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Topic: Dream Theater New Album + Tour
Posted By: darkshade
Subject: Dream Theater New Album + Tour
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 14:22
DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE MOMENTOUS 2016 EUROPEAN TOUR
DEBUTING NEW ALBUM LIVE IN ITS ENTIRETY
DATES BEGIN FEBRUARY 18TH AT LONDON’S PALLADIUM
NEW ALBUM SET TO ARRIVE EARLY 2016

Roadrunner Records’ group Dream Theater has announced new tour dates for a momentous European headline run which is set to kickoff February 18th at the Palladium in London, England. The winter run will see the prog-titans delivering a one-of-a-kind set in which they will be debuting their forthcoming album live in its entirety. The unique tour is set to make stops at prestigious theaters around Europe including Amsterdam’s Carre Theater, Oslo’s Konserthus, Stockholm’s Cirkus, Paris’ Palais des Congres and Milan’s Teatro Degli Arcimboldi with additional dates to be announced (see attached itinerary). Presale tickets for select dates will be available on Wednesday, November 4th with general onsale for all dates beginning on Friday, November 6th. For up-to-the-minute news and ticket information, please visit http://www.dreamtheater.net/tour" rel="nofollow - http://www.dreamtheater.net/tour .

The European tour comes in anticipation of Dream Theater’s forthcoming album which is expected to arrive in early 2016. The new material will follow 2013’s worldwide smash album “DREAM THEATER,” which earned a second Grammy nomination for the band, topping Billboard’s “Hard Rock Albums” while simultaneously entering at #7 on the Billboard 200. The extraordinary chart position marked the group’s third consecutive top 10 debut, and also saw "DREAM THEATER" making top 5 chart debuts in Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Holland, and Finland, as well as top 10 debuts in Denmark, Austria, and Norway, with career high debuts in the United Kingdom and Australia. Rolling Stone touted the legendary collection as “…the birth of a new era in the band’s career.”

DREAM THEATER
EUROPEAN TOUR 2016
February 18th – March 18th
ADDITIONAL DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

FEBRUARY

18 London, England Palladium
22 Amsterdam, Holland Carre Theater
28 Oslo, Norway Konserthus

MARCH

2 Stockholm, Sweden Cirkus
5 Paris, France Palais des Congres
6 Paris, France Palais des Congres
18 Milan, Italy Teatro Degli Arcimboldi

http://www.mojo.nl/concerten/dream-theater/" rel="nofollow - http://www.mojo.nl/concerten/dream-theater/

http://www.cirkus.se/evenemang/visa/dream-theater#fndtn-event" rel="nofollow - http://www.cirkus.se/evenemang/visa/dream-theater#fndtn-event




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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 14:33
Cool! Does this have anything to do with their website being "down" and asking you to pick a path? I have picked each one but nothing has been sent to me since last week.

Also seems they are focusing quite a bit on Europe as their main touring avenue these last couple years. Is The Astonishing name of their new album??




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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 14:38
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Is The Astonishing name of their new album??




It's what everyone on the DT forums is saying.


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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 15:02
The Ashtonishing..

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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 15:30
Interesting.

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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 16:04
Hope it will be good, although they just haven't been the same since Portnoy left.


Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 16:20
I just received an email from DT with this message.......I stopped reading after the first paragraph, someone please read it and decipher LOL!!

IT IS WITH THE GREAT STRENGTH born from the blood of Our Most Noble ancestral heritage, and otherworldly comfort forged by millennia of custom and tradition, in which We extend warmest of well wishes and greetings to you, Our Most Loyal Subjects, Our Beloved Citizens, O’ ye the divinely appointed tributaries flooding the lake of prosperity manifested as Our thriving metropolis, Our beacon of freedom from struggle through freedom to struggle that is The Great Northern Empire Of The Americas. It is I, Lord Nafaryus, Emperor and Head of the Realm, Heir to the Mantle of Makers, Supplier of sustenance, Giver of purpose and reason, who hereby directly addresses you, Our blessed engines of productivity, you keepers of harmony, and collective responsibility, with the loving guidance We enduringly provide through the firm hand of Royal might.

As the NOMACS who tirelessly serve and protect you transmit Our message ever so wondrously across the Realm, utilizing the arcane technology embedded deeply into the flesh during the Forbidden Ages memorialized in the electronic tablets protected by Our Grace in Our Palatial Residence, We command you to exercise the utmost caution. From the perch of protective power of New Maineland, which freed you from the terror and tyranny of surrounding barbarism so many generations ago, We have learned there are those among you harvesting seeds of dissent, designed to undermine your very way of life. Do you not stride with confidence, secure in your collaboration toward the greater good defined in your servitude to the collective? Are you not given purpose by your powerlessness, freed from the burdens of choice and reason, blessed by Our decrees?

Do not be deceived by those who speak of new wonders born of “sound,” as this is the work of devilish malcontents whose search for wisdom will result only in ignorance. The NOMACS have secured you just as your daily work has defined you. FEAR and BEWARE the destabilization of our most hallowed traditions that have kept you safe and serene.

Rest assured, in Our ceaseless task of providing for your happiness as you provide for Our sustenance, Our subjects of this Realm, and the dominions thereunto belonging, are bound by law to observe and report all traitorous conspiracies against Our crown, as aiding and abetting sedition will result in the swift and severe punishment any such threat to Our gracious rule demands. We command you to free your mind, unburden your spirit through the meditative emptiness of work. The Empire toils for you so that you may toil for the Empire.
THE EMPIRE IS OBEDIENT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE OBEDIENT TO THE EMPIRE.
The Empire protects you because you protect the Empire.

This Noble Proclamation of G.N.E.A. Given at Our Court at the Palatial Residence of New Maineland, Great Northern Empire of The Americas, in this, the twenty-seventh year of the reign of your Sovereign, Lord Nafaryus, Emperor and Head of the Realm, two hundredth fifty seven A.C., two thousandth two hundredth eighty-five, A.D.



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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 17:43


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Posted By: SceneFromAMemory
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 18:00
Yes, yes it is


Posted By: the lighthouse keepe
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 18:39
A concept album methinks!
Awesome news!

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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 19:25
The marketing sounds cool and is a good hype to the new album.....but I think it needs to be astonishing. Sure I liked the last two albums just ok, if this is a continuation of Scenes From A Memory or Octavarium would be killer.....

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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 21:16
For that post you put before, it would rather seem to be a contiunation of 2112.


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 21:18
At least it seems they are being pretentious with this one... I think that bands being pretentious are the ones that have a chance to do a new masterpiece, for if they don't have in mind to do an absolute masterpiece, they won't make a masterpiece.


Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 21:23
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

For that post you put before, it would rather seem to be a contiunation of 2112.

I can see that.....


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Posted By: Kustin
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 05:56
From the other side of the coin, here's a different announcement from half a day ago! Smile

Quote TAKE HEED! People of the Great Northern Empire of the Americas, all of the Realm, as far as this message will be carried! I am Arhys, Son of Marhys, one of three remaining heirs to the displaced, forgotten, and forbidden Legion Of Sorrowful Song. I contact you from the fair and just village of Ravenskill, far from the Emperor's Palace, in the outer edges of the Realm, nestled on Endless Isleland. By means almost indescribable, we have biohacked the receivers implanted into the flesh so many generations ago, jamming the cacophonous lull of the NOMACS for however much longer our primitive tech will abide.

We are a simple people, like most of you. Our hearts beat, our skin cracks, our bones grow tired, like all of you, even the nobility, even those who set themselves above us behind the tallest of walls and heaviest of armaments, as they are as empty as us. BUT LO, of late, Ravenskill is energized by talk of a Chosen One, possessed of a forbidden sound, a stirring melody almost impossible to comprehend. You must've heard tale of this Chosen One, a humble servant with the innate ability to break the shackles of the mind and heart we must've forgotten how to perceive. This Chosen One's very existence portends not the doom of which our Emperor warns, but rather, is a harbinger of untold possibilities. Could you dream of finding power beyond powerlessness? Could it be that very idea is a lie, sold to us by those who benefit most from our endless struggle?

My brothers and sisters across the Realm, I send this message to spread word that a Rebellion is rising in Ravenskill, to bring glad tidings that even as the Chosen One has been drafted by the fates, I have been drafted by the people to be your Commander. I am here to tell you that not only is this Chosen One real, and not a fiction as the Emperor’s messengers insist, but this Chosen One is, in fact, my blood, and my brother. Seek the Songs for yourselves. There is true freedom beyond what we’ve been taught. There is more than the endless drone of the NOMACS. I have seen and moreover, I have heard. I am but a messenger of the Chosen, a soldier of his light, a commander of rebellion. He, the Chosen One, is the conductor, of a force once thought lost, a force unrivaled by swords, steel, or even fire, wind, and water. TAKE HEED and PREPARE!



Posted By: CragusMaximus88
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 07:12
I cannot wait to see them in London again. Should be another really interesting concept album.


Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 09:46
Originally posted by Kustin Kustin wrote:

From the other side of the coin, here's a different announcement from half a day ago! Smile

Quote TAKE HEED! People of the Great Northern Empire of the Americas, all of the Realm, as far as this message will be carried! I am Arhys, Son of Marhys, one of three remaining heirs to the displaced, forgotten, and forbidden Legion Of Sorrowful Song. I contact you from the fair and just village of Ravenskill, far from the Emperor's Palace, in the outer edges of the Realm, nestled on Endless Isleland. By means almost indescribable, we have biohacked the receivers implanted into the flesh so many generations ago, jamming the cacophonous lull of the NOMACS for however much longer our primitive tech will abide.

We are a simple people, like most of you. Our hearts beat, our skin cracks, our bones grow tired, like all of you, even the nobility, even those who set themselves above us behind the tallest of walls and heaviest of armaments, as they are as empty as us. BUT LO, of late, Ravenskill is energized by talk of a Chosen One, possessed of a forbidden sound, a stirring melody almost impossible to comprehend. You must've heard tale of this Chosen One, a humble servant with the innate ability to break the shackles of the mind and heart we must've forgotten how to perceive. This Chosen One's very existence portends not the doom of which our Emperor warns, but rather, is a harbinger of untold possibilities. Could you dream of finding power beyond powerlessness? Could it be that very idea is a lie, sold to us by those who benefit most from our endless struggle?

My brothers and sisters across the Realm, I send this message to spread word that a Rebellion is rising in Ravenskill, to bring glad tidings that even as the Chosen One has been drafted by the fates, I have been drafted by the people to be your Commander. I am here to tell you that not only is this Chosen One real, and not a fiction as the Emperor’s messengers insist, but this Chosen One is, in fact, my blood, and my brother. Seek the Songs for yourselves. There is true freedom beyond what we’ve been taught. There is more than the endless drone of the NOMACS. I have seen and moreover, I have heard. I am but a messenger of the Chosen, a soldier of his light, a commander of rebellion. He, the Chosen One, is the conductor, of a force once thought lost, a force unrivaled by swords, steel, or even fire, wind, and water. TAKE HEED and PREPARE!


Ok makes sense as I used another email address for this one and have not checked that account....Thanks for posting the other one Thumbs Up


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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: November 04 2015 at 06:48
This is a whole new level of cheese. 

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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 09:54
http://www.dreamtheater.net/theastonishing#char4_LB" rel="nofollow - http://www.dreamtheater.net/theastonishing#char4_LB

So when does Frodo, Sam and Gandalf come into the picture?? LOL The bottom two right pics looks like background from Rush~CA album


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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 22:32
^ Wow.


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Posted By: backtothegarden
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 14:30
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

http://www.dreamtheater.net/theastonishing#char4_LB" rel="nofollow - http://www.dreamtheater.net/theastonishing#char4_LB

So when does Frodo, Sam and Gandalf come into the picture?? LOL The bottom two right pics looks like background from Rush~CA album

Nice.  I was thinking Dream Theater presents "World of Warcraft", or "Dream Theater and the Holy Grail".

I love me some DT, but I really don't know what to make of this one.

I guess time will tell whether they are riding a horse, or simply banging coconuts together.


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 21:32
Are coconuts really that bad?


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 11:05
I find that the latest concept undertaking by DT (The Astonishing) sounds like a Game Of Thrones theme that is thrown into the mix here. I kind of like it. I chose both NOMACS and Ravenskull paths to get the dialog and perspective from the storylines point of view.
I'm leaning towards Ravenskull. I like the whole rebel militia thing going on their. Kind of like a Nightswatch theme there.

Anyway, overall I think this is the right time for DT to put out a huge and epic double concept album.
It's very possible this album could be on par with 6 degrees...boy wouldn't that be something!

I have faith they will rock it!! When they come to North America (Canada) I will for sure by a ticket to see them just as I did for Iron maiden for APRIL 3rd, 2016. :)
Dream theater have taken a bit more time to release an album and that is a good sign to me.
A marination of ideas is happening! Very excited.
Of course I will buy this album once it comes out. :)

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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 11:29
I too am hoping this album is killer, I think it needs to be for some of us older fans that are really struggling with the last two albums. DT12 was good, ADTOE was rushed and it shows...I still play them as some of the music is good...but I do admit I miss Portnoy behind the kit, I just feel he is a better musician and his playing flows better than Mangini.
This has been proven to me several times since he left DT as I have seen him 2x with Neal Morse and once with Transatlantic.

I am fine with this Game of Thrones, WoWC scenario, not that I get much of it as I don't/never have played or been into that stuff. Although Lord of the Rings is more my liking....

It will be tough in my mind for them to top Scenes From A Memory as a concept album....Right now I do see this setting up similar to Clockwork Angels type concept, which is not a bad thing.


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