DREAM THEATER have annouced a second North American leg of a world tour in support of their acclaimed and globally successful album A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS (Roadrunner). The progressive hard rock icons who’ve sold in excess of 10 million records and DVDs worldwide will launch their summer dates June 15 in Rochester, NY and wrap July 21 in Chester, PA. The tour includes stops at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles and the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ plus a two-night engagement at the Paramount Theater on Long Island, NY.
Joining DREAM THEATER, starting June 16 in Columbus, Ohio and for the rest of the tour, is special guest Crimson Projekct featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph. They’ll be performing the songs of progressive rock legends King Crimson.
For the past few months DREAM THEATER has been touring around the world including visits to Europe and Mexico and are set to begin an Asian tour on April 19 in Seoul. The tour will bring the group to Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan and will conclude May 8 in Bangkok Thailand.
The band—James LaBrie (Vocals), John Myung (Bass), John Petrucci (Guitar and Vocals), Jordan Rudess (Keyboards and Continuum) and Mike Mangini (Drums)—recently received their first-ever Grammy nomination for “On The Backs Of Angels” in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. The song is the first single from their 11th studio album A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS (Roadrunner), which had 14 Top 10 debuts around the world including the U.S. where it entered at #8. The album also features the single, “Build Me Up, Break Me Down.” You can watch the lyric video here:
http://www.dreamtheater.net/media/youtube?youtube_id=UgBfdIpunVE.
Meanwhile, A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS is now available on HD Tracks, a digital retailer that offers high resolution downloads. Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds & Silver Linings will soon be available on the platform as well.
Here are DREAM THEATER’s complete tour dates. DREAM THEATER meet & greet and VIP packages are available for all dates. Please visit http://vipnation.com for details.
| Date | City | Venue | |
| Thu | 4/19 | Seoul, KR | Olympic Hall |
| Sat | 4/21 | Jakarta, ID | Mata Elang Indoor Stadium |
| Mon | 4/23 | Osaka, JP | Orix Theater |
| Thu | 4/26 | Fukuoka, JP | Civic Hall |
| Sat | 4/28 | Aichi, JP | Prefectural Art Theater |
| Mon | 4/30 | Yokohama, JP | Arena |
| Wed | 5/2 | Singapore, SG | Kallang Theatre |
| Fri | 5/4 | Beijing, CN | Century Theatre |
| Sun | 5/6 | Taipei, TW | Taipei University Auditorium |
| Tues | 5/8 | Bangkok, TH | Thunder Dome |
| Fri | 6/15 | Rochester, NY | Main Street Armory |
| Sat | 6/16 | Montebello, QC | D-TOX Rockfest |
| Sun | 6/17 | Lewiston, NY | Artpark |
| Tues | 6/19 | Columbus, OH | The LC Pavilion |
| Thu | 6/21 | Cleveland, OH | Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica |
| Fri | 6/22 | Detroit, MI | The Fillmore |
| Sun | 6/24 | Cincinnati, OH | Taft Theater |
| Tues | 6/26 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theater |
| Wed | 6/27 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
| Thu | 6/28 | Kansas City, MO | Starlight Theater |
| Sun | 7/1 | San Francisco, CA | Warfield Theatre |
| Mon | 7/2 | Los Angeles, CA | Gibson Amphitheater |
| Tues | 7/3 | Anaheim, CA | The Grove of Anaheim |
| Thu | 7/5 | El Paso, TX | Abraham Chavez Theatre |
| Fri | 7/6 | San Antonio, TX | Majestic Theater |
| Sat | 7/7 | Austin, TX | ACL Live |
| Mon | 7/9 | Grand Prairie, TX | Verizon Theatre |
| Thu | 7/12 | Richmond, VA | The National |
| Fri | 7/13 | Washington, DC | Warner Theatre |
| Sat | 7/14 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| Tues | 7/17 | Boston, MA | Bank of America Pavilion |
| Wed | 7/18 | Huntington, NY | Paramount Theater |
| Thu | 7/19 | Huntington, NY | Paramount Theater |
| Sat | 7/21 | Chester, PA | Harrah’s Chester Downs |
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