Image: Tarja & Marko Hietala Tour Poster 2024
The collaboration between Tarja and Marko Hietala isn’t just limited to their single – they are teaming up for a tour in September 2024! Here you can find the new music video and tour dates.
On March 13, 2024, Tarja and Marko Hietala, both former members of Nightwish, released a new song and music video together. The track, titled “Left On Mars,” has thrilled their fans as expected.
While singer Tarja Turunen left the symphonic metal band Nightwish in 2005, bassist and singer Hietala left the band only in 2021, announcing at that time his withdrawal from the public music scene. It is a significant highlight that the two musicians have reunited for a collaboration of this scale!
Besides the new song, Tarja has been releasing new music since the end of 2023. She released the album Dark Christmas at the beginning of the Christmas season, following her live album Rocking Heels: Live at Metal Church a few months earlier. The tour is named after Tarja's first best-of release, Best of Tarja - Living the Dream!
Marko Hietala's last solo albums were released during his time with Nightwish: Mustan Sydämen Rovio in 2019 and the English-language version of the same album, Pyre of the Black Heart, in 2020. Additionally, Hietala continues to be active in the Finnish band Tarot, where he has been a founding member, bassist, and singer since 1985.
Tour Dates for the "Living The Dream Together" Tour 2024
All tour dates for the Living The Dream Together Tour can be found here.
Marko Hietala comments: “This will be a great opportunity to rock with our own songs and then do some rocking duets with Tarja.”
- Sep. 08 - Berlin, DE: Huxleys
- Sep. 09 - Bremen, DE: Aladin Music Hall
- Sep. 10 - Saarbrücken, DE: Garage
- Sep. 12 - Leipzig, DE: Hellraiser
- Sep. 13 - Hamburg, DE: Gruenspan
- Sep. 14 - Herford, DE: Kulturwerk
- Sep. 16 - Groningen, NL: De Oosterpoort
- Sep. 17 - Utrecht, NL: TivoliVredenburg
- Sep. 18 - Bochum, DE: Matrix
- Sep. 20 - Ulm, DE: Roxy
- Sep. 21 - Obertraubling, DE: Eventhall Airport
- Sep. 23 - Frankfurt, DE: Batschkapp
- Sep. 24 - München, DE: Backstage
- Sep. 25 - Pratteln, CH: Z7
