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Dream Theater

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4.6

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5 / 5

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Posted 10/19/2009

by hgmDT

Wonderful tour!!!
Great selection... & Dream Theater's Special Guests: Zappa Plays Zappa, Bigelf & Scale The Summit, were fantastic...

Strongly recommended!!!

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Review 2 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Too freaking amazing!!!!!!!!!

Greek Theatre @

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Five drummers playing at same time on Portnoy's huge drum kit. @

Posted 09/25/2009

by BMATucker

Location: Southern CA

Musician's musicians. DT was perfect, been to 5 DT concerts and each time they raise the bar. Too damn good. Zappa, not a biggest fan of his father's music, but ZPZ were amazing musicians. If you appreciate great musicians, can't get any better than DT and ZPZ.

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Favorite moment: Five drummers playing at same time on Portnoy's huge drum kit. @

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Review 3 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

The Buell is amazing, so was Dream Theater

The Buell Theatre @

- Denver @

,CO @

- Tue, Aug 25, 2009 @

Favorite moment: The whole Dream Theater performance @

Setlist: A Nightmare to Remember, A Rite of Passage, Hollow Years, Erotomania, Voices, Forsaken, Sacrificed Sons, The Count of Tuscany @

Opening act(s): Big Elf, Scale the Summit, Zappa Plays Zappa @

Posted 09/25/2009

by Toddzilla67

Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

I had never been to the Buell before and was really impressed. What a first-class venue.

We missed the first two acts, but made it in time to see all of Zappa Plays Zappa. Dweezil's band was very fun to watch and he seems like a pretty humble (but very talented) person.

But I was really there for Dream Theater. I own most of their studio albums and their three latest concert DVDs, but never had I seen them live (even though I've been a fan since 1992). I went in with very high expectations and was still blown away by the performance and musicianship of the band. The house mix was good and everything sounded as it should--we were in the center, second row of the balcony. The stage show and lighting were just awesome and complemented the mood of the music very well.

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- Denver @

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- Tue, Aug 25, 2009 @

Favorite moment: The whole Dream Theater performance @

Setlist: A Nightmare to Remember, A Rite of Passage, Hollow Years, Erotomania, Voices, Forsaken, Sacrificed Sons, The Count of Tuscany @

Opening act(s): Big Elf, Scale the Summit, Zappa Plays Zappa @

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Review 4 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Dream Theater - Progressive Nation

San Jose Civic @

- San Jose @

,CA @

- Thu, Aug 27, 2009 @

Posted 09/18/2009

by scienceskiboy

Location: Bay Area

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Awesome concert! Scale the Summit looked to be a bunch of teenagers - that kicked some serious asteroid. Big Elf was more show than go. Zappa plays Zappa just may have stolen the show. OMG!!!!! Dream Theater rocked, but that's what they do. Enjoyed seeing Mike Portnoy's family in the audience (2nd time.) But wow, Zappa had the crowd giving standing ovations after each song. I'll be seeing them again in Santa Cruz. If I didn't have to work, thought about following them around the western US.

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Review 5 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Progressive Nation? Rather, Progressive World!

Greek Theatre @

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: 15-minute duets between Mike Portnoy and the respective drummers of the 3 warm-up bands; the duet between Portnoy and Joe Travers was mind-blowing! @

Setlist: Neither my son nor I can remember the set list in its entirety; we don't much care, given the excellent track selections! From the new record, the band played A Nightmare to Remember, A Rite of Passage, and, for the encore, The Count of Tuscany. @

Opening act(s): Scale the Summit, Big Elf, Zappa Plays Zappa @

Posted 09/15/2009

by OCDTFans

Location: The O_C

Amazing bill; the three warm-up bands were very good (Big Elf) to very very good (Scale the Summit) to amazing (Zappa Plays Zappa). Dweezil Zappa is an excellent technical player, and Joe Travers on drums and ZPZ's percussionist played an amazing duet!

Mike Portnoy came out during each warm-up act, and did a number on drums with each; a nice treat!

Dream Theater - awesome, simply awesome; James La Brie sounded and acted a bit tired, but in no way detracted from the power of the band. Petrucci, Myung, Rudess and Portnoy all kicked a$$; if there was any justice in this world, Dream Theater would be selling out 20,000-seat venues in every tour stop.

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: 15-minute duets between Mike Portnoy and the respective drummers of the 3 warm-up bands; the duet between Portnoy and Joe Travers was mind-blowing! @

Opening act(s): Scale the Summit, Big Elf, Zappa Plays Zappa @

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Review 6 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Everyone should experience this at least once

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Favorite moment: Meeting the band back stage before the show @

Posted 09/08/2009

by jsh92057

Location: San Diego

This was my fourth Dream Theater show and third meet and greet with the band and amidst their fame and star power they still remain open and willing to talk to their fans. I am one who appreciates that in a band. But the most amazing attribute of this band is their stellar musicianship combined with a keen understanding of what their fans come to appreciate form them. I for one have always admired their steadfast adherance to producing top quality music which is what we all know and love about Dream Theater which is what makes each new release a pleasure to discover over and over.

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Favorite moment: Meeting the band back stage before the show @

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Review 7 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Only disappointment not long enough

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Opening act(s): Needs a new drummer @

Posted 09/06/2009

by c3po

Amazing I have been too busy working most of my life and my friend has introduced me to the new experience of concerts. This show had more talent then I ever knew was possible for a band. Too bad I missed there shows throughout the years but that will not happen again and I now have listened to all their CD and watched their DVD

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Review 8 for Dream Theater

4 / 5

Amazing show, but Zappa Plays Zappa is HORRIBLE!!!

The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas @

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- Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Big Elf's strange and pyschadelic performance. @

Posted 09/05/2009

by SINIZTR

Location: Las Vegas

I showed up just in time to catch a couple of songs from the first act (Scale The Summit)...they were great and I was pleasantly surpised at their level of talent. Big Elf was next, and that was a psychadelic and exciting experience...very different, but very cool too. Then the show just fell apart. Zappa Plays Zappa came out and it started with Dweazel doing a solo...he was great! Then the rest of the band kicked in to begin what seemed like a 3-hour set of what was quite possibly the most annoying collection of lyrics and music that I (or anyone around me) had ever heard. I was so pissed off and annoyed (as were all of the people around me) that I literally didn't care to even watch Dream Theater any longer. I had to leave the theater I hated Zappa so badly. When I (and my friend) finally came back to the theater (reluctantly), Dream Theater was just getting ready to start. They were incredible (as Dream Theater always is), but I was still so disgruntled due to Zappa's horrid performance that I couldn't enjoy DT. I definitely recommend checking them out if you get a chance, but the excruciating lounge act that is Zappa Plays Zappa needs to permanently disappear. They truly ruined the show and my night!

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Favorite moment: Big Elf's strange and pyschadelic performance. @

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Review 9 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

viva la prog!

Greek Theatre @

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,CA @

- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: the entire concert, but if I have to pick would be the guitar jams with steve vai & drum solos @

Opening act(s): I only saw Zappa plays Zappa, amazing musicians @

Posted 09/05/2009

by aelien

Location: Tijuana Mex

this was completely insane, unforgettable and Epic, I loved Zappa plays Zappa and of course Dream Theater though they play only 7 songs and like 30 mins of solos they where amazing and would definitely will go to see then again and recommend them to every progressive music fan.

Greek Theatre @

- Los Angeles @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: the entire concert, but if I have to pick would be the guitar jams with steve vai & drum solos @

Opening act(s): I only saw Zappa plays Zappa, amazing musicians @

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Review 10 for Dream Theater

4 / 5

ProgRock for Indian Guides

The Chicago Theatre @

- Chicago @

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- Sun, Aug 23, 2009 @

Favorite moment: During DT Encore, Dad in front of us fell over in the aisle, my son looked at me and said "The Count of Tuscany has that effect on lots of people!" @

Posted 09/05/2009

by sdpnme3

Location: Chicago

It was a great night for father's and their late teen / twenty something son's to share some valuable common ground. As I looked around the venue, there was an inordinate amount of dads with their sons, each one on a mission to spend some time with each other, exchange a couple high fives and knowing glances when their guitar hero's wailed. I bet many of us, about 12-15 years earlier, were all sitting around a campfire on an Indian Guide outing trying to spend some "guy time" with our boys.

I suspect like most, my son turned me on to Dream Theatre 5 or 6 years ago and immediately I heard the Zappa influences. Being a good father, I provided him with a carefully prescribed selection of Frank's stuff, (no Penguin in Bondage, Dinah Moe Hum or Torture Never Stops etc.). And if there's anything we agree on (not much these days) it's that there is some common ground somewhere between us.

My thanks to Mike Portnoy for being the Chief of the Prog Rock tribe. Continued success to you the rest of the guys, DT is doing more than making great music.

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- Sun, Aug 23, 2009 @

Favorite moment: During DT Encore, Dad in front of us fell over in the aisle, my son looked at me and said "The Count of Tuscany has that effect on lots of people!" @

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Review 11 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Greek theater is now the Dream Theater

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: When Steve Vai came out and jammed with Dweasel and Dream Theater @

Setlist: First two tracks from Black Clouds, encore was Count of Tuscany. The in between stuff varied from Six Degrees and Scenes from a memory. @

Opening act(s): Scale the Summit, Bigelf, and Zappa plays Zappa @

Posted 09/04/2009

by Tuscany

Location: Chino

What a show! opening acts were awesome! Scale the Summit- a very talented instrumental group. Bigelf, great music and entertaining. Dweasel tears it up on his guitar.

Greek Theatre @

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: When Steve Vai came out and jammed with Dweasel and Dream Theater @

Setlist: First two tracks from Black Clouds, encore was Count of Tuscany. The in between stuff varied from Six Degrees and Scenes from a memory. @

Opening act(s): Scale the Summit, Bigelf, and Zappa plays Zappa @

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Review 12 for Dream Theater

4 / 5

Dream Theater Rocks the Amp

Molson Amphitheatre @

- Toronto @

,ON @

- Fri, Aug 14, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Hearing the tune Voices. @

Posted 09/04/2009

by Romes

Dream theater was in fine form. Long songs but they are all techincally sound. Enjoyed the new material. Excellent show!! Dwezel was awesome as well.

Molson Amphitheatre @

- Toronto @

,ON @

- Fri, Aug 14, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Hearing the tune Voices. @

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Review 13 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Dream Theater was AWESOME

Greek Theatre @

- Los Angeles @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: The extended jam in "Beyond this Life" where Dweezil Zappa and Steve Vai joined them onstage @

Setlist: Nightmare to Remember, A Rite of Passage, Hollow Years, Solitary Shell, Beyond This Life + extended jams, The Count of Tuscany @

Posted 09/04/2009

by thetab

Location: Los Angeles

One of the best shows I have ever seen...DO NOT miss Dream Theater!!!

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: The extended jam in "Beyond this Life" where Dweezil Zappa and Steve Vai joined them onstage @

Setlist: Nightmare to Remember, A Rite of Passage, Hollow Years, Solitary Shell, Beyond This Life + extended jams, The Count of Tuscany @

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Review 14 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Dream Theater Rocked Da house!

The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas @

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- Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Too many, Dream Theaters performance was one giant flow of attack on the senses. @

Posted 09/03/2009

by DTFan2009

Location: Phoenix AZ

Las Vegas -Hard Rock -The Joint- Absolutely unforgettable! Mike Portnoy slayed the drums as usual commanding his kit like he was behind some gothic chariot charging into battle. James Labrie belted out his unique rock vocals with the soul of a God.John Myung stayed cool and collected as he strummed out the pulsating baseline that altered the heartbeats of the crowd. John Petrucci was faltless in his mission to lay down the law with his screaming guitar. Jordan Rudess made the keys flow from his fingers like no other. This was a fantastic concert and the band held the audience from start to finish and beyond,
Supporting bands included Scale the Summit (thank you Houston)- Bigelf (Terrific! love that sound!) and Zappa plays Zappa( great performance!).
One hell of a night for progressive rock fans !

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Favorite moment: Too many, Dream Theaters performance was one giant flow of attack on the senses. @

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Review 15 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

The best time of my life!

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- Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Either the very beginning of Nightmare to Remember or The Count of Tuscany. @

Setlist: A Nightmare To Remember, Constant Motion, A Rite Of Passage, Hollow Years, Erotomania, Voices, Prophets Of War, Take The Time. Encore: The Count Of Tuscany @

Opening act(s): Scale The Summit, Bigelf, Zappa Plays Zappa @

Posted 09/03/2009

by drsnow155

This was absolutely amazing. 8 years I have waited to see these guys, and on the Progressive Nation Tour, they did not disappoint. Scale The Summit, the instrumental band out of Houston, was right on the ball. Zappa Plays Zappa was top notch and played incredibly for over an hour. Dream Theater's show might not seem very exciting to an outsider, but the simple fact that they play their music with so much emotion and finesse makes it all worth it. Playing songs from Images and Words, Awake, Systematic Chaos, and Black Clouds, it was all absolutely amazing!!

The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas @

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- Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Either the very beginning of Nightmare to Remember or The Count of Tuscany. @

Setlist: A Nightmare To Remember, Constant Motion, A Rite Of Passage, Hollow Years, Erotomania, Voices, Prophets Of War, Take The Time. Encore: The Count Of Tuscany @

Opening act(s): Scale The Summit, Bigelf, Zappa Plays Zappa @

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Review 16 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

DT amazes yet again

Greek Theatre @

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,CA @

- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: when steve vai just showed up out of the blue and shredded with petrucci zappa and rudess @

Setlist: A NIGHTMARE TO REMEMBER, A RITE OF PASSAGE, HOLLOW YEARS, PROPHETS OF WAR, SOLITARY SHELL, BEYOND THIS LIFE, PERCUSSIVE NATION 2009 (featuring Joe Travers from Zappa Plays Zappa, Steve Frothingham from Bigelf & Pat Skeffington from Scale The Summit), BTL JAM (featuring Dweezil Zappa & Steve Vai), BEYOND THIS LIFE (Reprise), the count of tuscany @

Opening act(s): scale the summit, big elf, zappa plays zappa @

Posted 09/03/2009

by snigga

Mike Portnoy sure knows how to pick em i mean the greek theatre was simply fantastic and thee bands that opened were all just kick ass

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Favorite moment: when steve vai just showed up out of the blue and shredded with petrucci zappa and rudess @

Opening act(s): scale the summit, big elf, zappa plays zappa @

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Review 17 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Dream Theater was " OFF THE HOOK'!

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- Sat, Aug 29, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Guest appearance of Steve Vai. @

Posted 09/02/2009

by TurboMe

Location: Baldwin Park, Ca

The Entire show was pretty good, even though I got to it during the second band playing. But Dream Theater was amazing! I had the privilege of seeing them in Japan, when I was station there in the Marine Corps some time ago. That was an awesome show! Truly, one of the best Progressive Metal Bands of all time. Can't wait to see them again!

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Favorite moment: Guest appearance of Steve Vai. @

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Review 18 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

The Perfect Show!

The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas @

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- Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @

Favorite moment: They ended the show with the most emotionally powerful song ever written, The Count of Tuscany. @

Setlist: A NIGHTMARE TO REMEMBER CONSTANT MOTION A RITE OF PASSAGE HOLLOW YEARS EROTOMANIA VOICES PROPHETS OF WAR TAKE THE TIME --------------- THE COUNT OF TUSCANY @

Opening act(s): Scale the Summit, Big Elf, and the great Zappa Plays Zappa @

Posted 09/02/2009

by dongringo

Location: Portland, Oregon

Powerful, intense, electrifying, stunning. Words can't really describe a Dream Theater live show. They were on fire from the first note to the last. I've seen over 200 concerts in my life and this was by far the best. I'll never pass up an opportunity to see them again and will travel to see them again if they pass up my city on their tour. Exceptional.

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Favorite moment: They ended the show with the most emotionally powerful song ever written, The Count of Tuscany. @

Setlist: A NIGHTMARE TO REMEMBER CONSTANT MOTION A RITE OF PASSAGE HOLLOW YEARS EROTOMANIA VOICES PROPHETS OF WAR TAKE THE TIME --------------- THE COUNT OF TUSCANY @

Opening act(s): Scale the Summit, Big Elf, and the great Zappa Plays Zappa @

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Review 19 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Dream Theater and progressive Nation its the best

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Favorite moment: WHEN DREAM THEATER PLAY @

Setlist: NO COMENTS @

Opening act(s): NO COMENTS @

Posted 09/02/2009

by ANTESM98

Location: Montebello CA

TO BE HONEST IN A FEW WORDS ALL THE BANDS PLAY THAT NIGHT SUPERB , IT WAS ALSO GREAT TO SEE STEVE JAMMING WITH J.P AND ZAPPA'S THE VENUE ITS OK TOO BUT THE P.A. SUCKS I THINK ITS TO OLD OR I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED, CAUSE A BEEN IN A LOT OF CONCERTS IN OUTDOORS AN I UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETIMES WHILE THE BANDS PLAY THE WIND TAKE AWAY THE FIDELITY OF THE SOUND FOR SECONDS BUT ANYWAYS I'LL BE READY FOR THE NXT ONE I HOPE THEY PLAY AGAIN AT THE GIBSON AMPHITHEATER.

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Favorite moment: WHEN DREAM THEATER PLAY @

Setlist: NO COMENTS @

Opening act(s): NO COMENTS @

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Review 20 for Dream Theater

5 / 5

Dream Theater was INCREDIBLE!!!!!

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Posted 09/01/2009

by Doroddon

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

From the moment they got on the stage until that final song, they took my breath away! It was the greatest musical experience ever! They possess such a combination of talent and positive energy that makes their music unforgettable! Hats off to the band!!!!! Please continue to make pure, positive, from the heart music that we can still rock on to. I am proud to have my children listen to you guys also! Come back soon!!!!!

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