Dream Theater

Release Athens 2025 welcomes Dream Theater, on Wednesday July 23rd at Plateia Nerou. With the classic lineup in place, after the grand return of Mike Portnoy, they celebrate 40 years of a glorious career that has left an indelible mark on progressive metal with the biggest show they have ever played!




When John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and John Myung met at the world’s leading music school, in 1985, no one could have imagined what they would create together in the years to come. Over the past four decades, Dream Theater has done it all, selling over 15 million records, winning a Grammy, topping charts all over the world, but most of all, being recognized as the band that elevated and established progressive metal as an important subgenre of the scene.

Their impressive discography includes milestones in the history of heavy metal, since among them are undisputed masterpieces that are not reduced to the legendary “Images And Words” (1992), “Awake” (1994), “Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory” (1999) and “Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence” (2002), but also include the more recent “The Astonishing” (2016) and “A View From The Top Of The World” (2021), that not only received critical acclaim from music experts and fans, but they were also huge artistic and commercial achievements.

Dream Theater return with new material, this time – after almost 15 years – together with Mike Portnoy, who besides being a jaw-dropping drummer and founding member of the group, was one of the main compositional cogs of the band’s golden era.

On Wednesday July 23rd, the loyal home crowd will be lucky enough to see this huge group with all their “weapons” at their disposal.

Support acts: Mastodon, Haken.