DREAM THEATER have annouced a second North American leg of a world tour in support of their new album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events. The progressive hard rock icons who’ve sold in excess of 10 million records and DVDs worldwide will launch their summer dates June 15th in Rochester, NY and wrap July 21st in Chester, PA. The tour includes stops at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles and the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ plus a two-night engagement at the Paramount Theater on Long Island, NY.

Joining Dream Theater, starting June 16th in Columbus, Ohio and for the rest of the tour, is special guest CRIMSON PROJEKCT featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph. They’ll be performing the songs of progressive rock legends KING CRIMSON.

For the past few months Dream Theater has been touring around the world including visits to Europe and Mexico and are set to begin an Asian tour on April 19th in Seoul. The tour will bring the group to Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan and will conclude May 8th in Bangkok Thailand.

Tour dates:

April

19 - Seoul, KR - Olympic Hall
21 - Jakarta, ID - Mata Elang Indoor Stadium
23 - Osaka, JP - Orix Theater
26 - Fukuoka, JP - Civic Hall
28 - Aichi, JP - Prefectural Art Theater
30 - Yokohama, JP - Arena

May

2 - Singapore, SG - Kallang Theatre
4 - Beijing, CN - Century Theatre
6 - Taipei, TW - Taipei University Auditorium
8 - Bangkok, TH - Thunder Dome

June

15 - Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory
16 - Montebello, QC - D-TOX Rockfest
17 - Lewiston, NY - Artpark
19 - Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion
21 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
22 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
24 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theater
26 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theater
27 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
28 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theater

July

1 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
2 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheater
3 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove of Anaheim
5 - El Paso, TX - Abraham Chavez Theatre
6 - San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theater
7 - Austin, TX - ACL Live
9 - Grand Prairie, TX - Verizon Theatre
12 - Richmond, VA - The National
13 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
14 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
17 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
18 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theater
19 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theater
21 - Chester, PA - Harrah’s Chester Downs

Dream Theater's latest album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events, is now available in HD courtesy of HDtracks.com. Go to this location to stream the album and to purchase.

Back in August 2011, guitarist John Petrucci sat in for an exclusive interview with MusicRadar.com, analyzing the band's new album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, track by track and telling the stories behind the writing of each song.

Of the first single, 'On the Backs of Angels', he says, "I came up with the intro guitar riff while I was playing an acoustic at home by the fire. I was thinking, How should this record begin? What should be the first thing that people hear? The idea that came to me was a little bit PINK FLOYD – moody, foreboding, this drifting arpeggiated guitar pattern.

“We were very conscious when writing the song that it should reflect the signature sound of the band. We wanted it to have all of the elements of Dream Theater. It would be progressive, it would be metal, and it would be melodic. There would be some big shred moments mixed with very dramatic breakdowns. It’s got everything that we love to do as a band."

About the song, 'Lost Not Forgotten', he says, “The mood of the song always reminded me of an old-time epic film like Ben-Hur. So I wrote lyrics that are somewhat historical about this ancient Persian elite fighting force that kind of died out. Again, a good example of my love for storytelling and linking music to words.”

Read the full report at this location.