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Title: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: madeline99 on March 07, 2019, 05:30:18 PM
Taking this toll in order to see how many fellow females are out there! Thanks for your contribution.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: jammindude on March 07, 2019, 06:56:22 PM
From here, I have seen a few.   But none IRL. 
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: TheCountOfNYC on March 07, 2019, 10:16:35 PM
I don’t know any legitimate female fans of Dream Theater, but I know a few women who like them.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: nobloodyname on March 07, 2019, 11:25:13 PM
3+ through Voices, the former official English language fan club. None outside of that, though. (My partner likes their music but really doesn't like James, especially not live. But she comes with me to every show, regardless.)
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Mladen on March 08, 2019, 04:23:38 AM
More than three. And believe it or not, none of them are fans just because of their boyfriends or husbands.  ;D
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: cramx3 on March 08, 2019, 04:31:28 AM
A female gave lended me her copy of Images and Words and Awake but we didn't keep in touch long after that so I guess 1, but i can't really think of any females I currently know (outside of DTF) that are fans.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MirrorMask on March 08, 2019, 04:34:33 AM
My cousing came to see DT in 2000, she never came back ever since and recently she told me she's not into that kind of stuff, and the ex girlfriend of a coworker who's a fellow DT fan showed up with him at a concert.

That's basically it I guess.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: bill1971 on March 08, 2019, 08:31:37 AM
None.
Although I only know personally 2 males that like them despite my best efforts. :)
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MinistroRaven on March 08, 2019, 08:47:00 AM
Only my wife!  :metal

No, kidding, I know, a couple more.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: gborland on March 08, 2019, 09:26:15 AM
Several. Not an exact count, but way more than three.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: bosk1 on March 08, 2019, 09:28:56 AM
Several. Not an exact count, but way more than three.

Exactly.  I don't get the point of this poll.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: pg1067 on March 08, 2019, 10:05:50 AM
In real life, none.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 08, 2019, 10:49:37 AM
IRL?

One :lol
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: bosk1 on March 08, 2019, 11:38:19 AM
Oh, we're talking in real life?  Um...does Nick count?  If so, then I can still say 3+.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: NunoTenniscourt on March 08, 2019, 12:26:25 PM

I know quite a lot, personally, but most of them aren't as fanatical about the band as the guys are.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: geeeemo on March 08, 2019, 01:11:39 PM
One. Myself. My husband I think has become a tad bit jealous by my fanaticism :rollin. He will go with me if they play in town, but he won't travel. I took one sister-in-law. She likes everything, but not a "fan". I am taking another sister-in-law this month...There is a chance for her. I been working on it! She came to visit last summer - we took a drive around Lake Tahoe and I only played DT lol! :lol I just sent her two cd's in the mail for the upcoming concert to prime her....

At least I have my son who really digs DT and will travel to see them (LA - two weeks baby!) He's a metal head, and sometime the prog freaks him out. I think he travels to see them because it is on mom's dime. Ha!Ha!
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: King Postwhore on March 08, 2019, 01:45:32 PM
The Queen loaves Dream Theater and has seen every tour from I&W to this April except TOT tour.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: RoeDent on March 08, 2019, 01:57:51 PM
DTF's contribution to International Women's Day, I guess.

To answer the question...none.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on March 08, 2019, 02:33:32 PM
I don't think I know any DT fans of any gender IRL other than some casual listeners. I guess that's a matter of definition.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: rumborak on March 08, 2019, 04:07:49 PM
Anyone remember the "DT grandma"?
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: ThatOneGuy2112 on March 08, 2019, 04:15:40 PM
To answer the OP: it's a 'no' from me. Only know a few people IRL who are even casual fans, all male, and for all of them, I was the one who tuned them into the band.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Dave_Manchester on March 08, 2019, 04:22:42 PM
My wife likes about 10 songs of theirs (the softer ones). I've played the Budokan version of Hollow Years for some female friends and they all loved it.

Oddly enough, the one song that every woman (including my 67 year old mother) seems to love is I Walk Beside You. I've never got a bad reaction to that from women when I've given it them to listen.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: bosk1 on March 08, 2019, 04:23:39 PM
I think the main issue is simply that it is REALLY hard to make a sandwich for your man in 5/8.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: 1neeto on March 09, 2019, 03:46:56 AM
Anyone remember the "DT grandma"?

Is she from Seattle? Because I’m 2014 me and my wife went there for their Seattle leg of their Along For The Ride tour, and right in front of me, there was this lady that had to be at least 68, maybe 70 years old.

So yeah, I’ve seen only her and my wife. But legend goes that there were a few girls dancing to The Mirror in Boston.  :metal  :rollin
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Setlist Scotty on March 09, 2019, 08:34:31 PM
Anyone remember the "DT grandma"?
Is she from Seattle?
Nope - Rumby's talking about Patricia McLoughlin, an older lady from England who would travel stateside and catch several DT shows at a time. She also is a huge fan of Joe Satriani, and before her discovering DT, Queen was number one in her book. No clue how she's doing these days as I haven't heard from her in ages, but she was a real sweetheart, and a real joy to visit with before and after shows.

To answer the OP, off the top of my head, I personally know of 2 that are huge DT fans (one of which is Patricia, above). The missus is OK with listening to their music and has caught a couple shows with me, but by no means would I classify her as a DT fan.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: ytserush on March 10, 2019, 05:31:22 PM
Anyone remember the "DT grandma"?
Is she from Seattle?
Nope - Rumby's talking about Patricia McLoughlin, an older lady from England who would travel stateside and catch several DT shows at a time. She also is a huge fan of Joe Satriani, and before her discovering DT, Queen was number one in her book. No clue how she's doing these days as I haven't heard from her in ages, but she was a real sweetheart, and a real joy to visit with before and after shows.

To answer the OP, off the top of my head, I personally know of 2 that are huge DT fans (one of which is Patricia, above). The missus is OK with listening to their music and has caught a couple shows with me, but by no means would I classify her as a DT fan.

Guess that makes two then (Voted one...wife)

Patricia stopped by and had lunch with us a few times years ago as part of her itinerary when she flew over to see Joe Satriani a few times. Forgot about that until just now. It's been at least 5 years since I've heard from her. She was a really nice person. Other than Queen, Satriani and Dream Theater, she was also a Walter Trout fan. Oddly enough, I don't think we ever met at a Dream Theater show. Can't remember how we met. Images and Words fanzine maybe? Fantastic person.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Rattlehead on March 10, 2019, 05:55:18 PM
I've never met a woman that likes DT... unfortunately, my wife doesn't like them at all  :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: gborland on March 10, 2019, 05:55:57 PM
I remember Patricia from the very early days on the Ytsejam mailing list. I have not yet been lucky enough to meet her in person.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: TheGreatPretender on March 10, 2019, 06:08:03 PM
I've known a few, including one who was a music journalist, who interviewed Jordan Rudess in 2014.

I got my mom and my girlfriend into them too. But you know, only to the extent where they enjoy listening to them, not the extent where they can talk about what songs are on which album, or specific parts or anything.

The only other DT fans that I've had as friends, I met either at a DT concert, or on Facebook, as a result of making DT related posts.

But still, I'd call that 3+.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: BeardedGentlemanHistorian on March 10, 2019, 07:50:41 PM
Just one. My oldest daughter, Katie. Her favorite album is ADTOE. I've never been able to turn my wife into a fan.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: BeardedGentlemanHistorian on March 10, 2019, 08:02:57 PM
My wife likes about 10 songs of theirs (the softer ones). I've played the Budokan version of Hollow Years for some female friends and they all loved it.

Oddly enough, the one song that every woman (including my 67 year old mother) seems to love is I Walk Beside You. I've never got a bad reaction to that from women when I've given it them to listen.


Here's my list for introducing women to DT. I'm sure most of you will see the pattern.

1. Wait For Sleep
2. The Silent Man
3. Hollow Years
4. Anna Lee
5. Take Away My Pain
6. Through Her Eyes
7. The Spirit Carries On
8. Vacant
9. Far From Heaven
10. Beneath The Surface

Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: 1neeto on March 11, 2019, 01:58:50 AM
My wife likes about 10 songs of theirs (the softer ones). I've played the Budokan version of Hollow Years for some female friends and they all loved it.

Oddly enough, the one song that every woman (including my 67 year old mother) seems to love is I Walk Beside You. I've never got a bad reaction to that from women when I've given it them to listen.
You need to add Another Day to that list.

Here's my list for introducing women to DT. I'm sure most of you will see the pattern.

1. Wait For Sleep
2. The Silent Man
3. Hollow Years
4. Anna Lee
5. Take Away My Pain
6. Through Her Eyes
7. The Spirit Carries On
8. Vacant
9. Far From Heaven
10. Beneath The Surface
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: The Curious Orange on March 11, 2019, 04:39:04 AM
I've met female DT fans at shows (including one very cute Scottish lass at Leeds a few years back who was separated from her boyfriend - as in couldn't find him in the venue, rather than broken up, unfortunately), but IRL? None. That said, I know no male DT fans IRL either.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Indiscipline on March 11, 2019, 05:08:06 AM
I just do not know any DT fans outside of the digital world, let alone female ones.

Sure, I managed to turn my step-daughter on them and even brought her and my wife to a TA show which they sincerely enjoyed. It may be my greatest esistential success, but I can't really call my women "DT fans".
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: DT1138 on March 11, 2019, 07:39:03 PM
I met one lady at the Chicago show in 2017 who was there with her husband while we were waiting in line. 

I asked her "Are you here because of your husband?". 
She said "No, I love Dream Theater and James is my favorite singer of all time".

I turned to her husband and said "You are one lucky guy, dude".

By comparison, none of my friends or family (male or female) like DT at all.  My best female friend hates JLB with passion.

Regardless...there seemed to be a lot of ladies cheering at that same show that night.  I wasn't sure if they were really that into it or not.  Kind of like the woman right in front of me who was clearly bored out of her mind (going on Facebook on her phone, no less) and ultimately wound up hanging out in the lobby while her boyfriend made a complete ass out of himself airguitarring and high fiving anyone within reach.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Ninjabait on March 11, 2019, 08:07:41 PM
Checking the likes on the fb page, apparently I know two women who like DT. I wasn't aware of either liking either before checking tho, so I voted none because I didn't think to check fb until after I voted lol
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 12, 2019, 10:00:10 AM
Wait

I lied. I've met Deb IRL...

So technically I know 2 female DT fans IRL :lol


Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MirrorMask on March 12, 2019, 10:05:52 AM
Regardless...there seemed to be a lot of ladies cheering at that same show that night.  I wasn't sure if they were really that into it or not.  Kind of like the woman right in front of me who was clearly bored out of her mind (going on Facebook on her phone, no less) and ultimately wound up hanging out in the lobby while her boyfriend made a complete ass out of himself airguitarring and high fiving anyone within reach.

These kind of things always puzzled me. Is there some kind of law that states that when you're a couple you have to enjoy EVERYTHING together and that you marry / get engaged to the other's persons passions? why is it mandatory to go together to a concert? why someone should spend a lot of money for a concert of an artist he/she is not interested in mainly because one of the fan of said artist happens to share their bed?

Aren't "ladies night", "bros night" a thing? if a partner goes out one evening with the old schoolmates or something, why isn't "Hey honey, I have this gig next month" - "Cool, guess I'll go out with my girlfriends that evening then" an option?
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: TheGreatPretender on March 12, 2019, 11:58:03 AM
These kind of things always puzzled me. Is there some kind of law that states that when you're a couple you have to enjoy EVERYTHING together and that you marry / get engaged to the other's persons passions? why is it mandatory to go together to a concert? why someone should spend a lot of money for a concert of an artist he/she is not interested in mainly because one of the fan of said artist happens to share their bed?

Aren't "ladies night", "bros night" a thing? if a partner goes out one evening with the old schoolmates or something, why isn't "Hey honey, I have this gig next month" - "Cool, guess I'll go out with my girlfriends that evening then" an option?

Well, sometimes when you're really enthusiastic and passionate about something, like your very favorite band, you want to share your love of that stuff with your significant other.
It doesn't mean that you have to drag them to every single concert ever, but maybe this was the case where he just wanted her to share the experience with her, just to have someone to share that enthusiasm.
Although based on that story, the fact that he was oblivious to his girlfriend's boredom, I don't know what the deal there was, but if this was indeed her very first DT concert, he should really have been more focused on engaging her, rather than high fiving strangers. So I can't speak for that particular case, but for couples who are really close, I think sharing in each other's passions should come naturally, not because they have to be into that thing that their partner is passionate about, but at the very least, because they're into seeing that joy and excitement on their partner's face.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MirrorMask on March 12, 2019, 01:27:44 PM
Uh well, what you say makes way more sense than the attitude of those two described by DT1138. Maybe in these cases one wants so bad to share the experience that offers to buy tickets so that the partner won't have to pay for something they're not into... I would like to think that next time that due would think twice to bring along someone he doesn't even realize isn't interested.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: pg1067 on March 12, 2019, 05:33:57 PM
These kind of things always puzzled me. Is there some kind of law that states that when you're a couple you have to enjoy EVERYTHING together and that you marry / get engaged to the other's persons passions? why is it mandatory to go together to a concert? why someone should spend a lot of money for a concert of an artist he/she is not interested in mainly because one of the fan of said artist happens to share their bed?

Aren't "ladies night", "bros night" a thing? if a partner goes out one evening with the old schoolmates or something, why isn't "Hey honey, I have this gig next month" - "Cool, guess I'll go out with my girlfriends that evening then" an option?

When my wife and I first got together, we did EVERYTHING together.  Within days after she moved out here (she was in grad school when we met, and she moved across the country to move in with me), we went to a Rush concert.  A few months later, I got dragged to see Tori Amos.  We did a few more shows together before realizing that we'd both be much happier by not dragging the other to see shows we didn't want to see.  That may be part of the reason why I have a nearly 10 year gap in my DT concert attendance record (Dec. 1994 through Sept. 2004).
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: DT1138 on March 12, 2019, 07:21:50 PM
Ahh, it appears I struck a nerve here.   :biggrin:

I agree with maybe taking someone who is curious (or just likes to try new things) to a "new" group and if they don't like it just go by yourself or with other people next time.  Hence why I went by myself and will again in a couple of weeks.

Oh and if I can go back to Mr & Ms Facebook Airguitar one more time....they showed up about 3/4 of the way thru the first set.  The guy, who was clearly smelling of beer and nursing one as they reached their seats, asked me "Have they played 'Pull Me Under' yet?".    :loser:

Can't make this stuff up.  ::)  :lol
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MirrorMask on March 13, 2019, 04:03:13 AM
And I thought that DT wasn't a bad for casual fans interested only in the radio..... hit, singular  ;D

Did they actually play it? imagine such a guy going to a concert and not getting neither Metropolis nor Pull me Under  ;D
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Ninjabait on March 13, 2019, 04:25:33 PM
Regardless...there seemed to be a lot of ladies cheering at that same show that night.  I wasn't sure if they were really that into it or not.  Kind of like the woman right in front of me who was clearly bored out of her mind (going on Facebook on her phone, no less) and ultimately wound up hanging out in the lobby while her boyfriend made a complete ass out of himself airguitarring and high fiving anyone within reach.

These kind of things always puzzled me. Is there some kind of law that states that when you're a couple you have to enjoy EVERYTHING together and that you marry / get engaged to the other's persons passions? why is it mandatory to go together to a concert? why someone should spend a lot of money for a concert of an artist he/she is not interested in mainly because one of the fan of said artist happens to share their bed?

Aren't "ladies night", "bros night" a thing? if a partner goes out one evening with the old schoolmates or something, why isn't "Hey honey, I have this gig next month" - "Cool, guess I'll go out with my girlfriends that evening then" an option?

Well, there's no law about it, but people who are really close to each other tend to start having more overlap in their music tastes. Like I have friends who primarily listen to one sort of genre (Pop Punk/80s Classic Rock, IDM, jazz, classical, etc.) but I've gotten them to expand their tastes in other directions just by exposing them to the music I like over time. And vice-versa, where I've gotten more into IDM, Pop Punk, jazz, etc. because of their influence

Like rn I have a friend who's super into Eurovision and really excited about it, so they're starting to get me into it a bit too haha
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Drinktheater on March 13, 2019, 05:29:50 PM
Hah I know one of them

A girl that I have a big crush on and I even dare to say I love her now but we are not meant to be together but here is the story,

 She is gamer girl like she is so fond of MMO like Ragnarok,DOTA and other MMORPG and I met her ingame and then added her on FB for a couple years I notice she is into the arts she is an awesome painter and she seems to be interested in church music she sings at a choir, but damn I was blown away when I saw her "liked" the DT FB page and so I ask her if she is a fan she just said "oh wow OMG I am fan of DT because I love their Drummer (Mike Portnoy) and they are underrated only Musicians can understand their music it seems but I love how they use complex beat paterns because I play drums too.

And she said "so you seems to be into guitar? I love John Petrucci too"

I mean even before I knew she is a DT fan I am already in love with her but damn she melted my heart even more.

But we are not meant to be together it seems.


Oh a man can only dream....

Please Lord Petrucci make my dreams come true..
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: DT1138 on March 13, 2019, 05:40:21 PM
And I thought that DT wasn't a bad for casual fans interested only in the radio..... hit, singular  ;D

Did they actually play it? imagine such a guy going to a concert and not getting neither Metropolis nor Pull me Under  ;D

Yes - the 2nd act was Images and Words start to finish in album order.  I didn't think DT attracted the casuals either, but....


Hah I know one of them

A girl that I have a big crush on and I even dare to say I love her now but we are not meant to be together but here is the story,

 She is gamer girl like she is so fond of MMO like Ragnarok,DOTA and other MMORPG and I met her ingame and then added her on FB for a couple years I notice she is into the arts she is an awesome painter and she seems to be interested in church music she sings at a choir, but damn I was blown away when I saw her "liked" the DT FB page and so I ask her if she is a fan she just said "oh wow OMG I am fan of DT because I love their Drummer (Mike Portnoy) and they are underrated only Musicians can understand their music it seems but I love how they use complex beat paterns because I play drums too.

And she said "so you seems to be into guitar? I love John Petrucci too"

I mean even before I knew she is a DT fan I am already in love with her but damn she melted my heart even more.

But we are not meant to be together it seems.

Oh a man can only dream....

Please Lord Petrucci make my dreams come true..


Good luck man - I dream of that kind of gal also.  Maybe someday...
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: NunoTenniscourt on March 13, 2019, 08:39:04 PM
I think this comes down to just how social one might be more than anything else. If you want to meet women who like Dream Theater, go to their show. Very simple. It's how I end up meeting people with similar music tastes.

Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Drinktheater on March 18, 2019, 11:22:36 AM
And I thought that DT wasn't a bad for casual fans interested only in the radio..... hit, singular  ;D

Did they actually play it? imagine such a guy going to a concert and not getting neither Metropolis nor Pull me Under  ;D

Yes - the 2nd act was Images and Words start to finish in album order.  I didn't think DT attracted the casuals either, but....


Hah I know one of them

A girl that I have a big crush on and I even dare to say I love her now but we are not meant to be together but here is the story,

 She is gamer girl like she is so fond of MMO like Ragnarok,DOTA and other MMORPG and I met her ingame and then added her on FB for a couple years I notice she is into the arts she is an awesome painter and she seems to be interested in church music she sings at a choir, but damn I was blown away when I saw her "liked" the DT FB page and so I ask her if she is a fan she just said "oh wow OMG I am fan of DT because I love their Drummer (Mike Portnoy) and they are underrated only Musicians can understand their music it seems but I love how they use complex beat paterns because I play drums too.

And she said "so you seems to be into guitar? I love John Petrucci too"

I mean even before I knew she is a DT fan I am already in love with her but damn she melted my heart even more.

But we are not meant to be together it seems.

Oh a man can only dream....

Please Lord Petrucci make my dreams come true..


Good luck man - I dream of that kind of gal also.  Maybe someday...

Ha thanks.. yeah but its a long shot I could see my self winning the lottery than  she and I becoming a couple she is from Indonesia of Chinese and Korean ancestry  and I am from the Philippines and now she just moved to Sweden and is happily married. Oh well.... life goes on.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: ytserush on March 19, 2019, 07:44:10 PM
These kind of things always puzzled me. Is there some kind of law that states that when you're a couple you have to enjoy EVERYTHING together and that you marry / get engaged to the other's persons passions? why is it mandatory to go together to a concert? why someone should spend a lot of money for a concert of an artist he/she is not interested in mainly because one of the fan of said artist happens to share their bed?

Aren't "ladies night", "bros night" a thing? if a partner goes out one evening with the old schoolmates or something, why isn't "Hey honey, I have this gig next month" - "Cool, guess I'll go out with my girlfriends that evening then" an option?

When my wife and I first got together, we did EVERYTHING together.  Within days after she moved out here (she was in grad school when we met, and she moved across the country to move in with me), we went to a Rush concert.  A few months later, I got dragged to see Tori Amos.  We did a few more shows together before realizing that we'd both be much happier by not dragging the other to see shows we didn't want to see.  That may be part of the reason why I have a nearly 10 year gap in my DT concert attendance record (Dec. 1994 through Sept. 2004).

As far as concerts go, we like a lot of the same music so it makes sense to go to concerts together if our schedules align.  There are several cases where we like different music so we'll either go with friends or alone. 
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: MoraWintersoul on March 21, 2019, 04:20:58 AM
But we are not meant to be together it seems.


Oh a man can only dream....
You should watch 500 Days of Summer to get over her ;)

Whenever these discussions crop up I find them puzzling, mostly because I'm a huge music fan (and I'm in the small number of women that define themselves by fandoms - you may have noticed that men do that more, on average) and so most of my friendships are based on my local music scene and over the internet it's based on music fandom as well.

Looking at the number of my friends on Facebook as a metric, I have 400 friends (don't add just about anyone), 80 of them have liked Dream Theater's page on Facebook, and 25 of these friends are women. I know there's probably about 5 or 6 more I know who have never been active on Facebook who also like Dream Theater, have listened to their albums, etc. I know all of them in person - those who live in my home country, that is. I have never met most of my international internet friends. Only three of them are from DTF - Deb, Gwen, Nem. If you're a woman of DTF I missed to add on Facebook, feel free to add me :lol

If most of your friends are friends from school, and then work, and then maybe a side activity, of course you're not gonna know many music fans, and then you might not know a single woman who listened to Dream Theater. If you're active in your local scene, you've probably met more than you think. And your local scene doesn't have to be super prog friendly for that to happen - hell, Dream Theater never even had a concert in Belgrade.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: WildRanger on March 05, 2021, 02:29:13 PM
How many women (in percentage) have you seen at Dream Theater concerts?
I would like to know.

Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: geeeemo on March 05, 2021, 02:37:02 PM
Not sure who counts.. :\.  But I always see quite a bit of women there! I will guess...30-40%
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Dream Team on March 05, 2021, 02:53:43 PM
Seems like these days you’re not allowed to identify gender, so who the hell knows?
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: pg1067 on March 05, 2021, 03:43:29 PM
Not sure who counts.. :\.  But I always see quite a bit of women there! I will guess...30-40%

Sounds about right in my experience.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 09, 2021, 06:44:26 AM
I've definitely seen women at DT shows, but they are usually significant others of men attending.  I see groups of men attending, but I've never seen a group of women.

And of course, both of my kids are (physically) female.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: LudwigVan on March 09, 2021, 01:52:50 PM
When I attended The Astonishing at Port Chester NY, I sat next to a couple and the male was just along for the ride. He confessed to being the more casual fan compared to his significant other, who pushed for attending the show.  She was WAY into it. I remember her telling me she had the album going in her car 24/7 and that she preferred disc 2 over disc 1.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Max Kuehnau on March 10, 2021, 04:07:41 AM
I did see quite a few women when I saw DT in 2016 and 2017. (one sitting next to me actually every time during the two concerts I attended on these tours, and a couple sitting behind me in 2017.) It wasn't too common earlier on, if memory serves.
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: Cirone328 on March 10, 2021, 09:08:46 AM
Damn! I thought this was a post on women DT fans posting a pic of themselves!  :'(
Title: Re: Women of Dream Theater
Post by: pg1067 on March 10, 2021, 09:22:34 AM
Damn! I thought this was a post on women DT fans posting a pic of themselves!  :'(

That would certainly be more fun!  ;-)