Dream Theater performed their first present with drummer Mike Portnoy in 14 years, kicking off their fortieth anniversary tour Sunday evening (October twentieth) at O2 Area in London.
The 18-song set was a career-spanning expertise, traversing many eras of the band and revisiting quite a few tracks from Portnoy’s unique stint.
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Billed as “An Night with Dream Theater” on this tour, the set was damaged into three segments (Act I, Act II, and the encore), every sticking closely to materials Dream Theater recorded with Portnoy behind the package. Notably “Vacant,” “Stream of Consciousness,” and “Octavarium” had been performed reside for the primary time for the reason that mid 2000s, and the band additionally debuted “Night time Terror,” the brand new single from their forthcoming album Parasomnia.
Earlier this month, we spoke with Portnoy about his emotions going into that first present in London together with his Dream Theater bandmates.
“That very first evening on the O2 Area in London, I can’t even think about what it’s going to be like,” he instructed Heavy Consequence. “I’ve dreamt about it 100 occasions, by way of the years, of what it could be prefer to be onstage with these guys once more. And to really feel the interplay and the love and the joy within the viewers, it’s going to be so electrical. I can’t wait. I can’t wait. And we’re now getting so shut. It’s going to be unimaginable.”
The UK/European leg of Dream Theater’s fortieth anniversary tour runs by way of the tip of November, adopted by a Latin American jaunt in December (get tickets to these abroad exhibits right here).
After that, the band will make its manner throughout North American in February and March, kicking off that leg of the trek on February seventh in Philadelphia. You will get tickets right here.
Beneath you possibly can watch viewers footage of Mike Portnoy’s first present with Dream Theater in 14 years and see the complete setlist.
Setlist:
Act I
Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper (first time since 2017)
Act I: Scene Two: I. Overture 1928
Act I: Scene Two: II. Unusual Déjà Vu
The Mirror (first time since 2014, with “Lie” outro)
Panic Assault (first time since 2015)
Barstool Warrior (first time with Mike Portnoy)
Hole Years (first time since 2010; demo model)
Fixed Movement (first time since 2015)
As I Am (first time since 2019)
Act II
Night time Terror (reside debut)
This Is The Life (first time since 2012, first time with Mike Portnoy)
Beneath A Glass Moon (first time since 2017)
Vacant (first time since 2006)
Stream Of Consciousness (first time since 2004)
Octavarium (first time in full since 2006)
Encore
Act II: Scene Six: House
Act II: Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
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