Floor and Troy, Officially in Nightwish
Although they claim they initially wanted to wait until 2014 before making a decision, Nightwish made the expected announcement today, revealing that Floor Jansen will stay with the band. Considering how well she seems to fit, how much she seems to want to be there, and the amount of love and support she received from the fans, it would have been quite a shock if either party would have chosen otherwise. Not that it’d have been entirely impossible, of course, but I’m sure that both sides would have had much to lose if they’d have gone their separate ways after the end of this year’s festival season, back in August, as the original plan seemed to indicate.
On the other hand, the other part of the announcement, stating that Troy Donockley is also becoming a permanent member of Nightwish, hardly even deserves a mention. Sure, he wasn’t officially listed as a permanent band member so far, but for all practical purposes he had been one for years and was seen as such by many fans. As a result, while any other decision regarding him would have had no more than a small fraction of the negative impact not keeping Floor would have had, it’d have likely been even more surprising.
I’m sure there will be speculation regarding the reason why this announcement was made today, but I’m just happy everything is settled for the moment. How long it’ll last, I don’t know and don’t care that much just now. I just know that a Nightwish with Floor is a band I’d sure like to attend a concert of, and I don’t go to concerts, so if they’ll come here during their next tour, whenever that will be, it may be a first. If you haven’t already, just have a look at her singing Ghost Love Score to see why.
