Dream Theater Tickets

A great band of highly skilled muscians who sound as good live as they do on their studio albums. Great vocals from James Labrie. First time that I've seen them live and would definitely recommend the show

I first have to say that I've seen four shows at the Molson Amphitheatre and everyone of them had very poor sound, but that's what you get at an outdoor event. A band like Dream Theater should be playing in an arena or hall. Their music is built on technicality and musicianship. I could barely hear the bass and the guitar at times was rather muddy. To be quite honest, I found the overall volume of their set to be lower than that of their opening acts...surprising. All in all a very good performance by all four bands, Scale the Summit, Bigelf, Zappa Plays Zappa and of course Dream Theater. Great show.

As usual Dream Theater doesn't disappoint. Vocalist James Labrie was in top form on Friday night. Keyboardist Jordan Rudess and guitarist John Petrucci never cease to amaze us with their lightning fingerwork. The incredible drumming by Mike Portnoy was not to be missed, as well as the supreme bass work of John Myung. My only complaint... I wish they could have played even longer!

Dream Theater ripped the concert apart with an amazing light show (it actually was really good) and the sound was incredible. They played every song perfect and made it seem like it was the first time you heard it. LaBrie's voice was incredible too for his age and hit every note perfect. John, Myung, Jordan and Mike all played incredibly together. Zappa Plays Zappa rocked out before Dream Theater which was also pretty F***in sweet. Seating was perfect too and washrooms and food were a 30 second walk away.

As always, excellent show from ZPZ! The solos are so tasty! Scheila is not to be missed.

I took 3 teenagers to see the show and wandered around Ontario Place waiting for them. Little did I know it was going to last 5 1/2 hours ( a long time to wander around waiting) but that the music and enthusiastic would make me wish I had gone in to see it with them! They were all amazed and had a great time.

After hearing that they did not play many songs from 'Black Clouds and Silver Linings' at other shows, I was slightly disappointed, but DT played the three new songs I wanted to hear the most. All around, an amazing performance! Music, vocals, visuals, and choice of songs were great. They chose the perfect songs to make the start and the end epic. Every show I attend seems to be the best one!

the show was alright, wish they would have played some of the older stuff

the whole show was filled with incredible musicianship!! Bigelf has a new spot on my ipod, sweet new tunes. Zappa plays Zappa with special guest appearance from a surprise guest!! ROCKED.

Dream Theater rocked, amazing show, just not enought time, would have loved to heard a few more classics like Pull Me Under and would have been cool to hear dark eternal night. They actually played a lot of their older material from Images & words etc which was great but a little surprising as they didn't play all of their sonegs from the new album, but over all a great time!

everyone that knows real music can really appreciate dream theater throug their immense talents in composing their own and playing theirs and other's (rush) songs. But, the energy that is givn off when they play is amazing and it sounds much btter live. also, dream theater fans are all preetty friendly, not like some heavy metal fans that can be rude and aggressive. i don't have all of their lbums, infact i only had their new one and score, so hearing new great new music is always awesome

Dweazle and his band were fantastic and true to the Zappa legacy, but they were not a good fit with the other bands in the venue. If you like the thump, thump, thump, head-banging, mosh-pit stuff, then Dream Theatre and BigElf would probably work for you. Zappa should come back to TO as the headliner, maybe at a smaller venue if necessary, and probably with an up and coming jazz-rock warm up act. I know a lot of people who would pay to see that show.

Best concert I've been to this year. Dream Theater is amazing

Not to be outdone by the other fine acts in this year's Progressive Nation tour, Dream Theater put on a show not soon to be forgotten. Scale the Summit came on first, and these young guys from Houston Texas set the stage right away. Composed of a lead and a rhythm guitarist, bassist and drummer (yes you read correctly no vocalist), they exhibited their superior styling of a very well developed and enthralling blend of Joe Satriani instumentalism and progressive elements quite reminiscent of Dream Theater, especially with their drummer Pat Skeffington as a close parallell of Portnoy's energetic playing. Next on the docket was Bigelf, mixing progressive stylings with a classic rock sound reminiscent of Deep Purple, expecially thanks to the use of a Hammond B3 organ (okay, the green acrylic drum set helped too). The next performance almost stole the show. Zappa Plays Zappa came onstage, and as if on cue, the entire crowd got on their feet. For anyone who has yet to discover Zappa, this was a performance for the ages. Extreme musicianship was shown on the parts of Dweezil, even through his calm and cavalier stage presence he pulled of his fathers extremely complex and auditorally enthralling runs and solos. Scheila Gonzalez's performance on saxophone was unforgettable, delivering a performance for the ages on the flute, keys, vocals and the aforementioned saxophone. Billy Hulting's performance on marimba was also just as majestic, as the band decided to improvise solos for the last song. Throughout the performance I was cast into amazement how drummer Joe Travers hadn't collapsed from exhaustion, pulling of all of the insanely difficult solos, odd time signatures and beats flawlessly. The most poignant moment was during guitarist Jamie Kime's performance, where he stopped for a moment, held the guitar up and said, "Rest in peace Les Paul," whom had just passed away the day before. Les' spirit and the spirit of music were in the air that night, and you could feel it in the uneasiness in the crowd before Dream Theater's set that night. Suffice to say there was a very large amount of black being worn that night, many young people gathered for Dream Theater performance that night were also completely blown away by Zappa and company, and cast into doubt over the extremely highly acclaimed talents of Dream Theater. However, Dream Theater met all expectations and exceeded them, Petrucci, Portnoy, Myung, Rudess and Labrie were spot on. In fact, upon the opening power chords of A Nightmare To Remember, the band could not be heard over the sheer volume of the crowd screaming. Rudess lived up to his nickname of the Keyboard Wizard by wearing a red wizard hat during his solo and dazzling the crowd with performances on the keys, keytaur, continuim and even an iPhone! Petrucci also payed his respects to Les Paul, and was also met by a large cheer from the audience. Portony's playing and sense of humour were also spot on, taunting the audience during a break in Erotomania whether or not to go on. Labrie's voice has fully recovered since his injury in 1994, and was able to pull off the extremely vocally challenging Voices. Petrucci and Myung were also great partners in crime, pulling off the many complex solos and unison buildups flawlessly. And as a special treat for Toronto fans, the band covered the Camera Eye by Rush for the first song of the encore, following in their tradition of playing Rush songs at many Canadian concerts. Much buzz was about in the audience of the band playing the new fan favourite The Count of Tuscany, and the band did not fail to disappoint, playing it for the final song. This was a top-notch performance by all the bands, displaying their various takes on the progressive genre with energy, professionalism, and musicianship of another stratosphere.

From Scale The Summit, to Bigelf, to Zappa Plays Zappa, to Dream Theater, Progressive Nation 2009 was worth the ticket price. All bands played a great show and showed off what the world of progressive music is all about. Dream Theater ended the show with a raw blast of energy but also blew you away with their terrific melodies.

This was the 3rd time I've seen DT, and the second Prog Nation tour date in two years. The only complaint that i've ever had about them performing is sometimes James's voice is a bit off, but he has gotten way better over the past two years, studio quality good. At this particular show he sang Voices and Take the Time perfectly, and seemed to be really fired up by the crowd. The opening acts were also very good, Scale the Summit are the only opening band i've ever seen to make me go buy a CD right after their set, BigElf were just straight ahead ballsy rock, Zappa Plays Zappa was amazing, probably tied with Three for the best opening band ever. 5 Stars.

Scale The Summit - Decent instrumental prog metal. Kind of boring at times though. Needed a flashy lead guitarist or something. 3/5 Bigelf: I liked their first song, after that half of their music seemed to consist of boring as bass and organ sections 1/5 Zappa Plays Zappa: Really, really boring. Their whole set seemed like a free form jazz odyssey. During the extended instrumental sections we could see the singer sitting down at the side of the stage looking as bored as I was. Overall their set had some awesome guitar solos, a decent drum solo and overall excellent musicianship but without any actual song structure its hard for me to appreciate it. If I find myself at another Zappa Plays Zappa concert I think I'll just spend an hour at the bar and save myself the boredom. -10/5 Dream theater: They were as awesome as usual. They had an interesting set list and even threw in a Rush cover in the encore. I wish they would've played for 2 and a half hours and left Zappa plays Zappa at home. 18/5

We arrived at the Molson Ampitheatre at around 7 pm, so we missed the first hour unfortunately. That was due to Toronto's horrible traffic. When we got there, "Bigelf" was just finishing their set, and just from the 2 or so songs we heard, they were pretty awesome. Next up in the lineup was Zappa Plays Zappa. This is a very quirky band to say the least. Not quite my cup of tea however. A progressive rock band to be sure, with good guitars and drums, however the band felt like a really bad imitation of Dream Theater. They had no rhythm and most of the singing and other instruments were out of place. Next. Enter Dream Theater. The next Hour and a Half is pure heaven. The Dream Theater set was so awesome. The timing for all the visual stage effects was spot on, the background videos were very engaging, and fitting to the songs currently being played, and the enthusiasm with the band was over the top, especially for Drummer Mike Portnoy and Singer James LaBrie. James especially was out on the stage dancing and head banging and moving with perfect sync to the music, following cues to different parts of the song seamlessly. They played several songs from their latest 2 albums and a few from all over their other albums as well. All in all, Dream Theater was unforgettable, and I would certainly recommend seeing them Live. I know I will again.

they put on a hell of a show with an incredible lightshow and sounds

I have been waiting quite a while to see Dream Theater. I finally had my chance and they did not disappoint. The sound was incredible right from the start. It was probably the best mix I've heard for an opening song. Usually, it takes bands three or four songs to get the mix right. The setlist was amazing. They opened with "A Nightmare to Remember" and "A Rite of Passage". The new songs sounded impeccable live. Next, was "Hollow Years" with an extended guitar solo and keyboard solo at the end. It was such a beautiful rendition. After that, they played "Erotomania" right into "Voices". I wasn't expecting to hear "Forsaken", but it was a pleasant surprise. The highlight, for me, was "Take The Time". That was the song that first got me into Dream Theater, so to hear it my first time seeing them was an unbelievable experience. After the "fake" curtain call, the came back on stage and performed Rush's "The Camera Eya" which was a very pleasant experience and they closed the show with "The Count of Tuscany" which was amazing. The only negative thing I have to say is that the show should have been seven hours long. I go to A LOT of concerts. This was definately in my top five all time.