Dream Theater

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating

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reviews

Last 12 Months Rating

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Real Live Certified

Critic Consensus

Based on 100 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Dream Theater is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Dream Theater concert reviews describe live shows and performances as astonishing, theatrical, ambitious, adventurous, and inspirational.

ON TOUR

The Met Philadelphia, Philadephia, United States (Feb 7); Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, United States (Feb 8); Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN, United States (Feb 10); Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, United States (Feb 11); Youtube Theater, Los Angeles, United States (Feb 22); San Jose Civic, San Jose, CA, United States (Feb 24); Moore Theater, Seattle, United States (Feb 27); The Chicago Theater, Chicago, United States (Mar 8); Coca-Cola Coliseum, Toronto, Canada (Mar 11); Place Des Arts - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal, QC, Canada (Mar 12); The Anthem, Washington, DC, United States (Mar 21); Radio City Music Hall, New York, United States (Mar 22); Logomo, Turku, Finland (Jun 3); Norje, Sölvesborg, Sweden (Jun 4)

FESTIVALS IN 2025

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Latest Release

Death Turbulence (2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Boston, United States (1985 - present)

Bio

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would ultimately become Dream Theater.

Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

New Noise Magazine (USA)

July 10, 2023

Dream Theater, Devin Townsend, and Animals as Leaders at the Hard Rock Casino of Northwest Indiana in Gary, IN, USA

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QRO Magazine

June 23, 2023

Progressive metal titans Dream Theater brought their ‘Dream Sonic 2023’ music festival to Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida for the fifth stop of the American tour..

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Backseat Mafia

February 20, 2023

With over an hour until the occasion was to be launched it gave you ample opportunity to survey your surroundings and pick apart the sights which adorned the stage.

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Birmingham Live (UK)

February 18, 2023

Dream Theater @ Symphony Hall, 18th February 2023

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Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

May 19, 2022

On Sunday, there was a concert coming up that numerous metal fans had been looking forward to for quite some time: After their show in 2016 Prog-icons DREAM THEATER returned to Luxembourg as part of their "Top of the World" tour, and they didn’t come alone.

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Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

February 20, 2022

Extraordinarily epic Dream Theater takes Chicago Theatre to the “Top Of The World”

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V13 (Canada)

February 24, 2020

On their second night in a row at Londons Hammersmith Apollo, progressive metal masters Dream Theater put on one of their famous evening with shows; a near three-hour spectacle showcasing their majestic compositions.

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