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SONATA ARCTICA has been confirmed to play at two more festivals next summer:

21.05.2010 (H) BUDAPEST / Metalfest Open Air
22.05.2010 (CZ) PLZEN / Metalfest Open Air

There have been a couple of changes concerning some venues of the upcoming USA/Canada tour and one new show was added as well. See the updated list of tour dates below:

02.04.2010 (USA) Philadelphia, PA / Trocadero
03.04.2010 (USA) Worcester, MA / Palladium
05.04.2010 (USA) New York, NY / The Blender @ The Gramercy Theatre*
06.04.2010 (CAN) Québec City, QC / Imperial
07.04.2010 (CAN) Montréal, QC / Club Soda
09.04.2010 (CAN) Toronto, ON / Opera House
10.04.2010 (USA) Detroit, MI / Blondie’s
11.04.2010 (USA) Chicago, IL / House of Blues
12.04.2010 (USA) St Paul, MN / Station 4
13.04.2010 (CAN) Winnipeg, MB / WECC
15.04.2010 (CAN) Calgary, AB / The Republik*
16.04.2010 (CAN) Edmonton, AB / Starlite Room
18.04.2010 (CAN) Vancouver, BC / Venue
19.04.2010 (USA) Seattle, WA / El Corazon
20.04.2010 (USA) Portland, OR / Peter’s Room
22.04.2010 (USA) San Francisco, CA / Slim’s
23.04.2010 (USA) Santa Ana, CA / Galaxy Theatre
24.04.2010 (USA) West Hollywood, CA / House of Blues
25.04.2010 (USA) Mesa, AZ / U.B.‘s
27.04.2010 (USA) Austin, TX / Emo’s
28.04.2010 (USA) Houston, TX / Meridian
29.04.2010 (USA) Tulsa, OK / Marquee**
30.04.2010 (USA) Atlanta, GA / Masquerade
01.05.2010 (USA) Raleigh, NC / Volume 11
02.05.2010 (USA) Springfield, VA / Jaxx

*venue change/update
**new show

On March, 28th the new SONATA ARCTICA album »Pariah’s Child« will be released.
It is the band’s eighth studio album and the follow up to their successful »Stones Grow Her Name«.

Today SONATA ARCTICA release their 4th studio trailer, featuring Henrik Klingenberg.

Watch it here: http://youtu.be/fUa01uAyNTg

Another summer festival confirmation:

SONATA ARCTICA will play at Metal Camp in Slovenia (July 6th-10th, 2010). The band’s show date will be announced later. For more information check: www.metalcamp.com

SONATA ARCTICA will play at Bloodstock Open Air (UK). The festival takes places between August 13th – 15th, 2010 and the correct show date will be announced later. For more information check www.Bloodstock.uk.com.

SONATA ARCTICA have been confirmed to play at Kivenlahti Rock (11.-13.06.2010) in Espoo (Finland) on June 13th. For more information check Kivenlahtirock.com.

A re-release of “Takatalvi” (previously released in 2003 in Japan) with an extended tracklist is now on presale at the official Sonata Arctica Webshop. You can order it from here. The release date is January 27th, 2010.

SONATA ARCTICA has been confirmed to be one of the 40 bands to play on the “70000 TONS OF METAL” festival on board of a luxury ship. The 5 day cruise starts in Miami FL (USA) goes along the Cuban coast to Cozumel (MEX) and back to Miami.

January 24th – 28th 2011!

Check out these sites for more information about the event:

Website: http://www.70000tons.com
MySpace: (read more)

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.

The recently cancelled Paris (F) show will be rescheduled on February 8th, 2010. Moreover, there will be an additional show in Zürich (CH) on February 7th.