Artist: Dream Theater
Venue: Radio City Music Hall (New York, NY)
Opener: n/a
Date: 4/1/2006
Label: Rhino Records

Has it been twenty years since the world first had Dream Theater appear and bring Progressive Metal into the future? According to the band themselves this is the case and tonight at Radio City Music Hall in their hometown they would close out the “Octavarium” tour in front of a sold-out audience. It seemed like just recently that the band released this album and jumped quickly on “Gigantour” with Megadeth to do a co-headlining event that if done again better might very well rival that of Ozzfest. This series of shows brought Dream Theater to an entirely new audience in a lot of ways if you asked me, for with many of the bands being straight ahead Metal, and not Progressive there were more Metal people in the audience who would get to hear Dream Theater music for the first time. Those who have every attended a show at Radio City Music Hall (RCMH from now on) can attest that this is the perfect venue for a band like Dream Theater. It is acoustically sound, and from almost every seat you can get a great view of the show. You just have to worry if someone stands in front you, and a band like this is more sit and enjoy the performance rather than remain standing. The bands virtuoso nature works very well in this place and even from far away you could tell the smiles were on their faces. The group has been around for awhile and has toured the world a number of times, but it has to be special to play such a legendary place on the final night of their tour. To commemorate the occasion Dream Theater had announced in advance that this performance would be recorded for a soon to be released DVD. Given that announcement I expected the evening to be superior to everything else I had ever witnessed before.
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