Dream Theater Touring In March
Posted by Mitch Michaels on 02.09.2010
Band hitting up some cities for the first time ever...
Dream Theater has announced a March 5th - 24th tour of South America and Mexico, which will find them playing Lima, Peru and Porto Alegre, Brazil for the first time ever. Bigelf will act as support.
The band has a good history with South America - in 2006, Dream Theater played to their largest audience ever as a headliner; 20,000 people in Santiago, Chile. That show was filmed and released as a DVD (check it out here).
Dream Theater is touring on their latest album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, which highlighted a busy 2009. You can check out the band receiving the Classic Rock "Spirit Of Prog" Award here.
Drummer Mike Portnoy comments, "Our South American audience has become one of the biggest and most passionate for Dream Theater on the planet! We first experienced the intense love affair when we played Brazil for the first times in 1997 and 1998...when we finally returned in 2005, we were able to visit Argentina, Venezuela and Chile as well as Brazil and were overwhelmed by the incredible responses. Our first show in Santiago Chile still remains the biggest headlining show the band has done to date with over 20,000 insane fans showing up for a three -hour "Evening With" Dream Theater."
And on the Lima and Porto Alegre debuts - "We always look forward to playing new cities and countries for the first time....after almost 20 years on the road, they are becoming far and few between for us...so it's always very special for us. There's nothing more rewarding than playing a song we've played over 1,000 times through the years but seeing the excitement on the faces of the audience that are hearing it in person for the very first time!"
DREAM THEATER SOUTH AMERICA/MEXICO 2010 TOUR DATES:
Mar 05, 2010 Monterrey, Mexico Esenica
Mar 07, 2010 Mexico City, Mexico National Auditorium
Mar 08, 2010 Guadalajara, Mexico Diana Theater
Mar 11, 2010 Santiago, Chile Movistar Arena
Mar 13, 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina Luna Park
Mar 16, 2010 Porto Alegre, Brazil Pepsi On Stage
Mar 18, 2010 Curitiba, Brazil Master Hall
Mar 19, 2010 Sao Paulo, Brazil Credicard Hall
Mar 20, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Citibank Hall
Mar 22, 2010 Lima, Peru Jockey Club
Mar 24, 2010 Caracas, Venezuela Poliedro
