DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
8th April 2024 0 By Jon DeauxA tour announcement that has been fourteen years in the making, GRAMMYÂź-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater are announcing their 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 â 2025. The tour â presented as An Evening With Dream Theater – is the first outing since drummer Mike Portnoyâs return to the lineup joining vocalist James LaBrie, bassist John Myung, guitarist John Petrucci, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess. The European leg consists of stops in 23 cities kicks off on October 20th and runs through November 24th. Dream Theater will be performing classics and fan favorites from their catalog in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of music. More information on all tickets and VIP packages can be found at https://dreamtheater.net/tour/.Â
âThis tour is going to be incredibly special for all of us!  Each show will surely be filled with anticipation and a variety of emotions. We canât wait to step on stage together once again and begin this historic celebration of 40 years with everyone this Fall. This is just the beginning, and we will have plenty of more exciting Dream Theater news to share in the coming months,â explains Dream Theater.Â
An Evening With Dream Theater 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 â 2025
October 20 â London, England â The O2
October 22 â Berlin, Germany â Uber Eats Music Hall
October 23 â Koln, Germany â Palladium
October 25 â Milan, Italy â Forum
October 26 â Rome, Italy â Palazzo dello Sport
October 28 â Munich, Germany â Zenith
October 29 â Zagreb, Croatia â Arena Zagreb
November 1 â Budapest, Hungary â Budapest ArenaÂ
November 2 â Prague â Czech Republic â Fortuna Arena
November 3 â Lodz, Poland â Atlas ArenaÂ
November 6 â Helsinki, Finland â Metro Areena
November 8 â Stockholm. Sweden â Waterfront
November 9 â Oslo, Norway â SpektrumÂ
November 10 â Copenhagen, Denmark â Poolen
November 12 â Luxembourg â RockhalÂ
November 13 â Zurich, Switzerland â The HallÂ
November 14 â Lyon, France â Halle Tony Garnier
November 16 â Lisbon, Portugal â MEO Arena
November 17 â Madrid, Spain â La Cubierta de LeganĂ©s
November 20 â Stuttgart, Germany â Beethovensaal
November 21 â Frankfurt, Germany â Jahrhundderthalle
November 23 â Paris, France â Adidas Arena
November 24 â Amsterdam â AFAS Live
Dream Theater has been in their DTHQ studio working on their 16th studio album and the first with Portnoy since 2009âs Black Clouds & Silver Linings. More information on the upcoming release will be unveiled in the future.Â
Progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater share a unique bond with one of the most passionate fan bases around the globe as evidenced by their three GRAMMYŸ Award nominations, 2022 GRAMMYŸ Award win in the Best Metal Performance category for âThe Alienâ and 15 million records sold worldwide. The 1992 opus Images & Words received a gold certification and landed on Rolling Stoneâs coveted â100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time.â Guitar World placed the follow-up Awake at #1 on âSuperunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994.â 1996âs A Change of Seasons notably soundtracked NBCâs coverage of Downhill Skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Fans voted the 1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory the âNumber One All-Time Progressive Rock Albumâ in a 2012 Rolling Stone poll. Not to mention, it ranked as the â15th Greatest Concept Albumâ by Classic Rock. 2009 saw Black Clouds & Silver Linings crash the Billboard Top 200 at #6 as A Dramatic Turn of Events [2011] and Dream Theater [2013] maintained a three-peat in the chartâs Top 10. In 2016, the band returned with their second concept album and sci-fi novel of the same name, The Astonishing. Beyond three platinum and two gold videos, the group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2019, the band continued to expand its audience when they released Distance Over Time to critical and commercial acclaim. On their 15th full-length and second studio release for InsideOutMusic / Sony Music, A View From The Top Of The World the band continues to challenge themselves and push their musical envelope â something they have done for over 30 years performing together. The band launched the inaugural DREAMSONIC Tour in 2023 â a traveling progressive music spectacle that will return for more runs in the future. In 2024, founding drummer Mike Portnoy reunited with the iconic lineup of guitarist John Petrucci, vocalist James LaBrie, bassist John Myung, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess to overwhelming fanfare. Dream Theater has been in the studio currently working on their upcoming 16th studio album and the first for this lineup in over 15 years.
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