Happy New Year From JP and MP

[SystematicThought]

Posted on MP's Facebook. Nice to see them hanging out again, as much as this has probably happened many times before. It's nice to see.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Indeed!!!

[TAC]

WOW!!!!!!!!

That is great!

[chrisbDTM]

New LTE please

[ToT-147]

Awesome..

[erwinrafael]

Where's the like button?

[SebastianPratesi]

Mike also retweeted a picture of his and John's daughter mocking their fathers. Looks really funny.

Is it safe to say this is the first time the fans have seen them together in more than 7 years?

[gzarruk]

"Yes, Mike, we're still friends, but we'll never play together again"

[Elite]

That's cool indeed

[Zydar]

Heartwarming

[MirrorMask]

Now if only he would sit down and talk it out with James and possibly Myung... I long for all of them being friends again more than Portnoy being back in DT!

[Fritzinger]

FB is full of comments of a new LTE album. Man, JP & MP must be SICK of this crap by now 

Still, it was very cool to see these two giants together again.

[Evai]

"Yes, Mike, we're still friends, but we'll never play together again"

"Hey John, what's that in the corner? Is that a guitar?"

"No"

"Yes it is! Wow what a coincidence, I brought my drum kit!"

"I am hereby removing you from all writing credits of Dream Theater songs"

[devieira73]

Now if only he would sit down and talk it out with James and possibly Myung... I long for all of them being friends again more than Portnoy being back in DT!

Totally this, but I'm already really happy that MP reconnected the friendship with Jordan and especially with Petrucci, because he (and the families) was the closest to him, no doubt. If I'm not mistaken, in the lifting shadows biography, at the time that MP stopped to drink, on tours, Petrucci was the one that always went to the hotel rooms,  clearing it of alcoholic drinks in its frigobars, to help MP to overcome his addiction. To me that was something that showed how much friends they always were.

[MirrorMask]

Didn't know that detail! very cool! And yes, I'm already looking forward I guess but it's absolutely something to be happy about that these two musical geniuses who were together since the Berkley days are on friendly terms.

[Lonk]

Maybe portnoy it's gonna tour with JP for the G3 shows that should be fun.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Maybe portnoy it's gonna tour with JP for the G3 shows that should be fun.

I kinda waited for that to happen, but it'll be Mangini

[Setlist Scotty]

Love the pic. So good to see these long time friends together!

Nice to see them hanging out again, as much as this has probably happened many times before.

Actually it hasn't since MP left the band. The end of 2016 was the first time they got together, but now that they did it again in 2017, maybe this is becoming a new annual thing.

Is it safe to say this is the first time the fans have seen them together in more than 7 years?

Yes.

Now if only he would sit down and talk it out with James and possibly Myung... I long for all of them being friends again more than Portnoy being back in DT!

Amen!

Maybe portnoy it's gonna tour with JP for the G3 shows that should be fun.

That would be cool, but given MP's focus on SoA for the whole of 2018, I'd imagine this will be impossible.

[devieira73]

Maybe portnoy it's gonna tour with JP for the G3 shows that should be fun.

I read somewhere that Mangini was confirmed as JP's drummer on this G3 tour.

[DTA]

This is a great photo and it's awesome to see them back together and in good spirits. I really wouldn't read too much into it though, MP returning to DT would imo NOT be a healthy thing for the band.

[mikeyd23]

Great to see two long time friends hanging out again, their lives and families have been so interwoven over the years, it's awesome to see them just spending time together. Personally, that's enough for me.

[ProfessorPeart]

JP is answering the fans call to get an outside producer for the next DT album.

[DT2003]

This is a great photo and it's awesome to see them back together and in good spirits. I really wouldn't read too much into it though, MP returning to DT would imo NOT be a healthy thing for the band.

I agree, but think about how much fun it would be to see Derek's posts if Mike were to leave SoA and go back to DT. 

In all seriousness though it is cool to see them together. It always seemed like Mike and Jordan remained on good terms and stayed in contact after Mike left, but there was a definitely falling out between Mike and John so it's good to see that they have mended that and hopefully they will continue to rebuild their friendship, and hopefully will work together in some capacity at some point in the future.

[CrimsonSunrise]

It's a good thing to see!  Lot's of history there.... shame to let it continue to sour.

[MirrorMask]

It always seemed like Mike and Jordan remained on good terms and stayed in contact after Mike left, but there was a definitely falling out between Mike and John so it's good to see that they have mended that and hopefully they will continue to rebuild their friendship, and hopefully will work together in some capacity at some point in the future.

My gut feeling was that JP may have felt hurt and a bit betrayed above anything else, that there wasn't really any personal problem with Mike but he must have been like "We've been in this since day 1 and now you walk out on me". But those many years of friendship could have not been thrown to the wind definitively, as this photo finally shows!

[Bertielee]

It always seemed like Mike and Jordan remained on good terms and stayed in contact after Mike left, but there was a definitely falling out between Mike and John so it's good to see that they have mended that and hopefully they will continue to rebuild their friendship, and hopefully will work together in some capacity at some point in the future.

My gut feeling was that JP may have felt hurt and a bit betrayed above anything else, that there wasn't really any personal problem with Mike but he must have been like "We've been in this since day 1 and now you walk out on me". But those many years of friendship could have not been thrown to the wind definitively, as this photo finally shows!

Glad to see all the recent Sherinianisms haven't prevented this reconnecting from happening. Made the pic my new avatar btw (albeit a little modified color wise). Hope this isn't a problem.

B.Lee

[Ben_Jamin]

You're not going to Just randomly stop being friends, unless something really drastic happens. I always knew that MP and JP would remain friends, since their families have always seemed to be close. Which is why I laugh at the people all surprised.

[Cool Chris]

People stop being friends for all sorts of reasons, there doesn't have to be some major falling out. Lives chance course, go in different directions all the time.  You don't automatically start hating someone you no longer associate with, you just stop being an active part of their lives. I don't hate the people I was friends with in high school, I just haven't talked to them in 20 years so they aren't my friends any longer.

[bill1971]

Very nice to see as far as humanity and goodwill. I would be dissapointed if they took him back to DT. Would love to see him come on stage and play a few songs though.

[ToT-147]

People stop being friends for all sorts of reasons, there doesn't have to be some major falling out. Lives chance course, go in different directions all the time.  You don't automatically start hating someone you no longer associate with, you just stop being an active part of their lives. I don't hate the people I was friends with in high school, I just haven't talked to them in 20 years so they aren't my friends any longer.

Exactly what I was thinking, yeah..

[RodrigoAltaf]

I'm hoping that sometime down the track all members of DT, past and present, are able to put their differences aside, and that a joint tour with SOA and DT comes to fruition.

[DTA]

I'm hoping that sometime down the track all members of DT, past and present, are able to put their differences aside, and that a joint tour with SOA and DT comes to fruition.

This should have been SoA's goal from the beginning (joint tour), but with Derek's bullshit, I don't see it happening.

[gzarruk]

I'm hoping that sometime down the track all members of DT, past and present, are able to put their differences aside, and that a joint tour with SOA and DT comes to fruition.

This should have been SoA's goal from the beginning (joint tour), but with Derek's bullshit, I don't see it happening.

This. It's not like the guys in DT have anything against MP or the SOA guys, but Derek taking shots at them anytime he has the chance to.

[RodrigoAltaf]

I'm hoping that sometime down the track all members of DT, past and present, are able to put their differences aside, and that a joint tour with SOA and DT comes to fruition.

This should have been SoA's goal from the beginning (joint tour), but with Derek's bullshit, I don't see it happening.

This. It's not like the guys in DT have anything against MP or the SOA guys, but Derek taking shots at them anytime he has the chance to.

I must admit I thought his tweets were funny in the beginning, but then they became a bit too much. But hey, MP has tweeted far worse things when he left DT, and he and JP made amends. Who knows, maybe they laugh about this in private...JP has played in one of Derek´s albums, so it´s not impossible. 

[DT2003]

I'm hoping that sometime down the track all members of DT, past and present, are able to put their differences aside, and that a joint tour with SOA and DT comes to fruition.

This should have been SoA's goal from the beginning (joint tour), but with Derek's bullshit, I don't see it happening.

This. It's not like the guys in DT have anything against MP or the SOA guys, but Derek taking shots at them anytime he has the chance to.

There is at least one (possibly two) members of DT who are not all that fond of Mike, it appears.

Regardless of Derek's tweets I don't think a DT/SoA tour ever would have happened.  Derek's tweets just reinforced that.