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.
When Dream and Day Unite is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on March 6, 1989 through Mechanic/MCA Records. The album is composed mainly of material that originally surfaced during the band's early years as Majesty, and it is the only Dream Theater album to be recorded with their full original lineup that features Charlie Dominici on vocals, as James LaBrie replaced Dominici as the lead vocalist on all subsequent albums.
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.
Bigelf is an American progressive rock/progressive metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1991. They have since released four studio albums.
"A Mind Beside Itself" is a three-part song cycle by the American prog metal band Dream Theater, comprising the songs "Erotomania", "Voices" and "The Silent Man". It was first released on Dream Theater's 1994 album Awake.
The Escape From The Studio was a tour by co-headliners Dream Theater and Queensrÿche along with Fates Warning during the making of Dream Theater's Train of Thought album. The show closer is in brackets.
A Dramatic Tour of Events was a worldwide tour by the North American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their eleventh studio album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. It was band's first tour with the new drummer Mike Mangini, who replaced Mike Portnoy after his sudden departure from the band in September 2010. The tour began July 4, 2011 in Rome, Italy and concluded September 1, 2012 in Brasília, Brazil. Unlike the two tours prior, Dream Theater did not tour Australia.
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.
Progressive Nation 2008 was a North American tour headlined by the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Along with Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, and 3. The tour is the brainchild of Mike Portnoy, who stated, "I've been wanting to assemble a package tour like this for many years now. With all of the festivals and package tours that go through America, I've been talking with our manager and agent for over 10 years now about doing something that focuses on the more progressive, musician-oriented side of hard rock and metal. I decided it was time to stop talking the talk, lace up and finally walk the walk." Unlike previous Dream Theater tours, performances were held in cities that they had not visited before in the past or cities they had not played in for several years. This tour also marked the first time, since the release of Images and Words, where the group performed in small venues and performance halls.
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.
Pre-Scenes From a Memory was a concert by Dream Theater, supporting Deep Purple, after the making of Dream Theater's Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory album. This was the first show Jordan Rudess played in the band as an official member of Dream Theater. The show was held in Inchon, Seoul, South Korea, July 31, 1999. This also was the first rock festival ever in South Korea.
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.
An Evening of New Music with Dream Theater was a tour by Progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in Europe during Falling Into Infinity demos. Starting April 10, 1997, in Nuremberg, Germany, and concluded April 19, in Bonn, Germany.
The Fix For '96 Shows was a tour by Progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater in North America, starting December 4, 1996 in Poughkeepsie, New York, and concluded December 14, 1996 in Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States, during Falling Into Infinity demos.
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.
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.
