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Holiday rock ensemble The Wizards Of Winter - featuring former members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rainbow, Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent and The Irish Tenors - will begin their annual holiday tour on Friday, November 16, 2018 in Westbury, NY!

The tour will visit cities and towns across North America, coming to an end on December 29 in Derry, NH.
 
See below for a full listing of tour dates. All dates are on sale now, and tickets can be purchased via individual venues.
 

Holiday rock ensemble The Wizards Of Winter - featuring former members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rainbow and the bands of Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent - are thrilled to add another former member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to their talented midst!

The Wizards Of Winter are pleased to welcome drummer John O. Reilly to the ensemble performing on their upcoming 2018 tour.
 

Today, Tarja reveals the first song from her brand new live-art-album & video “Act II”.

The bombastic live version of “Love to Hate” has been recorded at renowned Metropolis Studios in London, UK, and showcases Tarja’s impressive vocal range and talent for compositions. In London, Tarja and band performed an intimate, yet rocking version of the fan favourite in front of 20 lucky winners from all over Europe.

The song, originally from her worldwide chart success “The Shadow Self”, gives a powerful taste of the forthcoming live release and can be found on the video version of “Act II” only.

Following up the worldwide top 10 video chart success “Act I”, Tarja and earMusic are happy to announce the release of the long-awaited follow up “Act II” this summer.

Filmed during Tarja’s world tour “The Shadow Shows”, during which the influential heavy rock singer circled the world for 7½ times with over 300.000 km travelled and played over 200 shows in 40 countries in front of 1 million people.

Mascot Label Group is pleased to announce the signing of Jordan Rudess, the virtuoso American keyboardist voted “Best Keyboardist of All Time” by Music Radar Magazine. He is best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy- nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater.

France’s Igorrr have confirmed that they will embark on a brief tour of North America in early 2018 in support of their latest album and Metal Blade Records debut, “Savage Sinusoid”. The shows include stops in Montreal, New York, Mexico City, and more. The complete listing of dates can be found below.

Igorrr spent their Summer on tour with performances in Israel and Turkey, as well as shows all over Europe in clubs and at notable fests: Dour Festival, Hellfest, UK Tech Fest, Brutal Assault, and more.

This year, Tarja is bringing the festive season early with the release of her brand new Christmas album “from Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a dark Christmas)” on November 17th, 2017. This Christmas you can expect the unexpected.