What Lies Beneath World Tour

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Start date June 12, 2010 No. of shows 118 Associated album What Lies Beneath		Legs 7 End date April 8, 2012 Leg 7

What Lies Beneath World Tour is the second world tour by Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen to promote her third album, What Lies Beneath, released by Universal Music on September 1, 2010.

Tarja started the tour performing in several metal festivals in Europe, including the Wacken Open Air in Germany and the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium, with special concerts at Miskolc Opera Festival and at the Masters of Rock, where she performed accompanied by a full philarmonic orchestra and choir. Also in 2010 Tarja played a European tour and supported Alice Cooper in 9 concerts in Germany, and played another European tour in 2011, with more European dates to be played in early 2012.

During the tour, Tarja toured South America again, and at that time she played for the first time in Peru, Bolívia and Uruguay, and she also played at Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside the Brazilian band Angra in September 25, 2011, for more than 100 thousand people.

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Opening acts

Markize, French band (Tampere and Hämeenlinna)

Kells and Benighted Soul, French bands (Luxembourg, Austria, Italy and selected German dates)

At The Lake, polish band (Kraków)

Whyzdom, French band (Paris)

Solsikk, Britanic band (London)

Leaves Eyes, Norwegian band (selected German dates)

Special Concerts

The songs listed below were only played at those shows. Apart from these songs Tarja also played some songs of her own.

Beauty and the Beat and Miskolc Opera Festival

Blute Nur (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Song to the Moon (Rusalka (opera))

You Take My Breath Away (Queen (band))

Witch Hunt

Swanheart (Nightwish)

I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)

I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)

Demanten på marssnön (Jean Sibelius) Miskolc Opera Festival

Säv, säv, susa (Jean Sibelius) Miskolc Opera Festival

Solveigs Sang (Edvard Grieg) Miskolc Opera Festival

Tour dates

Notes:

A^ "Classic and Divine" Concert with Tarja's band, Philarmonic orchestra and Choir, part of the Miskolc International Opera Festival.

B^ Concert with Tarja's band, Philarmonic orchestra and Choir, part of the Masters of Rock Festival.

C^ Supporting Alice Cooper.

D^ Tarja performed as a Special Guest for Tenor José Cura; Concert with Philarmonic Orchestra, part of the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

E^ "Beauty and The Beat" Concert With Drummer Mike Terrana, Philarmonic Orchestra and Choir, part of the Sound Of The Ages Festival.

F^ Tarja performed as a Special Guest For Brazilian Band Angra, Part of the Rock in Rio Festival.

Support band

Tarja Turunen - Vocal and piano

Mike Terrana - Drums

Christian Kretschmar - Keyboard

Max Lilja - Cello

Alex Scholpp - Electric guitar

Anna Portalupi - Bass

Julian Barrett - Electric Guitar (2011)

Kevin Chown - Bass guitar and backing vocals (2010–2011)

Doug Wimbish - Bass guitar and backing vocals (2011)

Toni Turunen - Keyboards and backing vocals (2011) (only for Rock in Volga)

Oliver Holzwarth - Bass (2010)

References

What Lies Beneath World Tour Wikipedia

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