DREAM THEATER
VENUE EVENTIM APOLLO, LONDON
DATE 21/02/2023
Back so soon? Dream Theater treat their most devoted fans to a stellar evening.
It’s been less than a year since Dream Theater last visited London: the prog metal pioneers played Wembley Arena in April 2022, so that might help to explain the gaps in the audience at the Eventim Apollo. There are not only scattered empty seats among the crowd, but entire rows that remain unoccupied all night. Perhaps it was too soon for a return engagement? Or the vacancies may be the result of the fact that they’re still touring the same album, 2021’s A View From The Top Of The World. There’s also a fair bit of overlap in the setlist between this performance and the April 2022 Wembley date – five of the songs on the 12-song menu tonight were performed on their last visit.