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.

SONATA ARCTICA has once again teamed up with long-time partners, Royal Artist Club, to bring you an exclusive competition! The guys killed some time at the Helsinki airport before kicking off their US tour by filling a brand new Nokia phone with never-before-published pics, video footage, text messages, and audio clips. None of the content on the phone is available anywhere else and the cover has been autographed by the whole band.

Now is your chance to win this very device for yourself – and to find out what the guys have been up to! To participate, simply go to www.royalartistclub.com/sonata_arctica and find the post titled EXCLUSIVE CONTENT UP FOR GRABS. Once you have found it, simply leave a comment to the post telling what type of content you would like to see on the band’s Royal Artist Club blog in 2010. The competition kicks off on Wednesday, the 14th of April and closes a week later on April 21st.

Good luck!