Dream Theater, Devin Townsend, Animals As Leaders Team Up for Dreamsonic Touring Festival
Grammy winners/progressive rock legends Dream Theater have announced their inaugural Dreamsonic progressive rock festival. The 2023 North American edition will take place throughout June and July 2023, with the first date taking place on June 16.
The tour is a three-headed prog rock chimera, with the aforementioned Dream Theater taking the headlining slot. The band is currently touring behind their 2021 effort A View From The Top of the World. Rounding out the two other heads are Devin Townsend, the Canadian progressive metal legend who is currently supporting his latest album Lightwork, and Animals As Leaders, known for their cutting-edge instrumental progressive/djent tapestries, who are currently supporting their latest effort Parrhesia.
The bands are no strangers to each other: Townsend previously supported Dream Theater in 2022 for the band’s Top of the World European trek. Animals As Leaders previously toured with Townsend as well under his Devin Townsend Project moniker during the Abstract Reality 2014 tour.
Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci said of the festival: “We are all so incredibly excited to present Dream Theater’s very own prog-metal music festival, Dreamsonic 2023! The lineup for our inaugural run this summer features Dream Theater, Devin Townsend, and Animals As Leaders and is going to be absolutely epic!”
Dates for Dreamsonic featuring Dream Theater, Devin Townsend and Animals As Leaders
June 16th – Cedar Park, TX – H-E-B Center At Cedar Park
June 17th – Dallas, TX – Texas Trust CU Holds @ Grand Prairie
June 18th – Sugarland, TX – Smart Financial Center
June 21st – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
June 22nd – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Arena
June 23rd – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock
June 25th – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theater
June 27th – Washington, PA – Wild Things Park
June 28th – New York, NY – Hulu Theater
June 30th – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
July 1st – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
July 2nd -Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion
July 4th – Laval, QC – Place Bell
July 5th – Hamilton, ON – FirstOntario Centre
July 7th – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino
July 8th – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
July 9th – Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion
July 11th – Detroit, MI – Masonic
July 12th – OshKosh, WI – OshKosh Arena
July 13th – Cedar Rapids, IA – Alliant Energy Power House
July 15th – Denver, CO – Mission Theater
July 17th – Spokane, WA – First Interstate Center
July 18th – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle
July 19th – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee
July 21st – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
July 22nd – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Live
July 24th – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic
July 25th – Inglewood, CA – YouTube Theater
July 26th – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theater
Tickets are currently on sale now for all dates.
