NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has confirmed to Roppongi Rocks in a brand new interview that the band will take what is planned to be a year-long break during all of 2017. “That’s the plan, yes,” he said. “The last show for this tour is going to happen in October. Then all of 2017 off and back with a vengeance in 2018.“
Regarding what he might be doing during NIGHTWISH’s time off, Holopainen said: “I don’t think I will be doing music. That’s the idea of the break. I haven’t really given it that much thought. I just enjoy the idea of getting to be at home, doing the gardening, taking care of the horse, just be steady for a while.“
Singer Floor Jansen, who made her live debut with NIGHTWISH in 2012 but didn’t officially join the band until the following year, was less forthcoming about her plans. She said: “I’m thinking about some ideas but I’ve nothing official really to share yet.” When asked if her REVAMP band is perhaps part of what she is currently considering, she responded: “That’s part of the thinking.“
Holopainen was also reluctant to share any of NIGHTWISH’s plans for when the band returns to live action in 2018. “It’s a bit too far away to reveal anything but we know pretty much what the plans are until 2020 or so,” he said.
