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DragonForce - N. American Tour With Sonata Arctica


DragonForce will be back in the US and Canada for the final round of Ultra Beatdown this year. The band will be unleashing a new set list of new songs, old songs and ones they have never played on any other tours before. Special guests confirmed are Sonata Arctica and Taking Dawn.


Sep. 18 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
Sep. 19 - Regency Center @ The Grand - San Francisco, CA
Sep. 20 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
Sep. 21 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
Sep. 23 - Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton, AB
Sep. 24 - MacEwan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB
Sep. 25 - Odeon Events Centre - Saskatoon, SK
Sep. 26 - Burton Cummings - Winnipeg, MA
Sep. 28 - Beaumont - Kansas City, MO
Sep. 29 - The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
Sep. 30 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
Oct. 02 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
Oct. 03 - Le Medley - Montreal, QC
Oct. 04 - Theatre Imperial - Quebec City, QC
Oct. 06 - The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza - New York City, NY
Oct. 07 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
Oct. 09 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
Oct. 10 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
Oct. 11 - Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA

Source: dragonforce.com
Band profile: DragonForce
Event: DragonForce: Ultra Beatdown N. American Tour
Posted: 16.06.2009 by Balls of Jericho


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16.06.2009 - 09:10
Asitis
Typo in the title!
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16.06.2009 - 09:39
tulkas
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Written by Asitis on 16.06.2009 at 09:10

Typo in the title!

what? i guess they checked it already. anyway, still hoping they do something like that in south america... colombia. at least having sonata here!
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16.06.2009 - 10:45
Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America
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16.06.2009 - 11:46
Shadowcross
The Summoner
Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...
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16.06.2009 - 14:34
Legendary
Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...

Couldn't agree more, Dragonforce is a good band, but Sonata are legends they should be headlining....
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16.06.2009 - 15:42
Crème fraiche
Written by Legendary on 16.06.2009 at 14:34

Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...

Couldn't agree more, Dragonforce is a good band, but Sonata are legends they should be headlining....


I agree as well!

And FUCK!! Of course they come no where near Pittsburgh!
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16.06.2009 - 16:43
munson
Written by Legendary on 16.06.2009 at 14:34

Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...

Couldn't agree more, Dragonforce is a good band, but Sonata are legends they should be headlining....


DragonForce is WAY more popular in the US with all the kids. That's the reason they're headlining.
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16.06.2009 - 17:39
Italics
Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...


Agreed! Dragonforce is decent, but I might go to this just to see Sonata...
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16.06.2009 - 17:46
Shadowcross
The Summoner
Written by munson on 16.06.2009 at 16:43

Written by Legendary on 16.06.2009 at 14:34

Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...

Couldn't agree more, Dragonforce is a good band, but Sonata are legends they should be headlining....


DragonForce is WAY more popular in the US with all the kids. That's the reason they're headlining.


Yeah and this is GREAT for those kids and Sonata.
They will run home and grab 'Black Sheep' and '8th Commandment' etc from itunes.
Perhaps even get an education
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16.06.2009 - 17:54
Got Mayhem?
Hm
you would think DF would tour as little as possible. On account of..you know, Not being able to play their own music.
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16.06.2009 - 18:01
Marcel Hubregtse
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Of course DragonFArce is the headliner. If you don't understand why then it is obvious you people have no idea how the music industry works. In 99% of the cases the band that sells most is the headliner. And seeing that DragonFart outsells Sonata Farce-ica easily it is only normal that Drag-on-Force is the headliner.
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16.06.2009 - 18:16
munson
Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 17:46

Written by munson on 16.06.2009 at 16:43

Written by Legendary on 16.06.2009 at 14:34

Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...

Couldn't agree more, Dragonforce is a good band, but Sonata are legends they should be headlining....


I'm all for great metal bands touring with shitty metal bands that are popular (despite their obvious lack of talent) because it exposes kids to better metal.

DragonForce is WAY more popular in the US with all the kids. That's the reason they're headlining.


Yeah and this is GREAT for those kids and Sonata.
They will run home and grab 'Black Sheep' and '8th Commandment' etc from itunes.
Perhaps even get an education
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16.06.2009 - 18:39
Shadowcross
The Summoner
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.06.2009 at 18:01

Of course DragonFArce is the headliner. If you don't understand why then it is obvious you people have no idea how the music industry works. In 99% of the cases the band that sells most is the headliner. And seeing that DragonFart outsells Sonata Farce-ica easily it is only normal that Drag-on-Force is the headliner.

All too obvious Marcel.
We're just joking about the irony of this particular tour.
It would be like Shape Of Despair as support for STS. One is relatively unknown, the other makes it into the Finnish charts. A joke, but yes, that is the way the music industry works!
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16.06.2009 - 19:28
Italics
So is Sonata Arctica in all of these concerts... or just some? Ticketmaster only has them listed for a few, and doesn't even list some of these shows...
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16.06.2009 - 19:30
Italics
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.06.2009 at 18:01

Of course DragonFArce is the headliner. If you don't understand why then it is obvious you people have no idea how the music industry works. In 99% of the cases the band that sells most is the headliner. And seeing that DragonFart outsells Sonata Farce-ica easily it is only normal that Drag-on-Force is the headliner.


Thanks for explaining the obvious.

Oh, and your post lost all credibility when you said "Sonata Farce-ica."

At least now I know that the next time I see "Marcel H" I can pretty much skip over the post.
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16.06.2009 - 21:15
Symmachus
Yeah, it did somewhat surprise me that Sonata Arctica is opening for DragonForce. But I guess it makes sense that it is arranged that way. In my honest opinion, music wise, Sonata Arctica is better than DragonForce. That's just my thoughts though.
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16.06.2009 - 22:26
Marcel Hubregtse
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Written by Irritable Ted on 16.06.2009 at 21:04


Dear, oh dear, oh dear Marcel my friend, are we going to clash again, i'll give you the DragonFarce hit, but not Sonata Arctica, can't let you have that one. I know their last album was "different", but live they are brilliant.


Actually I can stomach a couple of old Sonata songs and find the band infinitely better than Stratovarius et al but the band has turned into a farce musically imo.
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17.06.2009 - 01:16
BitterCOld
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Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America


overreact much?
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17.06.2009 - 04:10
nb
I went to see Cynic this year opening for DragonForce (which I have never heard before), and I stayed to see DF to see what they were about. On stage did did nothing else thatn do stupid jokes about fucking themselves and farting and all that crap, and they jumped all the time as if they had taken something. Even though the soloing sounded good, I can't explain how they played all that live while jumping.
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17.06.2009 - 04:37
Written by BitterCOld on 17.06.2009 at 01:16

Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America


overreact much?



Easy tiger, wasn't literal.

But FUCK I love to see both bands in the same show. If there weren't so many Guitar Hero kids in the audience
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17.06.2009 - 06:11
csiga
Munin
Does anyone know who will the support band(s) sonata's european tour in this autumn?
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17.06.2009 - 07:33
Daggon
Underpaid M.D.
Geez that's a bunch of chees in just one place hehe, still I want to see SA, I have missed all their shows here in Mexico for reasons I'm not going to explain hehe.
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17.06.2009 - 08:52
LeChron James
Helvetesfossen
Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America

you hate us for a sonata arctica/dragonforce show? i could think of WAAAY better reasons to hate america.
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17.06.2009 - 10:09
Italics
Written by LeChron James on 17.06.2009 at 08:52

Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America

you hate us for a sonata arctica/dragonforce show? i could think of WAAAY better reasons to hate america.


Like Barack Obama.
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17.06.2009 - 11:45
kaos666
Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America


Doesn't anybody know the real history of the world?? Terrorism started because the US got tour packages like these and everyone hated them for it! The Summer Slaughter Tour didn't come to the Middle-East....the rest is self explanatory! ^^
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17.06.2009 - 11:47
Written by LeChron James on 17.06.2009 at 08:52

Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America

you hate us for a sonata arctica/dragonforce show? i could think of WAAAY better reasons to hate america.



Yes, like people who take things too literally.

I kid. Don't take my comment seriously. Maybe it's cos its America, but I would've said the same thing to Italy, or Belgium, or god knows where else. I just really wish they would do the same thing here in Australia.
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17.06.2009 - 19:26
Dane Train
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Written by Italics on 17.06.2009 at 10:09

Written by LeChron James on 17.06.2009 at 08:52

Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America

you hate us for a sonata arctica/dragonforce show? i could think of WAAAY better reasons to hate america.


Like Barack Obama.



Hey, hey, hey! Obama promised to to create a massive tour featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax and they are only playing their best material from the 80's.
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17.06.2009 - 21:23
Newfie_Metal
Written by Shadowcross on 16.06.2009 at 11:46

Sonata supporting Dragonforce? should be the other way around...


Agreed.
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17.06.2009 - 21:45
Shadowcross
The Summoner
Written by Dane Train on 17.06.2009 at 19:26

Written by Italics on 17.06.2009 at 10:09

Written by LeChron James on 17.06.2009 at 08:52

Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America

you hate us for a sonata arctica/dragonforce show? i could think of WAAAY better reasons to hate america.


Like Barack Obama.



Hey, hey, hey! Obama promised to to create a massive tour featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax and they are only playing their best material from the 80's.


Lol you can't be serious?
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17.06.2009 - 21:52
Dane Train
Beers & Kilts
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Written by Shadowcross on 17.06.2009 at 21:45

Written by Dane Train on 17.06.2009 at 19:26

Written by Italics on 17.06.2009 at 10:09

Written by LeChron James on 17.06.2009 at 08:52

Written by insanity.peppers on 16.06.2009 at 10:45

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

I hate you America

you hate us for a sonata arctica/dragonforce show? i could think of WAAAY better reasons to hate america.


Like Barack Obama.



Hey, hey, hey! Obama promised to to create a massive tour featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax and they are only playing their best material from the 80's.


Lol you can't be serious?


How do you think he got elected? His stimulus package? Heck no!
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