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11 май 2026 :
8 май 2026 :	JAMES LABRIE: DREAM THEATER Will 'Probably' Begin Writing New Album In Late 2026 Or Early 2027
16 апр 2026 :	DREAM THEATER's JOHN PETRUCCI Says Performing Entire 'Parasomnia' Album Has Been 'A Blast' Even Though 'It Might Be A Little Self-Indulgent'
6 мар 2026 :	DREAM THEATER's Concert In Santiago During Spring 2026 Latin American Tour To Be Filmed For Upcoming Blu-Ray
24 фев 2026 :	See DREAM THEATER's Entire Bangkok Concert During 2026 '40th Anniversary Tour'
7 фев 2026 :
27 янв 2026 :	JOHN PETRUCCI Says Working With Hitmaker DESMOND CHILD On A DREAM THEATER Song Three Decades Ago Was 'A Lot Of Fun'
19 янв 2026 :	DREAM THEATER's 'Lost Not Forgotten Archives' Series Returns With 'Live In Tokyo, 2010'
5 янв 2026 :	DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS: 'We've Been Having A Lot Of Fun Playing All' Of 'Parasomnia' Album
29 дек 2025 :	DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS: 'To Be Able To Perform At A High Level And To Share That With Everybody, It's A Big Deal'
26 дек 2025 :	JOHN PETRUCCI On DREAM THEATER's Relationship With Fans: 'We're In It Together'
16 дек 2025 :	MIKE PORTNOY: DREAM THEATER Will 'Start Thinking About A New Album' In Late 2026, After Completion Of 'Parasomnia' Tour Cycle
20 ноя 2025 :	MIKE PORTNOY Says Playing MIKE MANGINI-Era DREAM THEATER Songs 'Has Been A Lot Of Fun'
11 ноя 2025 :
10 ноя 2025 :	DREAM THEATER Partners With AMC Theatres For Showing Of 'Quarantième: Live À Paris'
22 окт 2025 :	DREAM THEATER Announces Two New Releases: 'The Studio Albums 1992-2016' And 'Dream Theater Vol. 3'
17 окт 2025 :	DREAM THEATER Shares 'Barstool Warrior' Performance Video From Upcoming 'Quarantième: Live À Paris' CD And Blu-Ray
14 окт 2025 :	DREAM THEATER Won't Be Touring Europe In 2026 In Support Of 'Parasomnia' Album: 'Sometimes Plans Change'
10 окт 2025 :	Watch: DREAM THEATER Performs Three Songs For ERNIE BALL's 'Big Sound'
6 окт 2025 :	DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS On Touring With MIKE PORTNOY Again: 'We've Been Having A Great Time Hanging Out'
20 сен 2025 :	DREAM THEATER Announces 'Quarantième: Live À Paris' CD And Blu-Ray Recorded During 2024 40th-Anniversary Tour
7 сен 2025 :	Watch: DREAM THEATER Performs Entire 'Parasomnia' Album At Summer/Fall 2025 Tour Kick-Off In Reading, Pennsylvania
4 сен 2025 :
3 сен 2025 :	DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE On Reunion With MIKE PORTNOY: 'It Just Feels Right'
16 авг 2025 :	DREAM THEATER Teams Up With Z2 For 'Parasomnia - The Graphic Album'
11 авг 2025 :	MIKE PORTNOY On His Return To DREAM THEATER: 'I'm So Thankful That It's Come Back Full Circle'

10 апр 2024

DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE On Reunion With MIKE PORTNOY: 'We Had To Return The Band Back To Its Strongest Form'

In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the five members of DREAM THEATER discussed their decision to reunite with Mike Portnoy last October, 13 years after he left the drummer first left the progressive metal titans. Asked why they wanted Portnoy to return, singer James LaBrie said: "I think we had to return the band back to its strongest form." Guitarist John Petrucci added: "It wasn't one singular thing; it was sort of a series of life events that caused an organic conclusion. We all talked about it. It was like, 'Yeah, this makes sense right now.'" Keyboardist Jordan Rudess chimed in: "There's so many factors involved, and each of us has our particular relationships. And it was just a moment when everything seemed to come together, and we went, 'You know what? Let's do this. Now's the time.'" Bassist John Myung concurred, saying: "It was a collective moment of certainty."

Asked if he was surprised when he was invited back into the band, Portnoy said: "Before the Covid pandemic, if you had asked me or any of these guys, 'Was a reunion in the cards?' I probably would've said, 'I doubted that it could happen.' I think if the lockdown hadn't happened, you guys probably would've been on tour, and I would've been on tour with one of my 48 bands. But once we were all locked down, John asked me to play on his solo album. Then, from there, Jordan, John, and myself did the LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT album. And then I did John's tour. So there were just these series of events of reconnecting us — not only on a musical level but also on a personal level for many years prior to that.

"All of our families are friends," he continued. "And my daughter and John's daughter shared an apartment together for many, many years. And John Myung lives right down the block from me, and his wife's at my house every night. There was just a series of events both personally and musically that started to feel like, 'Well, maybe this really is in the cards. Maybe this is the right time.'"

Asked if they see this reunion as healing a fractured band, Portnoy said: "I don't want to be over-philosophical about it, but as we're all getting older. Here we are in our 50s and 60s. You start to think of the reality of, 'How much time do we have left?' I would hate it if this were to become a Roger Waters-PINK FLOYD or Peter Gabriel-with-GENESIS situation where the fans want it, but it never happens.

Petrucci added: "When Mike left the band, it was traumatic for all of us. We had to figure out how we were going to move our career forward. And those years that went by, they were also healing years because you don't just have something like that happen, and all of a sudden, you're all best buddies a week later. There's some trauma there that had to heal. Thirteen years was enough time for that to happen and be, like, 'Hey, you know what, man? We love each other like we're brothers.'"

Earlier today, DREAM THEATER announced the European leg of its "40th Anniversary Tour 2024 - 2025". The trek — presented as "An Evening With Dream Theater" — is the first outing since Portnoy's return.

The European leg of DREAM THEATER's "40th Anniversary Tour 2024 - 2025" consists of stops in 23 cities and kicks off on October 20 and runs through November 24.

DREAM THEATER recently completed writing the material for the band's sixteenth studio album. The upcoming effort will mark the progressive metal legends' first LP with Portnoy in 15 years.

Portnoy co-founded DREAM THEATER in 1985 with Petrucci and bassist John Myung. Mike played on 10 DREAM THEATER albums over a 20-year period, from 1989's "When Dream And Day Unite" through 2009's "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", before exiting the group in 2010.

Mike Mangini joined DREAM THEATER in late 2010 through a widely publicized audition following the departure of Portnoy. Mangini beat out six other of the world's top drummers — Marco Minnemann, Virgil Donati, Aquiles Priester, Thomas Lang, Peter Wildoer and Derek Roddy — for the gig, a three-day process that was filmed for a documentary-style reality show called "The Spirit Carries On".

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10 апр 2024

Corpsegrinder04

Заебали они честно говоря уже баланду эту гонять туда сюда. Ну вернулся и слава Богу. Давайте уж альбом быстрее новый. Желательно в духе Октавариума.

10 апр 2024

ChatGPT

Corpsegrinder04, не, октавариум не надо, надо продолжение Black Clouds & Silver Linings

10 апр 2024

Вашингтон Ирвинг

ChatGPT, нет уж, спасибо, очень корявый альбом.

10 апр 2024

father

Когда Манджини пришёл, они во всех интервью рассказывали, что он такой охуенный, что чуть ли не отсосали у него всем коллективом. Теперь настало время Портного:)

10 апр 2024

Орион

father, у Манджини всё высосали и выкинули оболочку. А у Портного за 13 лет наоборот накопилось.

10 апр 2024

Vasso667

""А John Myung живёт прямо в квартале от меня, и его жена каждый вечер бывает у меня дома."" - что они каждый вечер делают??))))

быстро он барабаны прописал.....

10 апр 2024

LU---

клавишника хорошего бы :-) ещё
а то эта долбёжка что то достала.
Кевин интересно играл,а Дерек более злобно ...импульсивно,со своими звуками
и этого давно нет....сразу видно,что на клавишах пианист играет......

11 апр 2024

Vasso667

LU---, лиам Хоулет нужен?)