Arena ' neo-prog-rock giants founded in 1995 by two celebrities of the scene: Mick Pointer (ex-Marillion) and Clive Nolan (Pendragon, Shadowland, Strangers on A Train, Caamora). Together with guitarist John Mitchell (Frost*), bassist Kylan Amos, and with the charismatic Paul Manzi (Oliver Wakeman Band) on the vocals, the band return with a brand new studio album "The Unquiet Sky".
The release of their eighth studio album will be followed by a tour scheduled for March and April.
20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Here are the dates for the 2015 tour to celebrate our 20th Anniversary and accompany the release of the new album, "The Unquiet Sky"
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| 19th March 2015
| The Borderline
| London, England
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| 20th March 2015
| The Citadel
| St Helens, England
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| 21st March 2015
| Montgomery Hall
| Wath, England
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| 22nd March 2015
| Assembly Rooms
| Leamington Spa, England
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| 27th March 2015
| Spirit Of 66
| Verviers, Belgium
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| 28th March 2015
| Rock Ittervoort
| Ittervoort, Netherlands
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| 29th March 2015
| Bambi Galore
| Hamburg, Germany
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| 30th March 2015
| Hypothalamus
| Rheine, Germany
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| 31st March 2015
| Hedon
| Zwolle, Netherlands
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| 1st April 2015
| Colos-saal
| Aschaffenberg, Germany
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| 2nd April 2015
| Zeche Carl
| Essen, Germany
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| 3rd April 2015
| Paulette Pub Rock
| Nancy, France
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| 4th April 2015
| Wollfabrik
| Heidelberg, Germany
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| 5th April 2015
| Bergkeller
| Reichenbach, Germany
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| 6th April 2015
| a38
| Budapest, Hungary
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| 7th April 2015
| Majestic
| Bratislava, Slovakia
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| 8th April 2015
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| Travel Day
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| 9th April 2015
| Rialto
| Katowice, Poland
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| 10th April 2015
| Proxima
| Warsaw, Poland
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| 11th April 2015
| Blue Note
| Poznan, Poland
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| 12th April 2015
| Reigen
| Vienna, Austria
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| 13th April 2015
| Ausburg
| Germany
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| 14th April 2015
| Z7
| Pratteln, Switzerland
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| 15th April 2015
| Club Il Giardino
| Verona, Italy
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| 16th April 2015
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| Travel Day
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| 17th April 2015
| Bikini Bar
| Barcelona, Spain
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| 18th April 2015
| Minnuendo
| Peralta, Spain
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| 19th April 2015
| Sala Lemon
| Madrid, Spain
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| 20th April 2015
| Paradise Garage
| Lisbon, Portugal
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| 21st April 2015
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| Travel Day
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| 22nd April 2015
| Connexion
| Toulouse, France
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| 23rd April 2015
| Marche Gare
| Lyon, France
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| 24th April 2015
| Divan du Monde
| Paris, France
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| 25th April 2015
| Boerderij
| Zoetermeer, Netherlands
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| 26th April 2015
| Centre Culturel
| Soignies, Belgium
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Clive Nolan comments: "2015 marks the 20th anniversary of Arena, and we are planning a substantial tour to celebrate this event. To coincide with this tour we are releasing a new studio album. It will be a concept album loosely based on an M.R. James horror story, with plenty of strong themes and dark drama! Pure, classic Arena!"
During the Polish leg of the tour the band will record their new DVD release. Clive Nolan: "The Arena 'Unquiet Sky Tour' is approaching fast and one of the highlights of these concerts will be the DVD show at the Rialto in Katowice on 9th April. We are promoting the new album as well as celebrating 20 years of Arena! it's going to be quite a set list representing all our albums along the way, and maybe a few surprises..;)Don't miss this chance to be a part of this little bit of history!"
In Katowice, Arena will be supported by the Dutch progressive rock band Knight Area. Their show will be also recorded for their first official DVD release! The band play rock music, with roots in symphonic and neo-progressive rock. The music blends a variety of styles using very melodic keyboards and guitars and the dynamic songs vary from ballads to more rock and metal kind of music.
