The Finnish melodic metallers have recently posted the following tour dates on official site.

27.4.2007 Teatria, Oulu
28.4.2007 RockKatti 2007, Holiday Club Katinkulta, Vuokatti (Other performers: Kotiteollisuus, Ruoska & Charon)
29.4.2007 Pakkahuone, Tampere
30.4.2007 Tavastia, Helsinki

Sonata Arctica has also been set to play in the Finnish rock/metal festival Sauna Open Air.

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Source:	sonataarctica.info
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica
Event:	Sonata Arctica: Finnish Tour

Finnish Melodic Metallers Sonata Arctica will be doing another headlining tour of North America in September/October.

UPDATED on Febr. 25 (thanks Lioncourt)

Finalized tour dates are as follows:

Sep. 12 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
Sep. 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
Sep. 15 - Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
Sep. 16 - Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
Sep. 17 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater
Sep. 19 - Denver, CA @ Bluebired Theater
Sep. 21 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sep. 22 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Sep. 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Sep. 24 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
Sep. 26 - Quebec City, QUE @ Salle Albert Rosseau
Sep. 27 - Montreal, QUE @ The Medley
Sep. 28 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Theater
Sep. 29 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Sep. 30 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Oct. 02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater
Oct. 03 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Oct. 05 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Oct. 06 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Oct. 07 - Winter Park, FL @ The Haven
Oct. 09 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian

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Source:	sonataarctica.info
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica
Event:	Sonata Arctica: North American Tour

Power Metallers Sonata Arctica have been confirmed as one of the headlining acts for ProgPower USA VIII. The band will join Virgin Steele, Redemption, Firewind, Communic and Raintime as one of the so far announced bands. There are still four more unannounced bands to join the festival. ProgPower USA VIII will take place on the 5th-6th October, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Source:	progpowerusa.com
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica
Event:	ProgPower USA

Sonata Arctica's "best of" collection, entitled "The Collection 1999-2006", will be streamed online in its entirety this Friday, November 10 at http://www.heavylaw.com. In addition to material from the band's studio albums, the CD includes new versions of the songs "My Land" and "Replica", both of which originally appeared on the group's 1999 debut, "Ecliptica".

"The Collection 1999-2006" track listing:

01. The Ruins of My Life
02. 8th Commandment
03. Don't Say A Word
04. Victoria's Secret
05. Tallulah
06. Wolf & Raven
07. Black Sheep
08. Broken
09. Kingdom for a Heart
10. FullMoon
11. My Land (2006 re-make)
12. The Cage
13. Last Drop Falls
14. UnOpened
15. San Sebastian (Revisited)
16. Ain't Your Fairytale
17. Replica (2006 re-make)
18. Wolf & Raven (promotional video)
19. The Cage (live at Tavastia)
20. Kingdom for a Heart (live at Tavastia)

"The Collection 1999-2006" is scheduled for release on November 15 via Spinefarm.

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Source:	heavylaw.com
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

On the 15th of November 2006, Sonata Arctica will release their second compilation "The Collection 1999-2006". This one has nothing to do with the compilation released in Japan earlier this year.
The compilation (cover art here) will include two re-makes and the limited version will include two live videos and one promotional video.

Tracklist:
01. The Ruins Of My Life
02. 8th Commandment
03. Don't Say A Word
04. Victoria's Secret
05. Tallulah
06. Wolf & Raven
07. Black Sheep
08. Broken
09. Kingdom For A Heart
10. FullMoon
11. My Land
12. The Cage
13. Last Drop Falls
14. UnOpened
15. San Sebastian
16. Ain't Your Fairytale
17. Replica

Limited Edition:
18. Wolf & Raven
19. The Cage
20. Kingdom For A Heart

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Source:	fanzone.fi
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

Power Metallers Sonata Arctica have announced that a new album is on the way. The band has started the songwriting process, and has also been doing some rehearsals. Sonata Arctica have also launched their own rehearsal diary which details the band's progress as they create the album. No other details about the album have been announced yet.

You can see the rehearsal diary by clicking here.

UPDATED on 7 December:
Sonata Arctica have started recording their next studio album!!
The studio diary can be found here.

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Source:	sonataarctica.info
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica's live DVD, "For The Sake Of Revenge," has entered the Finnish Music DVD chart at position No. 1. The CD version of "For The Sake Of Revenge" landed on the national album chart at No. 26.

"For The Sake Of Revenge" was recorded at Shibuya AX in Tokyo, Japan on February 5th, 2005 and was mixed by Pasi Kauppinen at Studio57. The mastering duties were handled by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers.

Source:	metal-temple.com
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica is one of the nomineés at the emma-gaala (Finnish Grammys)
in the category, best hardrock / metal - album. The band will also perform one song live at the event on the 26th of February.

Source:	sonataarctica.info
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

Statement about current events:

"On November 2nd we had a show in Paris, La Locomotive.
During the sound check everything was ok, and the day went by as usual, without any worries. When the starting act played, the air ventilation system we did not know about was turned on, blowing REALLY chilled air on the middle of the stage.
Tony complained about this from beginning of our show.
Sweating under the hot stage lighting and getting a cold air blowing at you for 1 1/2 hours will get you a flue, 100% sure. Despite the efforts of our own crew, the local people were unable or unwilling to turn this "wind" off. And it was not on during the soundcheck, so...The soldout house saw the first time anyone in Sonata has gone off stage between songs to get a longsleeve, because he's on goosebumps 'cause he's freezing on the stage...indoors...
On the following day Tony woke up with no speaking voice...

When we yet one more day later on Nov 4th arrived in Madrid, the situation felt a bit better, but before the soundcheck Tony started feeling he had fever. We tried a song in the soundcheck, but it was obvious we cannot play that night...this was a deep shock for the whole band. A local doctor checked out Tony and gave him something for the fever and his infected throat. The remaining members made a statement on stage about the situation, while Tony was sleeping in the bus.

Next morning in Barcelona we decided to play no matter what. Can't leave Spain without one single show! Pulling a show with medication on would propably mean cancelling the next show in Montpellier. We agreed on risking this after weighting all the pros and cons. There was no guarantee we could play in Montpellier anyway...The show was pure pain, but the fans were fantastic and it felt a good decision.

So today, on Saturday, November 6th we arrived to Montpellier, the show we had already announced we'd be forced to cancel. Tony needs to rest and recover before the last show together with Nightwish in Amsterdam and the four other headlining shows we have on the row after that. Playing in Montpellier would have been a BIG risk and we do not want to cancel any more shows!! A doctor checked Tony again, ordered medication and adviced not to do the show, but rather stay quiet and rest as long as possible.

We sadly apologize our fans and friends that had to leave Madrid and Montpellier venues without a show. It broke our hearts to see so many teary eyes...

We all think our fans deserve none less than 100% from us, and we are not able to deliver that currently. Hopefully everything will be ok when we reach Amsterdam.

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Source:	sonataarctica.info
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica entered the Finish album charts on # 2 with their new release "Reckoning Night". Also among the upper ranks are RAMMSTEIN (# 1) and R.E.M. (# 3). In Germany, Tony Kakko & Co. could reach a respectable chart entry as well with # 77, in Switzerland "Reckoning Night" occupied # 85 and in Norway on 69! Currently the band is touring together with Nightwish.

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

After entering the Finnish single charts on # 1 with "Don't Say A Word" at the end of August, SONATA ARCTICA now also managed to break the Japanese charts: "Don't Say A Word" went straight to # 1 on the Japanese foreign artist charts. Congratulations!

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The new Sonata album is entitled "Reckoning Night" and it's, preliminary, going to be released October (11th).

And for the upcoming single, a cover of the song "Two Minds One Soul" by Vanishing Point is being recorded.

Both the album and the single are going to be released through Nuclear Blast!

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Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have commenced the recording sessions for the follow-up to 2003's "Winterheart's Guild", tentatively due later in the year through Spinefarm Records. In other news, SONATA ARCTICA drummer Tommy Portimo became the father of a "beautiful little baby girl" (46 cm, 2950 g) early in the morning on Saturday, March 6. "Both the child and the mother are doing well," according to a post on the band's web site. "The whole SONATA camp congratulates the parents and warmly welcomes the first newcomer of our 'extended family'!"

taken from Blabbermouth.net

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Sonata Arctica posted the following message on their "new" website, www.sonataarctica.info

Finally we got our site back on-line!!! We had problems with our webspace provider(...#¤%X"@$£?!!!!) but now we are back at www.sonataarctica.info. Pass it around! www.sonataarctica.com is not in our use until further notice. But life goes on and we are still here!! Currently Tony is writing songs for the next album. We´ll enter studio in March and the album SHOULD be out around september 2004. Then we´ll tour the universe!

Sonata will play some festivals in Finland and abroad during the summer. The dates will be released as soon as they are confirmed.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2004!!

With Love,
Sonata Arctica

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Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have signed a long-term deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group are currently working on the material for the follow-up to this year's "Winterheart's Guild" CD, tentatively due next fall.

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