There are a few updates for the upcoming Latin American Tour as well as ticket links. See below.

05.03.2014 Escena, Monterrey, Mexico
06.03.2014 307 LIVE, Chihuahua, Mexico
07.03.2014 Salon Cuervo, Mexicocity, Mexico [tickets]
09.03.2014 TBA, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico
11.03.2014 Centro de Convenciones Scencia, Lima, Peru
13.03.2014 Ecci, Bogota, Colombia [tickets]
15.03.2014 AABB, Brasília, Brazil [tickets]
16.03.2014 Musichall, Belo Horizonte, Brazil [tickets]
17.03.2014 Teatro Rival Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18.03.2014 Teatro Rival Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19.03.2014 Carioca Club, São Paulo, Brazil [tickets]
21.03.2014 Teatro Caupolican, Santiago, Chile [tickets]
22.03.2014 Teatro Vorterix, Buenos Aires, Argentina [tickets]
23.03.2014 La Trastienda, Montevideo, Uruguay
25.03.2014 Meet Dance Club, Cipolletti, Argentina [tickets]

Another upcoming tour for Sonata Arctica has been confirmed.

The band will tour through Europe in April/May 2014.
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, Dec. 14th 2013 at 10:00 am (CET).

10.04.2014 – NL – Effenaar, Eindhoven
11.04.2014 – BE – Durbuy Rock Festival, Bormal-Sur-Ourthe
13.04.2014 – NL – Melkweg, Amsterdam
14.04.2014 – DE – Markthalle, Hamburg
16.04.2014 – DE – Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig
17.04.2014 – DE – C-Club, Berlin
18.04.2014 – DE – Hellraiser, Leipzig
19.04.2014 – DE – Matrix, Bochum
21.04.2014 – DE – Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg
22.04.2014 – DE – Garage, Saarbrücken
23.04.2014 – FR – Bataclan, Paris
24.04.2014 – DE – Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg
26.04.2014 – DE – Hirsch, Nürnberg
27.04.2014 – CH – Z7, Pratteln
28.04.2014 – IT – Live Club, Trezzo
30.04.2014 – HU – Club 202, Budapest
01.05.2014 – CZ – Retro Music Hall, Prague
02.05.2014 – AT – Szene, Vienna
04.05.2014 – FR – Transbordeur, Lyon
05.05.2014 – ES – Bikini, Barcelona
06.05.2014 – ES – Arena, Madrid

“Next year, it’s been 15 years since we released our debut album Ecliptica back in 1999. To honour this milestone we will play some special shows in Finland and Latin-America. These gigs will be extended shows with songs from the bands entire catalog. We might even throw in a couple of new songs from the upcoming album. See you on the road and a big cheers !!!”

• The SA guys

*“SONATA ARCTICA 15th Anniversary Tour Latin-America” *

March 2014

6 Mexico – Monterrey
7 Mexico – Mexicocity
9 Bolivia – La Paz
11 Peru – Lima
13 Colombia – Bogota
15 Brazil – Brasilia
16 Brazil – Belo Horizonte
17 Brazil – Rio de Janeiro
18 Brazil – Rio de Janeiro
19 Brazil – Sao Paulo
21 Chile – Santiago
22 Argentina – Buenos Aires
23 Uruguay – Montevideo
25 Argentina – Neuquen

More details will be revealed shortly.

Sonata Arctica will play some shows in Finland at the beginning of 2014 to celebrate 15 years as a recording artist. The shows will be special extended shows with songs from the bands’ whole recording career. There might even be some new stuff from the upcoming 8th studio album (to be released in April 2014).

29.01.2014 – The Circus, Helsinki, Finland
30.01.2014 – Tampere-talo, Tampere, Finland
31.01.2014 – Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, Finland
01.02.2014 – Kerubi, Joensuu, Finland
11.02.2014 – Sibeliustalo, Lahti, Finland
12.02.2014 – Lutakko, Jyväskylä, Finland
13.02.2014 – Kylpylähotelli Rauhalahti, Kuopio, Finland
14.02.2014 – Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki, Finland
15.02.2014 – Logomo, Turku, Finland

Sonata Arctica have been confirmed to play at Durbuy Rock Festival (B) on April 11th, 2014. For more information check: https://www.facebook.com/durbuyrock/

The first gig for 2014:

Sonata Arctica will once again play at the Radio Rock Cruise between Helsinki and Tallinn. The cruise will take place between February 8th and 9th, 2014 and more information – in Finnish – can be found here. Tickets will go on sale on September 23rd.

SONATA ARCTICA have just published a video clip to their divine track ‘Alone In Heaven’, taken from their most current output »Stones Grow Her Name«.

Click here to watch ‘Alone In Heaven’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1RxUyzSLvs&feature=youtu.be

Commented vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko:

“‘Alone In Heaven’ got sparked lyrically after I had suffered few personal losses in relatively short period of time. Those will make you think about a possibility of after life and such things. At least for me it was like that. I will always remember those passed on thru this song every time we play it. I was initially a little hesitant whether or not this is a suitable track for SONATA, being rather “hard/soft rockish”.  But the guys fell in love with it immediately and it fell right in on the quite mellow mooded »Stones Grow Her Name« album. I think it’s a nice emotional rock song with some extremely beautiful parts to it. It has become a little bit of a fan favorite and crowd pleaser, being quite approachable and straight forward arrangement wise. Very live friendly track we’ll surely play also in the future. The video is like the song, fairly simple and …soft. Enjoy.“

It’s with much sadness and heavy hearts that we have to announce that our bass player for the past decade Marko Paasikoski is no longer in the band.
States Marko:

“I have come to a situation in my life where being a part of a touring band is not an option for me anymore and it’s time to explore other things. I wish to thank all the fans and my bandmates for all the good times, great shows and adventures that we have had over the last decade.
The memories from this time will stay with me forever but at the moment I don’t have the motivation or the passion that is required to be in the band so it’s better for all parties involved that we go our separate ways. I wish all the best for the guys ! -Marko”

We understand Marko’s decision and this is of course a thing that we have talked about during the last tour. We appreciate Marko being a stand up guy and finishing up the Stones Grow Her Name- World Tour. Thank you Marko for all these years and best of luck and fortunes with your future endeaveurs, we’ll miss you bro!!

Our new bass player is Pasi Kauppinen (Silent Voices, ex-Requiem, Winterborn). We’ve known him for many years and he has mixed both our DVDs as well as recorded parts of our last 3 studio albums. He will join the band starting with the upcoming album.

Sonata Arctica will start rehearsing in September and enter the studio in October. The new studio album will be out next spring with a world tour to follow.
Cheers,

Sonata Arctica

Pasi Kauppinen

Sonata Arctica’s new single ALONE IN HEAVEN will be available soon. Get your copy from the Sonata Arctica Webshop. The webshop edition is strictly limited to 500 pcs – signed by the band!

Also available as a digital release on 30th of August 2013.

Tracklist:

1. Alone In Heaven
2. Somewhere Close To You (acoustic reprise)

Sonata Arctica will return to Portugal to play at Vagos Open Air on August 9th, 2013.
For more information check Vagos Open Air website.