DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie recently spoke with Paul Potapov at Russia's Classic Rock magazine. Check out the interview below:

The band recently issued an update in anticipation of the North American leg of their Along For The Ride Tour, which kicked off on March 20th in Toronto, Ontario:

"For all US / Canada / Mexico dates, doors will open between 6:30pm and 7:00pm with show start time about an hour afterward. Don't be late!"

Along For The Ride Tour dates include:

March

25 - Boston, MA - Opera House
27 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
28 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
30 - Paramount - Huntington, NY
31 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie

April

1 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theater
2 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Palace
4 - Detroit, MI - Fillmore
5 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
6 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
8 - Minneapolis, MN - Burnsville Performing Arts Center
9 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
10 - Denver, CO - Paramount
12 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
15 - Salem, OR - Elsinore Theatre
17 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
18 - Riverside, CA - Fox PAC
19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum
20 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center
23 - Monterrey, MX - Arena Monterrey
24 - Mexico City, MX - Arena Ciudad De Mexico
26 - Guadalajara, MX - Auditorio Telmex

According to Gary Graff from Billboard, Dream Theater is getting ready to hit the road to support its self-titled 12th studio album, but the group's John Petrucci says lucky No. 13 is already in the prog-metal quintet's ambitious crosshairs.

"Some initial conversations have already started," the guitarist-producer-lyricist tells Billboard. "There are some song ideas and little things like that - nothing really official, but the seeds just start to get planted. One of the great things about this career is that you have the opportunity every time to go in and start again with a blank slate and think, 'What can we do differently? How can we make this better?' Where can we go from here?' Every album has a story, and to constantly have a fresh opportunity to do it is really satisfying."

Dream Theater expects to be on the road throughout 2014, and Petrucci says the group is planning "a cool event in Boston" that it plans to announce soon. The band also plans to document the tour with another live DVD; "It's just a matter of determining where the best place is to do that," the guitarist says.

Read more at Billboard.

(Photo by Joe Kleon)