Dream Theater News
- Dream Theater's "Forsaken" Nominated For Headbanger's Ball Best Of 2008
- Order Dream Theater's "Chaos in Motion DVD"
- Exclusive Footage from the new Dream Theater DVD
- Interview with Mike Portnoy for Rock Band
- "Constant Motion" available for "Rock Band" download!
- KIDS & DADS of Dream Theater Autographed Concert Tees!
- Charity Auction - Ernie Ball~Music Man "John Petrucci" Autographed Guitar
- DREAM THEATER'S GREATEST HIT (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) - due April 1st
- Dream Theater at iTunes
- Charity Auction Series Wraps Up with BIG Items
- Dream Theater / "Percussive Nation 2008" in NYC
- Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci interview on Headbanger's Blog
Dream Theater News Archive
- Dream Theater News Archive (1998-2008)
Media Updates
Dream Theater's "Forsaken" Nominated For Headbanger's Ball Best Of 2008
Added on 10-20-2008Click Vote to watch and vote for the best metal video of 2008.
Headbangers Ball's Year End Special airs Saturday December 20th at 2am ET only on MTV2
In 2007 "Constant Motion" won #2.
Go vote!
Dream Theater - Chaos in Motion DVD (Press Release)
Added on 07-11-2008DREAM THEATER
Chaos In Motion 2007/2008
LIVE DVD SETS TO BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER
DOCUMENTING 2007-2008 WORLD TOUR
115 SHOWS, 105 CITIES, 35 COUNTRIES AND
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS
Order the Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set:New York, NY: Few bands inspire such fanaticism among their fans as Dream Theater. The best way to satiate this dedicated legion is to provide them with even more material to devour and Dream Theater are doing just that this September. The band will release Chaos In Motion 2007/2008, which documents their "Chaos In Motion" world tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Milan, Italy and concluded almost a year to the day later on June 4, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's essentially a travelogue of their most recent touring experience and it hits shelves on September 23. Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 will be available in two configurations: as a double DVD set and as five disc collector's set which includes two DVDs and three CDs, containing 14 live tracks featured in the DVD set and expanded artwork.Order the Double DVD Set:
- Order at CD Universe (usa)
- Order at Amazon.com (usa)
- Order at Play.com (europe, free shipping!)
- Order at CD Universe (usa)
- Order at Amazon.com (usa)
- Order at Play.com (europe, free shipping!)
The Chaos in Motion Tour was a trek that found the band traversing the globe, playing 115 shows in 105 cities in 35 countries on five continents to hundreds of thousands of fans. It also included the first annual Progressive Nation Tour, an idea that the band had kicked around for a few years and finally launched into action this past spring.
Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 is the latest in a series of DVDs from the band and it features performances captured throughout the entirety of the tour, unlike their last three RIAA-certified Platinum DVDs, Metropolis 2000: Live Scenes From New York, Live at Budokan and Score, all of which focused on as single concert event.
Drummer and DVD creative director Mike Portnoy plumed his personal archives for footage in order to provide fans with the ultimate tour souvenir. He assembled over three hours of complete live performances, taking footage from shows in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Boston, Bangkok and Vancouver. The tracks were mixed and effectively brought to life by Kevin Shirley. The second disc is packed with bonus material, including promo videos, live screen projection films, a photo gallery and a 90-minute documentary that'll make you feel like you're riding in the passenger's seat of the band's tour bus, as it takes you on the road and behind the scenes with the band and crew. It's like a virtual backstage pass that grants fans further unprecedented access.
Order the Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set:The official content and tracklisting for the DVD are as follows:Order the Double DVD Set:
- Order at CD Universe (usa)
- Order at Amazon.com (usa)
- Order at Play.com (europe, free shipping!)
- Order at CD Universe (usa)
- Order at Amazon.com (usa)
- Order at Play.com (europe, free shipping!)
Double DVD Set
Disc One:
"Around The World In 180 Minutes" Live Concert Footage
Disc Two:
- Intro/Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Constant Motion
- Panic Attack
- Blind Faith
- Surrounded
- The Dark Eternal Night
- Keyboard Solo
- Lines In The Sand
- Scarred
- Forsaken
- The Ministry Of Lost Souls
- Take The Time
- In The Presence Of Enemies
- Medley: I. Trial Of Tears II. Finally Free III. Learning To Live IV. In The Name Of God V. Octavarium
"Behind The Chaos On The Road" Documentary
Promo Videos: Constant Motion, Forsaken, Forsaken (In Studio), The Dark Eternal Night (In Studio)
Live Screen Projection Films: The Dark Eternal Night (N.A.D.S), The Ministry Of Lost Souls, In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2
"Mike Portnoy Stage Tour"
"Mike Portnoy Backstage Tour"
Photo Gallery
Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set
Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 Double DVD Set PLUS:
Indeed, Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 is a completist piece that will keep Dream Theater diehards satisfied until the band takes to the road again.
- 3 CD's containing the live 14 tracks featured in the DVD set
- Expanded artwork and more
Exclusive Footage from the new Dream Theater DVD
Added on 09-04-2008Check out the amazing live video of "Forsaken" from the upcoming Dream Theater DVD "Chaos In Motion 2007/2008", in stores on September 30th, 2008.
Interview with Mike Portnoy for Rock Band
Added on 08-15-2008Click here to listen to an interview with Mike Portnoy by Harmonix editor Brett Milano.
"Constant Motion" available for "Rock Band" download!
Added on 08-09-2008"Constant Motion" will be available for "Rock Band" download on Xbox Marketplace on Tuesday, August 12th and on the Playstation Store on Thursday, August 14th, 2008.
Dream Theater - Constant Motion - 80 MSP - $0.99
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69720
KIDS & DADS of Dream Theater Autographed Concert Tees!
Added on 07-11-2008Dream Theater Charity Auction
to benefit Camp Good Days
Presents...
A TRULY "ONE OF A KIND" ITEM...
A "Chaos in Motion" Tour Tee AUTOGRAPHED by each of the band member's children!
This package also comes with the Adult Size of the same tee, autographed by "the DAD'S" aka Dream Theater!
What is the story behind this very creative package? Well, when the members of Dream Theater were so kindly autographing shirts for the purpose of this auction series, some of the band members' children were present. The kids asked if they could also sign a shirt for the auction, wanting to do their part to help support Camp Good Days!
The shirts were chosen...those containing the cartoon images of the band members, as that particular shirt came in both adult and children's sizes. And the kids made the decisions! They decided that each child would autograph the shirt next to the image of his or her father.
On the child's autographed shirt you will find the signatures of:
Chloe and Chance LaBrie
Ari and Kayla Rudess
Melody and Max Portnoy
Brandon and Christian Myung
Sami, Kiara and Reny Petrucci
Click here for more details!
Charity Auction - Ernie Ball~Music Man "John Petrucci" Autographed Guitar
Added on 07-04-2008For Immediate Release
July 2, 2008
Contact: Samantha Cattaneo
315-434-9477 or scattaneo@campgooddays.org
DREAM THEATER CHARITY AUCTION SERIES TO BENEFIT
CAMP GOOD DAYS & SPECIAL TIMES
presents an
Ernie Ball~Music Man "John Petrucci" Autographed Guitar
Syracuse, NY -
As part of a continuing series to benefit Camp Good Days and Special Times, the Ernie Ball/Music Man Guitar Company has generously built and donated a beautiful "John Petrucci" model guitar, currently available for auction at Ebay's "Dream Theater Charity Auction Site". John Petrucci is best known as the guitarist and founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He is also the band's producer and main lyricist as well as an original member of the acclaimed Liquid Tension Experiment with Tony Levin. John is a long standing veteran of Joe Satriani's prestigious G3 tours along with Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Paul Gilbert.
Since August 2007, Petrucci and his band mates have been donating items for their "Dream Theater Charity Auction Series to benefit Camp Good Days". Camp Good Days is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children, adults and families whose lives have been touched by cancer and other life challenges. For 29 years, Camp Good Days has been providing free residential camping programs at their Recreational Facility in Branchport, New York as well as year-round support activities. Such an accomplishment would never be possible without friends like Dream Theater and events like this charity auction.
The EBMM John Petrucci Six String Guitar is the current model and option for the Petrucci Series. The color is Desert Gold and the guitar sports a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a basswood body. Of course, John Petrucci has autographed this guitar as well. The Ebay auction began on July 2nd and will end Wednesday, July 9th.
For additional information, photographs and to place your bid for this very special auction item, please visit Ebay's "Dream Theater Charity Auction Site" at http://stores.ebay.com/Dream-Theater-Charity-Auction-Site.
For more information about this auction series or Camp Good Days and Special Times, please contact Samantha Cattaneo - scattaneo@campgooddays.org
- 315-434-9477 http://www.campgooddays.org/.
About Camp Good Days and Dream Theater:
The Charity Auction Series is the brainchild of siblings Mike Portnoy, drummer for Dream Theater and Samantha Cattaneo, Syracuse Office Coordinator for Camp Good Days. Samantha is a pediatric cancer survivor herself, and so the mission of Camp Good Days has been one that both Mike and she appreciated. Her disease has obviously helped steer her career toward Camp Good Days. Her brother’s success with Dream Theater seemed a fortuitous way to gain support for such a worthy organization.
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Samantha Cattaneo
Syracuse Office Coordinator
Camp Good Days and Special Times, Inc.
DREAM THEATER'S GREATEST HIT (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) - due April 1st
Added on 01-12-2008DREAM THEATER COLLECT THEIR GREATEST HIT
(...& 21 other pretty cool songs)
The Acclaimed Band’s First-Ever Best-Of Compilation Spans 14 Years of Progressive Hard Rock and Includes Rare Edits and B-Sides
Features Three New Remixes by Kevin Shirley of
“Pull Me Under,” “Take The Time” and “Another Day”
Two-Disc Set Available April 1 from Rhino
ORDER NOW AT CD UNIVERSE (USA) OR PLAY.COM (EUROPE).
LOS ANGELES - After recently celebrating the band’s 20-year anniversary, Dream Theater returns with its first-ever best-of collection. Spanning 1991-2005, the two-disc set contains rare single edits, B-sides and a trio of new remixes that spotlight that band’s nonpareil musicianship, complex arrangements and amazing songwriting. Dream Theater’s GREATEST HIT (...& 21 other pretty cool songs) will be available from Rhino on April 1 at all physical retail outlets and www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $19.98 and at all digital retail outlets for a suggested retail price of $12.99.
Referring to Dream Theater’s first and only major radio hit, “Pull Me Under,” the compilation’s tongue-in-cheek title is a testament not only to the band’s sense of humor but also highlights the acclaimed New York-based quintet’s ability to make music and cultivate a legion of fans on its own terms, without help from radio or MTV. The collection features more than two hours of progressive hard rock from James LaBrie (vocals), John Myung (bass), John Petrucci (guitar/vocals), Mike Portnoy (drums/vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards).
The collection contains three newly remixed versions of tracks from Dream Theater’s breakout 1992 album, Images And Words: the aforementioned “Pull Me Under” as well as “Take The Time” and “Another Day.” Portnoy says this album presented the perfect opportunity to give the songs a bit of a facelift. “The original mixes always sounded a bit ’80s’ to me, so we had our good friend and longtime mixer Kevin Shirley give the tracks a bit of an update to sound more like the rest of the Dream Theater catalog. The songs remain the same (no pun intended-Kevin just mixed that album as well), but there are little nuances in the tracks that I forgot were originally there, and it’s very cool to hear them again.”
The collection’s 22 songs are split evenly between two discs, which are divided into “The Dark Side” (the metallic) and “The Light Side” (the melodic). Filled with some of the band’s most sinister sounds, the first disc lives up to the billing of “The Dark Side.” Longtime fans will appreciate the abundance of alternative versions of classic tracks, including single edits of “Lie,” “Home,” and “Misunderstood.” Disc One concludes with two tracks from the band’s 2005 album Octavarium: “The Root Of All Evil” and “Sacrificed Sons.”
The second disc, “The Light Side,” spotlights the band’s melodic side and features an alternate mix of “Through Her Eyes,” a single edit of “Solitary Shell” and “To Live Forever,” a 1994 B-side from the U.K.-only single of “Lie.”
A grassroots phenomenon for 20 years, Dream Theater continues to record studio albums acclaimed for award-winning musicianship as well as artistic vision. To meet the demands of a demanding global fan base, the band also maintains an active touring schedule that regularly includes sold-out performances around the world.
Dream Theater has currently been on the road since June 2007, traveling the globe in support of their latest studio album Systematic Chaos. Their world tour will conclude with a final run throughout North America in May as they premiere their “Progressive Nation” package tour with Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, and 3 supporting.
DREAM THEATER’S GREATEST HIT
(...& 21 other pretty cool songs)
Track Listing
Disc 1: (The Dark Side)
Disc 2: (The Light Side)
- “Pull Me Under” (2007 Remix)
- “Take The Time” (2007 Remix)
- “Lie” (Single Edit)
- “Peruvian Skies”
- “Home” (Single Edit)
- “Misunderstood” (Single Edit)
- “The Test That Stumped Them All”
- “As I Am”
- “Endless Sacrifice”
- “The Root Of All Evil”
- “Sacrificed Sons”
- “Another Day” (2007 Remix)
- “To Live Forever”
- “Lifting Shadows Off A Dream”
- “The Silent Man”
- “Hollow Years”
- “Through Her Eyes” (Alternate Album Mix)
- “The Spirit Carries On”
- “Solitary Shell” (Single Edit)
- “I Walk Beside You”
- “The Answer Lies Within”
- “Disappear”
Dream Theater at iTunes
Added on 04-01-2008"Well, three DT items were added to iTunes today....
And iTunes f*cked up 2 of the 3!! (ugh....why us???????)
Don't get me wrong, I love and support iTunes and find it an incredibly convenient way of shopping for music....but it isn't exactly DT-friendly!!!
- Forsaken EP (with 2 live tracks) - this one seems to be correct...(however because of some ridiculous iTunes EP rule, we weren't allowed to include the live version of TDEN because it was "too long"....)
- Greatest Hit (and 21 other pretty cool songs) - Disc 2 seems to be labelled incorrectly on this....so you have to relabel it yourself or wait a day or two for them to correct it.
- Greatest Hit (and 5 other pretty cool videos) - that's right! The first 6 DT promo videos are now available on iTunes - unfortunately the actual "greatest hit" itself (Pull Me Under) is currently missing from the bundle....once again, this should be fixed in the coming days....
MP"
You can buy "Greatest Hit (and 5 other pretty cool videos)" at iTunes through these links:
Charity Auction Series Wraps Up with BIG Items
Added on 06-23-2008For Immediate Release
June 23, 2008
Contact: Samantha Cattaneo
315-434-9477 or scattaneo@campgooddays.org
CHARITY AUCTION SERIES TO BENEFIT
CAMP GOOD DAYS & SPECIAL TIMES
Charity Auction Series Wraps Up with BIG Items
Syracuse, NY - Since August 2007, the progressive rock band Dream Theater has been donating items for a charity auction to benefit Camp Good Days and Special Times. Camp Good Days is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children, adults and families whose lives have been touched by cancer and other life challenges. For 29 years, Camp Good Days has been providing free residential camping programs at their Recreational Facility in Branchport, New York as well as year-round support activities. Such an accomplishment would never be possible without friends like Dream Theater and events like this charity auction.
The Dream Theater Charity Auction Series was intended to coincide with the band's "Chaos in Motion" tour schedule; as the tour has just ended, the auction will be ending as well. There are smaller auction items that will be added to the Ebay site daily over the next two weeks (band autographed t-shirts, cd's, dvd's and posters) and two significant items at the auction's end. The first, a "Music Man" John Petrucci-model guitar, which Ernie Ball has generously built and donated for this cause, will be added to the auction on Wednesday, July 2nd and will be available for 7 days. The second item is a truly unique, one-of-a-kind shirt. Dream Theater offers a concert t-shirt with their likeness in cartoon animation. We have available one of these shirts, signed by all members of the band. However, with that will also be a child's size version of the shirt, signed by each of the band member's children (ranging in age from 2 to 12)! Both shirts will be put up for auction on July 9th and will be available for 7 days. The child-autographed shirt is the result of the band member's children wanting to do their part to help raise money for Camp Good Days and so seemed like the perfect way to end the Charity Auction Series.
To bid on the guitar, shirts or any of the other items, please visit Ebay's "Dream Theater Charity Auction Site" at http://stores.ebay.com/Dream-Theater-Charity-Auction-Site
For more information about this auction series or Camp Good Days and Special Times, please contact Samantha Cattaneo - scattaneo@campgooddays.org - 315-434-9477 or visit http://www.campgooddays.org/
About Camp Good Days and Dream Theater:
The Charity Auction Series is the brainchild of siblings Mike Portnoy, drummer for Dream Theater and Samantha Cattaneo, Syracuse Office Coordinator for Camp Good Days. Samantha is a pediatric cancer survivor herself, and so the mission of Camp Good Days has been one that both Mike and she appreciated. Her disease has obviously helped steer her career toward Camp Good Days. Her brother's success with Dream Theater seemed a fortuitous way to gain support for such a worthy organization.
Samantha Cattaneo
Syracuse Office Coordinator
Camp Good Days and Special Times, Inc.
356 North Midler Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13206
Office: 315-434-9477
Fax: 315-434-9590
Cell: 315-882-2180
www.campgooddays.org
Dream Theater / "Percussive Nation 2008" in NYC
Added on 05-26-2008Some great shots of "Percussive Nation 2008" from NYC show #1 can be found here:
http://gallery.christopherpetro.com/gallery/5006090_zBJLs/#300256403_ZYCrQ
And a cool fan shot video posted on YouTube of Mikael Akerfeldt joining Dream Theater for the very first live performance of "Repentance" at NYC show #2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3VWf3yS020
Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci interview on Headbanger's Blog
Added on 05-13-2008Video Interview: Dream Theater Discuss History of Progressive Nation, Bands Chosen For Tour, Progressive Rock.
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