Christmas in the hearts tour 2012

So the concert was amazing!It was great to have seen Tarja again. For the people that don't know her, she is the ex-lead singer from Nightwish (symphonic heavy metal) that is now singing solo. I went there with my partner and good friend Robert. Since we are not so familiar in Germany we decided to drove to my friends home (who lives there), and then driving together to the concert. But before going to the concerthal we went to eat some KFC together (might become a tradition, since we did that the first time as well, lol!)

The concert took place at the Luise-Alberts-Halle in Oberhausen. The sound quality from them was incredible, and by far the ebst I have heard to far. Everything sounded crisp and clear. Very few music instruments were used at this concert. Only a cello, violin and piano. I liked this, it made everything sound so pure. And there were seating places, so you didn't had to stand thr entire concert, which was nice because now I was able to see everything, haha! We were sitting the frontrow 8, so we were still pretty close.

Tarja was incredible live, with her powerfull voice and high notes. Since this is her christmas tour, she only sang christmas songs. This was a complete different type of concert then the first concert we went to from her. I wrote about that concert ☆here☆. 

At certain songs I saw that several people had to dry their eyes, and when she sang the song "You would have loved this", I also got teary eyes. Such an emotional and beautiful song, it gets me everytime, and hearing it live is incredible. I was hoping she would sing that song, and luckily she did ♥ 

She played songs as "White Christmas", Schuberts "Ave Maria", "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" and "Walking in the air".  She also sang her own written version of "Ave Maria", and it was great to see how proud she looked when she sang that. And deserved, it was truly beautiful!

This video is from the concert I went to. Nobody was allowed to film or make photo's during the concert, only during the encore. So far this is the only video from the actual concert we went to.

Different concert, but my favourite: "You would have loved this". It's about having to spend that special time of the year without your loved ones that passed away.

Her own written version of "Ave Maria":

These photo's are not made by me. Source of the photo's can be found ☆here☆

I liked her outfit with the feathers. She looked wonderfull.

I hope she will be back next year. Hopefully in the Netherlands, or close in Germany or Belgium. If so, then we will go and buy some tickets again ♥

Bonus: Nightwish (with Tarja ) - "Ghost Love Score"
One of their best songs in my opinion.

"My fall will be for you
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to cut me
I'll bleed forever"

Tarja

Today is the day. My partner, friend and I are going to the Tarja concert. Christmas In The Hearts Tour 2012, in Oberhausen.♥ We also saw her live the first time at the beginning of this year, in Februari. And she is amazing live, even better than on the albums. After that first concert we knew we just had to see her again once she would be close enough to visit the concert. I can't wait for tonight, it's going to be amazing ♥

Tarja Turunen

So, I went to the concert of Tarja on tuesday. I was with my boyfriend, and my dear friend and his wife. We first meet up, and grabbed something to eat at KFC. I just love the hot wings there ^^

After that we went to the Effenaar, to stand in line to get in around 18.00hours. When the doors opened around 19.00hours there was a huge waiting line behind us, and I felt glad we stood there in time.

We had a pretty good spot inside actually! I think we stood in like the 5th row from the front. I did had two larger guys in front of me, but they moved every now and then, and I could see way better. I also wore my high heels and my Silent Moon outfit. If you ever want to dress in lolita and go to a concert, Tarja would be the best concert to do so. No pushing or moshpits, just great! But, I still wouldn't recommend wearing lolita to a concert, or atleast for me. After a while it gets pretty warm in there, and people start to sweat, no not a good choice..I won't wear lolita at a concert again I think.. When looking back at previous concerts I went to, I would never find the possibility to wear lolita. Just imagine going to a Korn concert, or a Marilyn Manson concert..No way it would be safe for your lolita outfit, and wearing high heels. There were moshpits there everywheren, and you weren't even safe with great shoes haha..plus the beer that was everywehere as well..

Alright, back to the concert!

Before Tarja came on the stage there were 2 support acts. The first was Hannibal, and I didn't really liked them, just like many, many others of the crowd. Their last song was 'Du Hast' from Rammstein, so everyone sang along with that one. After that the second support act came, and they were better. They were called 'Benighted Soul'/ Their female lead singer was very energetic, and pretty good. But, I was there for Tarja, so I hoped to see her soon.

Benighted Soul - Start from scratch

Then, the crew of the concert hall hanged a big flag right in front of the stage, with Tarja's face on it. When the band came on stage, we knew it would be very, very soon that we would see Tarja, finally, after all these years I have been a Nightwish fan and a Tarja fan. Actually, I have been a fan of her and Nightwish for almost 9 years!

Tarja opened with the song 'Anteroom of Death', wearing a incredible looking mask, and a entire black outfit. At the end of this song the curtain flag came down and she took of her mask, so you could see her more clearly, and at that exact moment I got goosebumps!

Here is her opening song:

Some other songs she sang are 'Until my last breath', 'Little Lies', 'I walk Alone' and 'Ciarans Well'. She also played a new song, that will be on her upcoming album, of which she still needs to work on to finish it, called 'Into the sun'. That song was just wonderfull!!

She also sang a few Nightwish songs, such as 'Over the hills', and on the end she sang 'Phantom of the opera', being the second last song of the concert.
I was very pleased with that, because it's also one of my favourite songs, and I have never hoped she would sing that. So, it was a incredible surprise for me.

Over the hills and far away, a Nightwish song.

 I walk alone ♥

She did a medley with parts of: "Rivers of Lust", "Minor Heaven", "Montanas de Silencio", "Sing For Me" and "I Feel Immortal". With 'Sing for me' being one of my favourite songs of her.

Tarja Turunen and band performing "Phantom Of The Opera" together with Alex Balakakis from 'Hannibal'.

So, it was a incredible and magical evening, and definitely worth the wait, to finally see her perform live. I will never forget this, just thinking about it makes me feel a little bit emotional,because it ment alot to me to see her. She was very energetic and laughing alot. So you could see she really enjoyed to perform. She was so positive, and when she thanked everyone for being a fan of her and supporting her for all these years you could see alot of people got emotional, me included. Such a touching moment! And this was the best gift I have ever got in my life. ♥ Thank you Martin, for this wonderfull gift, and also thank you for my friend for being there as well!