End of an Era is a DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, on 21 October 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was joined on-stage by John Two-Hawks, who performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as an introduction to "Creek Mary's Blood", which featured his voice and cedar flutes. End of an Era is the final Nightwish production to feature Tarja Turunen on vocals. She was dismissed by a letter after this concert.
In addition to original Nightwish songs, three significant covers appear, their known cover of Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away", Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", and a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes".
The running time of the concert is 1 hour and 43 minutes. The DVD also contains a 55-minute documentary about the fifteen days prior to the concert, A Day Before Tomorrow, and a photo gallery.
The Blu-ray Disc version was released on 29 May 2009.
Track listing
Chart performance The DVD was released on 1 June 2006 in Finland and on 2 June 2006 in Germany. After only one day on sale, the DVD was certified gold in Finland, and later sold platinum. End of an Era also was Platinum in Germany and Gold in France and on 2009 in Switzerland.
ChartPeakpositionAustrian DVD Chart2Austrian Albums Chart41Belgian Ultratop 5040Dutch DVD Chart3Finnish DVD Chart1Finnish Albums Chart6French CD+DVD Chart24German CD+DVD Chart3Hungarian DVD Chart1Norwegian Albums Chart35Japanese DVD Chart158Spanish DVD Chart2Swedish Albums Chart35Swiss CD+DVD Chart18UK Rock Chart7UK Indie Chart8UK DVD Chart115
Sales and certifications Country Certification(sales thresholds)FinlandPlatinumFranceGoldGermanyPlatinumSwitzerlandGold
References
External links Nightwish's Official Website