ANETTE OLZON: Leaving the stage on Belo Horizonte was due to vocal problems

ANETTE OLZON sent a pressrelease to Brazilian media where she clearified the reasons behind her sudden "collapse" which caused her to leave the stage in the middle of the NIGHTWISH show in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on November 10th 2008.

OLZON stated that the smoke on stage got on her vocal chords to make her lose her voice. She was trying to sing until she reached the point she couldn't do it anymore and therefore was "forced" to leave the stage.

NIGHTWISH has always had a very good and close relation to their fans in Brazil and the thought of disappointing the fans was too great for Anette. The band tried to buy some time for Anette to regain her voice back but it didn't. NIGHTWISH ended up playing 2 more songs after Anette left the stage but were forced to stop the show after that.

After the show, people stayed in the venue to get some kind of explanation to what happened. After a while, promoter Eric de Haas from Dynamo Productions came on stage to tell the fans that the concert was over and Nightwish was already back on their hotel.

It is reported that the next show NIGHTWISH did the next day in the capital of Brazil (BRASILIA) went well and the band the song THE POET AND THE PENDULUM on their setlist.