Lacuna Coil in Paris


Seeing one of your favorite bands live never gets old. Thus, though this was my fourth time seeing Lacuna Coil and I had literally just seen them the weekend before at MFVF, I was quite excited to go to yet another show. Hell, I had even caught the Dark Legacy tour on its US circuit already too (on my birthday, no less!), but I wasn’t going to miss a chance to see a personal favorite of mine once again. So, on a cold October night, after I got back from the muddy trenches of the Somme (seriously, we had a field trip that day), I waited in a rather long line at the Alhambra in Paris for what promised to be a great show. I should know, I’ve seen it already.

Nightwish / Kamelot Live Review
Centerstage - Atlanta Georgia
September 2012


The day finally came and I packed my bags for my journey to the holy land of metal, Atlanta GA. As I drove, all I could think of was that my dream and inspiration for the whole reason I promote female musicians was about to come full circle. That reason being, Nightwish was going to play on the very stage where the story of my inspiration came to life, the story of Marc Bruland and his moment on stage with his hero and mine, Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish. Marc had cancer and was dying and he was an avid fan of Nightwish. Tuomas heard his story and went to visit him in California and they became good friends. Marc's last wish was to see Nightwish in concert one last time, so upon hearing that Nightwish was going to play at ProgPowerUSA, plans were made for him to make the journey despite his health. He was determined to make his dream come true. And it did. The magic of that moment will forever be unmatched at any other event. For the full story , please get yourself a copy of "Once Upon a Nightwish" by Mape Ollila. This book is the seed of my passion and it is where I first heard of ProgPowerUSA. If you know my back story then you will know the effects on my life that this book has had and it's all because of Marc and his determination to make his dream come true. So hear I was, about to have a lot of my dreams come true and I have Glenn and Jen Harveston to thank for all of that.