Anette Olzon Sings Fourteen Nightwish Songs in Sao Paulo and Says the Bitterness Had to Go First

Tomas Berglund · October 5, 2026

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Anette Olzon sang fourteen Nightwish songs at the Teatro APCD in Sao Paulo on 26 September, with a band, an orchestra and a choir behind her, and the whole concert is online in fan filmed video.

The set went well past the two albums she made with the band. Taikatalvi, Storytime, 7 Days To The Wolves, Ghost River, Song Of Myself, Amaranth, Rest Calm, Scaretale, Like A Show Inside My Head, Turn Loose The Mermaids, The Islander, The Poet And The Pendulum, Meadows Of Heaven and Last Ride Of The Day: material from before she joined and after she left, sung by the person who held the job between 2007 and 2012.

She explained to Marko Syrjala of Metal-Rules.com why it took this long. A South American promoter had asked repeatedly, and so had people in Mexico. "But I think I needed to get over all the bitterness and anger about everything that happened, because it had been a big pain in my heart," she said. "To be honest, the career I had was suddenly just, pshh, and I had to start all over again. So now I felt the time was right. I also felt I could finally do those albums justice."

She was dismissed in 2012 in the middle of a North American tour and replaced by Floor Jansen, who sings Amaranth at her own shows. "I was friends with Floor, so I have no problem with her," Olzon said. "She got caught up in the whole situation and ended up being seen as the bad person. I have reached out my hand." She emailed Tuomas Holopainen on the last South American tour and has not heard back.