DREAM THEATER: ANNOUNCE AUGUST 2012 SOUTH AMERICAN DATES

 Long Island, New York progressive metal legends DREAM THEATER have announced August 2012 SOUTH AMERICAN tour dates. 

FROM DREAM THEATER:                                                                                                                                                                                                               SUPPORT OF THEIR GLOBALLY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM
‘A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS’  
DREAM THEATER have announced they will extend their world tour by continuing on to South America after the second leg of North American dates wrap in Chester, PA on July 21. TheSouth American run, in support of their Grammy-nominated and globally successful album A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS (Roadrunner) will launch in Guatemala City, Guatemalaon August 8 and will include stops in El Salvador, Costa Rica, Columbia, Argentina, Chileand Brazil.


The tour will conclude September 1 at the Ulysses Guimaraes in Brasilia, Brazil, almost a full year after the progressive hard rock icons first went on the road in support of the new album. It will also give the band--James LaBrie (Vocals), John Myung (Bass), John Petrucci (Guitar and Vocals), Jordan Rudess (Keyboards and Continuum) and Mike Mangini (Drums)--a special chance to play Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica for the first time in their career.


Tickets, Meet & Greet and VIP packages are available now for the North American tour which launches June 15 in Rochester, NY. Please visit http://vipnation.com for details.

Here are DREAM THEATER’s complete tour dates.


SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

 Date City Venue
Wed 8/8  Guatemala City, Guatemala Forum Mundo E
Fri 8/10 San Salvdor, El Salvador Anfiteatro CIFCO
Sun 8/12 San Jose, Costa Rica Palacio de los Deportes
Wed 8/15 Bogota, Colombia Palacio de los Deportes
Fri 8/17 Cordoba, Argentina La Usina
Sun 8/19 Buenos Aires, Argentina Luna Park
Mon 8/20 Buenos Aires, Argentina Luna Park
Wed 8/22 Santiago, Chile Espacio Riesco
Fri 8/24 Porto Alegre, Brazil Pepsi on Stage
Sun 8/26 Sao Paulo, Brazil Credicard Hall
Wed 8/29 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Chevrolet Hall
Thu 8/30 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Citibank Hall
Sat 9/1 Brasilia, Brazil Ulysses Guimaraes

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Fri 6/15 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
Sat 6/16 Montebello, QC D-TOX Rockfest
Sun 6/17 Lewiston, NY Artpark
Tues 6/19 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion
Thu 6/21 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
Fri 6/22 Detroit, MI The Fillmore 
Sat 6/23 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
Mon 6/25 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theater 
Wed 6/27 Minneapolis, MN State Theater  
Thu 6/28 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theater 
Sun 7/1 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre 
Mon 7/2 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheater
Tues 7/3 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim 
Thu 7/5 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre
Fri 7/6 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theater
Sat 7/7 Austin, TX ACL Live 
Mon 7/9 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre 
Thu 7/12 Richmond, VA The National 
Fri 7/13 Washington, DC Warner Theatre 
Sat 7/14 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 
Mon 7/16 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
Wed 7/18 Huntington, NY Paramount Theater
Thu 7/19 Huntington, NY Paramount Theater 
Sat 7/21 Chester, PA Harrah's Chester Downs 

Here are some critical soundbites about DREAM THEATER’s live show:


“...the much-pedigreed and chops-a-plenty-packing quintet powered into their opening number, Bridges In The Sky, bringing the super-charged, adoring crowd to its feet, where they stayed during the entire 15-song set.... Outcry, another standout track from the band's new album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events, shook the walls with volcanic force. Complex unison lines and intricate counterpoint runs – the guys crunched right through them. But this was no clinic, it was more like a party-hearty pile-on – pushing, pulling and giving as good as you get and then some... it was during Breaking All Illusions that Dream Theater set the bar for all future shows. A 12-minute classic rock meets prog tour de force, Messrs Myung, Rudess and Mangini handled its many varied turnarounds with supreme aplomb. John Petrucci's bluesy solo summoned ghosts, and by the time he and Myung locked horns the visions were real.”


-- Joe Bosso, MUSICRADAR.COM. October 17, 2012 (Philadelphia)


“[Frontman James LaBrie] commanded the stage with the crowd in the palm of his hands...One of the highlights of the night was when new stickman Mike Mangini gave fans a thunderous drum solo as he sat behind a monstrous kit. His mind blowing solo had fans wondering exactly how many arms he really has.”


-- Liz Ramanand, LOUDWIRE.COM, October 13, 2011 (New York City)


“I could go on and on about all the personal details the band seemed to give its fans through the live show, but the way they could play these complicated rhythms and still smile, joke with each other, and connect to the crowd simply reaffirmed why Dream Theater is one of my favorite and most respected bands.”


-- Ellen Eldridge, ATLANTA MUSIC GUIDE, October 21, 2011

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-