Finland's SONATA ARCTICA have announced dates for a North American headlining tour with support from MUTINY WITHIN and POWERGLOVE.

Dates include:

April

2 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
3 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
5 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
6 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial
7 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
9 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
10 - Detroit, MI - Blondies
11 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
12 - St Paul, MN - Station 4
13 - Winnipeg, MB - WECC
15 - Calgary, AB - Warehouse
16 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
18 - Vancouver, BC - Venue
19 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
20 - Portland, OR - Peters Room
22 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
23 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
24 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
25 - Mesa , AZ - U.B.'s
27 - Austin, TX - Emo's
28 - Houston, TX - Meridian
30 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade

May

1 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11
2 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx

Tickets for the tour go on sale today (Wednesday, November 11th) exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until December 3rd, when they will be available through regular outlets.

As previously reported, due to high demand for tickets the band's November 19th show in Vienna, Austria has been moved from Szene to Gasometer and their November 25th show in Milan, Italy has been moved from Alcatraz to Palasharp.

The band's European tour schedule is now as follows:

November

12 - Club Roxy - Prague. Czech Republic
13 - Masters of Rock Cafe - Zlín, Czech Republic
14 - Cassosport Hall - Kosice, Slovakia
15 - SKC - Belgrade, Serbia
17 - Petõfi Csarnok - Budapest, Hungary
18 - Seifenfabrik - Graz, Austria
19 - Gasometer - Vienna, Austria
20 - Backstage - Munich, Germany
22 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
23 - Longhorn - Stuttgart, Germany
24 - Hirsch - Nuremberg, Germany
25 - Palasharp - Milan, Italy
27 - Razzmatazz 2 - Barcelona, Spain
28 - Heineken - Madrid, Spain
29 - Theatre Barbey - Bordeaux, France
30 - Elysée Montmartre - Paris, France

December

2 - FZW - Dortmund, Germany
3 - Carling Academy Islington - London, UK
4 - Hard Rock Hell Fest - Prestatyn, UK
5 - JB's - Dudley, UK
6 - Hof Ter Lo - Antwerp, Belgium
8 - Capitol - Hannover, Germany
9 - 013 - Tilburg, The Netherlands
10 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
12 - Folken - Stavanger, Norway
13 - Sentrum Scene - Oslo, Norway
14 - Trädgårn - Gothenburg, Sweden
15 - Klubben - Stockholm, Sweden

The new Sonata Arctica video, 'Flag In The Ground', can be viewed below.