Prog metal kings Dream Theater’s North American tour is underway and the band 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. Watch the video below:

Following each tour leg, Dream Theater will select their 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 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

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