Drummer Miker Portnoy has shared the playlist he is compiled for Dream Theater‘s fortieth anniversary tour. Portnoy, who rejoined the band in 2023 after leaving in 2010, has historically been accountable for the music the viewers hears earlier than Dream Theater take to the stage.
Among the many tracks on the playlist are the opening Lingus by fusion ensemble Snarky Pet, Chris Cornell‘s epic Comply with My Method, and two songs from digital jazz-funk duo Knower, together with final yr’s excellently-titled Do Sizzling Ladies Like Chords? single.
“One of many issues I like doing for all the bands and excursions I’ve ever performed is programming all the pre-show home music,” says Portnoy. “Right here’s what attendees of the DT40 reveals have been listening to main up Rooster and Psycho to start out the present each evening.”
Snarky Pet – Lingus
The Flaming Lips – Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung
Air – Playground Love
Frank Zappa – Fifty-Fifty (Fundamental Tracks, Take 7)
Knower – Do Sizzling Ladies Like Chords
The Pillbugs – Thou Doth Heat Me (Like The Solar)
Biffy Clyro – Cop Syrup
Beck – Lonesome Tears
Sonoride – Vagabond Avenue
Chris Cornell – Comply with My Method
Queens Of The Stone Age – The Vampyre Of Time And Reminiscence
Muse – Sing For Absolution
Jack White – Lazaretto
Knower – It is All Nothing Till It is Every part
Opeth – To Rid The Illness
Mr. Bungle – Ars Moriendi
After this choice, the viewers hears Alice In Chains’ Rooster – an everyday Portnoy alternative throughout his first tenure in Dream Theatre – earlier than the intro tape correct (the title theme of Bernard Herrmann’s rating for the basic Alfred Hitchcock horror film Psycho) will get everybody in a celebratory temper.
All the playlist is embedded beneath, aside from the Pillbugs observe, which is not on Spotify, so you may need to think about it. Dream Theater’s DT40 continues – dates beneath.
Dream Theater fortieth Anniversary Tour
Nov 21: Frankfurt Jahrhundderthalle, Germany
Nov 23: Paris Adidas Area, France
Nov 24: Amsterdam AFAS Dwell, The Netherlands
Feb 07: Philadelphia The Met, PA
Feb 08: Raleigh Martin Marietta Middle, NC
Feb 10: Nashville Opry Home, TN
Feb 11: Atlanta Coca-Cola Roxy, GA
Feb 12: Biloxi Arduous Rock Cafe, MS
Feb 14: Houston 713 Music Corridor, TX
Feb 15: Dallas Texas Belief CU, TX
Feb 16: San Antonio Majestic, TX
Feb 18: Phoenix Arizona Monetary Middle, AZ
Feb 19: Highland Yaamava Theater, CA
Feb 21: Las Vegas Cosmo, NV
Feb 22: Los Angeles Youtube Theater, CA
Feb 24: San Jose San Jose Civic, CA
Feb 25: Sacramento Secure Credit score Union Performing, CA
Feb 27: Seattle Moore Theater, WA
Feb 28: Portland Keller Auditorium, OR
Mar 02: Reno Grand Sierra, NV
Mar 04: Salt Lake Metropolis Maverik Middle, UT
Mar 06: Denver Mission Ballroom, CO
Mar 08: Chicago Theatre, IL
Mar 09: Cleveland MGM Northfield Park, OH
Mar 11: Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum, ON
Mar 12: Montreal Place Des Arts, QC
Mar 14: Wallingford Oakdale Theater, CT
Mar 15: Boston Boch Middle, MA
Mar 17: Rochester Kodak, NY
Mar 18: Wheeling Capitol Theater, WV
Mar 19: Cincinnati Brady Music Middle, OH
Mar 21: Washington The Anthem, DC
Mar 22: New York Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, NY