Originally published in Prog magazine (UK) 114 · October 2020
Dream Theater Unite Two Worlds On Live Recording
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New release Distant Memories celebrates new and old.
Dream Theater will release Distant Memories – Live In London on November 27 via InsideOut. It’s their second live album with the current line-up. The 21 song set is split between material from last year’s Distance Over Time album and Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From A Memory, which reached its 20th anniversary in 2019.
“I feel there was a similarity in the energy that went into both of those albums,” says keyboardist Jordan Rudess. “This album captures us in this time period really well. Since Mike Mangini has come in, Dream Theater shows have become much more refined and this album is indicative of that.”
Available on CD and DVD formats, it was recorded at London’s Apollo Theatre. “It felt like two worlds coming together and it made for a really special show,” Rudess adds.
Meanwhile, vocalist James LaBrie has begun tracking his first solo album in seven years with an unnamed Scottish musician.
—POW