Dream Theater

Oh no not a self titled album. I was incredibly curious about the title but it's "Dream Theater"? Meh.
 
Yea. I have to say I'm really excited about this though. I'm liking this to when they did Six Degrees. Judging the music by itself, the songs on Scenes were good but it was only a taste of what was to come with the Rudess lineup on Six Degrees, where they were firing on every cylinder and experimenting more than ever. Hopefully that's how ADTOE and DT12 will resonate.
 
I'm excited about the quality of music, too. But it's just that I don't care for self-titled albums that are not debut albums.
 
Yea I'm with you on that. Even for debut albums it's kinda meh.
 
I'm looking to get into Dream Theater a little more. Any good suggestions for songs I should listen to? I cant pick just one because there is too many. Also I've already heard Pull Me Under, Metropolis Pt,1 and Count of Tuscany
 
Listen to albums as a whole. Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a Memory and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence to start.
 
Images & Words or Awake. If you don't like those you don't like DT.

Octavarium is good but not DT like. ADTOE isn't as adventurous and Six Degrees would be way too much for a new fan I think.
 
The Flash said:
I'm excited about the quality of music, too. But it's just that I don't care for self-titled albums that are not debut albums.
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Agreed. Metallica, Killswitch Engage and Avenged Sevenfold have all done this and it always speaks "lack of imagination" to me. Keep the self-titled albums at the beginning like Iron Maiden and Iced Earth did!
 
They sell that stuff at concerts? When did you see them?
 
July 24 2009. They sold their entire album cover of number of the beast& master of puppets. I bought the beast but not puppets
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So that was a headline show then? Cool, I want to see them on next years tour and I'll remember to bring cash just in case. Those albums are usually only available through mail order. Pretty rare.
 
They have dates announced for January already, so a full tour announcement should be coming anytime now.
 
Mosh said:
They have dates announced for January already, so a full tour announcement should be coming anytime now.
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I'm smart.
DREAM THEATER
ANNOUNCE FIRST LEG OF THEIR EUROPEAN TOUR
IN SUPPORT OF THEIR NEW SELF-TITLED ALBUM
OUT SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

LAUNCHING JANUARY 15 AND WRAPPING FEBRUARY 24, 2014

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR PLANNED FOR MARCH 2014

DREAM THEATER--John Petrucci on guitar, John Myung on bass, James LaBrie on vocals, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and continuum, and Mike Mangini on drums--are one of the biggest touring bands in the world having completed a 14-month tour with 110 shows through 34 different countries from 2011-2012 in support of their eleventh studio album A Dramatic Turn Of Events. Now the Grammy-nominated progressive metal titans have announced the first leg of their European tour launching January 15 in Porto, Portugal in support of their new studio album being released September 24; it marks the first self-titled release in the band's nearly three-decade career.

The upcoming tour will encompass 30 cities in 16 countries. The band is also planning to tour North America beginning in March 2014.

DREAM THEATER was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, with John Petrucci producing and studio luminary Richard Chycki (Aerosmith, Rush) engineering and mixing. The album marks a brilliant new chapter for the always adventurous band, their first to have been written and recorded with drummer Mike Mangini (who joined the band in 2010) wholly integrated into the creative process from the start.

“I see every new album as an opportunity to start over,” says Petrucci. “To either build or improve upon a direction that has been evolving over time or to completely break new ground. This is the first self-titled album of our career and there is nothing I can think of that makes a statement of musical and creative identity stronger than that. We’ve fully explored all of the elements that make us unique, from the epic and intense to the atmospheric and cinematic. We’re incredibly excited about DREAM THEATER and can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”

DREAM THEATER is proud to provide VIP packages for all shows on their upcoming tour (full tour itinerary below). VIP packages include premium seats, exclusive meet and great with the band, personal photo with the band, signed limited edition collection tour poster, special tour gift, and much more. For more information and to purchase VIP packages and get advance tickets, visit the bands website: http://bit.ly/DTVIPEU. VIP packages and advance tickets go on sale this Tuesday, June 25 at 10am CET.

DREAM THEATER’s U.K. & Europe tour dates are as follows:

DATE CITY VENUE
Wed 15/1 Porto, Portugal Coliseum of Porto
Thu 16/1 Madrid, Spain Palacio Visalegre
Fri 17/1 Pamplona, Spain Anaitasuna
Sat 18/1 Barcelona, Spain St. Jordi Club
Mon 20/1 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum
Tues 21/1 Florence, Italy Obihall
Wed 22/1 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica
Thu 23/1 Padova, Italy Geox Theatre
Sat 25/1 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Sun 26/1 Munich, Germany Zenith
Mon 27/1 Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus
Wed 29/1 Prague, Czech Republic Tipsport Arena
Thu 30/1 Ludwigsburg, Germany Arena
Fri 31/1 Paris, France Zenith
Sat 1/2 Offenbach, Germany Stadthalle
Mon 3/2 Zagreb, Croatia Cibona
Tues 4/2 Ljubljana, Slovenia Small Tivoli
Wed 5/2 Katowice, Poland Spodek Hall
Fri 7/2 Bamberg, Germany Stechert Arena
Sat 8/2 Deinze, Belgium Brielpoort
Sun 9/2 Hannover, Germany Swiss Life Hall
Mon 10/2 Saarbrucken, Germany Saarlandhalle
Wed 12/2 Lille, France Aeronef
Thu 13/2 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo
Fri 14/2 London, UK Wembley Arena
Sat 15/2 Wolverhampton, UK Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Mon 17/2 Amsterdam, Holland Heineken Music Hall
Tues 18/2 Dusseldorf, Germany Mitsubishi Electric Halle
Thu 20/2 Copenhagen, Denmark Falconer
Mon 24/2 Helsinki, Finland Icehall
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What the hell are Dream Theater playing at? First they decide to self title their new album and then they announce three "UK" dates in England. For the last three albums they've always played Glasgow, Manchester and London, but this time they've replaced Glasgow with Wolverhampton. I appreciate that the West Midlands has a greater population than Scotland but it's a greater inconvenience for Scottish people to get to Manchester than it is for Brummies to get to London or Manchester. What makes this even more gutting is that they're doing this tour after I've left Birmingham (just like Iced Earth are doing) and even though I could easily find a place to stay the train journey isn't cheap. Looks like I'll have to miss out on this tour.
 
They should be soon. Probably closer to release date, since the tour doesn't start til March.

Also, the shows are officially Evening Withs! 3 hours of Dream Theater :nana:
 
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