According to John Petrucci, DREAM THEATER have started writing the follow-up to their ltest album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events.

"Writing for the next DT album officially commenced while in Osaka the other day," says the guitarist. "Jet lag seems to open up one's creative channels."

Released last September, A Dramatic Turn Of Events entered the Top Ten in no less than 13 countries including #8 in the US and #9 in Canada.

Dream Theater recently announced a second North American leg of a world tour in support of their new album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events. Joining Dream Theater, starting June 19th 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.

The North American tour schedule is now as follows:

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
16 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
18 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theater
19 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theater
21 - Chester, PA - Harrah’s Chester Downs