According to the company, a payment plan has been made.
Nightwish performed at two sold-out shows in Kitee and Vaasa in the summer. PDO
Nordic Live Productions Oy has not paid gig fees to the Nightwish band, reports Vasabladet.
Vasabladet says that Tommi Mäken led by Nordic Live Productions Oy did not pay the fees for the concerts held in June to Nightwish.
The gigs were organized in Kitee and Vaasa. The sold-out concerts gathered as many as 21,500 spectators.
Band manager Toni Peiju tells Vasabladet that it is a six-figure sum that has not been received. Also the drummer for Nightwish Kai Hahto opens his mouth in the magazine. According to him, the band is working on its new album, which will increase the band’s expenses.
– Every euro is needed, Hahto tells the newspaper.
The company Nordic Live Productions has been in the headlines before. Pictured is Tommi Mäki in 2015. Tom Olli
The event company tells Vasabladet its own view. They say they have a payment plan with Nightwish.
– We have paid 365,750 euros for the concerts. It is true that the entire reward has not yet been paid. Less than 50 percent of the amount is unpaid, the company describes to the magazine.
The Nordic Live Productions company has been in the news headlines several times over the past year. Iltalehti reported in June that no less than two artists had to be canceled from Kokkola’s wine party, which is one of the event company’s events.
Festival director of the Kokkola wine festival Ari Myllyniemi justified the decisions made by, among other things, that after the corona pandemic, the costs of organizing festivals have increased, but the ability of consumers to pay has not increased. Ticket sales for the event were at such a level that, according to Myllyniemi, costs had to be cut.
Source: Vasabladet