SONATA ARCTICA: Buy tickets to North American Tour '09

SONATA ARCTICA has issued the following ticket information concerning their North American Tour 09:

September 17, 2009
The Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
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September 18, 2009
House of Blues - Hollywood, CA
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September 19, 2009
Regency Center @ The Grand - San Francisco, CA
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September 20, 2009
Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
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September 21, 2009
Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC - CANADA
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September 23, 2009
Edmonton Events Centre - Edmonton, AB – CANADA
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September 24, 2009
MacEwan Hall Ballroom - Calgary, AB - CANADA
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September 25, 2009
Odeon Events Centre - Saskatoon, SK - CANADA
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September 26, 2009
Burton Cummings - Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
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September 28, 2009
Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
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September 29, 2009
The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
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September 30, 2009
House of Blues - Chicago, IL
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October 2, 2009
Sound Academy - Toronto, ON - CANADA
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October 3, 2009
Le Medley - Montreal, QC - CANADA
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October 4, 2009
Theatre Imperial - Quebec City, QC – CANADA
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October 6, 2009
The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza - New York City, NY
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October 7, 2009
Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
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October 9, 2009
The Palladium - Worcester, MA
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October 10, 2009
The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
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October 11, 2009
Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
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October 12, 2009
Webster Theater - Hartford, CT
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October 13, 2009
Rex Theater - Pittsburgh, PA
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October 15, 2009
Music Hall - London, ON – CANADA
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October 16, 2009
Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH
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October 17, 2009
Uncle Pleasants - Louisville, KY
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October 18, 2009
Rave - Milwaukee, WI
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A track-by-track review/description of "The Days Of Grays", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA can be found on Terrorizer.com.

"The Days Of Grays" will be released on September 18 in Europe and September 22 in North America through Nuclear Blast Records.

The track listing for the effort is as follows:

Limited 2CD Digipack:

01. Everything Fades To Gray (instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)

Bonus Track:

13. In The Dark

Bonus CD: track listing to be announced

CD Jewelcase:

01. Everything Fades To Gray (instrumental)
02. Deathaura
03. The Last Amazing Grays
04. Flag In The Ground
05. Breathing
06. Zeroes
07. The Dead Skin
08. Juliet
09. No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart
10. As If The World Wasn't Ending
11. The Truth Is Out There
12. Everything Fades To Gray (full version)

Check out the album artwork below.

SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg previously described the band's new material as "a bit darker and maybe not so complex as [2007's] 'Unia'. Nevertheless, it's definitely not a back-to-the-roots album with fast power metal. All the trademark SONATA stuff is on there, solos, lots of singing some slower songs."

SONATA ARCTICA will play a handful of headlining dates prior to and at the end of their North American tour with DRAGONFORCE. These shows will be the only SONATA ARCTICA headlining gigs until next spring.

The details are as follows:

Sep. 17 - San Marcos, CA - Jumping Turtle
Oct. 12 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
Oct. 13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
Oct. 15 - London, ONT (Canada) - Music Hall
Oct. 16 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Down Under
Oct. 17 - Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasants
Oct. 18 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave

Tickets are available now exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until July 10 at which point they go onsale through all normal ticketing systems.

No more dates will be added.

Recorded and mixed at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, "Unia" — which was certified gold in Finland for sales in excess of 15,000 copies — landed on the following international album charts: Finland - #1; Japan - #7; Sweden - #27; Germany - #35; Switzerland - #40; Austria - #62. The "Paid in Full" single also secured the #1 single position in the band's native land.