New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ RoadRunner Records) Dream Theater have annouced a second North American leg of a world tour in support of their acclaimed and globally successful album A Dramatic Turn of Events. The progressive hard rock icons who've sold in excess of 10 million records and DVDs worldwide will launch their summer dates June 15 in Rochester, NY and wrap July 21 in Chester, PA. The tour includes stops at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles and the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ plus a two-night engagement at the Paramount Theater on Long Island, NY. Click here for dates: http://www.dreamtheater.net/board_posts/dream-theater-north-american-summer-tour-dates
Joining
Dream Theater, starting June 16 in Columbus, Ohio and for the rest of the tour, is special guest Crimson Projekct featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter,
Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph. They'll be performing the songs of progressive rock legends King Crimson.
For the past few months
Dream Theater has been touring around the world including visits to
Europe and Mexico and are set to begin an Asian tour on April 19 in Seoul. The tour will bring the group to Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan and will conclude May 8 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The band—James LaBrie (vocals), John Myung (bass), John Petrucci (guitar and vocals), Jordan Rudess (keyboards and continuum) and MikeMangini (drums)—recently received their first-ever Grammy nomination for "On the Backs of Angels" in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. The song is the first single from their 11th studio album A Dramatic Turn of Events, which had 14 Top 10 debuts around the world including the U.S. where it entered at #8. The album also features the single, "Build Me Up, Break Me Down." You can watch the lyric video above!
