Here is a note from Marco Petrini of the "Italian Dreamers" fanclub:

Hi all,

as every year, Italian Dreamers Fan Club has organized the 4th DT Party in Italy.

This party will be in Rome the day before DT Show, on 10 april at the "H.M. Rock Cafe"

The name of this party is "Scenes from a Night" and it will start at 9:00 Pm to late night with two live shows, the band will be Abstracta and Zen.

During the night there will be some videos on a megascreen and some contest for all the people

The right address for the club is:

"H.M. Rock Cafe"
Via dei Querceti, 21
(Zona Colosseo)
Roma

the ticket for the partecipation will be Lit. 5000

For any info:

Tel. 0349 6090093 Matteo
Tel. 0347 2257224 Marco (Sera)
Tel. 0347 5870383 Simone (Sera)

Here are Dream Theater's results in Japan's BURRN! 1999 Readers Poll:

Dream Theater- 2nd best band
Mike Portnoy - Best drummer
John Petrucci - 3rd best guitarist
James LaBrie - 3rd best vocalist
Jordan Rudess - Best keyboardist
John Myung - 4th bassist
Scenes From A Memory - Best album
Scenes From A Memory - Best cd jacket
Mike Portnoy & John Petrucci - 2nd Best Producer

The Official Dream Theater Fanclubs have decided to print more copies of the 1999 Fanclub Christmas CD.

This means you will still have a chance to receive this free exclusive CD, even if you didn't join or renew before December 31st, 1999.

In order to receive the 1999 Christmas CD, make sure you join or renew BEFORE February 29th, 2000. This means the fanclub MUST HAVE RECEIVED your information and payment BEFORE February 29th, 2000.

Please do NOT wait until the last minute, but send in your information and payment as soon as possible.

Currently in production for commercial release in Europe and Japan very soon is a new Dream Theater CD Single featuring "Through Her Eyes"

The track listing is set to be:
1. Through Her Eyes (Radio Edit)
2. Through Her Eyes (Alternate Album Mix)
3. Home (Live)
4. When Images and Words Unite (Live medley)

It is possible that the japanese version will also contain the radio edit for Home...

The 2 live tracks were recorded this past November in Brussels, Belgium....

Details of the exact release date as well as the specific countries that it will be available in are to come.....

MP

Dream Theater will be making two in-store appearances in February 2000.

Wed., February 23rd @ 2pm
Daddy's Orange, CT
519A Boston Post Rd.
Orange, CT 06477
203-799-3239

Sunday, February 27th @ 2pm
Daddy's Boston, MA
165 Mass Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
617-247-0909

- "Infinite Dreams", the official Greek Dream Theater Fan Club, will be sending out the Christmas CD and first issue of their fanzine in a week. Members should receive them the first week of February.

- The Italian Dreamers fanclub will be sending the Christmas CDs to their members next week. Members should receive their fanzine and Christmas CD at the end of January, or the first week of February at the latest. There will be a big contest for the Italian Dream Theater shows in April.

Official Dream Theater fanclub members can expect their fanzine and Christmas CD in the first half of January, 2000. Due to a delay with the pressing of the CDs, it will unfortunately not be possible to meet the "Christmas deadline". Don't worry, it'll be well worth the wait!

"IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

After nearly six years of succesfully running the Dream Theater International Fanclub Neil Elliott has decided time has come to move on to pastures new.

As a result, the entire fanclub set up will from now on be dealt with by us, the Dutch fanclub "Theater Of Dreams". Although the fanzine's name will be changed into "Theater Of Dreams", there's no need for current subscribers of "Images And Words" to worry. The fanclub's name will remain Dream Theater International Fanclub and we will honour all existing subscriptions. You will not miss out on the number of issue's that you are subscribed to. If you are a member of both fanclubs, we will put the number of issues you paid for together and change your membership accordingly. Our fanzine will be in English, on A5 sized glossy paper and in full colour. "The best fuckin' DT fanzine in the world", according to Mike, so there you go.

Our address is

D.T.I.F.C
P.O Box 1597
2003 BP Haarlem
HOLLAND

Regarding payments:

For 4 fanzines and the highly exclusive FREE Xmas-cd members outside of Holland pay the following:

European: 45 Dutch Guilders
Rest of the World: 50 Dutch Guilders

This can be made payable through Eurocheques IN GUILDERS, International Money Orders IN GUILDERS or by sending cash IN GUILDERS OR AMERICAN DOLLARS(Europe 23$ / Row 25$). We cannot be held responsible for any losses, so if people send in cash they should do it by Registered Mail. If not, then it's their own risk they are taking.

For American fans an American address and way of payment is currently under construction. Details follow as soon as possible.

We thank Dream Theater for their trust in us and of course Neil for his dedication, time and efforts he put into the creation of the D.T.I.F.C and for the good collaboration. Although we will undoubtedly stay in touch for a while we'd like to say: "Thanks a lot! We wish you lots of success in the future. Gonna miss you, bro'!"

"Frontman James LaBrie recently spoke with Space In Your Face radio on CKMS in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario regarding DREAM THEATER's touring plans in support of their latest epic, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory: "What we want to do in the new year, we want to go out with a huge production and because this is a concept album, we want to play it from beginning to end, the way a concept album should be played, and have it unfold, have imagery, have screens, and everything going on. So I'm kinda hitting our booking agents over the head and saying, 'you know, make it happen', so we'll see. And then we're gonna go basically everywhere in the world and present the album in that way". James also stated his goal is to bring the tour to Massey Hall in Toronto in the new year, the perfect venue for such an anticipated performance.

Metal Maniacs magazine will be featuring Dream Theater in their upcoming March 2000 issue, which will be on-sale starting December 21st, 1999.

On Saturday night, October 30th, 1999, Mike Portnoy will be doing three radio appearances in the New York / New Jersey area (all times are approximate and subject to change).

8 pm - WSOU 89.5
You can listen to this station online with RealPlayer. Visit WSOU's website for details.

10 pm - WDHA 105.5
You can now go to their website, and post a question for Mike on the Dream Theater message board. If the question gets read live on the air, you will win an autographed CD!

12 am - WNEW 102.7

Darren "The Badger" Redick will be dedicating an hour of his radio show to "Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From A Memory" on Wednesday, November 3rd, from 10 pm GMT (5 pm EST) on the internet radio station Rock Radio Network.

The show will be interspersed with an interview with James LaBrie, recorded by phone on Friday, October, 22nd. James will also be talking about his Mull Muzzler project.

On Tuesday, October 26th, 1999 (the release date of "Scenes From A Memory"), Dream Theater (minus John Petrucci) will be doing an autograph session at Sam Goody in the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, LI. This event will take place between 6 and 8pm. John Petrucci won't be able to be there, since he is giving a guitar clinic in Italy that day.

Later that evening, the band (once again, without John Petrucci) will be doing a "Full Disclosure" live chat on Yahoo!/Sonicnet, to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the band's new release.