STRATOVARIUS To Work On Follow-Up To Polaris In The New Year
December 29, 2009, 14 years ago
Finnish power metallers STRATOVARIUS have issued the following year-end update:
"We're still in the middle of the Polaris world tour, but we do have a bit of news.The European summer festivals earlier this year were nice and relaxing as always, and then we embarked on a long three-month leg which covered the Far East, North and South America, and Finland. One highlight was Beijing, a place none of us in the band had played or visited before.
After a break for the holidays, the caravan will roll on in 2010, and we will do a long tour of Europe in January and February.
We have some more good news: we just confirmed to play Wacken in August 2010, which is always great fun. It's the biggest metal festival in the world, and has a great crowd, but also since there are so many bands there, you can always reconnect with many old friends backstage and in the VIP bar. This gig will mark the end of the Polaris would tour which spanned four continents with close to a hundred gigs.
We have also confirmed an appearance on the 70,000 Tons Of Metal Caribbean cruise in late January, 2011. You can find details about this very nice cruise here.
We saved the best piece of good news for last: next year we will start work on a new full-length record, a follow-up to 2009's Polaris.
Best regards, happy holidays and have a great new 2010!"
