Future of Nightwish

they will find another female singer and continue

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia They will find a way to remain popular and to continue to make a lot of money. The exit of their singer was well planned, they released a Greatest Hits album simultaneously.

it was'nt simultaneous though

coincidence?

Originally posted by The Rock Why was she fired?

She became too big for her boots and controlling! Much like Fripp did with King Crimson, only difference Fripp sacked the band before they could sack him! Which was a shame really!

Originally posted by raindance Originally posted by The Rock Why was she fired? Much like Fripp did with King Crimson, only difference Fripp sacked the band before they could sack him! Which was a shame really!

Or, what actually happened : the rest of the band left before Fripp could

Who's Tanja?  

Ha, never thought I would care sharing facts about Nightwish (not my cup of tea). But I was interested to find out the reasons. Tarja's sacking was a solution of a very long ill situation. I copied extracts of the open letter (by the band leader Tuomas Holopainen) from their homepage www.nightwish.com:

To you [Tarja], unfortunately, business, money, and things that have nothing to do with those emotions have become much more important. You feel that you have sacrificed yourself and your musical career for Nightwish, rather than thinking what it has given to you.
This attitude was clearly shown to me in the two things you said to me in an airplane in Toronto: ”I don`t need Nightwish anymore.” and ”Remember, Tuomas, that I could leave this band at any time, giving you only one day`s warning in advance”.
I can`t simply write any more songs for you to sing.

You have said yourself that you are merely a ”guest musician” in Nightwish. Now that visit ends and we will continue Nightwish with a new female vocalist. We`re sure this is an equally big relief to you as it is for us. We have all been feeling bad long enough.

You told us that no matter what, the next Nightwish album will be your last one. However, the rest of us want to continue as long as the fire burns. So there`s no sense in doing that next album with you, either.
The four of us have been going over this situation countless times and we have realized that this is the thing we want to do in life. It´s all we can do. In December 2004, in Germany, you said that you will never tour again for more than two weeks at a time. You also said that we can forget about U.S. and Australia because the fees and the sizes of venues are too small.

In interviews I`ve mentioned that if Tarja leaves, that would be the end of the band. I understand that people will think this way. Nightwish is, however, a scenery of my soul and I`m not ready to let go because of one person. A person who wants to focus her creativity to somewhere else, a person whose values don`t match mine.

We were never bothered by the fact that you didn`t participate in writing/arranging songs, you never in 9 years came to rehearse the songs with us before going to the studio. Not the fact that while on tour you always wanted to fly, separately from us with your husband. Not the fact that you are an undisputable front image of the band.
We accepted and felt ok about everything except greed, underestimating the fans, and breaking promises. It was agreed by the five of us that Nightwish would be the priority in everything that we do during 2004-2005. Still so many things were more important to you.

I believe they are going to look for a similar type female singer. Which they will have propably no trouble finding. I'm sure there a lot of volunteers ready already. They will try to continue with the same musical direction.

However, some fans approval may be hard to get. I know a lot of fans are very upset. So their popularity may decrease some.

I really like Nightwish. They're not my favourite prog metal  band, but still they are very good. I hope it works out with the new singer.

Tarja will propably continue with classical music, since it seems to be closest to her heart. I wish her luck with that (though she propably doesn't need that).

Originally posted by GFoyle The thought of having such a singer in a power/symphonic metal band was the thing that set them apart from others. Frankly I don't think it's going to be THAT hard to find a similar voice.

Maybe not, although I don't think trained female singers who are willing to sing for a metal band are that easy to come by.