Nightwish Part 2

[…] The band headed back to to Helsinki Olympic Stadium to perform a signback version of ‘Nemo’ in the grand opening ceremony of the Championship – in the heaviest rain of all summer. The backing track did not start from the beginning, however, Tuomas’ keyboard solo was left out. The song was also faded out too early, the sound was not up to par, and even the organizers’ promise about a huge global TV audience turned out way too optimistic. The band was angry and offended.
‘’The organizers had promised that that the opening ceremonies would be broadcast to tens of millions of viewers around the world and the performance would have a huge promotional value’’ Jukka recalls. ‘’In the end, the only national TV channel that showed the ceremonies was the Finnish YLE – everywhere else the event was broadcasted only by cable sports channels. All we got was a big disappointment and soaking wet instruments’’. […]