A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour


A Dramatic Tour of Events was a worldwide tour by the North American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, promoting their eleventh studio album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. It was band's first tour with the new drummer Mike Mangini, who replaced Mike Portnoy after his sudden departure from the band in September 2010. The tour began July 4, 2011 in Rome, Italy and concluded September 1, 2012 in Brasília, Brazil. Unlike the two tours prior, Dream Theater did not tour Australia.
The tour started with a "warm-up" leg in Europe that included a variety of summer festivals and a short number of own shows. On August 1, 2011, near the end of the first leg, Dream Theater's then-current label, Roadrunner Records, announced new tour dates for North America. The band toured with the American metal band and label partner, Trivium. Trivium appeared on most of the dates until Grand Prairie. The Following shows were supported by guitar virtuoso Andy McKee. The Second European leg was supported by Periphery on all dates. The Asian leg was again on the capable hands of Andy McKee. On April 13, 2012, Dream Theater announced a second North American leg to start on June 15 in Rochester, New York. Supporting act starting on the Columbus show towards the end of the tour was Crimson ProjeKct. On June 9, 2012, it was announced a South American Leg with "an evening with" format with longer sets. It was Dream Theater's debut in Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador. This Leg marked the end of promotion to A Dramatic Turn of Events, being the final leg of this extensive World tour.
On April 23, 2012 it was announced by the guitarist John Petrucci, during an interview to Artisan News, that a live DVD was on the plans of the band for this tour but refused to give further details. On July 6, 2012 it was reported by Blabbermouth.net, and later confirmed by the band, that the two live Shows scheduled to 19 and 20 of August in Buenos Aires, Argentina at Luna Park would be filmed for a future live DVD and Blu-ray release in 2013. The release date for the DVD, Blu-ray and CD was November 5, 2013.

Setlist

European Summer Tour 2011

The 2011 summer European setlists included some or most of the following songs :
The 2011 fall American setlist included some or most of the following songs
The winter 2012 European and the Asian setlist included the following songs:
The 2012 North American Summer Tour introduced two songs never played before: Lost Not Forgotten and This Is The Life. It was also the first leg that not included a drum solo on the regular set. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Images and Words on July 7, Pull me Under and Another Day were added to the set on the encore at the show in Austin. Also, the second night in Huntington, New York contained Liquid Tension Experiment's Paradigm Shift with Tony Levin on Bass guitar and King Crimson's classic 21st Century Schizoid Man on the encore with Tony Levin on Bass guitar, Adrian Belew on Guitar and Pat Mastelloto on Drums. That show also contained the song To Live Forever. Setlists included the following songs:
The Central and South American setlist included the following songs:
Notes
December 9 Show in Guadalajara, Mexico had been cancelled due to logistical troubles. To accommodate the band's attendance at the 2012 Grammy Awards Ceremony, Stuttgart and Luxembourg shows had been moved to February 15 and 29 of 2012, respectively. Due to legal issues involving authorizations to enter the country, Beijing show planned to May 4 was cancelled on April 23. The show in Chester, Pennsylvania scheduled for July 21, 2012 was also canceled and rescheduled for the same date on Caesars Palace in Atlantic City.

Songlist

as of July 2012
AlbumSongTimes
When Dream and Day Unite "Ytse Jam"49
When Dream and Day Unite "A Fortune in Lies"59
Images and Words "Under a Glass Moon"35
Images and Words "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper"29
Images and Words "Learning to Live"8
Images and Words "Pull Me Under"28
Images and Words "Surrounded"59
Images and Words "Wait for Sleep"32
Images and Words "Another Day"1
Awake "Caught in a Web"34
Awake "The Silent Man"36
Awake "6:00"59
Falling into Infinity "Peruvian Skies"20
"Through My Words"49
"Fatal Tragedy"49
"The Spirit Carries On"59
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence "The Great Debate"27
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence "War Inside My Head"59
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence "The Test That Stumped Them All"59
Train of Thought "Endless Sacrifice"49
Train of Thought "As I Am"15
Octavarium "These Walls"49
Octavarium "The Root of All Evil"48
Systematic Chaos "Forsaken"35
Systematic Chaos "The Dark Eternal Night"35
Black Clouds & Silver Linings "The Count of Tuscany"17
A Dramatic Turn of Events "On the Backs of Angels"108
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Build Me Up, Break Me Down"64
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Lost Not Forgotten"24
A Dramatic Turn of Events "This Is the Life"24
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Bridges in the Sky"88
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Outcry"55
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Far from Heaven"32
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Breaking All Illusions"88
A Dramatic Turn of Events "Beneath the Surface"36

Personnel

Trivium :
Periphery :
Crimson ProjeKCt :