Finland's SONATA ARCTICA have confirmed two more summer festivals. They will play the Peace & Love 2010 in Borlänge, Sweden on June 28th and at Ruisrock in Turku, Finland on July 11th. The band's festival schedule is now as follows:

May

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
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

As previously reported, Sonata Arctica re-released their 2003 Japan-only compilation Takatalvi with an extended tracklist on January 27th. It is now available for pre-order here.

The tracklist is as follows:

'San Sebastian' (original version)

'The Gun'

'Still Loving You' (SCORPIONS)

'Shy'

'Dream Thieves'

'I Want Out' (HELLOWEEN)

'Fade To Black' (METALLICA)

'Black Sheep'

'Mary-Lou (acoustic version)

'The Wind Beneath My Wings' (BETTE MIDLER)

'Die With Your Boots On' (IRON MAIDEN)

The band recently announced the following North American tour dates:

April

2 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
3 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
5 - The Blender Theater @ Gramercy - New York, NY
6 - Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City, QC
7 - Club Soda - Montreal, QC
9 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON
10 - Blondie’s - Detroit, MI
11 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
12 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
13 - The West End Cultural Center - Winnipeg, MB
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