Sonata Arctica will support Nightwish on the third U.S. leg of their Dark Passion Play tour. Sonata Arctica will be touring in support of their latest album, Unia.
The trek is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of August and run through the end of September. Final details, including on-sale dates, will be officially announced in early April.
The Fields of Rock festival in Biddinghuizen (NL) has been cancelled.
Read the official statement on the Fields of Rock website.
Singlive UK have invited Tony Kakko to perform two of his songs with 320 singers at THE SAGE Gateshead on Saturday 19th April 2008.
‘Sing The Classics And Classics Rock’ will be performed at 3:00 pm and a second show at 7:30 pm.
For more information please check www.singliveuk.com
This event takes place prior to Sonata Arctica’s upcoming UK tour.
21.04.2008 – London, Carling Academy Islington (UK)
22.04.2008 – Leeds, Rio’s (UK)
23.04.2008 – Glasgow, Garage (UK)
25.04.2008 – Sheffield, Corporation (UK)
26.04.2008 – Dublin, Button Factory (Ireland)
27.04.2008 – Dudley, JB’s (UK)
Another Finnish festival has been confirmed. Sonata Arctica will play at Ruisrock, Turku on July 4th.
See the complete summer festival schedule of 2008 below:
07.06. – Sauna Open Air / TAMPERE (FI)
21.06. – Hellfest / CLISSON (F)
22.06. – Fields of Rock / BIDDINGHUIZEN (NL)
27.06. – 29.06. – Tuska Open Air / HELSINKI (FI)
28.06. – Graspop Metal Meeting / DESSEL (B)
04.07. – Ruisrock / TURKU (FI) *new*
13.07. – Masters of Rock / VIZOVICE (CZ)
11.07. – Evolution Festival / MILAN (I)
31.07. – 02.08. – Wacken Open Air / WACKEN (D)
Please note that in some cases the dates can change if the festival takes longer than one day and no specific date has been announced for the band, yet. More festivals will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
In addition to the already announced Wacken Open Air, several further summer festivals have been confirmed for Sonata Arctica.
See the complete summer festival schedule of 2008 below:
07.06. – Sauna Open Air / TAMPERE (FI)
21.06. – Hellfest / CLISSON (F)
27.06. – 29.06. – Tuska Open Air / HELSINKI (FI)
28.06. – Graspop Metal Meeting / DESSEL (B)
10.07. – 13.07. – Masters of Rock / VIZOVICE (CZ)
11.07. – Evolution Festival / MILAN (I)
31.07. – 02.08. – Wacken Open Air / WACKEN (D)
Please note that in some cases the dates can change if the festival takes longer than one day and no specific date has been announced for the band, yet. More festivals will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
There is a new mobile blog online here which will be regularly updated by the band.
http://www.royalartistclub.com/sonata_arctica/
Sonata Arctica has been confirmed to play at Fields of Rock (NL) on June 22nd.
See the complete summer festival schedule of 2008 below:
07.06. – Sauna Open Air / TAMPERE (FI)
21.06. – Hellfest / CLISSON (F)
22.06. – Fields of Rock / BIDDINGHUIZEN (NL) *new*
27.06. – 29.06. – Tuska Open Air / HELSINKI (FI)
28.06. – Graspop Metal Meeting / DESSEL (B)
13.07. – Masters of Rock / VIZOVICE (CZ)
11.07. – Evolution Festival / MILAN (I)
31.07. – 02.08. – Wacken Open Air / WACKEN (D)
Please note that in some cases the dates can change if the festival takes longer than one day and no specific date has been announced for the band, yet. More festivals will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
Sonata Arctica will be touring the UK & Ireland in April 2008. See the complete list of tour dates below:
21.04.2008 – London, Carling Academy (UK)
22.04.2008 – Leeds, Rio’s (UK)
23.04.2008 – Glasgow, Garage (UK)
25.04.2008 – Sheffield, Corporation (UK)
26.04.2008 – Dublin, Button Factory (Ireland)
27.04.2008 – Dudley, JB’s (UK)
The last two shows (Mexico) have been added to the South American tour in February/March 2008. See the complete list of shows for this tour below:
22.02.2008 – Santiago – Caupolican (Chile)
23.02.2008 – Valparaiso – El Huevo (Chile)
26.02.2008 – São Paulo – Citibank Hall (Brazil)
28.02.2008 – Curitiba – Hellooch (Brazil)
01.03.2008 – Buenos Aires – Obras (Argentina)
03.03.2008 – Lima – Stadium Club Lawn Tennis (Peru)
05.03.2008 – Monterrey – Cafe Iguana (Mexico)
06.03.2008 – Mexico City – Circo Volador (Mexico)
There have been many questions about where to buy tickets for the upcoming Finnish tour. www.lippupalvelu.fi sells tickets to all the shows except for the one in Haparanda. Tickets for that show are available at www.tiketti.fi.
Tiedoksi teille jotka olette kyselleet lipuista keikoille. www.lippupalvelu.fi osoitteesta saa liput kaikille suomen keikoille. Haaparannan keikan liput myydään osoitteessa www.tiketti.fi
