Sonata Arctica will bring their successful Pariah’s Child World Tour to Latin-
America in 2015. Here are the first dates, with more to be added soon.

SONATA ARCTICA
26/02/2015 – Mirage Eventos, Limeira (Brasil)
27/02/2015 – CE Pedro Bortolosso, Osasco (Brasil)
28/02/2015 – Aquarius Rock Bar, São Paulo (Brasil)
01/03/2015 – Music Hall, Belo Horizonte (Brasil)
03/03/2015 – Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)
05/03/2015 – Music Hall, Curitiba (Brasil)
06/03/2015 – Bar Opinao, Porto Alegre (Brasil)
08/03/2015 – El Teatro, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
11/03/2015 – Teatro Cauopolican, Santiago (Chile)
13/03/2015 – Estadio Rock and Soccer, Antofagasta (Chile)
15/03/2015 – TBA, La Paz (Bolivia)

Latin-American Tour hotsite:
http://dynamoprod.com.br/hotsite/sonata-arctica-2015/index.php

Finnish Melodic Metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA released a re-recorded version of their debut album »Ecliptica«, which originally came out 15 years ago on October 24th entitled »Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition« via Nuclear Blast.

Today the band unveils a special video clip on their cover version of the GENESIS classic ‘I Can’t Dance’, which is available as a bonus track on »Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition«.

Check out the hilarious clip here: http://youtu.be/nukof-nzdXA

Commented vocalist & keyboardist Tony Kakko: 

“Instead of filming yet another tour documentary, showing venues and our daily routines again and again, I thought it would be fun to create some kind of music video instead. So, as we were getting ready to embark on our North-American leg of our »Pariah’s Child« tour we decided to take the opportunity to promote the fresh re-make of our debut album »Ecliptica« by using a song from that release. Idea wise our cover version of GENESIS’ ‘I Can’t Dance’ (»We Can’t Dance«, 1991) seemed the easiest and most fun to make happen. I mean, walking and dancing around North-America… sounds like a fun thing to do, right?! And that it sure was. The experience ranged reaction wise from “no one even paid too much attention to us”( in New York filled with dancing maniacs such as me and Pasi, I suppose) to “people looking a little scared and a cop telling us to move further away from our subject” (San Antonio). No, we did not get arrested. Damn…Originally we recorded the cover as a bonus for »Stones Grow Her Name«, but for some reason it never wound up anywhere. Better late.

“I’ve always liked the song. I like many, many GENESIS songs actually, but I remember one day coming up with this idea to do something fun with ‘I Can’t Dance’ and adding the horn sections and see how it sounds.

“Sounded great! I had been listening to AEROSMITH a lot around that time and I really like the way the spice up their songs with trombones and trumpets and such. I made a demo, asked a trumpetist Mika Mylläri to polish the horn arrangement and together with saxophonist Sakari Kukko they made the whole thing sounds just perfect. It was legendary. We had Sakari Kukko, Niko Kokko and Tony Kakko in the studio at the same time. I’m very pleased we finally get this baby out. I know it does not sound like your everyday SONATA ARCTICA, but hey, why should it? it’s a GENESIS song. I hope you like it as much as I do.

“The tour was fun also outside the obviously hilariously, seemingly embarrassing bits you can see on the video. Great group of people packed in the two tour busses made the seven weeks on the road feel not at a day longer than five weeks, haha! Thank you DELAIN & XANDRIA. The »Pariah’s Child«-tour goes on, merging with »Ecliptica – Revisited«-tour that will go on until the autumn of 2015.

“Thank you all for coming to see the shows and keeping live music alive! Keep it up! See you all somewhere. Much love!“

Melodisen metallin kotimainen tähti Sonata Arctica saapuu Oopperajuhlille kesällä 2015. Kansainvälisesti menestynyt kemiläisyhtye jatkaa Olavinlinnan lavalla nähtyjen metallimusiikin konserttien sarjaa.

Lavalla kuullaan Sonata Arctican suosituimpia teoksia yhtyeen lähes kaksikymmenvuotisen uran varrelta. Keikka tulee olemaan kattaus yhtyeen kovimpia hittejä. Bändi lähettääkin Oopperajuhlien yleisölle innostuneet terveiset:

”Aika harva rockbändi pääsee soittamaan Olavinlinnaan, joten eihän tuosta voinut mitenkään kieltäytyä. Kun lisäksi on kyseessä Suomen vanhin festivaali, niin lähtökohdat upealle illalle ovat mitä parhaimmat. Tästä tulee todella hienoa – nähdään kesällä Savonlinnassa. Tuskin maltamme odottaa.”

http://www.operafestival.fi/fi/Ohjelmisto/Ohjelmisto-2015/SonataArctica

Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlien lipputoimisto, p. 015 476 750, sales@operafestival.fi
mailto:sales@operafestival.fi
Lippupiste, 0600 900 900 (1,98 € /min+pvm/mpm, avoinna joka päivä klo 7–22),
www.lippu.fi http://www.lippu.fi/

Parhaillaan studiossa tulevana keväänä julkaistavaa albumiaan viimeistelevä Nightwish tarjoaa yleisölle ensi kesänä kaksi iso konserttia esiintymällä Joensuun Laulurinteellä 6. kesäkuuta ja Ratinan stadionilla Tampereella 31. heinäkuuta. Joensuussa Nightwishia lämmittelevät Children Of Bodom, Sonata Arctica sekä Insomnium, Tampereella Children Of Bodom ja Sonata Arctica. Liput molempiin megakonsertteihin tulevat myyntiin tämän viikon perjantaina klo 9.00.

Konserttien lisätiedot:

La 6.6. Joensuun Laulurinne
Ei ikärajaa, rajatut anniskelualueet (K-18)

Special guests: Children Of Bodom, Sonata Arctica ja Insomnium

Ennakkomyyntipisteet:

• Tiketti (0600-1-1616 / www.tiketti.fi / palvelumaksu 3 eur)
• Lippupalvelu (0600 10800 / lippupalvelu.fi / palvelumaksu 3,50 eur) Levykauppa Levy-Eskot (Kauppakatu 27, Joensuu) Ravintola Kerubi (Karjalantalo, Joensuu)

Lipun hinta alkaen 59 euroa (Tiketin ja Lippupalvelun lippujen hintaan lisätään palvelumaksut) Kysy myös konsertin vip-paketteja: info@kerubi.fi / 050 550 3867 Konsertin järjestää Kerubi: www.kerubi.fi

Pe 31.07. Ratinan stadion, Tampere
Ei ikärajaa, rajatut anniskelualueet (K-18)

Special guests: Children Of Bodom & Sonata Arctica

Ennakkoliput: Lippupiste (www.lippu.fi)

Lippujen hinnat toimituskuluineen alkaen 62,50 eur, VIP-liput 99 eur (sis.välityspalkkion), Meet & Greet VIP 189 eur (sis.välityspalkkion).

Sonata Arctican kirja on juuri julkaistu suomeksi – englanniksi se
ilmestyy e-kirjana marraskuun aikana!

Kirja kiteyttää Kemin kuuluisimman musiikillisen vientituotteen huiman
matkan maailmalle.

Sonata Arctica kertoo yhtyeen ja sen lähipiirin äänellä kansainvälisen
menestyksen saavuttaneen mutta lööppijulkisuuden tutkan alapuolella
lentävän yhtyeen ihmisistä, muusikoista ja suosiosta. Se kertoo myös
yhtyeen alku-uran onnekkaiden olosuhteiden summasta, joita osuu
tuhansien yrittäjien joukosta ani harvojen kohdalle.

Kirjassa myös kaiken kattava julkaisulista ja paljon ennen
julkaisemattomia kuvia liitteissä vuosien varrelta.

Lisätietoa (suomeksi vielä hetken aikaa):

Osta kirja webshopista: http://www.madsupply.com/fi/shop/bandit/sonata+arctica/muut+tuotteet/sonata+arctica+kirja

The Book about Sonata Arctica has just been released in Finnish – The English E-book version will be out during November:

The Book tells the story about Kemi’s most notable musical export.

With the voice of the band itself and the people close to them Sonata
Arctica tells the story about the bands rise to international fame. It´s also a story about the luck the band had in the beginning and the lucky coincidences that rarely happen to bands.

In the book there’s also a complete discography and a lot of previously unreleased pictures spanning the bands whole career.

There will be also a short story The Key in the book by Tony Kakko himself.

The English print version will also be out shortly.

The Pariah’s Child World Tour will continue in 2015, starting in Finland. Here are the first dates:

January 14th, Super Park, Oulu, Finland
January 17th, Pakkahuone, Tampere, Finland
January 29th, Kerubi, Joensuu, Finland

….more shows will be announced shortly, stay tuned!

The shows of N. Novgorod and Ekaterinburg are cancelled due to economic reasons. To get a refund please follow instruction that will be posted at www.go2show.biz.

The show of Moscow will take place as planned on 2.11 at Volta club. 

The show date of St. Petersburg is changed. The new show date 3.11, at Aurora Concert Hall. Stage time 20:00. All tickets are valid. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you, it is unfortunate but there’s nothing the band can do about this.

Finnish Melodic Metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA are still en route in support of their latest output »Pariah’s Child« and set to release a re-recorded version of their debut album »Ecliptica«, which was released 15 years ago. This new version will be released on October 24th under the banner »Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition« on Nuclear Blast.

Today the band unveils the official album trailer for »Ecliptica – Revisited«. With excerpts from ‘My Land’, ‘Replica’ as well as ‘Kingdom For A Heart’ the trailer gives you a hint on what to expect from the re-recorded album version. 

Check out the clip at the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/KldFAeP9sNM

Back then, »Ecliptica« was recorded at Tico-Tico studios and mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and more). The album was promoted live on tour with STRATOVARIUS and RHAPSODY. 

The tracklist for »Ecliptica – Revisited« reads as follows: 

1. Blank File
2. My Land
3. 8th Commandment
4. Replica
5. Kingdom For A Heart
6. Fullmoon
7. Letter To Dana
8. UnOpened
9. Picturing The Past
10. Destruction Preventer Bonus:
11. I Can’t Dance (Genesis cover)

The first (digital) single of the CD ‘Kingdom For A Heart’ can be ordered here: 
iTunes:  http://geni.us/SonataKingdomITunes 
AMZ MP3:  http://smarturl.it/SonataKingdomGoogle 
Google Play:  http://geni.us/SonataKingdomAMZMP3 
NB MP3:  http://smarturl.it/SonataKingdomNBMP3

Check out ‘Kingdom For A Heart’ at the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/TnhNPM1A4t8

You can pre-order your copy of »Ecliptica – Revisited« at the following link: http://smarturl.it/SONATA-15

While currently on yet another successful World Tour, this time to support their latest studio-album »Pariah’s Child«, Finnish Melodic Metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA just put out the digital single ‘Kingdom For A Heart’ from their recently re-recorded debut album »Ecliptica«, which was released 15 years ago.

Check out the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnhNPM1A4t8

Commented keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg: 

“When deciding on a single for the upcoming release of the re-recorded »Ecliptica« we wanted to have an upbeat song that would represent overall sound of the album and since ‘Unopened’ was the first SONATA ARCTICA single in history we thought that it was time to pick another song. ‘Kingdom For A Heart’ has been a live favourite for years and I think it showcases the energy and power that SONATA ARCTICA first became known for.”

‘Kingdom For A Heart’ is available to order here:

iTunes:  http://geni.us/SonataKingdomITunes
AMZ MP3:  http://smarturl.it/SonataKingdomGoogle
Google Play:  http://geni.us/SonataKingdomAMZMP3
NB MP3:  http://smarturl.it/SonataKingdomNBMP3

This new version will be released on October 24th under the banner »Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition« on Nuclear Blast.

You can pre-order you copy of the »Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition« at the following destination:
http://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2014/sonata-arctica/ecliptica.html

Back then, »Ecliptica« was recorded at Tico-Tico studios and mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and more). The album was promoted live on tour with STRATOVARIUS and RHAPSODY.

The tracklist:

1. Blank File
2. My Land
3. 8th Commandment
4. Replica
5. Kingdom For A Heart
6. Fullmoon
7. Letter To Dana
8. UnOpened
9. Picturing The Past
10. Destruction Preventer Bonus:
11. I Can’t Dance (Genesis cover)

While currently on yet another successful World Tour, this time to support their latest studio-album »Pariah’s Child«, Finnish Melodic Metal heroes SONATA ARCTICA swung by the studio to re-record their debut album »Ecliptica«, which was released 15 years ago.

This new version will be released on October 24th under the banner »Ecliptica – Revisited; 15th Anniversary Edition« on Nuclear Blast. 

Back then, »Ecliptica« was recorded at Tico-Tico studios and mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and more). The album was promoted live on tour with STRATOVARIUS and RHAPSODY. 

Henrik „Henkka“ Klingenberg comments: 

“When it first was suggested to us by our Japanese label that we’d re-record our debut album »Ecliptica«, it felt a bit weird, but somehow the idea grew on us. Being that only Tony and Tommy played on the original one, we thought that it would be a fun thing to do, to give these great songs another run. We’re definitely not trying to re-write history, the original »Ecliptica« is the starting point of this band and a very special album with a certain feel of innocence and enthusiasm which cannot be recreated as such since we’re not teenagers anymore. Having said that, this new version is more of a tribute and an update on how these songs sound when played by our current line-up. We wanted to stay true to the original album as much as possible and not turn this into some weird re-arranged project where you couldn’t tell which song was being played. So here it is, the 15th anniversary version of »Ecliptica«. Hope you enjoy it, we certainly had a good time digging into these songs and laying down the tracks.

The tracklist: 

1. Blank File
2. My Land
3. 8th Commandment
4. Replica
5. Kingdom For A Heart
6. Fullmoon
7. Letter To Dana
8. UnOpened
9. Picturing The Past
10. Destruction Preventer Bonus:
11. I Can’t Dance (Genesis cover)

The first (digital) single of the CD will be ‘Kingdom For A Heart’, out on September 12th.