Dream Theater

Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini posted this video of his drum solo from their recent New Jersey concert, and offered the following thoughts on the band's Facebook page: "Drum solo from behind the kit in NJ. I'll be changing this solo in 2012 when we go back to EU by the way.

Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess will be playing a rare solo concert at the New York jazz club The Iridium on November 12. For more information about this one-time event, click here. Dream Theater are currently on the road, supporting their new album A Dramatic Turn of Events; visit our tour page to find a show near you! Also, all those who entered the "Make a Dream Theater Lyric Video, Win a Signed CD" contest, we haven't forgotten about you - Jordan was so impressed by the number of entries, he decided he wanted to pick the winner himself, is all.

Yesterday, members of Trivium and Dream Theater came by the office prior to their sold-out show at New York's Beacon Theatre. We'll have exclusive photos from that show, as well as some really interesting video, very soon. L-R: Matt Heafy (Trivium), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Monte Conner (Roadrunner A&R), Corey Beaulieu & Paolo Gregoletto (Trivium). The Dream Theater/Trivium tour continues to roll across North America; visit our tour page to find a show near you!.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini was interviewed by the Canadian sports site The Score when the band was in Toronto on their current North American tour. He talks about his love of hockey, specifically the Boston Bruins, other Boston-related sports triumphs, and...the Harlem Globetrotters? Check out the video below. Dream Theater are on tour right now, supporting their latest album A Dramatic Turn of Events; visit our tour page to find a show near you..

Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess wrote and performed a piece paying tribute to Apple Computers founder Steve Jobs. Rudess writes on his YouTube page, "Although I never met Steve Jobs personally, his work greatly influenced my life and my work.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini was recently interviewed by Zoiks. Online (a humor site that's incorporating music content lately; check out their recent talk with Machine Head's Robb Flynn).

Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie was recently interviewed by Hard News Cafe, prior to the band's performance in Salt Lake City. In the feature, he talks about how new drummer Mike Mangini is performing on the band's current tour, what the most difficult Dream Theater song is for him to perform, and much more. Says LaBrie of Mangini, "He’s infectious.

Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci sat for a 20-minute interview with Artisan News Service back in May of 2011. Clips have emerged since then, but now the full interview has been uploaded.

MusicPlayer.com bills itself as "The Online Magazine For Serious Musicians," so you know when they get access to members of Dream Theater, it's gonna be an in-depth conversation. They've just published interviews with guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess, and there's a lot of discussion of the creative process in both, but there's also a lot of hardcore gear talk. Says Petrucci about the band's goals going into the record, "The conversations we were having is, we said, listen, when we go in, the focus is we want to make a record that’s big, that’s well crafted.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini was recently interviewed by the Morristown Patch website; in the feature, he talks about how everything in his personal and professional life came together to enable him to join the group. "I was looking to get in a band," he tells the feature's author, John Dunphy.