Once Upon a Tour

Once Upon a Tour
Tour by Nightwish
	Nightwish live at "Himos Festival" in Jämsä, Finland, on June 25, 2004
Location	Asia; Europe; Latin America; North America; Oceania;
Associated album	Once; Highest Hopes;
Start date	May 22, 2004
End date	October 21, 2005
No. of shows	130
Nightwish concert chronology
	; World Tour of the Century; (2002–2003); ; Once Upon a Tour; (2004–2005); ; Dark Passion Play World Tour; (2007–2009);

Once Upon a Tour was a concert tour by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, in 2004 and 2005, to promote the release of their fifth album, Once, released June 7, 2004.^[1] A new greatest hits compilation, Highest Hopes, was also released to tie in with the tour. The albums combined with the band's most expansive merchandise campaign by Nuclear Blast Records meant this tour was heralded as the band's most important in many years.^[2] Many of the band's songs had not been played in a long time.

^ "Once- Nuclear Blast Records". Yiannis. Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
^ "The Band – Biography". www.nightwish.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2009.

[once-1] "Once- Nuclear Blast Records". Yiannis. Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2009.

[merchan-2] "The Band – Biography". www.nightwish.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2009.

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