DREAM THEATER “LOST NOT FORGOTTEN ARCHIVES” SERIES RETURNS WITH LIVE IN TOKYO, 2010 ON MARCH 13
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Fresh off their fourth career Grammy® nomination and their first release for 2026, progressive metal mainstays Dream Theater are starting up their “Lost Not Forgotten Archives” series again with Live In Tokyo, 2010 on 13th March 2026. The latest live release from the band, comprised of James LaBrie, John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, and Mike Portnoy, documents their performance from Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan in 2010. That performance would end up being founding drummer Mike Portnoy’s last performance with the band until he returned in 2023.
The 6-track release captures some of the band’s most notable classics in one live performance. Live In Tokyo, 2010 is available in numerous configurations, including a special edition CD Digipak, gatefold white 180g 2LP, Ltd gatefold white-lilac marble 180g 2LP, Ltd Gatefold Fig Cream 180g 2LP, and as a digital album.
Beyond selling millions of records worldwide and gathering a billion-plus streams, Dream Theater has quietly evolved into progressive metal trailblazers over the course of an unprecedented journey earmarked by one unforgettable milestone after another. The career-launching Images & Words graced Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time,” while Awake claimed #1 on Guitar World’s “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994.” In addition to emerging as Classic Rock’s “15th Greatest Concept Album,” Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory toppled a fan-voted Rolling Stone poll as the “Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album.” They shook the charts with three Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 and headlined sold-out shows everywhere from Radio City Music Hall to Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The band garnered a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” for “The Alien” from 2021’s A View From The Top of the World. Of the latter, PROG raved, “Not just proper Dream Theater, then, but something ever-so-slightly bigger and better,” and Consequence attested, “A View From the Top of the World shows that the quintet is still offering music that is easily on par with their earlier efforts.” Now, Dream Theater has returned to their roots as James LaBrie [vocals], John Petrucci [guitar], John Myung [bass], and Jordan Rudess [keyboards] reunite with Mike Portnoy [drums] during their fortieth anniversary. Simultaneously, these five old friends enter a bold new era fuelled by some of the most focused, formidable, and fiery music of their career. They’re harnessing the memories of the past and the promise of the future in order to make the most of the present. Ultimately, the group’s sixteenth full-length album, Parasomnia [Inside Out Music/Sony Music], represents both where they came from and where they’re going as not only bandmates, but as brothers.
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