Dream Theater The Astonishing

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And so it begins…our new album is entitled The Astonishing, and we cannot wait to share it with you early next year!

Petrucci, Myung, Mangini and company, finally revealed the tittle of the new upcoming album. It seems to be, that two songs are named The Great Northern Empire and The Ravenskill Rebel Militia.

Dream Theater will promote The Astonishing with a headlining European tour, where they will perform the album in its entirety. The tour will kick off on February 18, 2016 at the London Palladium.[2]

On November 5, 2015, the band revealed a new section of their official website at http://www.dreamtheater.net/theastonishing which shows incomplete characters, maps, tracklisting and "nomacs". It´s expected to be released in early 2016.

Aparently, It 've two Acts. The Tracklist of the first one, was revealed:

1. Descent of the NOMACS

2. Dystopian Overture

3. The Gift of Music

4. The Answer

5. A Better Life

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.”

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

ACT I
1. Descent of the NOMACS
2. Dystopian Overture
3. The Gift of Music
4. The Answer
5. A Better Life
6. Lord Nafaryus
7. A Savior in the Square
8. When Your Time Has Come
9. Act of Faythe
10. Three Days
11. The Hovering Sojourn

1. Descent of the NOMACS
2. Dystopian Overture
3. The Gift of Music
4. The Answer
5. A Better Life
6. Lord Nafaryus
7. A Savior in the Square
8. When Your Time Has Come
9. Act of Faythe
10. Three Days
11. The Hovering Sojourn
12. Brother, Can You Hear Me?
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Ravenskill
15. Chosen
16. A Tempting Offer
17. Digital Discord

1. Descent of the NOMACS
2. Dystopian Overture
3. The Gift of Music
4. The Answer
5. A Better Life
6. Lord Nafaryus
7. A Savior in the Square
8. When Your Time Has Come
9. Act of Faythe
10. Three Days
11. The Hovering Sojourn
12. Brother, Can You Hear Me?
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Ravenskill
15. Chosen
16. A Tempting Offer
17. Digital Discord
18. The X Aspect
19. A New Beginning
20. The Road to Revolution

ACT II
1. 2285 Entr'acte
2. Moment of Betrayal
3. Heaven's Cove
4. Begin Again
5. The Path That Divides
6. Machine Chatter
7. The Walking Shadow
8. My Last Farewell
9. Losing Faythe
10. Whispers on the Wind
11. Hymn of a Thousand Voices
12. Our New World
13. Power Down
14. Astonishing