By: Staff
A Dramatic Turn Of Events album cover
Prog metal titans Dream Theater aren’t releasing their new album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events, until the 13th of this month, but Roadrunner Records is giving fans a chance to stream the entire album. Just click this link to get a sneak peek at the epicness that has come to be expected from Dream Theater.
On the 13th, A Dramatic Turn Of Events comes out in a few different formats. It will be released in the usual CD and digital download, but also a deluxe version. The deluxe version will include: A Dramatic Turn Of Events album, instrumentals of the entire album, The Spirit Carries On DVD (a 60 minute movie documenting Dream Theater’s drummer auditions), a double-LP set of A Dramatic Turn Of Events (180-gram vinyl in gatefold jacket), Dream Theater customized turntable slipmat, lithograph print of the album cover, and a digital download of A Dramatic Turn Of Events, all in a custom Dream Theater box. Also, 50 random winners will find a Dream Theater “Ticket For Life” that grants entry into future concerts.
A Dramatic Turn Of Events will be Dream Theater’s first sans-Mike Portnoy, who had drummed and written music in the band since its inception. In his place is Mike Mangini (Annihilator, Steve Vai, James LaBrie), who, by all accounts, has stepped up and filled Portnoy’s space admirably. Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess had this to say in a recent interview: “What’s really special about [Mike Mangini] is he’s not just a technician. Yes, he plays his parts perfectly, but he comes at everything as a total musician. Everything he does has real soul and a depth of feeling.”
A Dramatic Turn Of Events Track list:
“On The Backs Of Angels”
“Build Me Up, Break Me Down”
“Lost Not Forgotten”
“This Is The Life”
“Bridges In The Sky”
“Outcry”
“Far From Heaven”
“Breaking All Illusions”
“Beneath The Surface”
Dream Theater is also touring the world behind their new album for the majority of this fall and winter. Dates are as follows:
September
24 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
25 – Los Angeles, CA – Nokia Theater
27 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
28 -Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall
October
2 – Chicago, IL – Rosemont Theatre
3 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
4 – Pittsburgh, PA – Trib Total Media Amphitheatre
6 -Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
7 -Montreal, QC – Place des Arts
8 -QuebecCity, QC – Pavilion de la Jeunesse
10 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
11 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center
12 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
15 – Albany, NY – The Palace Theatre
16 – Philadelphia, PA – Merriam Theatre
17 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
21 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheater
22 – Cleawater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
23 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
25 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
26 – Austin, TX – Bass Concert Hall
27 – Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
January
23 – Helsinki, Finland – Icehall
25 – Stockholm, Sweden – Hovet
26 – Oslo, Norway – Valhall
27 – Copenhagen, Denmark – KB Hallen
29 – Poznan, Poland – Arena Hall
30 -Berlin, Germany – Columbialle
February
1 – Zwolle, Holland – IJsselhallen
2 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Mistubishi Electric-Halle
3 – Paris, France – Le Zenith
5 – Hannover, Germany – AWD Hall
6 – Offenbach, Germany – Stadthalle
8 – Glasgow, UK – Clyde Auditorium
9 – Manchester, UK – Apollo
10 – London, UK – Wembley Arena
12 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal
13 – Stuttgart, Germany – Liederhalle
14 – Wettingen (Zurich), Switzerland – Sportzentrum Tagerhard
17 – Budapest, Hungary – Arena
18 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
20 – Pordenone, Italy – Palasport
21 – Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum
22 – Perugia, Italy – Palaevangelisti
24 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau St Jordi
25 – Madrid, Spain – Palacio Vistalegre
26 – Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseum
