SONATA ARCTICA regret to inform their Italian fans that the announced show in Milan at the Alcatraz on September 30th, 2010 needs to be postponed.

Reason: while doing his daily exercise routine Elias Viljanen (guitar) broke his right hand. Due to this accident he will not be able to play guitar for the next 5 or 6 weeks.

The new date for the show will be now Sunday, February 27th, 2011 also at the Alcatraz. Of course all tickets for the show September 30th remain valid for the new date.

Sonata Arctica comment: 

“It was pretty shocking to hear from Elias about his accident. We are really sorry we need to postpone the show to a later date and want to excuse for any inconveniences this might cause to our fans in Italy and to all fans who had made travel plans from around the world. We really hope to see you all again in February at the Alcatraz”.

Update: There are, however, good news for those that are worried whether the South American tour is at stake.

Elias will be able to play all South American dates: his doctor at the hospital informed him after a second medical examination that his hand will be recovered after 6 weeks, so no problem for him to be on the tour starting October 16th in Mexico.

Since the show in Buenos Aires on October 28th is already sold out, an additional show has been added.
27.10.2010 – Groove, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Two additional dates for the upcoming South American tour have been confirmed.
See the complete list of dates below:

16.10.2010 – Mexico City, Circo Volador (Mexico)
17.10.2010 – Guatemala City, Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias (Guatemala)
18.10.2010 – San Salvador, TBA (El Salvador)
20.10.2010 – Caracas, Anfiteatro des Sambil Caracas (Venezuela)
22.10.2010 – Quito, TBA (Ecuador)
24.10.2010 – Santiago de Chile, TBA (Chile)
26.10.2010 – Montevideo, TBA (Uruguay)
28.10.2010 – Buenos Aires, Groove (Argentina)
30.10.2010 – São Paulo, Carioca Club (Brazil)

More shows (and remaining venues) will be announced soon!

One date in Venezuela has been added to Sonata Arctica’s upcoming South American tour in October 2010. Furthermore there was a venue change for the date in Buenos Aires.

See the complete list of dates below:

16.10.2010 – Mexico City, Circo Volador (Mexico)
18.10.2010 – San Salvador, TBA (El Salvador)
20.10.2010 – Caracas, TBA (Venezuela)
24.10.2010 – Santiago de Chile, TBA (Chile)
26.10.2010 – Montevideo, TBA (Uruguay)
28.10.2010 – Buenos Aires, Groove (Argentina)
30.10.2010 – São Paulo, TBA (Brazil)

More shows (and remaining venues) will be announced soon!

SONATA ARCTICA will be returning to tour in South America in October 2010. Among the dates are some countries the band has never played in before.

See the confirmed dates below:

16.10.2010 – Mexico City, Circo Volador (Mexico)
18.10.2010 – San Salvador, TBA (El Salvador)
24.10.2010 – Santiago de Chile, TBA (Chile)
26.10.2010 – Montevideo, TBA (Uruguay)
28.10.2010 – Buenos Aires, Groove (Argentina)
30.10.2010 – São Paulo, TBA (Brazil)

More shows (and remaining venues) will be announced soon!

The winner of the Bloodstock competition has been selected. Our congratulations go to:
Miriam Cohen, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.

Miriam, your tickets will be available at the Bloodstock Festival site (VIP entrance) and an official confirmation will be sent to your home address. 

We would like to thank all participants of this contest.

Sonata Arctica

SONATA ARCTICA are offering fans a fantastic chance to win one pair of WEEKEND TICKETS (camping ticket included) to this year’s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL, Catton Hall, Derby, UK on 13th – 15th August 2010!
Just message us with your full name, address and a contact phone number and mention “Bloodstock Competition – Sonata Arctica” by 15th July 2010 and the winner will be selected at random.

Update:
Due to technical problems the e-mail contact had to be changed. The new one is now:
bloodstock@nuclearblast.de
All those who have sent a mail to the formerly announced e-mail address of course will be considered. The winner will be announced July 16th.

Below some additional Finnish summer festivals for SONATA ARCTICA:

12.06.2010 – Sauna Open Air, Tampere
26.06.2010 – Nummirock, Nummijärvi
18.07.2010 – Simerock, Rovaniemi
30.07.2010 – Qstock, Oulu
21.08.2010 – Satama Open Air, Kemi

For the complete list of upcoming festivals and other live dates, please check the tour info.

SONATA ARCTICA have been confirmed to play at Jurassic Rock on August 14th, 2010 taking place in Mikkeli, Finland. For more information check: Jurassicrock.fi

Sonata Arctica’s guitarist Elias Viljanen will be playing at the Ultimate World Guitar Exhibition 2010 taking place in Bologna, Italy on May 15th. The event has no entrance fee.
Check www.ultimateworldguitarexhibition.com for more information.