What is up with NIGHTWISH/SONATA ARCTICA's US tour?

[SwordLord]

Does anyone know what is up with the NIGHTWISH/SONATA state-side tour?

When the tour was first announced, NIGHTWISH had a list of dates on their website which pretty much confirmed what was being reported all over the net. Sonata's website didn't have anything.

Now it seems a "switch" has been made. NIGHTWISH's website (http://www.nightwish.com/english/) lists only one US date -- 4/23 at the Palladium in Worcester. SONATA's website (http://www.sonataarctica.info/index.php?tour&en) however lists no less than 14 US dates, nearly every one says they are in support of NIGHTWISH.

What really concerns me (and this is probably hardly of general interest) is that there is no longer a Minnesota date listed on either website. Blabbermouth originally reported that the US tour would start in Minneapolis which is extremely close to me.

Is the tour falling apart or being reconsidered or what? Quite frankly I'll be a lot less concerned if SONATA winds up on the PP6 bill, but it appears we have a while to wait for that little tidbit of info.

 

[Heavenly Call]

ticketmaster is still listing many shows...as is pollstar.com

 

[TheGraveDigger]

LOL, it almost seems these days that band websites is the worst way to go.

 

[nightwish58]

I've had my tickets for the New York show for over a month now (for whatever that's worth)

 

[AMBR]

I've had my tickets for the New York show for over a month now (for whatever that's worth)

Me too.
I think maybe NW is paranoid about confirming the dates because of what happened last time when they had to cancel the first 3. Just speculation on my part, but I think they'll wait as long as it's reasonable.

The "unofficial" tour schedule, utilizing band sites and TicketMaster, has been posted here.

It does look as though the Minneapolis date is off. There's a big discussion about it on their forum here. (Not that I'd take anything said there as the gospel truth)