John Petrucci has officially announced next year’s edition of his “Guitar Universe” camp. The event will take place at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa in Henderson, NV on August 7-10 and it will find Petrucci joined by Tosin Abasi, Chris Broderick, Nili Brosh, Mike Dawes, Guthrie Govan, Martin Miller, Rena Petrucci, Jason…
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…
Earlier tonight (October 20), Dream Theater played their first reunion show with Mike Portnoy at the O2 Arena in London, UK. You can see fan-filmed footage of that below. The set served as the band’s first with the drummer since 2010.
Metal Allegiance, the supergroup featuring Alex Skolnick (Testament), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), and Mark Menghi, will be performing at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA on January 23. The concert will find the band joined by Chuck Billy (Testament), Bobby Blitz (Overkill), John Bush (Armored Saint, Category 7), Doc Coyle (Bad…
Metal Allegiance, the supergroup featuring Alex Skolnick (Testament), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), and Mark Menghi, will be celebrating their 10th anniversary at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ on September 6. The concert will find the band joined by Troy Sanders (Mastodon), John Bush (Armored Saint), David Davison (Revocation), and more. Meanstreak…
Drumeo have shared a new video in which Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy was tasked with learning how to play Tool‘s “Pneuma” in a short amount of time. You can see how that went down below:
Mike Portnoy has finished tracking drums for the new Dream Theater album. He said the following about that: “Today is my last day behind this kit for a while…yes indeed, my drums for #DT16 are done!! But that is just the beginning…work will now continue in the coming months ahead on guitars, bass, keys, vocals,…
Yesterday (January 25), Metal Allegiance, the project featuring core members Alex Skolnick (Testament), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), and Mark Menghi, celebrated their 10th anniversary during a headlining show at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA. The concert found the group joined by various guests including: Chuck Billy (Testament), Phil Demmel (ex-Machine…
Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy recently celebrated Alex Van Halen’s induction into the Modern Drummer Hall Of Fame by performing Van Halen songs on the Van Halen drummer’s actual kit. You can see footage of that, along with an interview below. Portnoy commented: “What an honor this was!! Thank you so much to David Frangioni…
During an interview with Drumeo, Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy revealed that he almost got a chance to play drums for Nickelback in 2022. He was recruited to fill in for Daniel Adair during a festival set, but it ended up getting cancelled. Portnoy said the following: “I got a call from NICKELBACK in spring of…
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