Within Temptation didn't disappoint <3 Sharon den Adel is an absolute goddess, her voice and stage charisma is amazing.

Unfortunately Jäähalli is a bit tragic as a venue. There wasn't even a proper cloakroom this time. Thousands of people fighting for limited space with jackets and bags. Corridors and bar areas crammed so full of people you pretty much couldn't move properly. Kind of wish there was less crappy venue in Helsinki for large gigs like this.

Oh yeah, Tarja Turunen! Her voice fit pretty neatly with Sharon. Unfortunately, the home crowd was filming even more than usual when she was one stage.

Last song was "Mother Earth", just like in Amsterdam 2 years ago, absolutely favourite, and possibly the first song I ever heard from the band <3

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