NIGHTWISH, CHRIS CORNELL Confirmed For Belgium's ROCK WERCHTER Festival

NIGHTWISH and CHRIS CORNELL are among the confirmed bands for the Rock Werchter festival, set to take place July 3-6 in Werchter, Belgium.

For more information, visit www.rockwerchter.be.

NIGHTWISH will perform at the German Echo Awards tonight (Friday, February 15) in Berlin. The ceremony will be broadcast in Germany on the RTL network starting at 8:15 p.m. CET.

NIGHTWISH has been nominated for an Echo award in the "Rock/Alternative (International)" category.

NIGHTWISH's latest album, "Dark Passsion Play", has been certified gold in Germany for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The award presentation took place on December 29, 2007 at the On A Dark Winter's Night Festival in Oberhausen, Germany, where NIGHTWISH played in front of 6,000 fans. "Dark Passion Play" has also been certified triple platinum in the band's home country of Finland, platinum in Switzerland, and gold in Sweden, Austria and Poland.