The band will celebrate its new album on the road
Dream Theater will embark on the Parasomnia Tour this fall, performing the band’s new album in its entirety. The run starts on September 5th in Reading, Pennsylvania, and wraps on October 25th in Uniondale, New York.
“We are back this fall with the Parasomnia tour! Playing the new album in it’s entirely as well as other fan favorites…” the band shares.
Tickets are on sale this Friday, May 23rd at 10 am local with VIP upgrades available.
Parasomnia is the title of Dream Theater’s 16th studio album, which was released on February 7th. It marks a significant release for the band as it is the first studio album to feature original drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
The album is a thematic concept album that explores the various unusual and undesirable experiences and behaviors people have in their sleep, also known as disruptive sleep disorders. Several songs on the album directly relate to this theme, including night terrors, sleep disorders and PTSD, violent parasomnia, and others.
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 No. 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. It also ranked as the 15th Greatest Concept Album by Classic Rock. 2009 saw Black Clouds & Silver Linings crash the Billboard Top 200 at No. 6 as 2011’s A Dramatic Turn of Events and 2013’s self-titled album maintained a three-peat in the chart’s Top 10. 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 continued to challenge themselves and push their musical envelope – something they have done for over 30 years performing together.
Dream Theater 2025 Parasomnia Tour Dates:
Sept 5 – Reading, PA @ Santander Performing Arts Center
Sept 6 – Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric
Sept 9 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
Sept 10 – Clearwater, FL @ The BayCare Sound
Sept 12 – Orlando, FL@- Hard Rock Live
Sept 13 – Atlanta, GA@- Coca Cola Roxy (*Parasomnia Show)
Sept 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca Cola Roxy (*Rescheduled DT40 Show)
Sept 16 – Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
Sept 18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
Sept 19 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
Sept 21 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
Sept 22 – Peoria, IL @ Prairie Home Alliance Theater
Sept 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre
Sept 25 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
Sept 27 – Waukee, IA @ Vibrant Music Hall
Sept 29 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center
Oct 3 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
Oct 4 – Oceanside, CA @ Frontwave Arena
Oct 5 – Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Terrace Theatre
Oct 7 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater
Oct 8 – El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez Theatre
Oct 11 – Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater
Oct 13 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
Oct 14 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
Oct 17 – Hammond, IN @ The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond
Oct 18 – Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
Oct 20 – Syracuse, NY @ Landmark Theatre
Oct 22 – Providence, RI @ Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Oct 23 – Schenectady, NY @ Proctors Theatre
Oct 25 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
