Rock Harz Open Air confirmed

SONATA ARCTICA will play at Rock Harz Open Air in Ballenstedt (Germany) next summer. The festival takes place between July 8th – 10th 2010 and the correct show date will be announced later. For more information check RockHarz.com.

Two shows for Russia confirmed

SONATA ARCTICA will return to Russia to play two shows in February 2010. See the dates below:

13.02.2010 – St. Petersburg / Glav Club
14.02.2010 – Moscow / B1 Maximum

Japan tour 2010

SONATA ARCTICA will do a short tour in Japan in January. See the tour dates below:

Jan 13th Osaka / Club Quattro
Jan 15th Hiroshima / Club Quattro
Jan 16th Nagoya / Club Quattro
Jan 18th Tokyo / O-East
Jan 19th Tokyo / O East

Shows in Graz, Vienna and Munich cancelled & re-scheduled for February 2010

Due to a heavy infection of his vocal chords, Tony Kakko (voc) had to visit a hospital in Budapest yesterday. Today’s show in Graz (18.11.2009) had to be cancelled as well as the two following shows in Vienna (19.11.2009) and in Munich (20.11.2009) as the severity of the infection does not allow him to perform on next few days.

SONATA ARCTICA regret to disappoint their fans in Graz, Vienna and Munich, but of course these shows will be re-scheduled and the new dates will be announced soon. Tickets for all shows will remain valid.
We hope that Tony will convalesce from his illness fast, so that the tour can go on with the show in Pratteln/Z7 (22.11.2009).

UPDATE: As announced previously, the 3 cancelled shows of the Sonata Arctica Tour 2009 (Graz, Vienna and Munich) are re-scheduled now.

Here the new dates:

04.02.2010  Vienna / Gasometer
05.02.2010 Graz / Seifenfabrik
06.02.2010 Munich / Backstage
All tickets remain valid. Again we apologize for any inconvenience .