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Colours in the Dark World Tour

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Associated album
  
Colours In The Dark

Colours in the Dark World Tour

Start date
  
17 October 2013 (2013-10-17)

End date
  
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)

No. of shows
  
107 78 in Europe 29 in South America

Colours In The Road World Tour is the tour by Tarja Turunen to promote the new studio album.

Contents

The tour started in Olomouc, Czech Republic on 17 October 2013. Tarja performed at only 1 festival that year, this is at the Metal Female Voices Festival in Belgium. Here she sang "Over the Hills and Far Away" as a duet featuring Nightwish's vocalist Floor Jansen. The 2013 shows lasted until November. As from December, her Christmas tour started and she played at different churches across Finland until the 22nd of that month. The Colours In The Road World Tour continued on 28 January 2014.

On 2 August 2014 Tarja joined Van Canto at Wacken Open Air in Germany, singing 2 songs with them: Anteroom of Death and Wishmaster.

Opening acts

  • Scala Mercalli, Italian band (19–23 October 2013)
  • Hollow Haze, Italian band (25 October 2013)
  • Teodasia, Italian band (26 October - 4 November 2013)
  • Sorronia, Hungarian band (28 January - 1 February 2014 and 15–16 February 2014)
  • Elyose, French band (3–13 February 2014)
  • Ayin Aleph, American band (March 15–26, 2014)
  • Mad Old Lady, Brazilian band, (September 11–15, 2014)
  • Abrantasia, Argentinian band (19 September 2014)
  • Crimson Blue, Russian band (31 October - 20 November 2014)
  • Mad Old Lady, Brazilian band (24 October 2015)
  • Aspera, Argentinian band (14 November 2015)

    • Support band

  • Tarja Turunen - Vocal and piano
  • Mike Terrana - Drums
  • Thomas Heinz - Drums
  • Moritz Muller - Drums
  • Nicolas Polo - Drums
  • Kristian Kretchman - Keyboard
  • Guillermo De Medio - Keyboard
  • Alex Scholpp- Electric guitar, Vocal
  • Ana Portaluppi - Bass guitar
  • Kevin Chonw - Bass guitar
  • Pit Barret - Bass guitar
  • Max Liljian - Cello
  • Julian Barrett: Guitars

    • Guest appearances

  • Floor Jansen - Vocals on Over the Hills and Far Away on 20 October 2013
  • Fabio Lione - Vocals on Phantom of the Opera on 25 October 2013
  • Kiko Loureiro - Guitars on Calling Grace on 13 September 2014

    • References

    Colours in the Dark World Tour Wikipedia
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