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Dream Theater News Archive 2004
Dream Theater in Metal Edge Magazine
Added on 12-23-2004
The latest Metal Edge Magazine (dated March 2005 with Motley Crue on the cover) has a great 4 page interview/article on
Dream Theater's "Live At Budokan", including a piece on Mike Portnoy's top 10 live albums of all time.
Win Autographed Dream Theater Swag!
Added on 10-26-2004
Enter now for a chance to win a triple-threat prize pack: a poster, drumhead, and 8x10 glossy
-- all autographed by the band. One winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries.
No purchase necessary. All entries must be received by November 12, 2004.
Click here to enter
The Sweepstakes is open to all residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia
(excluding Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam) who are 18 years of age or older at
time of entry.
Order the "LIVE AT BUDOKAN" 2-DVD or 3-CD!
Updated on 11-14-2004
Dream Theater's "LIVE AT BUDOKAN" will be released in the USA on October 5th 2004. It will be available
as a 2-DVD set and a 3-CD set (Region 1, NTSC).
The 3-CD set will be released in Europe on November 29th.
The 2-DVD set (Region 2, PAL) will be out in Europe on October 18th.
USA - Click here to order
Europe - Click here to order (FREE SHIPPING!)
The 2-DVD set features Dream Theater's concert recorded on April 26th, 2004, at the Budokan
in Tokyo, Japan. Disc 1 has the complete live concert. Disc 2 is packed with special features
including a Japanese tour documentary, the drum solo from Osaka, tours of Guitar World and
Keyboard World by John and Jordan, the tour opening video and a multiangle version of
"Instrumedley".
The tracklisting of the concert is as follows:
- As I am
- This Dying Soul
- Beyond This Life
- Hollow Years
- War Inside My Head
- The Test that Stumped Them All
- Endless Sacrifice
- Instrumedly
- Trial of Tears
- New Millennium
- Keyboard Solo
- Only a Matter of Time
- Goodnight Kiss
- Solitary Shell
- Stream of Conciousness
- Disappear
- Pull Me Under
- In the Name of God
USA - Click here to order
Europe - Click here to order (FREE SHIPPING!)
European release of "Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A LIVEtime" 2DVD
Updated on 09-22-2004
The European (PAL, Region 2) 2DVD release of "Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A LIVEtime" will be out on October 18th, 2004.
Click here to order your copy (Free Shipping)!
"Live In Tokyo / 5 Years In A LIVEtime" DVD release!
Updated on 07-09-2004
Finally, after years of waiting, the first two Dream Theater Home Videos will be re-issued together on DVD.
"Dream Theater - Images And Words: Live In Tokyo / 5 Years In A LIVEtime" will be released on Tuesday,
July 13th, 2004.
Click here for details
Click here to order your copy!
New Dream Theater Tour Merchandise!
Added on 09-03-2004
Three Photo T-shirt with Itinerary - $29.95
White 100% cotton shirt featuring 3 photos on the front. The back featured the book and hands image along with the list of cities being played on the current tour.
Embroidered World Tour Logo Work Shirt - $49.95
Another rockin Dream Theater shirt. Grey workshirt with the Dream Theater World Tour logo embroidered on the left front.
World Tour Eye Logo Keychain - $2.95
2 sided round lucite keychain with Dream Theater World Tour on one side and the Eye logo on the other.
Glitter Logo Ladies Babydoll - $29.95
You ladies are gonna love this one. Black 100% cotton girls babydoll shirt featuring the Dream Theater logo set in red glitter.
Athletic Logo T-shirt - $29.95
Black 100% cotton shirt featuring the Dream Theater Athletic Logo on the front. The back has been left blank.
Eye Logo Tye Dye T-Shirt - $44.95
This shirt kicks ass. Tye dye shirt featuring the Dream Theater eye logo on the chest. A must have for all fans.
Mike Portnoy interview on DeliciousAgony.com
Added on 08-18-2004
"Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio is
proud to present an interview with Mike Portnoy on Sunday, August 22nd at 1 pm EST. Listen in as Mike talks
about the Train of Thought tour, the Budokan DVD, touring with Yes, and much more!"
Dream Theater marathon at DeliciousAgony.com
Added on 08-17-2004
"Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio
is proud to announce the Dream Theater Marathon! We will be taking our regularly scheduled programs
and music and setting it aside for the upcoming weekend of August. 20-22. From 7 pm EST Friday night
until 7 pm EST Sunday night, Delicious Agony will only be playing Dream Theater and related music.
Hear the music of Dream Theater, plus music from the band members side projects such as
Transatlantic,
OSI, LTE,
Tim Donahue, Platypus,
Jelly Jam, Mullmuzzler,
Ayreon, and former band members such as Derek
Sherinian's solo work and Planet X
and Kevin Moore's Chroma Key. Tune in at
www.deliciousagony.com and log on to
either our 24k stream for dial up users or our 56k stereo stream for broadband."
"Train Of Thought" guitar tablature book
Added on 08-01-2004
A guitar tablature book for "Train Of Thought" was released
by Warner Bros. Publications in June 2004. This album-matching 64 page folio contains guitar tab
transcriptions of all the songs from the album, including note-for-note transcriptions of all of John
Petrucci's guitar parts and a beautiful art section featuring the surrealistic art of Jerry Uelsmann.
- As I Am
- This Dying Soul
- Endless Sacrifice
- Honor Thy Father
- Vacant
- Stream of Consciousness
- In the Name of God
Click here to order the book at MusicNotes.com
Dream Theater Keyboard Anthology
Updated on 08-05-2004
A "Dream Theater Keyboard Anthology" book was released
in July by Warner Publishing. The book contains exact transcriptions
for all the keyboard parts to the following Dream Theater songs:
- Metropolis Pt. 1
- Wait for Sleep
- Learning to Live
- Six O'clock
- Scarred
- Overture 1928
- Through My Words
- Fatal Tragedy
- Beyond the Life
- Finally Free
- Great Debate
- Selections from Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Vacant
- Stream of Consciousness
- Endless Sacrifice
Click here to order the book at Music Notes
Budokan, Japan setlist (Filmed for DVD release)
Added on 04-26-2004
Budokan, Japan 4/26/04 (Filmed for DVD release)
band history video (intro tape)
As I Am
This Dying Soul
Beyond This Life
Hollow Years
War Inside My Head/
The Test That Stumped Them All
Endless Sacrifice
Instrumedley
Trial Of Tears
~~~intermission~~~
New Millennium
piano solo
Only A Matter Of Time
Goodnight Kiss/
Solitary Shell
Stream of Consciousness
Disappear
Pull Me Under
~~~encore~~~
In The Name Of God
Budokan, Tokyo show to be recorded for DVD/CD release!
Added on 04-08-2004
Dream Theater will be recording their show at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on April 26th, 2004,
for an upcoming Live DVD/CD release.
Ytsejam Records - Second Installment Now Available for pre-order
Added on 03-11-2004
Ytsejam Records is now accepting
pre-orders for the second installment of bootlegs which include:
- When Dream and Day Unite Demos 1987-1989 (Demo Series)
- Tokyo, Japan 10/28/95 (Live Series)
- Master of Puppets (Covers Series)
They expect to begin shipping pre-orders the week of March 22nd. Orders will ship in the
order in which they were received.
For a full track listing and to place your pre-order visit their website at
www.ytsejamrecords.com.
"When Dream And Day Unite" 15th Anniversary Show
Added on 03-08-2004
On March 6th, 2004, Dream Theater performed "When
Dream And Day Unite" in its entirety to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the band's 1989
debut album.
For the encore, the band was joined by original vocalist Charlie
Dominici on "To Live Forever" and "Metropolis pt. 1". Dream Theater's
second keyboardist Derek Sherinian
(Planet X) also joined the band
on "Metropolis pt. 1". Below is the complete setlist of the show.
WDADU 15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Saturday, March 6th, 2004
The Pantages Theater
Los Angeles, CA
Set #1:
As I Am
This Dying Soul
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Beyond This Life
Through Her Eyes
Endless Sacrifice
Caught In A Web
Hollow Years
War Inside My Head /
The Test That Stumped Them All
In The Name Of God
Intermission
Set #2: (When Dream And Day Unite)
(introduction by Mike Portnoy)
A Fortune In Lies
Status Seeker
Ytse Jam
The Killing Hand
Light Fuse And Get Away
Afterlife
The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun
Only A Matter Of Time
Encore:
To Live Forever (with Charlie Dominici)
Metropolis (with Charlie Dominici and Derek Sherinian)
Train Of Thought World Tour Merchandise
Added on 03-04-2004
Check out the
merchandise section for Train Of Thought World Tour Merchandise if you can't make it to any of the
upcoming Dream Theater shows.
Dream Theater Songwriting Contest Results
Added on 01-14-2004
"Well, after listening to all 54 entries (at roughly 11 minutes each!) we finally have chosen a winner!
It was a very hard decision for us to make as so many of these entries were truly incredible and worthy of reward.
The amount of time and effort put foward by each and every one of the contestants really blew us away! There is so much talent out there among our fanbase and we are truly impressed....
Being there were so many great compositions, we wanted to think of a way to award more than just the Grand Prize winner...so in order to share their wonderful talents with everybody, we've decided to take the top 7 finalists and manufacture a CD with their entries to distribute through a future issue of the Dream Theater International Fan Club magazine "Theater of Dreams". (many of the regional fan clubs are going to take part in this CD promotion as well!)
So without any further ado:
1st Place Grand Prize Winner:
Andy Rowland and Ant Law (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Andy's and Ant's entry will be played each and every night on the Dream Theater 2004 World Tour approximately 20 minutes before DT hits the stage.
They also win 4 Tickets and Backstage Passes to the 2004 DT show of their choice, a copy of "Train of Thought" signed by all 5 members of DT, and a set of the 3 latest Ytsejam Records releases (for more information, visit www.ytsejamrecords.com).
2nd Place Winner:
Daisuke Kurosawa (Tokiwadai, Japan)
Daisuke's entry was a VERY close runner-up (we had to listen to the top 2 finalists several times back to back), so we'd like to reward his incredible efforts as well with 4 Tickets and Backstage Passes to the 2004 DT show of his choice.
Top 5 Runner Up Winners:
- Linear Sphere Theater (London, England)
- Richard Campbell (London, England)
- Brian Wherry (Auburndale, MA - USA)
- Redemption (Los Angeles, CA - USA)
- Eric Clemenzi (Byfield, MA - USA)
Each of these entries (pending their permission) will be included on the upcoming Dream Theater Songwriting Contest CD.
Honorable Mentions:
Most Creative Entry: Eric Broughton and Umesh Madhavan (Sylvan Beach, NY - USA)
Best Musical Moment: Bass Solo from Godforsaken Project (North Hollywood, CA - USA)
Best Song Title: "Slightly Ominous Cheeseburger" by Divided Sky (Exton, PA - USA)
Best Band Name: Sweet Brown Otter Meat (Renton, WA - USA)
Congratulations to all of the winners and a big thank you to all of the contestants!
C-ya on tour,
Dream Theater"
Songwriting Contest Update from Mike Portnoy
Added on 01-12-2004
Here is an update from Mike Portnoy regarding the Dream Theater Songwriting Contest:
"We are currently in tour rehearsals & pre-production in England and in addition to
learning the HOURS and HOURS of music, we are trying to find the time to listen to all of the
contest entries in order to announce a winner in the coming days....
We are well aware of the fact that many entries were submitted from England where the tour
begins and we want to make sure we can honor their passes should they win...."
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