Prog metal kings Dream Theater have issued the following message to their North American fans:

"The North American tour begins in a few days, Dream Theater invites you to come to a show dressed as your favorite character from The Astonishing.
Each night, find the NOMAC in the venue lobby 30 minutes before showtime; a representative will be there to take your picture.

Following each tour leg, Dream Theater will select our Best Costume winner. Finalists selected from each tour leg will receive a gift and be entered into the Grand Prize competition, where the overall winner -- determined by fans -- will win a special Dream Theater Grand Prize Pack.

The band looks forward to seeing many of you dressed as Astonishing characters in the coming weeks!"

The new video below takes you behind the scenes of Dream Theater's The Astonishing Live, coming to a city near you. Watch the team at Lucion Media help Dream Theater re-create The Astonishing Live every night.

Dream Theater's new album, The Astonishing, a character-based two-act double album that tells the story of dystopian future in which only machines can create music, was released on January 29th. An official trailer, as well as a full album stream, can be found below:

Tour dates:

April
14 - Quebec City, QC - Theatre du Capitole
15 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
16 - Toronto, ON - Sony Centre
18 - Albany, NY - Palace Theatre
19 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
20 - Hartford, CT - Oakdale Theatre
23 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
24 - Baltimore, MD - Hippodrome Theatre
26 - Greensburg, PA - Palace Theater
27 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre
30 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater

May
1 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theater
3 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
7 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
10 - Portland, OR - Schnitzer
11 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater

For up-to-the-minute news and ticket information visit this location.

BraveWords recently spoke with Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie about the upcoming tour. Check out the feature story here.