DREAM THEATER - Europe leg of the 40th Anniversary Tour 2024-2025

[EvantheMotel6Owmer]

It's better than Call Of Duty using IIII instead of IV.

Oh my god. That always made me rage.

[Jinx]

WDADU doesn't seem to have anything, but I think it's fair to say the Majesty symbol represents the self-titled album.

The word "Dream" seems to be uniting with the daylight in the poster - that's a stretch but good enough for me 

[Setlist Scotty]

So why XXXX instead of XL?

I'm thinking they might be featuring songs from each decade with maybe a video in between each rather than playing 1 song from each album. The new album will be released in 2024 but I don't see another album until 2026 IDK, just a thought.

Could be, but I think XXXX has a cooler visual than XL. Besides, XL often means "extra large" which could cause lots of confusion, not the least being the apparently oversized venues they're booked in for this tour! 

[Lumiukko]

use this one



Open in new tab it has a nice resolution, however the SFAM face is not visible

https://scontent.fbfh2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/435502782_973754077452597_3681605962199605525_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=sN9No8Bh0y4Ab6eOEsL&_nc_ht=scontent.fbfh2-1.fna&oh=00_AfAvuHJ9qm4D86nxBwhpQJp6JUIQRh9fMOKn0f9f2rsUHw&oe=661CDB06

This one is nice too. Portnoy just posted on Facebook.

[CodyWanKenobi]

The X's (particularly the front one) looks AI generated. There's even a weird partial 5th X behind it. Lol

[Lonk]

The X's (particularly the front one) looks AI generated. There's even a weird partial 5th X behind it. Lol

I noticed the additional 5th X and figured it was an editing oversight.

Regardless

https://scontent.fbfh2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/435502782_973754077452597_3681605962199605525_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=sN9No8Bh0y4Ab6eOEsL&_nc_ht=scontent.fbfh2-1.fna&oh=00_AfAvuHJ9qm4D86nxBwhpQJp6JUIQRh9fMOKn0f9f2rsUHw&oe=661CDB06

I would love to have this as a jigsaw puzzle.

[The Letter M]

https://scontent.fbfh2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/435502782_973754077452597_3681605962199605525_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=sN9No8Bh0y4Ab6eOEsL&_nc_ht=scontent.fbfh2-1.fna&oh=00_AfAvuHJ9qm4D86nxBwhpQJp6JUIQRh9fMOKn0f9f2rsUHw&oe=661CDB06

This one is nice too. Portnoy just posted on Facebook.

Ahh that's much better. Happy to see a complete version with the SFAM face in landscape orientation.

The X's (particularly the front one) looks AI generated. There's even a weird partial 5th X behind it. Lol

It's not even a full X as it doesn't go up to cover the front of the third X (with the SDOIT smiley on it). But yeah, now that you point that out, it looks REALLY weird to me and I cannot unsee it. Thanks.

-Marc.

[EvantheMotel6Owmer]

Doesn't really look AI generated to me. Just looks like typical Hugh Syme artwor- nevermind.

[Lonk]

Thing with the front X is that is wider at the top (2 blocks), while the bottom half is only 1 block wide.

[Logain Ablar]

Tickets, flights and hotel booked for London!

I had a link to the pre-sale, but got caught up with work this morning and missed the 9:00 AM opening, so prob missed out on a better seat. Grr.

[The Letter M]

Thing with the front X is that is wider at the top (2 blocks), while the bottom half is only 1 block wide.

The longer I look at it, the more I realize that the X's aren't lined up at all, especially the third one from the left, where you can easily tell that the top right part of the X doesn't line-up with the bottom left. 

-Marc.

[Trav]

Doesn't it seem odd for them to put this out now? Shouldn't they have waited to include the artwork from the new album as well?

[MirrorMask]

Could be, but I think XXXX has a cooler visual than XL. Besides, XL often means "extra large" which could cause lots of confusion, not the least being the apparently oversized venues they're booked in for this tour! 

Another way to rationalize it: they're not trying to write a number in roman letters. Each X just represents a decade.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

I feel like I'm forgetting something really obvious or an album cover is entirely going over my head, but what's the Elephant? Isn't that the Elephant from Flower Kings - Waiting For Miracles?

Also it kind of looks like the I&W girl is playing with a Nintendo Switch, maybe it's a nod to the Astonishing Steam game?

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Doesn't it seem odd for them to put this out now? Shouldn't they have waited to include the artwork from the new album as well?

I think this is indicative that the tour will be happening before the album is out. My guess is the album drops for the US leg which will happen in Winter 2025 or something

[Setlist Scotty]

I noticed the additional 5th X and figured it was an editing oversight.

I think if you zoom in, it actually is the mountains in the background, not a 5th X.

Doesn't it seem odd for them to put this out now? Shouldn't they have waited to include the artwork from the new album as well?

Well they want to have *something* to use to promote the tour and hype it up right away, so what better way than this? Given that the lyrics aren't written for the new songs yet (at least I assume so), they probably haven't started to tackle the artwork for the album. But who's to say that the artwork won't be adjusted and elements of the new album won't be included when the album cover is revealed?

Another way to rationalize it: they're not trying to write a number in roman letters. Each X just represents a decade.

Could be.

[TAC]

I think this is indicative that the tour will be happening before the album is out. My guess is the album drops for the US leg which will happen in Winter 2025 or something

I wouldn't think so.MP said something to the effect about setting the tour, and then counting backwards for all of the album components.

[MirrorMask]

Indeed, here's the quote from the interview:

Even though we have a very loose schedule, and we have control over that, we do have a tour in October. So you look at that and backtrack: If we're starting the tour on October 20th, we need to be in rehearsals by the last week of September, which means that the album needs to be mixed and mastered, and delivered by X date. We need to have it tracked before we can mix it, so that kind of dictates it. Luckily, we're not at the mercy of a studio that's kicking us out or of a label that's pulling the plug on the project. But scheduling a tour is something you need to be conscious of.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Indeed, here's the quote from the interview:

Even though we have a very loose schedule, and we have control over that, we do have a tour in October. So you look at that and backtrack: If we’re starting the tour on October 20th, we need to be in rehearsals by the last week of September, which means that the album needs to be mixed and mastered, and delivered by X date. We need to have it tracked before we can mix it, so that kind of dictates it. Luckily, we’re not at the mercy of a studio that’s kicking us out or of a label that’s pulling the plug on the project. But scheduling a tour is something you need to be conscious of.

I don't personally see where he says it will be released by then. "Delivered" usually means "to the record company" at which point they control the rest of the process, including the release. I took that quote to mean more about pacing out the schedule of writing/finishing the album and then touring, not necessarily including the album's release

EDIT: FWIW, I'd love to be wrong, I want to hear it as much as anyone. I just don't want to build up an expectation that it's coming this year for myself.

[pg1067]

So why XXXX instead of XL?

My guess:  because "XL" looks like a clothing size and is less cool looking than "XXXX".

The X's (particularly the front one) looks AI generated. There's even a weird partial 5th X behind it. Lol

I don't see a 5th X, but isn't the whole thing computer generated?  Why would AI-generated look different than artist-generated on a computer?

Also, I don't think there was any intent for the X's to be symmetrical or identical.

Doesn't it seem odd for them to put this out now? Shouldn't they have waited to include the artwork from the new album as well?

They're announcing a tour.  Seems perfectly reasonable to include artwork.  And maybe there's a reference in here to the new album that will become evident once we see the new album.  Just guessing.

I feel like I'm forgetting something really obvious or an album cover is entirely going over my head, but what's the Elephant? Isn't that the Elephant from Flower Kings - Waiting For Miracles?

[TAC]

I don't personally see where he says it will be released by then. "Delivered" usually means "to the record company" at which point they control the rest of the process, including the release. I took that quote to mean more about pacing out the schedule of writing/finishing the album and then touring, not necessarily including the album's release

Well it doesn't say the words "The album WILL BE released before the tour starts in October", so technically, you might are right, but I think the process that MP describes points to the album being out.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

My guess:  because "XL" looks like a clothing size and is less cool looking than "XXXX".


I don't see a 5th X, but isn't the whole thing computer generated?  Why would AI-generated look different than artist-generated on a computer?

Also, I don't think there was any intent for the X's to be symmetrical or identical.


They're announcing a tour.  Seems perfectly reasonable to include artwork.  And maybe there's a reference in here to the new album that will become evident once we see the new album.  Just guessing.

[TAC]

I feel like I'm forgetting something really obvious or an album cover is entirely going over my head, but what's the Elephant? Isn't that the Elephant from Flower Kings - Waiting For Miracles?

It definitely is if Hugh Syme did that album too.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Well it doesn't say the words "The album WILL BE released before the tour starts in October", so technically, you might are right, but I think the process that MP describes points to the album being out.

Yeah, I guess we'll see. Given that they only finished the drums and it's already April, I don't see the album coming before the holiday season, let alone October. But also, I would love to be wrong

[TAC]

My guess:  because "XL" looks like a clothing size and is less cool looking than "XXXX".

Anthrax just used it for their 40th..

[EvantheMotel6Owmer]

Yeah, I guess we'll see. Given that they only finished the drums and it's already April, I don't see the album coming before the holiday season, let alone October. But also, I would love to be wrong

Recording will only take a few weeks, month tops. Mixing and mastering only take a few months. It will almost certainly be ready by September.

[TAC]

But also, I would love to be wrong

Apparently.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Recording will only take a few weeks, month tops. Mixing and mastering only take a few months. It will almost certainly be ready by September.

You forget that James Hetfield and Taylor Swift personally own all the vinyl pressing plants on this planet, so DT might be last in line for physical pressings, which can (and very often does) delay things

[EvantheMotel6Owmer]

You forget that James Hetfield and Taylor Swift personally own all the vinyl pressing plants on this planet, so DT might be last in line for physical pressings, which can (and very often does) delay things

I'm starting to wish the vinyl resurgence never happened.

[geeeemo]

I think there will be a single out by the tour, and it'll be part of the setlist.

Then the album will be released by the Holidays, the US tour after that, and they will add more new album songs to
the setlist. At which point people will lose their minds, because (and even though there could be some rotating)
some songs will have to go....(Should this be in green?? )

[Azyiu]

Tickets, flights and hotel booked for London!

I had a link to the pre-sale, but got caught up with work this morning and missed the 9:00 AM opening, so prob missed out on a better seat. Grr.

You will be surprised that they seem to sell from the top row down toward the front. Those O2/Virgin Media customers seemed to get all the last few rows on Monday, and I got a few rows in front of them when I bought mine today. And then when I went to check the pre-sale page again later in the afternoon, not only those top-tier tickets were available again; they were all located several rows in front of mine! So you may have better seats than mine if you got yours in the late morning or early afternoon today.

By the way, which hotel are you staying at and how much do they charge? I live just an hour away from London and I always find hotel prices there are ripoffs. 

[EPIC Outro]

Maybe those Xs are actually going to be part of their next studio album's cover art.

[crystalstars17]

I still want to know what the lightning is from..

[TAC]

I still want to know what the lightning is from..

Maybe that's the new album callout...

[crystalstars17]

Maybe that's the new album callout...

I thought of the same thing.. 🌩️