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Dream Theater has never really stopped chugging. The progressive metal-heads have been building impressive and heavy soundscapes for over 30 years across 14 albums, the most recent coming this year. All this is to say: they don’t really need to do album anniversary concerts. Still, in honor of their diehard fans’ love of their 1999 concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory, the group is hitting the road to play said album in full.

The 20th anniversary shows will make use of the two decades of touring experience between then and now, bringing the story of the album to life with an impressive stage show.

“We put a lot of work as we always do into the production side so that the show becomes more than just about the songs, but about the experience. We want people to have a very stimulating visual experience,” guitarist John Petrucci said in an interview with PureGrainAudio. “We try to do something new. This ‘Scenes’ show we’re doing is nothing like the original tour we did 20 years ago. This has all new animated content, really depicting the story. That’s what we try to do. Every time we go out, we try to do something fresh and unique, especially for people who have seen the band multiple times.”

And plenty of fans will get the chance to see it on their nearly month-long celebration of Scenes. The tour starts at the Louisville Palace in Kentucky on September 26. Things stay fairly Midwestern for that first week before the band heads east for a show at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre. They kick around the South for a few shows in Raleigh and Richmond before heading up to Albany’s Palace Theatre. The tour runs back through the South, Southwest and Midwest before closing in Ontario on November 11.

Tickets are on sale July 26; take a look at the concert schedule below.

Dream Theater Distance Over Time Tour Dates

Date Location Venue
09/26/19 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
09/27/19 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
09/29/19 Canton, OH Canton Palace Theatre
10/01/19 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
10/02/19 St. Louis, MO Stifel Theatre
10/04/19 Baltimore, MD Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
10/05/19 Raleigh, NC Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
10/06/19 Richmond, VA Dominion Energy Center
10/08/19 Charleston, SC North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/09/19 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
10/11/19 New Brunswick, NJ State Theatre New Jersey
10/12/19 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
10/15/19 Brookville, NY Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post
10/17/19 Chattanooga, TN Tivoli Theatre
10/18/19 Memphis, TN Graceland Soundstage at Elvis Presley’s Memphis
10/19/19 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi
10/22/19 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre
10/23/19 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre
10/24/19 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center
10/26/19 Tucson, AZ Tucson Music Hall
10/27/19 El Cajon, CA Magnolia Performing Arts Center
10/28/19 Riverside, CA Fox Performing Arts Center
10/30/19 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic
11/01/19 Reno, NV Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
11/04/19 Omaha, NE Orpheum Theater
11/05/19 Madison, WI Capitol Theater
11/06/19 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
11/09/19 Syracuse, NY Crouse Hinds Theater
11/11/19 Kitchener, ON Centre In the Square

Dream Theater Tickets

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Dream Theater Distance Over Time Setlist

1. Untethered Angel
2. A Nightmare to Remember
3. Fall Into the Light
4. Peruvian Skies
5. Barstool Warrior
6. In the Presence of Enemies, Part 1
7. The Dance of Eternity
8. Lie
9. Pale Blue Dot

Encore
10. As I Am