FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 2, 2015

DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE MOMENTOUS 2016 EUROPEAN TOUR DEBUTING NEW ALBUM LIVE IN ITS ENTIRETY DATES BEGIN FEBRUARY 18TH AT LONDON’S PALLADIUM NEW ALBUM SET TO ARRIVE EARLY 2016

Roadrunner Records’ group Dream Theater has announced new tour dates for a momentous European headline run which is set to kickoff February 18th at the Palladium in London, England. The winter run will see the prog-titans delivering a one-of-a-kind set in which they will be debuting their forthcoming album live in its entirety. The unique tour is set to make stops at prestigious theaters around Europe including Amsterdam’s Carre Theater, Oslo’s Konserthus, Stockholm’s Cirkus, Paris’ Palais des Congres and Milan’s Teatro Degli Arcimboldi with additional dates to be announced (see attached itinerary). Presale tickets for select dates will be available on Wednesday, November 4th with general onsale for all dates beginning on Friday, November 6th. For up-to-the-minute news and ticket information, please visit http://www.dreamtheater.net/tour.

The European tour comes in anticipation of Dream Theater’s forthcoming album which is expected to arrive in early 2016. The new material will follow 2013’s worldwide smash album “DREAM THEATER,” which earned a second Grammy nomination for the band, topping Billboard’s “Hard Rock Albums” while simultaneously entering at #7 on the Billboard 200. The extraordinary chart position marked the group’s third consecutive top 10 debut, and also saw "DREAM THEATER" making top 5 chart debuts in Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Holland, and Finland, as well as top 10 debuts in Denmark, Austria, and Norway, with career high debuts in the United Kingdom and Australia. Rolling Stone touted the legendary collection as “…the birth of a new era in the band’s career.”

For additional news and information, please visit www.dreamtheater.net, www.facebook.com/dreamtheater, www.twitter.com/dreamtheaternet, www.youtube.com/dreamtheater, www.roadrunnerrecords.com, and www.instagram.com/DTImages.

(TOUR ITINERARY ATTACHED)

DREAM THEATER EUROPEAN TOUR 2016 February 18th – March 18th ADDITIONAL DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

FEBRUARY 18 London, England Palladium 22 Amsterdam, Holland Carre Theater 28 Oslo, Norway Konserthus

MARCH 2 Stockholm, Sweden Cirkus 5 Paris, France Palais des Congres 6 Paris, France Palais des Congres 18 Milan, Italy Teatro Degli Arcimboldi

For more information, contact: Roadrunner Records Ross Anderson: [email protected] 212-707-3066