*CONFIRMED* Andy Mckee To Open For Dream Theater In December.

[ReaperKK]

And don't forget among all those great talents the mighty Tommy Emmanuel. The Hunt, The Robin, Endless Road...

B.Lee

I saw Emmanuel last year, out of all the musicians I've seen in my lifetime he is the best performer, without a doubt.

No one comes alive and makes the songs come alive like he does.

[DreamerTV]

Dream Theater is excited to announce a unique treat for our fans! During the December leg of our current world tour, spectacular acoustic finger style guitarist Andy McKee will be our special guest for the San Diego and Anaheim shows in California, the Mesa Arizona show, and three shows in Mexico: Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City. We're sure everyone at these shows will appreciate his instrumental mastery as much as we do.

From DT Fb profile

[ansell]

I only wish I could be there to see it!
Im extremely jealous of any who gets to see any of these shows 

[yeshaberto]

So I am wondering if he is opener or jamming with or both.   Seems like a treat either way

[Knguro]

Sorry was not able to find the original thread.

https://t.co/8w0HFPDi

[Zook]

Dream Theater with Adrenaline Mob?!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[theseoafs]

Dream Theater with Adrenaline Mob?!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

When Dream and Psychosane Unite

[Knguro]

Dream Theater with Adrenaline Mob?!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Wut? Waaaahahahahaha...not. I knew someone would made that joke, I didn't knew it was gonna be that fast haha

[Nekov]

Dream Theater with Adrenaline Mob?!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

That's the first thing that came to my mind. 

[ironsam]

I suppose typing out Andy McKee would be too much to ask.

[ddtonfire]

What a great opportunity for him! This is fantastic. I'm really appreciating these upcoming artists getting to open for DT.

[nattmorker]

Ah! This is great!!! I already got my tickets for the Guadalajara concert so I'm seeing Andy McKee aswell, that seems great! Can't wait, this is gonna be my second time seeing DT!

[Ezio]

Going to the Mesa date. Excited!  Though what I'm confused about is whether it's just like DT and him doing a special thing or him actually opening up? Because the Mesa date was supposedly from what I read "An evening with".

[hefdaddy42]

That's pretty sweet.

[Guitalguy]

Awesome! I actually discovered Andy before DT. I haven't listened to much of his stuff, but I remember watching a few videos and being impressed. And that wicked awesome weird guitar of his. Too bad i won't be able too see this, but I guess we'll see some videos afterwards.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

This is awesome! So jealous of everyone going to see them in December!

[XB0BX]

That's an odd mishmash of styles. When I saw his weird rhythmic acoustic guitar playing, the last thing I thought it would fit with would be progressive metal.

[YtseJamittaja]

Wow! This man can play acustic guitar!! 


But he's not the only one who can play drums with guitar, here's Petteri Sariola who is a mind-blowing guitarist (and guitar drummer):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX2a_vWMz_Q&feature=channel_video_title

[ronrule]

I'd rather see random, relatively unknown prodigies at a DT show than more metal. I think it fits, at least for the more prog-inclined fans.

Next tour I think Buke & Gass should open. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfO22BKz28Y

[black_biff_stadler]

Wow it surprises me how so few people know Andy McKee here

I live in the country with no high speed internet available; my connection is slow.  This forum runs relatively fast for me though (thanks Bosk!).  It is hard to find new music with a slow connection.  Previously I served in the Navy on submarines; no connection under the water obviously.  Believe it or not, I actually only recently discovered Dream Theater.  I was working out in a Navy gym, and heard Constant Motion on the speaker system.  I went to the front desk to find out who this band was.  The lady didn't know; she said I would have to wait until her relief arrived whose job it was to program the music.  I waited 30 minutes for the guy; he turned out to be the Captain's son (only a teenager).  He told me about DT.  A couple weeks later I owned every DT CD.

Good story man. Welcome to the forums and very glad to have you with us.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

This is awesome! So jealous of everyone going to see them in December!

If you hadn't left me, you would've come with me. </3

[livehard]

Wow it surprises me how so few people know Andy McKee here

I live in the country with no high speed internet available; my connection is slow.  This forum runs relatively fast for me though (thanks Bosk!).  It is hard to find new music with a slow connection.  Previously I served in the Navy on submarines; no connection under the water obviously.  Believe it or not, I actually only recently discovered Dream Theater.  I was working out in a Navy gym, and heard Constant Motion on the speaker system.  I went to the front desk to find out who this band was.  The lady didn't know; she said I would have to wait until her relief arrived whose job it was to program the music.  I waited 30 minutes for the guy; he turned out to be the Captain's son (only a teenager).  He told me about DT.  A couple weeks later I owned every DT CD.

that acutally is indeed a very cool story, bro

[xkingkill33x]

Flawless solo (https://youtu.be/s7GFhgfsNI8) Cant wait to see this guy play with them in Anaheim.... or is he opening? I don't know. Either way, cant wait.


First post.


Inb4 took you long enough....... JayOctavarium.

[Progmetty]

Oh I know that guy. He was famous for having a conversation with someone on a torrent site that was offering his album for download. It went something like "hey downloaders you suck! just buy my album so i don't have to work at Walmart anymore" and the downloader really giving it to him straight explaining that much less people would have ever heard of him if it wasn't for torrents and illegal downloading.
But damn I remember that from like 5 years ago, I just realized it was him after I checked some of the youtube links posted here.
He's good but Rodrigo y Gabriela put on a much more impressive show. As far as watching a finger stylist playing for more than 10 minutes can be impressive.
But better than Trivium that's for sure

[TheOutlawXanadu]

This is awesome! So jealous of everyone going to see them in December!

If you hadn't left me, you would've come with me. </3

In more ways than one... Amirite or amirite?

[livehard]

Oh I know that guy. He was famous for having a conversation with someone on a torrent site that was offering his album for download. It went something like "hey downloaders you suck! just buy my album so i don't have to work at Walmart anymore" and the downloader really giving it to him straight explaining that much less people would have ever heard of him if it wasn't for torrents and illegal downloading.

lol thats fucking hilarious.  They both have points...

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

This is awesome! So jealous of everyone going to see them in December!

If you hadn't left me, you would've come with me. </3

In more ways than one... Amirite or amirite?

You haven't changed a bit.

[ReaperKK]

Awesome for Andy McKee, I wish I could go to one of those shows.

I saw Andy McKee this past year and he puts on a great show, those who haven't seen him are in for a real treat.

Also I saw him play with 25 other people so I'm also excited he is getting some great exposure.

[Millais]

He's good but Rodrigo y Gabriela put on a much more impressive show. As far as watching a finger stylist playing for more than 10 minutes can be impressive.
But better than Trivium that's for sure

yus! seen them live 5 times now, each time it gets better. for anybody who hasn't heard much of them, here's one of the songs they composed for the Pirates of the Caribbean along with Hans Zimmer: https://youtu.be/VLMohTSINC8

[Chino]

Andy McKee is amazing !

This is my favorite video of him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki3CLHJrPSc&sns=em

[emindead]

So Andy McKee did an AMA today in Reddit.com

Here's the specific part regarding Dream Theater.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p4s50/iama_acoustic_guitarist_named_andy_mckee_ama/c3mhziz

Q: How is touring with Dream Theater? With two epic guitar players in close proximity I find it hard to believe there hasn't been some sort of tear in the space-time-continum. (P.S. I've seen you at the Sheffield Boardwalk twice with Don Ross. They were truly magical nights!)

A: It was like a Dream Theater come true! crickets

It was seriously awesome. The guys were all really cool and Jordan, JP and I all jammed in Mexico City at the hotel. Something might come of it...



Interesting!

[kiwiclapton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4&NR=1

As some of you are realizing this, it makes me think that I'm not the only one who thinks this would a great collaboration anymore

OK, I'm convinced. I mean, I find it hard to believe that DT would do a collaboration with another artist since they've never done it before, but it'd be an awesome idea and, given the slim chance that it does happen, I'd imagine it'd be one of the best things DT have ever done. But, given this guy, no matter who the collaboration is with it is sure to be awesome.

I'm gonna get one of this guy's albums from the Amazon MP3 store... which, though?

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