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Progressive music titans Dream Theater to celebrate 40th Anniversary in Connecticut

Dream Theater
Toyota Oakdale Theatre  •  95 S Turnpike Rd, Wallingford, CT 06492 
March 14, 2025
Tickets go on sale via dreamtheater.net

40th Anniversary Tour

Dream Theater to perform at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut in March 2025
Image via Live Nation

With the worldwide excitement around the recently announced European tour, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater are announcing their 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 – 2025 leg for North America. The tour will be An Evening With Dream Theater and will be the first tour of North America since drummer Mike Portnoy’s return to the lineup joining vocalist James LaBrie, bassist John Myung, guitarist John Petrucci, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess. The tour is scheduled for 30 cities across the United States and Canada with a stop at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT, on March 14, 2025.

Dream Theater will be performing classics and fan favorites from their catalog in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of music. More information on all tickets and VIP packages can be found here..

“The excitement we have felt from the fans since the first tour was announced has been overwhelming! Now we get to bring the show to our home country and play a bunch of cities that we haven’t been together in for more than a decade. We can’t wait to continue this historic celebration of 40 years together with everyone in North America next year. We still have plenty of more exciting Dream Theater news to share in the coming weeks,” explains Dream Theater

An Evening With Dream Theater 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 – 2025 Tour dates

(North American Dates)

February 7 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark

February 8 – Raleigh, NC – Martin Marietta Center

February 10 – Nashville, TN – Opry House

February 11 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy

February 12 – Biloxi, MS – Hard Rock Café

February 14 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall

February 15 – Dallas, TX – Texas Trust CU

February 16 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic 

February 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Center

February 19 – Highland, CA – Yaamava Theater

February 21 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea  

February 22 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater

February 24 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic

February 25 – Sacramento, CA – Safe Credit Union Performing

February 27 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theater

February 28 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium

March 2 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra 

March 4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center

March 6 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom

March 8 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre 

March 9 – Cleveland, OH – MGM Northfield Park

March 11 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum 

March 12 – Montreal, QC – Place des Arts

March 14 – Wallingford, CT – The Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theatre

March 15 – Boston. MA – Boch Center

March 17 – Rochester, NY – Kodak

March 18 – Wheeling, WV – Capitol Theater

March 19 – Cincinnati, OH – Brady Music Center

March 21 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

March 22 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall

The European leg of the 40th Anniversary Tour 2024 – 2025 consists of stops in 23 cities and kicks off on October 20th  and runs through November 24th. Some dates are already sold out with others about to get there as limited tickets remain across the continent. 

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

(Previously Announced European/South American Dates)

October 20 – London, England – The O2 (Limited Tickets Remain)

October 22 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Eats Music Hall (Limited Tickets Remain)

October 23 – Koln, Germany – Palladium (Limited Tickets Remain)

October 25 – Milan, Italy – Forum (Limited Tickets Remain)

October 26 – Rome, Italy – Palazzo dello Sport (Limited Tickets Remain)

October 28 – Munich, Germany – Zenith

October 29 – Zagreb, Croatia – Arena Zagreb

November 1 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Arena 

November 2 – Prague – Czech Republic – Fortuna Arena

November 3 – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena 

November 6 – Helsinki, Finland – Metro Areena

November 8 – Stockholm. Sweden – Waterfront (Sold Out)

November 9 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum (Limited Tickets Remain)

November 10 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Poolen (Limited Tickets Remain)

November 12 – Luxembourg – Rockhal 

November 13 – Zurich, Switzerland – The Hall 

November 14 – Lyon, France – Halle Tony Garnier

November 16 – Lisbon, Portugal – MEO Arena

November 17 – Madrid, Spain – La Cubierta de Leganés

November 20 – Stuttgart, Germany – Beethovensaal (Limited Tickets Remain)

November 21 – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhundderthalle

November 23 – Paris, France – Adidas Arena

November 24 – Amsterdam – AFAS Live (Limited Tickets Remain)

December 7 – Mexico City, Mexico – Explanada Estadio Azteca

December 10 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil – Befly Hall

December 13 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Vivo Rio

December 15 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Vibra (Limited Tickets Remain)

December 16 – Curitiba, Brazil – Live Curitiba

December 17 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Araújo Vianna

December 19 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Movistar Arena

December 21 – Santiago, Chile – Movistar Arena (Sold Out)

December 22 – Santiago, Chile – Movistar Arena

Dream Theater has been in their DTHQ studio working on their 16th studio album and the first with Portnoy since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings. More information on the upcoming release will be unveiled in the future. 

Dream Theater

Progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater share a unique bond with one of the most passionate fan bases around the globe as evidenced by their three GRAMMY® Award nominations, 2022 GRAMMY® Award win in the Best Metal Performance category for “The Alien” and 15 million records sold worldwide. The 1992 opus Images & Words received a gold certification and landed on Rolling Stone’s coveted “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time. Guitar World placed the follow-up Awake at #1 on “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994.” 1996’s A Change of Seasons notably soundtracked NBC’s coverage of Downhill Skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Fans voted the 1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory the “Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album” in a 2012 Rolling Stone poll. Not to mention, it ranked as the “15th Greatest Concept Album” by Classic Rock. 2009 saw Black Clouds & Silver Linings crash the Billboard Top 200 at #6 as A Dramatic Turn of Events [2011] and Dream Theater [2013] maintained a three-peat in the chart’s Top 10. In 2016, the band returned with their second concept album and sci-fi novel of the same name, The Astonishing. Beyond three platinum and two gold videos, the group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2019, the band continued to expand its audience when they released Distance Over Time to critical and commercial acclaim. On their 15th full-length and second studio release for InsideOutMusic / Sony Music, A View From The Top Of The World the band continue to challenge themselves and push their musical envelope – something they have done for over 30-years performing together. The band launched the inaugural DREAMSONIC Tour in 2023 – a traveling progressive music spectacle that will return for more runs in the future. In 2024, founding drummer Mike Portnoy reunited with the iconic lineup of guitarist John Petrucci, vocalist James LaBrie, bassist John Myung and keyboardist Jordan Rudess to overwhelming fanfare. Dream Theater has been in the studio currently working on their upcoming 16th studio album and first for this lineup in over 15 years.

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