Dream Theater Keyboardist Jordan Rudess Offers Band, Solo Plans Update (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Posted on Jul 6th 2012 2:00PM by Chris Epting Comments

Chris Epting

Prog-metal kings Dream Theater are in the midst of wildly popular summer tour, another extension of the worldwide trek in support of their latest release, A Dramatic Turn of Events, which featured the Grammy-nominated single, "On the Backs of Angels."

Opening on the tour is The Crimson ProjeKct, featuring King Crimson's Adrian Belew and Tony Levin, which all but guarantees a magnificent and unique one-two prog punch for fans that appreciate wildly inventive time signatures and complex musical experimentation.

Dream Theater has settled into an epic two-hour set that spans most of the band's career and if the rabid fans Noisecreep saw recently in Anaheim are any indication, then this is one of their hottest tours in years.

Noisecreep hung out on the bus with the band's keyboard wizard, Jordan Rudess, to talk about the tour, the band's upcoming run in South America later this summer, and when work on the next album will begin.

Watch Noisecreep's Exclusive Chat with Jordan Rudess

Chris Epting

Dream Theater U.S. tour dates:

Fri 7/6 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theater
Sat 7/7 Austin, TX ACL Live
Mon 7/9 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
Thu 7/12 Richmond, VA The National
Fri 7/13 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
Sat 7/14 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Tues 7/17 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
Wed 7/18 Huntington, NY Paramount Theater
Thu 7/19 Huntington, NY Paramount Theater
Sat 7/21 Chester, PA Harrah's Chester Downs

South American tour dates:

August
8 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - Forum Mundo E
10 - San Salvdor, El Salvador - Anfiteatro CIFCO
12 - San Jose, Costa Rica - Palacio de los Deportes
15 - Bogota, Colombia - Palacio de los Deportes
17 - Cordoba, Argentina - La Usina
19 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Luna Park
20 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Luna Park
22 - Santiago, Chile - Espacio Riesco
24 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - Pepsi on Stage
26 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Credicard Hall
29 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Chevrolet Hall
30 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Citibank Hall

September
1 - Brasilia, Brazil - Ulysses Guimaraes

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