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So yeah, I promised the post-show post would be on Friday, but some things came up that I was busy with, plus Jake was still uploading pictures. However, now I’m ready. Here goes.

The show went down at La Zona Rosa in Austin, on 4th Street just past Guadalupe Street. There’s some good parking there, $5 for eight hours.

The VIP tickets let you in early so you could meet the band before they got ready to perform. They were handing out free posters, signing stuff. Emppu and Marco were clearly drunk already, and Anette told me that Austin’s steak is some of the best she’s ever had. Go figure!

Nightwish had one band open for them, Sonata Arctica. If you’ve not heard of them, they’re another metal band coming out of Finland. They’ve been opening for Nightwish during their North American tour.

Note: This picture is NOT from the Zona Rosa show. Thanks, Wikipedia!

They were really good. I might consider looking into some of their stuff.

They played about a 45-minute set. Not very long, but still very good.

Then the roadies readied the stage for the real performance. Jake got a shot of the setlist:

They were incredible. Every time I see them Anette’s live singing gets better and better.  More pictures!

Jake took some of these pictures with a grayscale filter on his camera, and they came out really good, in my opinion.

This is one of the most awesome poses I’ve ever seen.

The beard is the source of his power.

And then there’s this awesome shot.

That light is clearly coming from Emppu’s head. He’s just that incredible. Seriously. He makes those fucking hammer-ons look easy.

More shots from the Nightwish 2008 show can be found over here.

Sadly, no Nightwish-brand condoms this year, either. All they had were T-shirts and CDs. Oh well, better luck next time.

Once again, these guys never fail to put on a spectacular show. The next show will be Kamelot in San Antonio, October 31st. Maybe they’ll have band-brand condoms.