Behind the Curtain: Tuomas Holopainen Reveals Why Nightwish Will Never Return

• Behind the Curtain: Tuomas Holopainen Reveals Why Nightwish Will Never Return

Helsinki, 8 July 2025 — In a heartfelt and revealing interview aired last night on Finnish national television, Nightwish founder and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen officially confirmed what many fans feared: Nightwish will never return to the stage or studio as a band.

Sitting alone in a dimly lit theater, the interview began with Holopainen staring at the closed velvet curtain behind him — symbolic of the legacy he helped craft over nearly three decades. “That curtain,” he began, “isn’t just a prop anymore. It’s the line between what we were… and what we’ll never be again.”

Holopainen explained that the emotional, mental, and creative toll of keeping the band alive had finally become too heavy. “Nightwish was never just a music project. It was a world — a universe of emotions, science, fantasy, sorrow, and hope. But even worlds must fade.”

He confirmed that while the band’s final album is still slated for release this year, there will be no tour, no promotion, no reunion. “This album is our farewell letter — signed not with bitterness, but peace,” he said.

Holopainen also touched on the struggles faced during the band’s long hiatus, including personal battles, burnout, and the immense pressure of living up to their mythos. “We didn’t want to become a shadow of ourselves.”

While the announcement has already triggered waves of mourning across the fanbase, Holopainen left a glimmer of beauty in his final words: “Let the curtain fall with grace. What we made lives on — not in shows, but in hearts.”

The legacy of Nightwish may have reached its end, but its echoes will remain eternal.