Dream Theater Releases “A Dramatic Turn of Events”
Dream Theater’s newest album is aptly named. A Dramatic Turn of Events is the band’s eleventh studio album, and first to feature new drummer Mike Mangini, replacing Mike Portnoy, who left the band a year ago.
Work on the album began in January of this year, and wrapped in June at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York. John Petrucci produced the album and cowrote all the music, with bassist John Myung contributing his composition skills to six of the nine tracks. The group produced demo tracks with programmed drums and sent the demos to Mangini to learn his parts.
Keyboardist Jordan Rudess said the group’s approach was more open to keyboards than in the past, and that following Portnoy’s departure, he and Petrucci “became, like, free,” and that the new album is “heavy, proggy and melodic.”
The album is just over 77 minutes long, and is available as a single CD, on vinyl and as a Special Edition CD/DVD set.
Preview and download A Dramatic Turn of Events:
A Dramatic Turn of Events Track List:
- On the Backs of Angels
- Build Me Up, Break Me Down
- Lost Not Forgotten
- This Is the Life
- Bridges in the Sky
- Outcry
- Far from Heaven
- Breaking All Illusions
- Beneath the Surface
The band is on tour in support of the album, with dates in the U.S. and Europe:
- September 24, 2011: San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
- September 25, 2011: Los Angeles, CA – Nokia Theatre
- September 27, 2011: Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
- September 28, 2011: Vancouver, British Columbia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- September 30, 2011: Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall
- October 2, 2011: Rosemont, IL – Rosemont Theatre
- October 3, 2011: Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
- October 4, 2011: Pittsburgh, PA – Trib Total Media Amphitheatre
- October 6, 2011: Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
- October 7, 2011: Montreal, Quebec – Place des Arts
- October 8, 2011: Quebec, Quebec – Pavilion de la Jeunesse
- October 10, 2011: Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
- October 11, 2011: Morristown, NJ – Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
- October 12, 2011: New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
- October 16, 2011: Philadelphia, PA – Merriam Theatre
- October 17, 2011: Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
- October 19, 2011: Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
- October 21, 2011: Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
- October 22, 2011: Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
- October 23, 2011: Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
- October 25, 2011: Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre
- October 26, 2011: Austin, TX – Bass Concert Hall
- October 27, 2011: Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre
- January 23, 2012: Helsinki, Finland – Ice Hall
- January 25, 2012: Stockholm, Sweden – Hovet
- January 26, 2012: Oslo, Norway – Vallhall
- January 27, 2012: Copenhagen, Denmark – KB Hallen
- January 29, 2012: Proznan, Poland – Arena
- January 30, 2012: Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle
- February 1, 2012: Zwolle, Netherlands – IJselhallen
- February 2, 2012: Dusseldorf, Denmark – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
- February 3, 2012: Paris, France – Zenith
- February 5, 2012: Hannover, Germany – AWD Arena
- February 6, 2012: Offenbach, Germany – Stadthalle
- February 8, 2012: Glasgow, United Kingdom – Auditorium
- February 9, 2012: Manchester, United Kingdom – Apollo
- February 10, 2012: London, United Kingdom – Wembley Arena
- February 12, 2012: Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal
- February 13, 2012: Stuttgart, Germany – Liederhalle
- February 14, 2012: Wettingen, Switzerland – Sportzentrum Tagerhard
- February 17, 2012: Budapest, Hungary – Arena
- February 18, 2012: Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
- February 20, 2012: Portenone, Italy – Palasport
- February 21, 2012: Milan, Italy – Mediolanumforum
- February 22, 2012: Venice, Italy – 041
- February 24, 2012: Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi
- February 25, 2012: Madrid, Spain – Palacio Vistalegre
- February 26, 2012: Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseum
