Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would eventually become Dream Theater. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together until September 8, 2010, when Portnoy left the band and he was replaced several months later by Mike Mangini. James LaBrie has been the lead singer of Dream Theater since 1991, replacing Charlie Dominici who had left the band two years earlier. Dream Theater's first keyboardist, Kevin Moore, left the band after three albums and was replaced by Derek Sherinian in 1995 after a period of touring. After one album with Sherinian, the band replaced him with current keyboardist Jordan Rudess in 1999.
John Peter Petrucci is an American guitarist, composer and producer. He is best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced or co-produced all of Dream Theater's albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) to Distance Over Time (2019), and has been the sole producer of the band's albums released since A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). Petrucci has also released two solo albums: Suspended Animation (2005) and Terminal Velocity (2020).
Once in a LIVEtime is a live double album by progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1998. It is their second live release. It was produced and recorded by Kevin Shirley during the European leg of the Touring into Infinity world tour, at the Bataclan theater in Paris.
Live at the Marquee is the first live album recorded at London's Marquee Club by progressive metal band Dream Theater. The cover image is inspired by the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It features the exclusive release of "Bombay Vindaloo," an improvisation-based composition performed live only six times and never recorded in a studio. "The Killing Hand" is preceded by an instrumental titled "Another Hand", written on tour specifically to bridge from the ending of "Another Day". Most of James LaBrie's vocals were actually re-recorded in a studio.
A Dramatic Turn of Events is the eleventh studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released worldwide in September 2011 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first recording to feature drummer Mike Mangini, following the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy in September 2010. The album was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered between January and June 2011 at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York. It was produced by guitarist John Petrucci and mixed by Andy Wallace. Two singles, "On the Backs of Angels" and "Build Me Up, Break Me Down", were released in promotion of the album.
The Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015 was a worldwide concert tour by British rock band Queen and American singer Adam Lambert during 2014 and 2015. Following on their 2012 tour and their appearance at the 2013 iHeart Radio Music Festival, the band announced a 2014 tour of North America. Following the overwhelming success of their North American tour, it was expanded to Australia, New Zealand and Asia in the autumn, then Europe in early 2015. A tour of South America took place in September 2015. According to Pollstar, the complete tour 2014–2015 grossed $68.7 million, ranked number 35 in the top 100 worldwide tours in 2014 and number 46 in 2015.
Chaos in Motion Tour was a worldwide tour by the North American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their ninth studio album, Systematic Chaos, which was released on June 5, 2007. The 2007/2008 Chaos In Motion World Tour started off in Italy. Dream Theater played in the Gods of Metal concert on June 3, 2007. as well as various other European festivals including the Netherlands' Fields of Rock Festival, UK's Download Festival, the French festival Hellfest Summer Open Air alongside Megadeth, Korn, Mastodon and Slayer. The North American leg of the tour began on July 24 in San Diego, California and wrapped up on August 26 in Philadelphia. They played with opening acts Redemption and Into Eternity. The "Chaos In Motion" tour continued for the rest of the year and into 2008, playing shows in Asia, South America and, for the first time, Australia.
Octavarium Tour was a tour by American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater. They began touring in support of Octavarium in Europe on June 10, 2005, beginning at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg. The main Octavarium world tour began in September in Finland after the band finished performing for six weeks during Gigantour 2005, and saw the band continue with their "An Evening With Dream Theater" concert format. This meant the band would play for almost three hours, with a different setlist each evening.
Train of Thought Tour was the world tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their seventh studio album, Train of Thought. Using the now-familiar An Evening With Dream Theater format, playing lengthy shows with a surprisingly sharp emphasis on changing setlists and incorporating cover songs. Early on in the tour, the band performed Train of Thought from start to finish in its entirety. The tour began January 16, 2004 in Manchester, England and concluded September 22, 2004 in Monterrey, Mexico.
World Tourbulence was a world tour by American Progressive metal band Dream Theater supporting their sixth album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Dream Theater started with a "warm-up" leg in One-off American Shows in New York City January 19, 2002, continued with 1st European leg in Manchester, England January 25, 2002. The tour continued with North American leg March 3, 2002, and Asia leg around April 2002, and concluded With 3rd European Leg November 8, 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Scenes From a Memory Tour was a warming up tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater. After releasing Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory album on October 26, 1999, they began touring in support of the album in Europe. Beginning at Docks venue in Hamburg, Germany on November 11, 1999, and concluded November 24, 1999 in Paris, France.
Metropolis 2000 Tour was the main world tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory album. The tour began January 31, 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona, US, and concluded October 21, 2000 in London, England. The tour to support the album was unusual in that every show started with a full performance of the entire album, something the band had never done before with any of their previous albums.
Touring into Infinity was a tour by the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their fourth studio album Falling Into Infinity. The tour began September 11, 1997 in Santo André, Brazil, and concluded September 26, 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil.
A Change of Seasons Tour was a short tour by the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in Japan, after releasing an EP A Change of Seasons. The tour began October 26, 1995, in Osaka, and concluded October 30, 1995, in Tokyo, Japan.
Waking Up the World Tour was a tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater promoting their third studio album Awake.
When Dream and Tour Unite was a tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater promoting their first album, When Dream and Day Unite.
Pre-Images and Words Shows was concerts by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in the period following When Dream and Day Unite while auditioning for a new vocalist.
Images and Tour was the first major concert tour by American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their second album Images and Words.
Music in Progress Tour was the second worldwide tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater. The tour was in support of Dream Theater's second album Images and Words.
"Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'" is the title of a song by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, from their 1992 album Images and Words.
