Sons of Apollo — former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force) — has released the video for “Alive.” The video was directed by Vicente Cordero and the track appears on their No. 1 highly anticipated debut album, Psychotic Symphony.
Last week, the quintet launched their first-ever highly anticipated world tour in Tampa, FL as part of the “Cruise To The Edge.” The band recently added a new leg of U.S. dates starting April 19th in Montreal, Quebec at the Corona Theatre.
“Ever since this lineup assembled to make Psychotic Symphony, the thing I’ve been most excited about is anticipating how insane I know this band is going to be on stage,” declares Portnoy. “Well, the wait is almost over! Here are the first U.S. dates that will get to witness this ‘five-headed musical spectacle’ live on stage in February. We plan on being on tour all year long, all over the globe, with plenty of dates now being announced for summer festivals throughout Europe, but these are the very first shows that will get to witness this amazing lineup in person for the first time. We can’t wait!”
Released October 20th via InsideOutMusic/Sony, Psychotic Symphony is available as a 2 CD Mediabook (featuring a second disc of instrumental mixes and extended booklet with an exclusive Studio Diary), Gatefold 2 LP vinyl/CD (which comes with an etching on side D and the entire album on the CD), standard CD and digital download. It was produced by the dynamic production duo of Portnoy and Sherinian, also affectionately known as “The Del Fuvio Brothers,” which is the nickname given to them over 20 years ago during their time together in Dream Theater.
Psychotic Symphony — which Loudwire called an “impressive debut disc” — debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Albums chart, as well as No. 10 on the Rock Chart and No. 33 on the Top Current Albums chart. As Vintage Guitar declares, “This super-duper ensemble is like an old back issue of Marvel Team-Up that simply cannot be ignored.”
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SONS OF APOLLO 2018
April 5th – Monterrey, Mexico – Escena
April 8th – Santiago, Chile – Teatro Teleton
April 10th – Buenos Aires, Argentina- Groove
April 12th – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Opinião Bar
April 14th – São Paulo, Brazil – Tropical Butanta
April 15th – Belo Horizonte, Brazil – Music Hall
April 19th – Montreal, QUE – Corona Theater
April 20th – Toronto, ONT – The Opera House
April 21st – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
April 22nd – St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
April 24th – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
April 25th – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
April 27th – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
April 28th – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
April 29th – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
April 30th – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
May 2nd – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
May 3rd – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Theater
May 4th – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues
May 5th – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
May 7th – San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Music Hall
May 8th – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall
May 9th – Houston, TX – Rock Box
May 11th – Nashville, TN – 3rd & Lindsley
May 12th – St Charles, IL – Arcada Theater
May 13th – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
May 15th – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
May 16th – Philadelphia, PA – Theater Of Living Arts
May 17th – Washington DC – Howard Theater
May 18th – New York City, NY – Playstation Theater
May 19th – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
June 22nd – Clisson, France – Hellfest
June 23rd – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop
June 24th – Milan, Italy – Teatro Degli Arcimbodi
June 27th – Leipzig, Germany – Hellraiser
June 30th – Barcelona, Spain – Be Prog My Friend
July 1st – Maidstone, England – Rambling Man Festival
July 2nd – Motherwell, Scotland – Motherwell Concert Hall
July 3rd – Belfast, Northern Ireland – Limelight
July 4th – Dublin, Ireland – Tivoli
July 14th – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo MetalFest
Aug 3rd – Germany – Wacken
Aug 18th – Warsaw, Poland – Prog In The Park
Aug 19th – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra Track
Sept 19th – Moscow, Russia – Glavclub
Sept 22nd – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Roman Amphitheater
(A Very Special Evening with SONS OF APOLLO & the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony)
Sept 24th – Athens, Greece – Fuzz Club
