Dream Theater

Cover songs

Even though they have been well-known for covering other artists' work throughout the entirety of their career, Dream Theater took this practice to another level during the promotional tour for Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. At three special gigs, one each in Barcelona, Chicago and New York City, they covered Metallica's Master of Puppets album in its entirety after a full set of Dream Theater material. This came as a complete shock to fans as there was no sign that this was to occur, other than it being announced that the gigs involved, which were the second of a two-night stand in each city, would be "extra special".

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Covering - Barcelona - Chicago - Metallica's

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Portnoy devised this "album cover" as the first in a series of gigs to be played as tributes to bands that had been influential in the formation and development of Dream Theater. The covers set divided many fans who attended the shows, with some people saying that they went to a Dream Theater concert to see original music and not another artist's work. Others, however, said that it was a bonus and not a replacement for a normal Dream Theater concert, since an ordinary gig had been played the night before. The next time an album cover gig was to occur this negativity was more subdued, since most fans knew what was to occur at the gig and were aware that they would not be seeing an entire night of Dream Theater material.

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On the next leg of the tour they covered Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast and received a similar reaction to Master of Puppets, although it was already known that a cover was to be performed that night because the tour itinery included two successive gigs in a single city. Mike Portnoy says that he has three more cover shows planned, but refuses to reveal when they will occur, or what albums will be covered{{ref|cover-albums}}. There is much debate in Dream Theater fan circles about what albums will be covered, and even what genre those albums will fall under, but general consensus is that it is inevitable that at least one '70s progressive rock album, quite possibly Rush, will be covered, and possibly an album from a modern band like Tool or Radiohead.

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Iron Maiden's - Rush - Tool - Radiohead

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Dream Theater are also planning to cover another album. Dream Theater's official webpage has the following details: "The 2nd sets of the 2nd nights in Amsterdam, London and Tokyo (October 11th, October 25th and January 13th) will be a classic album covered in its entirety". This will be the third album that the band will cover (assuming they will perform the same album on those dates- the last two album-covers were done on multiple dates of the tour(s) they were on).

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