Pe 22 iunie, vreme de o ora si 40 de minute, Tarja Turunen a adus furtuna la Sala Palatului: ceata, intuneric si vampiri, un demential solo de tobe, un solo de chitara a la Jimi Hendrix, un scurt pasaj din ...And Justice For All (Metallica). Alaturi de piesele de pe albumul ei solo, Tarja a prezentat si cantece din repertoriul Nightwish, un cover al piesei Poison (Alice Cooper), dar si o piesa in prima auditie. "Thank you, Bucuresti, vor giving me this beautiful memory!", ne-a multumit artista.

In ziua in care Tarja Turunen ajungea la Sala Palatului cu turneul Summer Storm, 3 000 de oameni, majoritatea uzi pana la piele, isi ocupau locurile in asteptarea uneia dintre cele mai frumoase voci feminine din lume. "I'm working, I'm really working hard and training a lot and I'm still having my teacher with me. I have lots of problems with my voice still, today", spunea Tarja in ziua concertului, zi in care aceiasi 3 000 de oameni au avut motive sa puna la indoiala acel "I have lots of problems with my voice still, today".

La 20:05, ceata din Sala Palatului sugera clar intentia de a recrea atmosfera de pe albumul My Winter Storm. Piesa Enough avea sa aduca ceva ajustari peisajului iernatic, caci zeci de aparate incercau deja sa imortalizeze miscarile artistei. Un raspuns firesc la provocarea lansata de solista finlandeza, care declarase acest concert "camera friendly".

"Buna seara, Bucharest! It's really wonderfull to be back, it's wonderfull to be able to come to sing for you once again. Thank you so much for coming and welcome to my storm!" ne-a salutat Tarja si a dat drumul piesei My Little Phoenix.

Reactia publicului - pe masura: buchete de flori oferite artistei, sute de aparate foto indreptate catre scena, toate pentru un un binemeritat salut in limba romana "Bucuresti, buna!"

"Thank you so much! Multumesc! Multumesc mult! That is preety much all I know in your beautiful language. I'm really sorry about it", s-a scuzat Tarja si a prezentat cantecul Damned And Divine: "The next song is one of my favourites from My Winter Storm album. And since we are here, in Romania, it's a song about the eternal night and vampires."

A urmat o nebunie de un sfert de ora, in care Sala Palatului a tremurat sub poate cel mai "strasnic" solo de tobe la care a fost partasa cladirea bucuresteana vreodata si la care s-a adaugat si un solo de chitara cantat, pe alocuri, cu dintii, intr-o timida - totusi - incercare de a-l imita pe legendarul Jimi Hendrix.

Cu o noua tinuta, Tarja a aparut pentru piesa Ciaran's Well. "For my dreams I hold my life/ For wishes I behold my night", a recitat ea, aratandu-ne ca urmeaza Sleeping Sun (piesa Nightwish).

Northern Star ne-a vorbit despre umbre, pacate si zei: "I'm the one who leaves shadows in you room at night/ I'm the reason you're listening enlightening you eyes/ When Pan meets Apollo down with the sin/ They will send tears of angels though kindness won't win."

A fost cantat si un cover dupa binecunoscutul Poison al lui Alice Cooper, intr-o forma destul de apreciata de fani, care au inceput sa strige numele artistei. Au fost "calmati" imediat, caci "Now are going to relax a bit, playing songs, beautiful and quiet songs... I hope you like it."

Wisdom Of Wind, Boy And The Ghost, Our Great Divide si Calling Grace au adus o atmosfera de poveste in sala, completata de o piesa cantata de Tarja la pian. "Now I'm going to play a song that has never ever been performed before. This song it's a new song. It's called If You Believe."

Au fost prezentati colegii de scena - Mike Terrana (tobe), Max Lilja (violoncel) (fost membru al trupei Apocalyptica), Doug Wimbish (bas), Maria Ilmoniemi (clape), Kiko Loureiro (chitara) - pentru ca apoi Nemo sa ridice jumatate de sala in picioare.

"It has been a wonderful evening tonight! Thank you so much for coming, thank you so much for loving me, loving the music, keeping music alive! Last song for tonight: Sing For Me", a anuntat Tarja sfarsitul serii.

A revenit, desigur, pentru bis, in fata unei sali care nu mai avea voie sa stea jos. A cantat, in limba ei, Oasis, pentru ca apoi sa ne provoace: "You wanna have one more? If everyone of you stands up, we'll do you one more. So let's keep on rockin', Bucharest, or what? Yes, yes, yes, this is for you!", ne-a dedicat ea cantecul The Kinslayer, "condimentat" cu o mica portiune din ...And Justice For All, Metallica.

"With this next song you, we say to you good night. We are trully going to miss you all. Thank you so much for coming. And I hope to see you very, very soon with my new album", a spus Tarja inainte de ultima piesa, Die Alive, pentru ca apoi sa ne multumeasca pentru seara deosebita: "Thank you, Bucuresti, vor giving me this beautiful memory!"

Setlist

1. Enough

2. My Little Phoenix

3. She Is My Sin

4. Damned And Divine

5. Minor Heaven

6. I Walk Alone

Solo de tobe

Solo chitara

7. Ciaran's Well

8. Sleeping Sun

9. Lost Northern Star

10. Poison

11. Wisdom Of Wind

12. Boy And The Ghost

13. Our Great Divide

14. Calling Grace

15. If You Believe

16. Nemo

17. Sing For Me

18. Oasis

19. The Kinslayer

20. Die Alive