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Finnish melodic metal powerhouse Sonata Arctica have announced a new release date for their acoustic album titled ‘Acoustic Adventures – Volume One,’ which now drops on January 21st, 2022 (pre-order).
In addition, the band’s planned European and UK tour in support of ‘Acoustic Adventures’ has been pushed to next year as well — check out the new tour dates below.
Keyboard player Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg comments, “Despite 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 originally 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.”
“This acoustic form of SONATA ARCTICA has been slowly brewing for years“, says vocalist Tony Kakko. “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, with a second acoustic record to be unleashed 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,” adds Tony.
Regarding the trek, a presser adds, “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.”
‘Acoustic Adventures MMXXII’ tour dates:
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 [TIX]
28.10.2022 DE – Bochum, Christuskirche
29.10.2022 NL – Utrecht, Pandora [TIX]
31.10.2022 UK – London, Islington Assembly Hall [TIX]
02.11.2022 FR – Paris/Vaureal, Le Forum
03.11.2022 FR – Lyon, Le CCO [TIX]
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
Artist photo by Kristian Reuter
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