Who: Dream Theater

When: Tuesday, October 2, 2019

Where: Stifel Theatre

1400 Market St Saint Louis, MO

Tickets: On sale now here

–by Sean Derrick

Prog rock masters Dream Theater are set to embark on their fall 2019 tour entitled “Distance Over Time Tour – Celebrating 20 Years of Scenes From a Memory”.

The tour will feature the band playing their 1999 opus Metropolis, Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory in it’s entirety along with a handful of selections from their most recent album Distance Over Time, as well as some other Dream Theater classics.

To accomplish this the band has promised over two and a half hours of music (Metropolis, Pt. 2 clocks in at almost an hour and 20 minutes on its own) broken up into two separate “Acts”.

Any fan of Dream Theater is familiar with the concept album that is Metropolis, Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory. Many include it among the classic concept albums of all time with influences from The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers’ lonely Hearts Club Band, Queensryche’s Operation; Mindcrime, The Who’s Tommy, and Pink Floyd’s The Wall, among others.

It has been praised as one of the greatest prog-rock albums of all time as well as one of the greatest concept albums of all time (it’s certainly in my top 10).

The tour kicks off September 26 at the Palace in Louisville, Kentucky and finishes November 11 in Ontario, Canada.

The band will hit Saint Louis as the 5^th stop Tuesday, October 2 at Stifel Theatre. Tickets are still available at the Stifel Theatre box office and online here.

For progressive rock fans this is not a show to miss.

Dream Theater 2019 North American Fall Tour Dates:
09/26 – Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace
09/27 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
09/29 – Canton, OH @ Canton Palace Theatre
10/01 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
10/02 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
10/04 – Baltimore, MD @ Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
10/05 – Raleigh, NC @ Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
10/06 – Richmond, VA @ Dominion Energy Center
10/08 – Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/09 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
10/11 – New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre New Jersey
10/12 – Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre – Albany
10/15 – Brookville, NY @ Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post
10/17 – Chattanooga, TN @ Tivoli Theatre
10/18 – Memphis, TN @ Graceland Soundstage at Elvis Presley’s Memphis
10/19 – Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi
10/22 – San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre – San Antonio
10/23 – El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez Theatre
10/24 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theatre
10/26 – Tucson, AZ @ Tucson Music Hall
10/27 – El Cajon, CA @ Magnolia Performing Arts Center
10/28 – Riverside, CA @ Fox Performing Arts Center
10/30 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic
11/01 – Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
11/04 – Omaha, NE @ Orpheum Theater – Omaha
11/05 – Madison, WI @ Capitol Theater – Madison
11/06 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
11/09 – Syracuse, NY @ Crouse Hinds Theater
11/11 – Kitchener, ON @ Centre In the Square