Grammy-winning, progressive music titans, Dream Theater, have been in their DTHQ studio working on their 16th studio album and the first with drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings.

John Petrucci has revealed that he has finished recording guitars for the new album. John shared the video below, stating: "I'm here to tell you that I'm actually officially done recording all of the guitars for what we will for now call DT16, the latest Dream Theater album.

"I'm so happy with how the guitars came out. Our extraordinary, talented engineer Jimmy T and I, we set out to create and capture what we call the Mount Rushmore of guitar tones. I think we did it. It's up to you guys to decide. But anyway, we had so much fun recording the guitar."

He adds: "I wanna nerd out for a second. So, in striving to get there, and with Mike Portnoy rejoining the band, we decided we'd kind of look back a little bit. So we contacted our longtime friend and engineer Doug Oberkircher, who recorded Dream Theater classic albums such as Images And Words, Scenes From A Memory, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, Train Of Thought. And it turns out that Doug still had the original Neve preamps that he used to record the guitars on those records. And so we contacted Doug and we acquired the preamps, and, man, we got all the gank, all the aggression, but it still sounds really warm, smooth top end, expressive, layered. It's like a T-Rex made out of chocolate cake lit on fire. Anyway, it came out great. So I can't wait for all of you to hear that."

Dream Theater recently announced their 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 - 2025.

The tour - presented as An Evening With Dream Theater - is the first outing since drummer Mike Portnoy’s return to the lineup joining vocalist James LaBrie, bassist John Myung, guitarist John Petrucci, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess.

The European leg consists of stops in 23 cities and kicks off on October 20 and runs through November 24. Dream Theater will be performing classics and fan favorites from their catalog in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of music.

The band checked in with the following update: "Danke Schön to all of our great fans in Germany for the first official Sold Out show of our EU/UK leg: November 21st in Frankfurt! Due to the enthusiasm of our fans we are adding a few hundred more tickets to the capacity, ensuring as many of you get to join us as possible! These extra tickets will likely sell out very quickly, so get them NOW while you still can!

More information on all tickets and VIP packages can be found here.

 

 

An Evening With Dream Theater 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 - 2025

October
20 - London, England - The O2
22 - Berlin, Germany - Uber Eats Music Hall
23 - Koln, Germany - Palladium
25 - Milan, Italy - Forum
26 - Rome, Italy - Palazzo dello Sport
28 - Munich, Germany - Zenith
29 - Zagreb, Croatia - Arena Zagreb

November
1 - Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Arena
2 - Prague - Czech Republic - Fortuna Arena
3 - Lodz, Poland - Atlas Arena
6 - Helsinki, Finland - Metro Areena
8 - Stockholm. Sweden - Waterfront
9 - Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
10 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Poolen
12 - Luxembourg - Rockhal
13 - Zurich, Switzerland - The Hall
14 - Lyon, France - Halle Tony Garnier
16 - Lisbon, Portugal - MEO Arena
17 - Madrid, Spain - La Cubierta de Leganés
20 - Stuttgart, Germany - Beethovensaal
21 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhundderthalle
23 - Paris, France - Adidas Arena
24 - Amsterdam - AFAS Live