DREAM THEATER
VENUE YOUTUBE THEATER, INGLEWOOD, CA, USA
DATE 27/07/2023
SUPPORT DEVIN TOWNSEND, ANIMALS AS LEADERS
Prior to parting ways with Mike Portnoy in 2010, Dream Theater spent two years curating adventurous tour packages under the moniker Progressive Nation. This saw the group pause their marathon ‘evening with’ performances to share the stage with Opeth, Between The Buried And Me and Zappa Plays Zappa.
After Portnoy’s exit, though, it seemed as if the concept was toast – until this year, when Dream Theater announced the inaugural Dreamsonic tour of North America, which they pledged would be a “recurring musical event that will deliver history-making nights of amazing music for many years to come”. A lofty (and verbose!) goal to be sure, but given the two support acts who received tour invites – virtuoso trio Animals As Leaders and the inimitable Devin Townsend – one that seemed tantalisingly possible.