Dream Theater // Melbourne // 40th Anniversary Tour 2026 // Margaret Court Arena // LIC AA

Name: Dream Theater // Melbourne // 40th Anniversary Tour 2026 // Margaret Court Arena // LIC AA
Start: 2026-02-12T08:30:00+11:00
Location: Margaret Court Arena

Schedule

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Margaret Court Arena | Melbourne, VI

𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇
𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑
𝟒𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Tʜᴜʀsᴅᴀʏ 12 Fᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ 2026
Mᴀʀɢᴀʀᴇᴛ Cᴏᴜʀᴛ Aʀᴇɴᴀ, Mᴇʟʙᴏᴜʀɴᴇ LIC AA
Dᴏᴏʀs 6:30ᴘᴍ
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DAL presale: Tue 9 Sep @ 10 AM 𝑳𝑶𝑪𝑨𝑳
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩: 𝐃𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 ➟ https://daltours.cc/DreamTheater
General public on-sale: Wed 10 Sept @ 10 AM 𝑳𝑶𝑪𝑨𝑳
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘®-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝟒𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐲’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐌𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠, 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬.
The tour kicks off on on February 10 in Adelaide with stops in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 will be performing classics and fan favorites from their catalogue in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of music. More information on all tickets and VIP packages can be found at dreamtheater.net.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔! 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 40 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝑊𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠,” explains 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.
Beyond selling millions of records worldwide and gathering a billion-plus streams, 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 have quietly evolved into progressive metal trailblazers over the course of an unprecedented journey earmarked by one unforgettable milestone after another. The career-launching 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 & 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 graced Rolling Stone’s “100 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑙𝑙-𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒,” while Awake claimed #1 on Guitar World’s “𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛: 50 𝐼𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 1994.” In addition to emerging as Classic Rock’s “15𝑡ℎ 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚,” 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠 𝑃𝑡. 2: 𝑆𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 toppled a fan-voted Rolling Stone poll as the “𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙-𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚.” They shook the charts with three Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 and headlined sold out shows everywhere from Radio City Music Hall to Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The band garnered a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒” for “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛” from 2021’s 𝐴 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. Of the latter, PROG raved, “𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟-𝑠𝑜-𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟,” and Consequence attested, “𝐴 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠.”
Now, 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 have returned to their roots as James LaBrie [vocals], John Petrucci [guitar], John Myung [bass], and Jordan Rudess [keyboards] reunite with Mike Portnoy [drums] during their fortieth anniversary. Simultaneously, these five old friends enter a bold new era fuelled by some of the most focused, formidable, and fiery music of their career. They’re harnessing the memories of the past and the promise of the future in order to make the most of the present. Ultimately, the group’s sixteenth full-length album, Parasomnia [Inside Out Music/Sony Music], represents both where they came from and where they’re going as not only bandmates, but as brothers.