Dream Theater To Record Paris, France Show For New Live Album/Film

During a recent appearance on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk,” Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy revealed that the band are planning to record their November 23 show at Adidas Arena in Paris, France. The footage and audio will be used for a new live album/film.

Portnoy said the following:

“We filmed and recorded the big O2, first night, just mainly for posterity and for the archives. But we do have plans to film our show in Paris for a live Blu-ray and a live album.

The thing is we’re gonna be on the road till the end of next year, and the new album doesn’t even come out till February, so this world tour is gonna kinda go through two phases. The whole first phase, which would be the first six to eight months will be the 40th-anniversary reunion celebration, but at some point mid-next year, we’re gonna transition into a full tour cycle supporting the upcoming album.

So even with the live album we’re gonna record in Paris [in November], that’s probably one of two releases that we’ll probably do because we’re gonna wanna do a proper live release once we start playing the new album as well.”

[via Blabbermouth]