To celebrate 30 years of music, memories, and melodies, we are bringing a very special anniversary show across the continent. Each night will feature a career-spanning setlist packed with fan favorites, rare gems, and songs we haven’t played in years.

Thank you for being part of this journey. Latin America has always felt like home to us, and we’re beyond excited to celebrate this milestone together with you!

SONATA ARCTICA
30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2026 – LATIN AMERICA

🇲🇽 Sep 9 – Pistoleros Salon, Chihuahua, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 10 – Centro De Convenciones, Torreón, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 11 – Café Iguana, Monterrey, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 12 – Centro Magno, Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 14 – Foro Teambro, Mexico City, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 16 – Foro Arpa, Querétaro, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 17 – Teatro Manuel Doblado, León, Mexico
🇲🇽 Sep 18 – C3 Stage, Guadalajara, Mexico
🇨🇷 Sep 20 – Peppers Club, San José, Costa Rica
🇨🇴 Sep 22 – Ace Of Spades Club, Bogotá, Colombia
🇪🇨 Sep 23 – Teatro San Gabriel, Quito, Ecuador
🇪🇨 Sep 24 – Plataforma del MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador
🇵🇪 Sep 25 – C. C. Leguía, Lima, Peru
🇨🇱 Sep 27 – Teatro Coliseo, Santiago, Chile
🇦🇷 Sep 29 – Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
🇺🇾 Sep 30 – Live Era, Montevideo, Uruguay
🇧🇷 Oct 2 – Mirage, Limeira, Brazil
🇧🇷 Oct 3 – Audio, São Paulo, Brazil

All tour dates and tickets:
www.sonataarctica.info/tour

30 years, 11 studio albums, and countless shows later – and the journey goes on!

Sonata Arctica will celebrate their 30th anniversary with a tour across Finland in the winter of 2026. Tickets for the Finnish shows go on sale on Wednesday, October 22 at 9:00 AM (Finnish time).

30th Anniversary Tour – Finland 🇫🇮
Support: Royal Sorrow

30.01.2026 – Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjaamo
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06.02.2026 – Kuopio, Sawohouse Underground
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07.02.2026 – Savonlinna, House of Olaf
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13.02.2026 – Oulu, Tullisali
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14.02.2026 – Tampere, Tavara-asema
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20.02.2026 – Helsinki, Kulttuuritalo
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21.02.2026 – Turku, Teatro
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28.02.2026 – Kemi, Kemi Areena
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Sonata Arctica ’Clear Cold Beyond’ World Tour North American headline shows announced.

Special guest: PowerGlove

🇨🇦 Sep 29 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club – (Tickets)
🇨🇦 Sep 30 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Beanfield – (Tickets)
🇺🇸 Oct 1 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre – (Tickets)
🇺🇸 Oct 2 – Boston, MA – Royale – (Tickets)
🇺🇸 Oct 4 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage – (Tickets)

VIP Meet&Greet upgrade packages will be available for these shows so stay tuned.

All tour dates

Sonata Arctica to tour with Symphony X in North America in September 2025.

Sonata Arctica returns to Latin America on their ’Clear Cold Beyond World Tour’ in April 2025! After the Mexican shows in November 2024 they have now announced more shows in several other Latin American countries.

Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius team up for a Finnish tour in early 2025.

Power metal fans are in for something very special as two of Finland’s most influential power metal bands of all time, Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius, team up for a very unique Finnish tour in February-March. The Nordic Power Metal Titans 2025 tour starts on Valentine’s Day, February 14th at Kajaanihalli and concludes at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki on March 8th.
Tickets for the concerts are available now.

Grey Beard and TuskaLive proudly present:

SONATA ARCTICA & STRATOVARIUS
Nordic Power Metal Titans 2025

14.2.2025 Kajaanihalli, Kajaani – TICKETS
15.2.2025 Tullisali, Oulu – TICKETS
20.2.2025 Lutakko, Jyväskylä – TICKETS
21.2.2025 Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki – TICKETS
22.2.2025 Sawohouse Underground, Kuopio – TICKETS
28.2.2025 Möysä, Lahti – TICKETS
1.3.2025 Aino Areena, Järvenpää – TICKETS
7.3.2025 Tavara-Asema, Tampere – TICKETS
8.3.2025 Kulttuuritalo – Helsinki – TICKETS

New music video for ‘Angel Defiled’ taken off our latest album “Clear Cold Beyond” just released. Get ready for an epic ride with Sonata Arctica and don’t miss out the chance to see us live!

VIDEO
TOUR DATES

🎥 by Media Piipari

SONATA ARCTICA & FINAL STRIKE
11.09.2024 SE – Norrtälje (Opalen), Rimbo kulturscen

SONATA ARCTICA & FIREWIND & TUNGSTEN & SERIOUS BLACK
12.09.2024 SE – Östersund, Gamla Teatern
13.09.2024 NO – Trondheim, Tapperiet
14.09.2024 SE – Örnsköldsvik, Nöjesbolaget
16.09.2024 NO – Oslo, Vulkan Arena
17.09.2024 SE – Karlstad, Nöjesfabriken
18.09.2024 SE – Huskvarna, Folkets Park
20.09.2024 DK – Roskilde, Gimle

SONATA ARCTICA & FIREWIND & SERIOUS BLACK
21.09.2024 DE – Berlin, Columbia Theater
22.09.2024 DE – Hamburg, Markthalle
24.09.2024 NL – Utrecht, Tivoli Pandora
25.09.2024 NL – Tilburg, 013 KZ
26.09.2024 DE – Bochum, Matrix
27.09.2024 DE – Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal
28.09.2024 CH – Pratteln, Z7
29.09.2024 DE – Munich, Backstage Werk
01.10.2024 FR – Paris, La Machine
02.10.2024 FR – Lyon, La Rayonne
03.10.2024 ES – Barcelona, Sala Razzmatazz 2
04.10.2024 ES – Madrid, Wizink Center (La Sala)
05.10.2024 ES – Pamplona, Sala Totem
07.10.2024 IT – Milan, Alcatraz
08.10.2024 IT – Padova, Hall
09.10.2024 HU – Budapest, Barba Negra
10.10.2024 CZ – Zlín, Masters of Rock Café
11.10.2024 PL – Warszaw, Proxima
12.10.2024 PL – Poznań, Tama

Today, fans of Finnish melodic metal icons SONATA ARCTICA finally get the chance to experience the group’s previously announced return to their power metal roots as »Clear Cold Beyond« is now available worldwide through Atomic Fire. Critically lauded by press, the band’s new offering will of course be presented live during an extensive world tour which kicks off in their home country next (all details can be found at tour dates; more dates are in the works…). SONATA ARCTICA also surprise the metal community with another music video besides releasing the mentioned hit album: ‘California,’ which was produced by Jarkko Piipari, gives intimate insights into the group’s daily life on the road and takes viewers to venues and cities around the globe but also to busses, airports and much more. The included footage was collected during recent show activities, and raises the bar of excitement about SONATA ARCTICA‘s upcoming gigs while highlighting one of the most power metal-ish tracks from »Clear Cold Beyond.«

Join the band on their trip to ‘California’ on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJxzik6Zm6U

Front-man Tony Kakko adds, “This is a song about persons who think that it’s possible and okay to charm and have any and all people for themselves – use and lose – and who don’t care about the amount of pain and broken hearts left behind. And now you’re the target, but you know better and make sure that this will not happen until ‘California falls into the sea,’ what I’ve come to understand is impossible and will never happen, at least in the sense of science fiction. Simply put: The track deals with self-protection. If you’re strong enough, you can of course give such persons a serving of their own poison what can be satisfying.”

“A terrific album which will bring joy to fans of several chapters of their career.”
METAL1.INFO (DE), Stefan Popp – 9/10 Points

“A hot candidate for the power metal album of the year.”
TIME-FOR-METAL.EU (DE), 9,5/10 Points

“I can’t give the band enough great credit
for this whirling declaration of love to their past and their fans.”
ROCK HARD (DE), Simon Bauer – 9/10 Points

“There’s no way to realize their return to power metal in a better way than this album.”
EARSHOT.AT, Max Wollersberger, 8,5/10 Points

“»Clear Cold Beyond« isn’t only a simple return to power metal but also a continuation
of the band’s magnificent trademark sound that their fans so much.”
STORMBRINGER.AT, Christian Ulbrich, 4,5/5 Points

Leading the way to their highly anticipated new offering »Clear Cold Beyond« (to be released on March 8, 2024 through Atomic Fire), Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA surprise fans with a brand new music video today. Their latest track, ‘Dark Empath,’ can now also be enjoyed in all its visual glory over on YouTube. Telling the story of a character being chased, both mentally and physically, the haunting result, which was created by a team led by director/script writer Miikka Lommi and producer Katja Jokinen, can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwKBpdin0Y

Singer Tony Kakko commented on ‘Dark Empath’: “This track is part of a saga that started with the song ‘The End Of This Chapter’ on our second album »Silence« in 2001 — some even think it started on our debut album — and has many sequels and prequels already. Its stalker theme offers a frame to write songs in a certain style I like very much. People do not seem to mind this, fortunately, haha! It’s not a chronological story, but rather a theme with reoccurring, familiar characters that end up living through variations of the theme over and over again.”