Sonata Arctica Concert History

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal.[1] The current line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 10, 2017
"RadioRock" / Children of Bodom / Stratovarius / Sonata Arctica / Lost Society

RadioRock

Tallink Europa Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Sep 09, 2017
"RadioRock" / Children of Bodom / Stratovarius / Sonata Arctica / Lost Society

RadioRock

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Tallink Europa Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Aug 26, 2017
"Czad Festiwal" / Alestorm / Beyond The Black / Sonata Arctica

Czad Festiwal

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Arena Park Straszecin, Poland
Aug 18, 2017
Summer Breeze Festival
"Summer Breeze Festival" / Amorphis / Kreator / Hatebreed / Epica / Sonata Arctica / Memoriam / Aversions Crown / Wintersun / Children of Bodom / Eluveitie / Betontod / Battle Beast / Cellar Darling / 1349 / Belphegor / Insomnium / Chelsea Grin / Possessed / Crowbar / Sacred Reich / Gorguts / Fallujah / Revocation / The Lurking Fear / Gloryful / Shiraz Lane / Spitfire / Nothgard / Turbobier / Double Crush Syndrome / Infected Rain / Skeleton Pit Show all bands
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Airfield Aeroclub Dinkelsbuhl, Germany
Aug 16, 2017 –
Aug 19, 2017
Summer Breeze Open Air 2017
Megadeth / August Burns Red / Black Label Society / Children of Bodom / Miss May I / Amon Amarth / Architects / Hatebreed / Whitechapel / Chelsea Grin / Epica / While She Sleeps / Kreator / Sonata Arctica / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquillity / TesseracT / Amorphis / Devin Townsend Project / Obituary / Decapitated / Heaven Shall Burn / Terror / Delain / Suffocation / Moonspell / Wintersun / Within the Ruins / Life Of Agony / Fit For An Autopsy / Revocation / Primal Fear / Cryptopsy / Havok / In Extremo / Long Distance Calling / Gorguts / Battle Beast / Possessed / Haggard / Sacred Reich / Fallujah / Fiddler's Green / 1349 / Vital Remains / Asphyx / Emil Bulls / Aversions Crown / Knorkator / Mono Inc. / Der Weg Einer Freiheit / Hail of Bullets / End Of Green / Crisix / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Firkin / The New Black / Excrementory Grindfuckers / Erdling / Sister (Swe) Show all bands
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Summer Breeze Open Air Dinkelsbuhl, Germany
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Aug 05, 2017
Skogsrojet
"Skogsrojet" / Apollo / Miss Behaviour / Imperial State Electric / Pretty Maids / Ugly Kid Joe / Backyard Babies / Krokus / Blind Guardian / The Darkness / Black Star Riders / Saxon / Sonata Arctica
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Skogsrojet Festival Grounds Rejmyre, Sweden
Aug 03, 2017 –
Aug 05, 2017
Wacken Open Air 2017
Aborted / Accept & Orchestra / Aeverium / Ahab / Alice Cooper / The Amity Affliction / Amon Amarth / Annihilator / Apocalyptica / Architects / ASP / Asrock / Asyllex / Aura Noir / Avantasia / Bai Bang / Batushka / Beyond the Black / Blaas of Glory / Die Blechblos’n / The Boomtown Rats / British Lion / Brujeria / Candlemass / Charlie Harper / Clawfinger / Corvus Corax / Crowbar / Cypecore / Dawn Of Disease / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Dog Eat Dog / The Dolmen / Domination / Emil Bulls / Emperor / Ereb Altor / Europe / Evil Scarecrow / Fates Warning / Fit For An Autopsy / Flotsam and Jetsam / Fuchsteufelswild / Ganaim / Grand Magus / Grave Digger / Hämatom / Harpyie / Heaven Shall Burn / Heimatærde / Heldmaschine / Hell-O-Matic / High Fighter / The Hirsch Effekt / Imperium Dekadenz / Insomnium / Irdorath / J.B.O. / Jet Jaguar / Johnny Deathshadow / Kadavar / Kaiser Franz Josef / Kärbholz / Katatonia / Kissin’ Dynamite / Kreator / The Kroach / Kryptos / Lacuna Coil / Lords of Black / Mambo Kurt / Marilyn Manson / Max & Igor Cavalera return to Roots / Mayhem / Megadeth / Megalodon / Memoriam / Mr. Irish Bastard / Napalm Death / Nile / Null Positiv / nulldB / Omnium Gatherum / Orange Goblin / The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats / Pampatut / Paradise Lost / Phil Rind (Sacred Reich) - Spoken Word / Possessed / Powerwolf / Primal Fear / Prong / Psychotic Waltz / Rage / Rampart / Henry Rollins / Ross The Boss / Russkaja / Sacred Reich / Saltatio Mortis / Sanctuary / Saor Patrol / Serenity / Shawn James & The Shapeshifters / Skálmöld / Skorbut / Skull Fist / Skyline / Snoozebutton / Soilwork / Sonata Arctica / Soulless Faith / Stahlmann / Status Quo / Steak Number Eight / Stinger / Sub Dub Micromachine / subway to sally / Taina / Tankard / Tears For Beers / tengger cavalry / Thundermother / Trivium / Turbobier / Turbonegro / tuXedoo / T. V. Smith / Twilight Force / Ugly Kid Joe / UK Subs / Uli Jon Roth / Une Misère / Verge of Umbra / Versengold / Victims of Madness / Volbeat / Vorbid / Wacken Firefighters / Waldkauz / Warpath / Warrant / Whiskey Dick / The Wild Lies / Wirrwahr / Witchery / Wolfbrigade / Wolfchant / Wolfheart / Accept / Doro Show all bands
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Wacken Grounds Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Jul 29, 2017
Kuopio RockCock Festival
"Kuopio RockCock Festival" / Haloo Helsinki! / Timo Rautiainen / Sonata Arctica / Michael Monroe (Finland) / Viikate / Apulanta / Popeda / Brother Firetribe / Block Buster
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Kuopio Rock Festival Grounds Kuopio, Finland
Jul 22, 2017
John Smith Rock Festival
"John Smith Rock Festival" / Children of Bodom / d.a.d. / Sonata Arctica / Therapy? / Mokoma / Swallow the Sun / CMX / Reckless Love
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John Smith Rock Festival Grounds Laukaa, Finland
Jul 16, 2017
Ilosaarirock
"Ilosaarirock" / Leprous / Parov Stelar / Pixies / Rag N Bone Man / Royal Blood / The Holy / Jarkko Martikainen / Oranssi Pazuzu / Sonata Arctica / Teflon Brothers / Wasted
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Ilosaarirock Festival Grounds Joensuu, Finland
Jul 02, 2017
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
"Tuska Open Air Metal Festival" / Mastodon / Apocalyptica / Sonata Arctica / Dirkschneider / Baroness / Battle Beast / Oranssi Pazuzu / The Raven Age
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Suvilahti Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Jun 30, 2017 –
Jul 02, 2017
Tuska Open Air 2017
VUUR / Suicidal Tendencies / Devin Townsend / Sabaton / HIM / Sonata Arctica / Battle Beast / Dirkschneider / Paara / Mayhem / Amorphis / Impaled Nazarene / Rotten Sound / Apocalyptica / Mastodon / Wintersun
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Suvilahti Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Jun 04, 2017
Sonata Arctica

The Ninth Hour World Tour

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Circo Volador Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Jun 03, 2017
Sonata Arctica

The Ninth Hour World Tour

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C3 Stage Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Jun 02, 2017
Sonata Arctica
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Escena Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Jun 01, 2017
Sonata Arctica
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Expo Chihuahua Chihuahua, Mexico
May 13, 2017
Sonata Arctica
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Ds Club Fortaleza, Brazil
May 09, 2017
Sonata Arctica

The Ninth Hour World Tour

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Teatro Amrigs Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Apr 09, 2017
Sonata Arctica / Striker
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Pusterviksbaren Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Apr 08, 2017
Sonata Arctica / Striker
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Frimis Orebro, Sweden

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