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Next month Dream Theater will resume touring to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Images And Words, playing the classic album in its entirety along with other songs from the band's extensive catalogue. Check out this time lapse video of setting up the stage for the Images, Words & Beyond Tour 2017.

On February 3rd, Dream Theater brought their Images & Words 25th Anniversary tour to the Samsung Hall in Zürich, Switzerland. Check out fan-filmed video below.

The setlist that night was as follows:

Act 1:
"The Dark Eternal Night"
"The Bigger Picture"
"Hell's Kitchen"
"The Gift of Music"
"Our New World"
"Portrait of Tracy" (Jaco Pastorius cover - John Myung solo)
"As I Am"
"Breaking All Illusions"

Act 2 (Images And Words):
"Pull Me Under"
"Another Day"
"Take the Time"
"Surrounded"
"Metropolis Pt. 1"
"Under a Glass Moon"
"Wait for Sleep"
"Learning to Live"

Encore:
"A Change of Seasons"

Remaining dates on the tour are as follows:

April
18 - Birmingham, UK - Symphony Hall
19 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo
20 - Glasgow, UK - Royal Concert Hall
22 - Cardiff, UK - Motorpoint Arena
23 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
25 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Afas Live
26 - Antwerp, Belgium - Lotto Arena
28 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
29 - Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao Exhibition Centre
30 - Porto, Portugal - Coliseum Porto