SONATA ARCTICA To Shoot Live DVD This September In Milan, Italy

Finland's SONATA ARCTICA have issued the following update:

Sonata Arctica are extremely excited to announce their upcoming recording of their second DVD which will take place at the Alcatraz in Milan, Italy on September 30th, 2010.

The band will perform a pretty unique show of at least 120 minutes. Next to songs of their latest albums The Days Of Grays and Unia they also will perform some of the older songs from previous albums plus some very rare songs they didn’t play live during the last years. For sure this will be an unforgettable event and a journey from the beginning of their career as one of the most popular Finnish metal bands until now - you definitely shouldn’t miss it.

The DVD will be released in spring 2011 (tba) through Nuclear Blast records and Marquee Inc. in Japan and will, next to the show in Milan, contain another show, recorded 2009 during the Sonata Arctica Open Air Festival in their hometown Kemi, Finland. And of course there will be massive bonus material such as The Making Of, interviews, and plenty of video footage the band recorded the last few years during their career on tour."

Tickets for the Milan show go on sale April 28th through Ticketone.it.

As previously reported, Sonata Arctica are now confirmed to play the Provinssirock Festival in, Seinäjoki, Finland on June 19th. Go to this location for event information.

The band's schedule is now as follows:

April
15 - Warehouse - Calgary, AB
16 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
18 - The Venue - Vancouver, BC
19 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
20 - Peter’s Room - Portland, OR
23 - The Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
24 - House of Blues - Hollywood, CA
25 - U.B’s Bar - Mesa, AZ
27 - Emo’s - Austin, TX
28 - Meridian - Houston, TX
29 - The Marquee - Tulsa, OK
30 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

May
1 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
2 - Jaxx Nightclub - W. Springfield, VA
21 - Metalfest Open Air - Budapest, Hungary
22 - Metalfest Open Air - Plzen, Czech Republic
23 - Rock Hard Festival - Gelsenkirchen, Germany

June
13 - Kivenlahti Rock - Espoo, Finland
19 - Provinssirock - Seinäjoki, Finland
28 - Peace & Love Festival - Borlänge, Sweden

July
6 - Metal Camp - Tolmin, Slovenia
8 - Rock Harz Open Air - Ballenstedt, Germany
11 - Ruisrock - Turku, Finland

August
13 - Bloodstock Open Air - Walton on Trent, UK

September
30 - Alcatraz - Milan, Italy (DVD shoot)

Keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg recently checked in from rehearsals for the band's North American tour in the following video clip. The band's complete live itinerary can be found at this location.