NIGHTWISH: Montreal, Toronto Dates Added To Fall Tour

NIGHTWISH has added two shows in Canada (Montreal and Toronto) to its fall 2008 tour with SONATA ARCTICA.

The group's fall schedule is now shaping up as follows:

Aug. 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
Aug. 30 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
Sep. 01 - Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis
Sep. 02 - Toronto, ONT @ Sound Academy
Sep. 04 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Sep. 05 - Detroit, MI @ Harpos
Sep. 09 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Sep. 10 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Sep. 12 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Sep. 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Sep. 14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater
Sep. 16 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
Sep. 17 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
Sep. 19 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
Sep. 20 - New Orleans, LA @ House of BLues
Sep. 21 - St Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
Sep. 23 - Knoxville, TN @ The Valarium
Sep. 24 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
Sep. 26 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
Sep. 27 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theater

Tickets for the Montreal and Toronto dates are on sale now exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until June 10, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.

"The Islander", the new single from NIGHTWISH, will be released on May 21 and will include the following tracks:

01. The Islander
02. Escapist (instrumental version)
03. Meadows Of Heaven (orchestral version)

Additionally, it will include the videos for "The Islander" and "Bye Bye Beautiful".

Check out the "The Islander" single artwork at this location.

The video for "The Islander" was shot last autumn in Rovaniemi, Finland and was directed by Stobe Harju.

Professionally filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH performing the song "Bye Bye Beautiful" in Sydney, Australia on February 1, 2008 can be viewed below.