'At this point, we could be paying homage to 'Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.'' LaBrie says. 'But I think we wanted to get back to being a little more broad-stroked.'

'I think it's gonna be a little intimidating, the very first show,' LaBrie says. 'But I'm sure that once we have a song under our belt, everything else will just kick into gear and we'll be right back to where we were before the pandemic.' No plans for 'Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence' tour LaBrie and his bandmates have been talking about how they expect their first show back to feel a little like a high school band's first show. So that in itself was just very refreshing and kind of really spiked our spirit to get back out there.' 'But we were together all last week, rehearsing, and it felt great to just be in the same room, doing what we love. 'It's gonna feel really strange, I'm sure,' he says. That's the longest they've gone without touring since hitting the road in support of 'Images and Words,' their first release with James LaBrie on vocals.Īnd LaBrie, for one, can't wait to put an end to that unplanned hiatus and launch a new tour Wednesday, Feb. 2: Scenes from a Memory' by playing the album in full.

It's been almost two years since a global pandemic forced Dream Theater to come in off the road in the midst of a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Metropolis Pt. View Gallery: Photos: Dream Theater is coming to the Mesa Arts Center

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