Nightwish Announces 2015 Tour Dates

Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish will head out on a tour of North America this spring in support of their untitled 8th album due out next year. The band previously released Imaginaerum back in 2011 and finished touring for that album last year.

This tour kicks begins on April 9th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Nightwish then heads to Philadelphia on the 10th where they will play the Electric Factory. On the 13th the band will head north to Canada and will play the Capitole Theatre in Quebec City, Quebec. The next day on the 14th Nightwish stops in Toronto at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. On the 18th the tour hits the midwest with a stop at the Concorde Music Hall in Chicago, Illinois. On April 25th the band will stop for a their last show in Canada at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The next day on the 26th is the last show in the northwest with an appearance at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon.

The tour then heads south down the west coast which includes a show at the legendary Greek Theatre in Los Angeles to start off the month of May.

Throughout the first week of May the tour will head through the state of Texas which includes shows in Dallas, El Paso, and Houston. After a pair of Florida dates the tour heads back north finishing up on May 14th in Silver Springs, Maryland at the Fillmore. For a complete list of Nightwish North American 2015 tour dates see below:

Looking at Nightwish tickets on the secondary market, the average asking price is currently $142.14 for the mostly General Admission tour.

The cheapest date on deck is April 10th at Philadelphia's Electric Factory -- with an average asking price of $61. With limited inventory available on the market; Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre is by far the most expensive date, with the average asking price exceeding $344 -- 664% above the $45 face value. Unsurpsingly, that price is expected to drop significantly once more tickets become available following the general public Pre-Sale.

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Apr. 09 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
Apr. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
Apr. 11 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
Apr. 13 - Quebec City, QC - Capitole Theatre
Apr. 14 - Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatre
Apr. 16 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
Apr. 17 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
Apr. 18 - Chicago, IL - Concorde Music Hall
Apr. 19 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
Apr. 21 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
Apr. 22 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
Apr. 24 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
Apr. 25 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
Apr. 26 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
Apr. 28 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
Apr. 30 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
May 01 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
May 02 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
May 03 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
May 05 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
May 06 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
May 08 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
May 09 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
May 11 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Work
May 12 - Louisville, KY - Expo Five
May 13 - Charlotte, NC - Fillmore
May 14 - Silver Springs, MD - Fillmore