Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA are a band with a unique sound, driven by different emotions and a touch of melancholy. Today, the band announces the new release date of their first acoustic album, perfectly entitled “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One”, to be released on January, 21st 2022. Also the panned acoustic tour had to be postoned into next year and will start in October 2022.

“Despite of the circumstances slowly getting better, we will unfortunately have to postpone our “Acoustic Adventures European Tour” that was supposed to happen this fall. This is not a light decision by any means but right now we cannot go forward with the tour as planned. However we will be back in 2022, postponed doesn’t mean canceled. Our “Acoustic Adventures Vol. One” album will also be released a few months later than orginally planned but rest assured, it will be worth the wait. We’re really looking forward to getting out there again and play for you all, rather sooner than later. Meanwhile, take care”, says keyboard player Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg.  

“This acoustic form of SONATA ARCTICA has been slowly brewing for years”, comments vocalist Tony Kakko and explains: “The first manifestation of it, besides the few acoustic versions of songs released throughout the years, was the “Acoustic Adventures Tour” in 2019, which proved to be a great success, sparking an idea to get these songs also recorded and out on an album. Or two albums, at least for starters. Our songs have always been based on beautiful melodies, which makes it very easy to transform and rearrange them perfectly into the acoustic form as well. I should mention that many of the songs work so well dressed in acoustic garments.”

“Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” will be the first part, followed by a second acoustic record, to be released in October 2022. “I hope you love these albums as much as we do. There are many, many songs we had to leave out of these ”Volume One” and ”Volume Two” albums, so nothing would please me more than adding few more volumes in the future”, says vocalist Tony Kakko.

The postponed tour is going to happen in autumn 2022 now, entitled the “Acoustic Adventures MMXXII” tour. To promote both “Acoustic Adventures” releases, the band will embark on a journey through 17 European countries! Support will be provided by Swedish hopefuls ELEINE, who will also be presenting an acoustic set. 

SONATA ARCTICA                
Acoustic Adventures MMXXII                             
Special Guests: ELEINE
presented by Metal Hammer (Ger), Rock It (Ger), Musix (Ger), Rock Hard (F), Power (ES), Rocksverige (S) and Scream (NO)                        
                                   
20.10.2022 SE – Stockholm, Södra Teatern
21.10.2022 SE – Östersund, Gamla Teatern
22.10.2022 NO – Trondheim, Byscenen
23.10.2022 NO – Oslo, Parkteatret
24.10.2022 SE – Gothenburg, Valand (Ordensalen)
25.10.2022 DE – Hamburg, Fabrik
27.10.2022 NL – Tilburg, 013 KZ
28.10.2022 DE – Bochum, Christuskirche
29.10.2022 NL – Utrecht, Pandora
31.10.2022 UK – London, Islington Assembly Hall
02.11.2022 FR – Paris/Vaureal, Le Forum
03.11.2022 FR – Lyon, Le CCO
04.11.2022 ES – Barcelona, Salamandra
05.11.2022 ES – Bilbao, Stage Live
06.11.2022 ES – Madrid, Copérnico
08.11.2022 ES – Sevilla, Custom
09.11.2022 ES – Murcia, Garaje
10.11.2022 ES – Pamplona, Totem
11.11.2022 FR – Toulouse, Le Metronum
12.11.2022 FR – Nantes, Le Ferrailleur
13.11.2022 BE – Sint-Niklaas, De Casino
15.11.2022 DE – Nürnberg, Hirsch
16.11.2022 CH – Pratteln, Z7
17.11.2022 IT – Milan, Live Club
18.11.2022 SL – Ljubljana, Orto Bar
20.11.2022 BG – Sofia, Joy Station
21.11.2022 RO – Bukarest, Quantic Club
22.11.2022 RO – Cluj-Napoca, FORM Space
24.11.2022 AT – Wien, Szene
25.11.2022 HU – Budapest, Akvarium
26.11.2022 CZ – Ostrava, Club Garage 
27.11.2022 PL – Warsaw, Proxima
28.11.2022 DE – Berlin, Columbia Theater
29.11.2022 DE – München, Backstage Werk
01.12.2022 DE – Köln, Essigfabrik
02.12.2022 DE – Passau, Zauberberg
03.12.2022 DE – Speyer, Halle 101

Ticket pre-sale links under: https://www.dragon-productions.eu/sonata-arctica/

Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA are a band with a unique sound, driven by different emotions and a touch of melancholy. Today, the band announces the release of their first acoustic album, perfectly entitled “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One”, to be released in October 2021 through Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH.

“This acoustic form of SONATA ARCTICA has been slowly brewing for years”, comments vocalist Tony Kakko and explains: “The first manifestation of it, besides the few acoustic versions of songs released throughout the years, was the “Acoustic Adventures Tour” in 2019, which proved to be a great success, sparking an idea to get these songs also recorded and out on an album. Or two albums, at least for starters. Our songs have always been based on beautiful melodies, which makes it very easy to transform and rearrange them perfectly into the acoustic form as well. I should mention that many of the songs work so well dressed in acoustic garments.”

“Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” will be the first part, followed by a second acoustic record, to be released in 2022. “I hope you love these albums as much as we do. There are many, many songs we had to leave out of these ”Volume One” and ”Volume Two” albums, so nothing would please me more than adding few more volumes in the future”, smilesTony Kakko and adds: “Looking forward to seeing you on tour again as soon as possible!”

And this tour is hopfully going to happen in autumn, entitled the “Acoustic Adventures MMXXI” tour.  It’s been a while since SONATA ARCTICA toured Europe, the last time beingin 2019. To promote their “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” release, the band will embark on a journey through 17 European countries! Support will be provided by Swedish hopefuls ELEINE, who will also be presenting an acoustic set. Keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg comments: “Since our Talviyö World Tour is more or less over, it’s time to look ahead for the next challenge and since we’ve had so much fun with the acoustic stuff we decided to make an album as well, and of course we will hit the road immediately after that to celebrate the release of it. As of now we have managed to set up an extensive European Tour and we’re really looking forward to getting out there an play some music for all of you.”

SONATA ARCTICA                
Acoustic Adventures 2021                              
Special Guests: ELEINE
presented by Metal Hammer (Ger), Rock It (Ger), Musix (Ger), Rock Hard (F), Power (ES), Rocksverige (S) and Scream (NO)                        
                                   
21.10.2021 SE – Uppsala, Katalin
22.10.2021 SE – Östersund, Gamla Teatern
23.10.2021 NO – Trondheim, Byscenen
24.10.2021 NO – Oslo, Parkteatret
26.10.2021 SE – Gothenburg, Valand (Ordensalen)
27.10.2021 DE – Hamburg, Fabrik
28.10.2021 NL – Tilburg, 013
29.10.2021 DE – Bochum, Matrix
30.10.2021 NL – Utrecht, Pandora
01.11.2021 UK – London, Islington Assembly Hall
03.11.2021 FR – Paris/Vaureal, Le Forum
04.11.2021 FR – Lyon, CCO
05.11.2021 ES – Barcelona, Salamandra
06.11.2021 ES – Bilbao, Santana 27
07.11.2021 ES – Madrid, Shoko
09.11.2021 ES – Sevilla, Custom
10.11.2021 ES – Murcia, Garaje
11.11.2021 ES – Pamplona, Totem
12.11.2021 FR – Toulouse, Le Metronom
13.11.2021 FR – Nantes, Le Ferrailleur
14.11.2021 BE – Sint-Niklaas, De Casino
16.11.2021 DE – Nürnberg, Hirsch
17.11.2021 CH – Pratteln, Z7
18.11.2021 IT – Milan, Live Club
19.11.2021 SLO – Ljubljana, Orto Bar
21.11.2021 BG – Sofia, Music Jam
22.11.2021 RO – Bukarest, Quantic Club
23.11.2021 RO – Cluj-Napoca, FORM Space
25.11.2021 AT – Wien, Szene
26.11.2021 HU – Budapest, Akvarium
27.11.2021 CZ – Zlin, Winter Masters of Rock
28.11.2021 PL – Warsaw, Proxima
29.11.2021 DE – Berlin, Columbia Theater
01.12.2021 DE – München, Technikum
02.12.2021 DE – Köln, Essigfabrik
03.12.2021 DE – Passau, Zauberberg
04.12.2021 DE – Speyer, Halle 101

Ticket pre-sale here: https://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/sonata-arctica/