News Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:29 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/back-in-suomi-t239.htm#1333 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/back-in-suomi-t239.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-from-the-road-t236.htm Angels Fall First The driving distances on this summer tour are really long, but we are safe and sound. We had 4 drivers with us in some parts of the tour! The first gig went fine, even though there was some excitement in the air during the concert, since it was our first show in Europe after a long time. Plus, we have some new crewmembers taking care of us. Many little crazy things happened during the show, but the audience seemed to enjoy our performance a lot and we managed to go through the ... News Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:40:26 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-from-the-road-t236.htm#1315 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-from-the-road-t236.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hunter-fest-poland-t235.htm Angels Fall First We have received an advertising suggesting that Tarja will play Hunter Fest in Poland. That is not the case and the promoter of the festival has been advertising this and using Tarja’s name and image without our consent. Tarja would love to visit Poland for a show, but this will need to wait. Seems Motorhead and In Flames have falsely been advertised for this same fest as well. Please look into this before purchasing any tickets to this fest. News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:12:10 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hunter-fest-poland-t235.htm#1311 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hunter-fest-poland-t235.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/writing-from-home-t219.htm Angels Fall First My friends, the tour is happily over. But very soon, we will start next shows in Europe. There is no time really to relax since I have to keep on rehearsing for them. I will go to make a visit at my vocal coach who is most probably going to “kill” me again. Just kidding, she is just magnificent help and amazingly kind lady. Mexican show was great and it was nice to see the reaction of the audience when they heard the new songs in our set list. I spoke with many fans and they felt that ... News Sun, 31 May 2009 19:15:35 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/writing-from-home-t219.htm#1245 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/writing-from-home-t219.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tarja-voted-sexiest-female-t138.htm Angels Fall First Congratulations to Tarja! Tarja was voted THE SEXIEST METAL FEMALE SINGER at the annual metalhead.ro awards. Metalhead.ro is the largest romanian portal for heavy metal fans and over 3000 users have voted. Go check out the rest of the results on www.metalhead.ro News Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:28:46 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tarja-voted-sexiest-female-t138.htm#676 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tarja-voted-sexiest-female-t138.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/vote-4-tarja-at-mfvf-t203.htm Angels Fall First Vote for Tarja at the MFVF Awards. All in all there will be 9 categories: Best Band / Best Newcomer / Best Artwork / Best & Beautiful Voice / Best Album / Best DVD / Best Female Growls-Grunts / Best Video / + 1 Special Tarja is nominated for Best Band. You can do your votes on www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be The MFVF Awards will be distributed at Metal Female Voices Fest 7 (17th + 18th October 2009). News Sat, 16 May 2009 16:10:02 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/vote-4-tarja-at-mfvf-t203.htm#1118 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/vote-4-tarja-at-mfvf-t203.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hola-mexico-city-t201.htm Angels Fall First We arrived last night from US. The tour in US and Canada went really well, without any problems and I truly enjoyed all my concerts there. Even though I have been in Chicago before, it really felt like the first time. What a beautiful city! This time I had the chance to walk a bit around. It was nice to meet many of my fans and to get a chance to know them personally a bit better. They seemed to enjoy the shows as much as we did with the band. I wish there will come another ... News Fri, 15 May 2009 08:16:44 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hola-mexico-city-t201.htm#1092 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/hola-mexico-city-t201.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/the-votes-are-in-t199.htm Angels Fall First All fanclubs were asked to make votes to MWS album. Here are the results! Winter Storm Russia – Division tarjaturunen.ru Lost Northern Star 354 I Walk Alone 346 My Little Phoenix 339 Enough 317 Boy And The Ghost 308 Oasis 298 Sing For Me 278 Die Alive 262 Poison 236 The Reign 222 Minor Heaven 218 Our Great Divide 199 The Seer 194 Damned And Divine 183 Ciarán´s Well 171 Calling Grace 147 Winter ... News Thu, 14 May 2009 19:48:56 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/the-votes-are-in-t199.htm#1068 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/the-votes-are-in-t199.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/north-american-tour-pictures-t190.htm Angels Fall First We would love to upload your Tarja pics to the official USA fanclub. If you allow us to do so could you please zip them and send them as attachment to IrishEnkeli@aim.com along with your name and the show it was taken at. News Fri, 08 May 2009 04:12:44 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/north-american-tour-pictures-t190.htm#975 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/north-american-tour-pictures-t190.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-from-toronto-t179.htm Angels Fall First New York show was very nice beginning for this tour. Thanks to my beautiful American fans. There were also many Latin American people in the audience, so it was really lovely. I was nervous, but all that vanished bit by bit during the show. I trust my band mates and technicians and they did great again. It is beautiful to feel the support from my band, no matter what happens and when. Nothing strange happened on that night except for few lyrics mistakes or wrong chords here and there, but ... News Sun, 03 May 2009 02:48:57 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-from-toronto-t179.htm#911 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/greetings-from-toronto-t179.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/a-new-tour-begins-t177.htm Angels Fall First I was having some fun in L.A. for few days. Just before the rehearsals for the tour, I went there to write couple of new songs for my album. Very interesting material was born and I can’t wait for you to get to listen them! You’ll be surprised, I’m pretty sure. Here is a photo of lovely Bart and me taken in his studio after we finished gathering together all our ideas for a mystical, dark song. Black Sabbath–Pink Floyd goes Tarja’s way… some weird stuff Unfortunately ... News Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:01:51 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/a-new-tour-begins-t177.htm#898 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/a-new-tour-begins-t177.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/usa-fanclub-shirts-t173.htm Angels Fall First Do you want your very own USA Fanclub T-Shirt? We have a few left on sale now! Click link below to go buy yours now! $14.00 plus shipping. Only 5 left in stock! http://stormusa.webs.com/apps/webstore/ News Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:01:15 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/usa-fanclub-shirts-t173.htm#867 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/usa-fanclub-shirts-t173.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/storm-tour-in-america-2009-t166.htm Angels Fall First We are glad to announce the band that will tour with Tarja: Tarja Turunen Vocals Mike Terrana Drums (Masterplan, Savage Circus, ex Rage, ex Malmsteen) Maria Ilmoniemi Keyboards Oliver Holzwarth Bass (Blind Guardian, ex Sieges Even) Alex Scholpp Guitar (ex Farmer Boys) Max Lilja Cello (Hevein, ex Apocalyptica) Camera Friendly Once again, all the shows included in Storm Returns to the America’s Tour 2009 - Tormenta regresa a America Tour 2009 were declared “camera friendly”, ... News Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:13:18 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/storm-tour-in-america-2009-t166.htm#829 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/storm-tour-in-america-2009-t166.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tarja-s-answers-to-fanclub-questions-t145.htm Angels Fall First Tarja has answered the Winter Storm Fanclubs questions. Please remember that it was every Winter Storm fanclub taking part in this. All questions were made in two seperate posts! Hi everybody, I want to thank very much all the “Winter Storm” Fan Clubs around the world for the questions they sent me. I answered in most of the case questions that are not that frequently asked and those that were particularly interesting for me. No preference for any Fan Club in any country It was fun ... News Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:08:25 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tarja-s-answers-to-fanclub-questions-t145.htm#710 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tarja-s-answers-to-fanclub-questions-t145.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/new-album-title-what-lies-beneath-t140.htm Angels Fall First Straight from Tarja's blog, www.mywinterstorm.com/blog My friends, Happy 2009! In the last months I’ve been writing a lot of music for my new album. It has been a pleasure for me to work with great talents like Kiko, Michelle, Mattias, Anders, Torsten, Angela, Adrian, Alex, Eric, Alex, Chisu, Johan, Harry, Hanne, Martin and Bart. Song writing is always an amazing learning experience and it has been a pleasure to discuss music with different people. The album process ... News Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:44:10 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/new-album-title-what-lies-beneath-t140.htm#687 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/new-album-title-what-lies-beneath-t140.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/enough-digital-single-new-tour-dates-t150.htm Angels Fall First Enough Digital Single Following on from recently released UK-only EP ‘The Seer’, Spinefarm Records UK will be unveiling a brand new digital single from Tarja, available for download from February 23rd. The single features the title track “Enough” plus bonus track “Wisdom Of Wind”. Both songs are brand new recordings that have been recently included in the Extended Special Edition of “My Winter Storm” released in few selected territories. “Enough” was mixed at Resonate Recording ... News Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:28:35 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/enough-digital-single-new-tour-dates-t150.htm#732 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/enough-digital-single-new-tour-dates-t150.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/new-review-from-metal-queens-webzine-t149.htm Angels Fall First I have written a review along with my boyfriend for my Metal Queens webzine on Tarja. Do you remember the times as a child after the first snow of the year? Mother wrapped you in layer after layer of clothing so much you felt more like a marshmallow than a human, but it makes no difference; you have waited all year for this one moment. Finally, mother satisfied that you will not freeze in the cold harsh winter, permits you to go. A child caught in a dream land, you play in the snow making angels ... News Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:32:27 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/new-review-from-metal-queens-webzine-t149.htm#730 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/new-review-from-metal-queens-webzine-t149.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/congratulations-to-tarja-crew-t134.htm Angels Fall First Tarja Turunen’s shows in Brazil have been voted 2nd best show in 2008 by fans -
“Universo Do Rock”.



]]> News Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:58:51 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/congratulations-to-tarja-crew-t134.htm#656 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/congratulations-to-tarja-crew-t134.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/rerelease-of-my-winter-storm-t96.htm Angels Fall First The rerelease of MWS will be January 2009 and will feature two new songs, Wisdom of Wind and Enough, and also all tracks from the Seer Ep including Disc 1 which will have all of the My Winter Storm songs. Tracklist is as follows: Disc 1 Ite, Missa Est I Walk Alone Lost Northern Star Seeking For The Reign The Reign The Escape Of the Doll My Little Phoenix Boy And The Ghost Sing For Me Oasis Poison Our Great Divide Sunset Damned And Divine Die Alive The ... News Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:29:54 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/rerelease-of-my-winter-storm-t96.htm#449 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/rerelease-of-my-winter-storm-t96.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/photos-from-doro-s-25th-anniversary-new-song-samples-t125.htm Angels Fall First You can hear short samples fo "Enough" and "Wisdom of Wind" on www.mywinterstorm.com Also you can view the new artwork under downloads on the same site. Photos and Videos available from Doro's show on December 13th, 2008. You can view more photos and see videos here. News Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:14:38 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/photos-from-doro-s-25th-anniversary-new-song-samples-t125.htm#583 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/photos-from-doro-s-25th-anniversary-new-song-samples-t125.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tattoo-contest-winners-t89.htm Angels Fall First We are glad to introduce the winners of the Tattoo Contest. You will receive a phone call from Tarja! Winners were picked in the order they contacted us: Frances Newton Liziane Valgoi Spinelli Priscila de Oliveira Barbosa George Sofos Yerko Gerardo Perez Gonzalez To all, congratulations! And thanks a lot to all the fans that send their pictures with tattoos. As promised, your photos will be added in the Tattoo section at www.tarjaturunen.com News Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:31:18 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tattoo-contest-winners-t89.htm#401 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/tattoo-contest-winners-t89.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/2008-christmas-concerts-t91.htm Angels Fall First Tarja did two christmas concerts this weekend in Finland. Here are some photos and videos from the past two nights. Pictures: http://irc-galleria.net/channel_images.php?show=tagged&channel_id=2969468&page=0 More Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/LilyLuna87 http://www.youtube.com/user/LordBecket Video Interview: http://www.voices-of-enchantment.com/videos/nelonen1108.zip News Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:42:29 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/2008-christmas-concerts-t91.htm#407 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/2008-christmas-concerts-t91.htm http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/the-seer-ep-t88.htm Angels Fall First "The Seer" EP Limited Edition, an appetizer of the forthcoming release of My Winter Storm, two discs Extended Special Edition. "The Seer" EP Digipack and LP soon available exclusively in UK and in Tarja's Official Webshop. For more imformation click here. News Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:27:27 GMT http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/the-seer-ep-t88.htm#400 http://mywinterstorm.forumotion.com/news-f26/the-seer-ep-t88.htm