ANETTE OLZON Announces 2026 European Tour Celebrating Her NIGHTWISH Era

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Anette Olzon

After more than a decade away from European stages, Anette Olzon is set to make a triumphant return with a limited-run Summer 2026 tour. Fans of the Swedish singer will finally get a chance to experience live performances of the music she helped create during her tenure with symphonic metal giants NIGHTWISH.

The tour will shine a spotlight on Olzon’s contributions to the band, focusing on the albums Dark Passion Play (2007) and Imaginaerum (2011). Attendees can expect a mix of high-energy renditions of hits like “Amaranth,” “Bye Bye Beautiful,” “Storytime,” and “The Poet and the Pendulum,” as well as several songs from these albums making their live European debut—tracks that NIGHTWISH never performed live with Olzon at the helm. For fans of symphonic metal, this promises to be a historic experience.

To mark this special occasion, an exclusive ticket pre-sale is now underway. Fans purchasing tickets during the three-week pre-sale window will receive a numbered postcard personally signed by Olzon. This pre-sale runs until February 20—or until the allocated tickets sell out. General sales, without the collectible postcard, begin on March 4.

Here are the scheduled dates:

  • Jul. 25 – Vaasa, Finland
  • Jul. 27 – Oslo, Norway
  • Jul. 28 – Stockholm, Sweden
  • Jul. 30 – Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Jul. 31 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Aug. 2 – Milan, Italy
  • Aug. 3 – Rome, Italy
  • Aug. 5 – Athens, Greece
  • Aug. 6 – Istanbul, Turkey
  • Aug. 8 – Budapest, Hungary
  • Aug. 9 – Prague, Czech Republic
  • Aug. 11 – Warsaw, Poland
  • Aug. 13 – Berlin, Germany
  • Aug. 14 – Hamburg, Germany
  • Aug. 16 – Frankfurt, Germany
  • Aug. 17 – Stuttgart, Germany
  • Aug. 19 – Munich, Germany
  • Aug. 20 – Vienna, Austria
  • Aug. 23 – London, U.K.
  • Aug. 25 – Madrid, Spain
  • Aug. 26 – Paris, France
  • Aug. 27 – Lisbon, Portugal

Olzon originally joined NIGHTWISH in 2007, recording two studio albums before her departure in 2012 during the band’s North American tour. She was succeeded by former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen.