Sonata Arctica are going to play at Headbangers’ Weekend in Istanbul (Turkey) on May 4th, 2013.

A second show for Buenos Aires has been added on the 16th of March. See the complete list for the Latin American Tour below.

02.03.2013 – Auditorio BlackBerry, Mexico City (Mexico)
04.03.2013 – Peppers Club, San José (Costa Rica)
06.03.2013 – Teatro Metropolitano, Medellín (Colombia)
07.03.2013 – Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Cali (Colombia)
08.03.2013 – Teatro Ecci, Bogotá (Colombia)
10.03.2013 – Via Marques, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
11.03.2013 – Teatro Rival Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
13.03.2013 – Anfiteatro del Banco Central del Paraguay, Asunción (Paraguay) (tickets)
15.03.2013 – Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago (Chile)
16.03.2013 – Teatro de Flores, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
17.03.2013 – Teatro de Flores, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Loud Park 12 Special will be aired on WOWOW, on February 15th 9:10pm (Japanese time)!
Check out the performance from Loud Park!
http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/metal/

A show in Costa Rica has been added – see the updated tour dates below.

02.03.2013 – Auditorio BlackBerry, Mexico City (Mexico) [Tickets]
04.03.2013 – Peppers Club, San José (Costa Rica)  Tickets]
06.03.2013 – Auditorio ADIDA, Medellín (Colombia)
07.03.2013 – Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Cali (Colombia)
08.03.2013 – Teatro Ecci, Bogotá (Colombia)
10.03.2013 – Via Marques, Sao Paulo (Brazil) [Tickets]
11.03.2013 – Teatro Rival Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
15.03.2013 – Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago (Chile) [Tickets]
17.03.2013 – Teatro de Flores, Buenos Aires (Argentina) [Tickets]

Sonata Arctica are going to tour South America in March 2013! Find all confirmed tour dates below.

02.03.2013 – Auditorio BlackBerry, Mexico City (Mexico) [Tickets]
06.03.2013 – Auditorio ADIDA, Medellín (Colombia)
07.03.2013 – Teatro Jorge Isaacs, Cali (Colombia)
08.03.2013 – Teatro Ecci, Bogotá (Colombia)
10.03.2013 – Via Marques, Sao Paulo (Brazil) [Tickets]
11.03.2013 – Teatro Rival Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
15.03.2013 – Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago (Chile) [Tickets]
17.03.2013 – Teatro de Flores, Buenos Aires (Argentina) [Tickets]

Just before the start of the UK tour in April another show at Tivoli/Utrecht (NL) has been confirmed for April 12th. Tickets are available here.

The support bands for the UK tour will be:

Pythia and Neonfly.

Sonata Arctica will be headlining the first day of this year’s SATAMA OPEN AIR in Kemi (Finland) on August 1st. Tickets available now ( online) or from April 1st in Kemi and Tornio. For more information about the festival and other bands, check satamaopenair.fi.

Nearly two years have passed since SONATA ARCTICA headlined the UK, so we are extremely excited to announce their return in April 2013, bringing their ‘STONES GROW HER NAME’ album, released last May, to the UK.

Henrik Klingenberg (Keyboard / Vocals) comments:

It’s been about two years since we last hit the UK and I’m very excited to announce that we’ll be back in April. Looking forward to having a couple of nice ciders in the pubs as well as kicking some serious ass. It will once again be legendary….see ya all at the shows, it’s been too long!!! Cheers!!!

Keep your eyes peeled for the support acts which will be announced soon!

UK TOUR DATES:

14th April – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
15th April – Club Academy, Manchester
16th April – HMV Institute, Birmingham
17th April – The Garage, London

Tickets available now from: http://www.gigsandtours.com/tour/sonata-arctica/?src=sonatarctica

Sonata Arctica have been confirmed for Hexentanz Open Air 2013 at Losheim am See (Germany) on April 26th. More information about the festival.