Dream Theater

On October 3rd, 1998, Italian Dreamers will organize a Dream Theater party entitled "DT day". The party will take place at the Keller Pub at Bergamo 32 in Curno.

There will be a preview of five or six songs off "Once in a LIVEtime". A couple of bands will be covering Dream Theater songs, followed by a "Mega-Jam-Session" with members from Emtpy Tremor, Labyrinth, Evil Wings, Mystere de Notre Dame and Arkhe.

You will also be able to meet the staff from Italian Dreamers and have a chance to win some rare Dream Theater material in a contest. There will also be a CD trader section.

New Italian Progressive Rock magazine ['mju:zik] (Italian and English version available) will have a 16 page Dream Theater supplement in their second issue, which will be out in mid June. The supplement will contain a biography, reviews, photos and interviews. For annual subscribers, there's also a contest with lots of Dream Theater prizes (T-Shirts, hats, signed cds and cd-singles with bonus tracks).

Hi!
I know these have been floating around for a while now, but we only just received the latest "official" itinerary....
So here it is.....

Deep Purple / ELP / Dream Theater
Tues Aug 4th - Cumberland City Civic - Portland, ME
Thurs Aug 6th - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
Fri Aug 7th - Meadow Music Theater - Hartford, CT
Sat Aug 8th - Great Woods - Mansfield, MA
Sun Aug 9th - Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, LI, NY
Tues Aug 11th - Harvey's Lake - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wed Aug 12th - E Center - Philadelphia, PA
Fri Aug 14th - Finger Lakes PAC - Canandaigua, NY
Sat Aug 15th - Pine Knob - Clarkston, MI
Sun Aug 16th - Congress Center - Ottawa, ONT ***
Mon Aug 17th - Colisee De Quebec - Quebec City, QUE ***
Tues Aug 18th - Molson Center - Montreal, QUE ***
Wed Aug 19th - Molson Amphitheater - Toronto, ONT
Fri Aug 21st - Blossom Music Center - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Sat Aug 22nd - World Music Theater - Tinley Park, IL
Sun Aug 23rd - Grand Casino Amphitheater - Hinkley, MN
Mon Aug 24th - Marcus Amphitheater - Milwaukee, WI
Wed Aug 26th - Fiddler's Green Amphitheater - Denver, CO
Fri Aug 28th - Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA
Sun Aug 30th - Universal Amphitheater - Universal City, CA

***= still waiting for confirmation

Any changes or additions, I will post.
C-ya on the road!

Mike Portnoy

Those of you familiar with London's Rock Radio Network and their mailinglist, have probably read the following 'news item' :

said:DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy told London's Rock Radio Network yesterday that the band's current tour with Deep Purple and ELP may be their last. In addition to 20 North American dates, the band are playing a one-off "semi-acoustic" Fan Club-only gig of old, new & cover tunes in Rotterdam on Monday and a special 2 set, 3 hour-plus gig in Paris on Thursday, both of which will be recorded by Kevin Shirley for a new live album and possible home video for release in the fall...

Please do not panic or email Mike Portnoy about this. As it turns out, Rock Radio Network misunderstood Mike. The "final dates" he mentioned to them, are simply the final dates (as in 'confirmed') for the DT/ELP/DP tour and final dates for the current Dream Theater tour (not final EVER!).

Howdy all!
I've been busy at work in the studio with Kevin Shirley mixing the live album.
(More details on that to come real soon....)
Here's the latest:

Mike Portnoy Drum Clinics:
Tues July 14th - Daddy's - Nashua, New Hampshire
Wed. July 15th - Daddy's - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Mon July 20th - Guitar Center - Hallendale, Florida
Tues July 21st - Guitar Center - Marietta, Georgia
Wed July 22nd - Guitar Center - Dallas, Texas
Thurs July 23rd - Guitar Center - Cleveland, Ohio
Mon July 27th - Mom's Music - Lexington, Kentucky
Tues July 28th - Drum Center - Indianapolis, Indiana
Wed July 29th - Buddy Rogers Music - Cincinnatti, Ohio
(More to come in September.....)

DT/ELP/DP Dates:
It seems as if the 1st date in Portland, Maine on Tues August 4th has been cancelled and changed to a DT headlining gig at the Hampton Beach Ballroom in Hampton Beach, NH instead........

ELP Magna Carta Tribute album:
Derek will play on "Tarkus", Mike will play on "The Endless Enigma" and "The Sheriff", and a couple of the other guys may contribute as well......

Will post more soon...
Mike Portnoy

The two work titles for 'Falling Into Infinity' were :

- Stream Of Conciousness
- Shattered Calm

Produced by Kevin Shirley
Release date US - Tuesday, September 23rd 1997
Everywhere else - Friday, September 19th 1997

CD tracklisting:

1. New Millennium (8:20)
2. You Not Me (4:58)
3. Peruvian Skies (6:43)
4. Hollow Years (5:53)
5. Burning My Soul (5:29)
6. Hell's Kitchen (4:16)
7. Lines In The Sand (12:05)
8. Take Away My Pain (6:03)
9. Just Let Me Breathe (5:28)
10. Anna Lee (5:51)
11. Trial Of Tears (13:07)

final CD running time 78:18

Tape Tracklisting

Side A:

1. New Millennium (8:20)
2. You Not Me (4:58)
3. Peruvian Skies (6:43)
4. Hollow Years (5:53)
5. Just Let Me Breathe (5:28)
6. Anna Lee (5:51)

Side B:

1. Burning My Soul (5:29)
2. Hell's Kitchen (4:16)
3. Lines In The Sand (12:05)
4. Take Away My Pain (6:03)
5. Trial Of Tears (13:07)


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Cover artwork was done by the legendary Storm Thorgerson (also known as Hipgnoses) who has done all of the classic Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin covers. Also, the CD and tape have slightly different covers. Storm did the same thing with Pink Floyd's The Division Bell album.

The following songs did not make it on the album :

- Raise the Knife (11:15)
- Where Are You Now (7:15)
- The Way it Used To Be (8:00)
- Cover My Eyes (3:20)
- Speak To Me (6:15)

Metropolis Part II isn't on the list because it wasn't finished yet. Rumour has it that Metropolis part II (which is currently about 25 minutes long) will be released as an EP with additional live tracks, in the middle of 1998.

Dream Theater placed in the top 10 bands in the Metal Edge Reader Polls, and Derek placed #3 for keyboards.

Mike Portnoy recently won two categories in Modern Drummer's annual Readers Poll. This year, Mike won the "Progressive Rock" category (4th year in a row), along with the "Recorded Performance" category for "Falling Into Infinity".

In previous polls, Mike won the "Recorded Performance" category for "Awake" and "A Change Of Seasons" and "Up & Coming Drummer" in 1993 for "Images And Words".