An intimate, two-hour documentary of Nightwish’s innermost-workings – included in their upcoming Showtime, Storytime DVD – is a story about what happens when persistence and desire pushes towards dreams. Directed by Ville Lipiäinen (30 Seconds To Mars, HIM) and shot with seventeen cameras at the Wacken Open Air Festival in front of 85,000 fans, the 110-minute live performance by Finland’s most beloved rockers Nightwish was the first of three final shows of the band’s 2013 “Imaginaerum World Tour” which consisted of 104 concerts in 34 countries and a total audience of over 1.5 million fans around the globe.

Nightwish: Please Learn the Setlist in 48 Hours

Recorded on the 3rd. of August 2013 doing Wacken Open Air 2013 in the Wacken, Germany.  Set-list: 1. Dark Chest of Wonders / 2. Wish I Had an Angel / 3. She Is My Sin / 4. Ghost River / 5. Ever Dream / 6. Storytime / 7. I Want My Tears Back / 8. Nemo / 9. Last of the Wilds / 10. Bless the Child / 11. Romanticide / 12. Amaranth / 13. Ghost Love Score / 14. Song of Myself / 15. Last Ride of the Day / 16. Outro: Imaginaerum.

Nightwish: Showtime, Storytime - Live at Wacken

The band announced on their official website that on March 23, 2013, they would celebrate the 10th anniversary of Epica in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The concert which would be called Retrospect, would be held in Klokgebouw with a 70-piece orchestra, choirs, international guests and many special effects. The band invited the Hungarian Remenyi Ede Chamber Orchestra and the Choir of Miskolc National Theatre to this show as they were the same orchestra that accompanied Epica in the recording of the live album The Classical Conspiracy.