STRATOVARIUS Gear Up For UK Tour

Finland’s STRATOVARIUS are about to kick off their UK tour in support of their new album, Polaris, which will be released in the UK on May 18th via earMUSIC and May 26th via Armoury Records.

New single ‘Deep Unknown’ will be the band's 16th single. View the new music video for the track below. The single, available now, is packaged as an enhanced CD, featuring the following tracks: 'Deep Unknown', 'Higher We Go', 'Deep Unknown' video.

Polaris tracklisting: 'Deep Unknown', 'Falling Star', 'King Of Nothing', 'Blind', 'Winter Skies', 'Forever Is Today', 'Higher We Go', 'Somehow Precious', 'Emancipation Suite I: Dusk', 'Emancipation suite II: Dawn', 'When Mountains Fall'.

Stratovarius' tour schedule is now as follows:

May
15 - Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall
16 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
17 - Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
18 - London, England - Islington O2 Academy
19 - Manchester, England - Jilly's Rockworld
20 - Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
29 - Moscow, Russia - CDK MAI
30 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Glavclub

June
6 - Lappajärvi, Finland - Tulivuorirock
7 - Tampere, Finland - Sauna Open Air
13 - Vantaa, Finland - Myötätuulirock
18 - Jämsä, Finland - Himosfestival
19 - Pori, Finland - RMJ Partycamp
21 - Clisson, Finland - Hellfest

July
11 - Vizovice, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock
19 - Aerodrome "Chajka", Kiev, Ukraine - Pro Rock Festival
25 - Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands - Zwarte Cross Festival

August
29 - Kreuth, Germany - Wacken Rocks
30 - Aurich, Germany - Wacken Rocks

September
16 - New York, NY - Nokia Theater
18 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
19 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial de Quebec
20 - Montreal, QC - Medley
21 - Boston, MA - Middle East
23 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
24 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
25 - Mokena, IL - Pearl Room
27 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick Centre
28 - Regina, SK - The Riddell at University
29 - Calgary, AB - Warehouse
30 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room

October
2 - Vancouver, BC - Plaza Club
3 - Victoria, BC - Sugar
4 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
6 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom at the Regency
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club