Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess unveils new song "Embers"

March 27, 2024 by Terrance Pryor in Music

From Rudess’ upcoming solo album.

Dream Theater announce 2023 North American tour with Devin Townsend and Animals As Leaders

April 12, 2023 by Terrance Pryor in Music

For the prog rock lovers out there.

Metal supergroup Sons of Apollo announce new album 'MMXX'

November 06, 2019 by Terrance Pryor in Music

Metal supergroup Sons of Apollo will unveil their sophomore studio album MMXX on January 17, 2020 via InsideOutMusic.

Announced today, the eight track release was produced by Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian (a.k.a. The Del Fuvio Brothers). Pre-orders for the record can be made beginning on November 15. Aside from the usual CD digital, and vinyl formats, a limited edition of the album will arrive with instrumental mixes and a cappella excerpts. A teaser trailer for the album can be seen below. MMXX is the follow up to the band’s 2017 debut studio album Psychotic Symphony.

Sons of Apollo will promote the forthcoming album on tour, which kicks off on January 24 inside The Glass House in Pomona, California. The trek will take them across North America and Europe. You can check out their full tour routing below.

Sons of Apollo tour dates

Fri 1/24 Pomona, CA The Glass House

Sat 1/25 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy

Sun 1/26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Tue 1/28 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room

Wed 1/29 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater

Fri 1/31 St. Charles, IL Arcada Theater

Sat 2/1 Battle Creek, MI The Music Factory

Sun 2/2 Toronto, ONT. Mod Club

Mon 2/3 Montreal QUE. Corona Theater

Wed 2/5 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Thu 2/6 New York, NY Gramercy Theater

Fri 2/7 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn’s Peak

Sat 2/8 Englewood, NJ Bergen PAC

Sat 2/29 Germany TBA

Mon 3/2 Drammen, Norway Union Scene

Tue 3/3 Gothenburg, Sweden Traedgarn

Thu 3/5 Kyiv, Ukraine N.A.U Theatre

Sat 3/7 Moscow, Russia RED

Sun 3/8 St Petersburg, Russia Aurora

Tue 3/10 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7

Wed 3/11 Milan, Italy Live Club

Fri 3/13 Bilbao, Spain Santana 27

Sat 3/14 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2

Sun 3/15 Madrid, Spain La Riviera

Tue 3/17 France TBA

Wed 3/18 France TBA

Thu 3/19 London, England Islington Assembly Hall

Fri 3/20 Eindhoven, Netherlands Prognosis Festival

Sun 3/22 Brno, Czech Republic Sono

Tue 3/24 Kosice, Slovakia Colosseum

Wed 3/25 Budapest, Hungary Barba Negra

Dream Theater release animated music video for "Barstool Warrior"

August 21, 2019 by Terrance Pryor in Music

With their headlining tour coming up, Dream Theater have unveiled the music video for “Barstool Warrior” today. The animated visual follows two people looking to get out of their own terrible situations and find a better life. The song comes from Dream Theater’s recent studio album Distance over Time, which peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

On September 26, the band will kick off the second leg of their Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 20th anniversary tour. Tickets for these shows are on sale right now.

Dream Theater tour dates

September 26 - Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace

September 27 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre at Old National Centre

September 29 - Canton, OH - Canton Palace Theatre

October 1 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center

October 2 - St. Louis, MO - Stifel Theatre

October 4 - Baltimore, MD - Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center

October 5 - Raleigh, NC - Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

October 6 - Richmond, VA - Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts

October 8 - Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center

October 9 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

October 11 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre New Jersey

October 12 - Albany, NY - Palace Theatre

October 15 - Brookville, NY - Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

October 17 - Chattanooga, TN - Tivoli Theatre

October 18 - Memphis, TN - Elvis Presley’s Graceland

October 19 - Biloxi, MS - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi

October 22 - San Antonio, TX - Majestic & Empire Theatres

October 23 - El Paso, TX - Abraham Chavez Theatre

October 24 - Mesa, AZ - Ikeda Theater Mesa Arts Center

October 26 - Tucson, AZ - Tucson Convention Center

October 27 - El Cajon, CA - The Magnolia

October 28 - Riverside, CA - Riverside Live

October 30 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Civic

November 1 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino

November 4 - Omaha, NE - Omaha Performing Arts

November 5 - Madison, WI - Overture Center for the Arts

November 6 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre

November 9 - Syracuse, NY - The Oncenter

November 11 - Kitchener, ON - Centre In The Square

Dream Theater announce second leg of 'Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory' 20th anniversary tour

July 23, 2019 by Terrance Pryor in Music

This fall, Dream Theater will be back on the road to continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory.

Announced yesterday, the trek will include cities that weren’t featured in the tour’s first leg back in the spring. Cities such as Louisville, St. Louis, San Antonio, and Omaha will be on tap for this trek across the country. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (July 26) at 10 a.m. local time.

Aside from performing Metropolis Pt. 2 in its entirety, Dream Theater will perform a slew of fan favorites and material from their latest album Distance over Time, which was released back in February. The band will bring the anniversary tour to Europe early next year.