Showtime, Storytime

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Showtime, Storytime
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Video by
Nightwish
Released29 November 2013/10 December 2013 (United States)
Recorded3 August 2013
Venue Wacken Open Air (Wacken, Germany)
Length95:46
Label Nuclear Blast
Nightwish chronology
Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places)
(2009)		Showtime, Storytime
(2013)		 Vehicle of Spirit
(2016)
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Showtime, Storytime is a video release, released as a double Blu-ray, DVD, CD and LP from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on 3 August 2013. Showtime, Storytime is the first Nightwish production to feature Floor Jansen on vocals. She initially replaced previous vocalist Anette Olzon during their North America tour leg, and on 9 October 2013 it was revealed that she would become an official band member, along with Troy Donockley. The running time of the concert is 1 hour and 38 minutes. The album also contains a 120-minute documentary about the first days of Jansen in the band, still as an only live member, and her process of adaptation in the band, called "Please Learn the Setlist in 48 Hours". [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Track listing

Video disc 1

All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted

No.TitleStarts atLength
1."Dark Chest of Wonders"0:00:004:33
2."Wish I Had an Angel"0:04:334:49
3."She Is My Sin"0:09:224:55
4."Ghost River"0:14:176:05
5."Ever Dream"0:20:225:21
6."Storytime"0:25:435:38
7."I Want My Tears Back"0:33:406:44
8."Nemo"0:40:244:45
9."Last of the Wilds"0:45:096:32
10."Bless the Child"0:51:417:06
11."Romanticide" (music: Holopainen, Marko Hietala)0:58:475:40
12."Amaranth"1:04:274:26
13."Ghost Love Score"1:08:5310:31
14."Song of Myself"1:19:247:53
15."Last Ride of the Day"1:27:174:34
16."Outro: Imaginaerum" (music: Holopainen, Pip Williams)1:31:516:16
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
17."I Want My Tears Back" (Live from Helsinki)5:27
18."Ghost Love Score" (Live from Buenos Aires)11:00

Video disc 2

No.TitleLength
1."Please Learn the Setlist in 48 Hours (Documentary)"2:00:11
2."Nightwish Table Hockey Tournament (Bonus)"16:33
3."Christmas Song for a Lonely Documentarist (Bonus)"3:39

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