Sonata Arctica

Sun Oct 19 2025

7:00 PM

Manchester Academy 2

Oxford Rd Manchester M13 9PR

U14s accompanied by an adult

All Ages

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Born Again Concerts proudly presents
SONATA ARCTICA
plus very special guests SEVEN SPIRES

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. The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist Pasi Kauppinen. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
 
As of 2024, the band has released eleven full-length albums (three via Spinefarm Records, eight via Nuclear Blast, and one via Atomic Fire), their most recent being Clear Cold Beyond in March 2024.


All ages: under 14s accompanied by an adult at all times.

Born Again Concerts proudly presents
Sonata Arctica

  • Sonata Arctica

    Sonata Arctica

    Heavy Metal

    Born in 1996, the band, which included vocalist Tony Kakko, guitarist Jani Liimatainen, drummer Tommy Portimo, keyboardist Mikko Harkin, and bassist Janne Kivilahti, recorded a handful of demos before releasing their first single, "UnOpened," on Spinefarm Records in July of 1999. Sonata Arctica's full-length debut, Ecliptica, was released in 2000 by Spinefarm and Century Media Records. Following a successful tour with Rhapsody and Stratovarius, the group put out a six-song EP, Successor, which featured live tracks, a pair of covers, and other previously unreleased material. Sonata Arctica were rewarded with various awards and honors around this time: Hard N' Heavy magazine voted them Newcomer of the Year, as did Emma, the Finnish Music Awards. Kivilahti quit the band in late 2000 and was replaced by Marko Paasikoski before work began on the band's second full-length album. With producer Ahti Kortelainen behind the boards, Sonata Arctica recorded Silence at Tico-Tico studios in time for a 2001 release.

  • Seven Spires

    Seven Spires

    Power Metal

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Born Again Concerts proudly presents

Sonata Arctica

Sun Oct 19 2025 7:00 PM

Manchester Academy 2 Manchester
Sonata Arctica

U14s accompanied by an adult All Ages

Born Again Concerts proudly presents
SONATA ARCTICA
plus very special guests SEVEN SPIRES

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. The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist Pasi Kauppinen. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
 
As of 2024, the band has released eleven full-length albums (three via Spinefarm Records, eight via Nuclear Blast, and one via Atomic Fire), their most recent being Clear Cold Beyond in March 2024.


All ages: under 14s accompanied by an adult at all times.

Please correct the information below.

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All Ages
limit 8 per person
General Admission
£33.75 (£30.00 + £3.75 Fees, excluding any delivery costs)

Delivery Method

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