Mike Portnoy: Last News

Dream Theater played a live show shortly after drummer Mike Portnoy found out that his sister had died earlier this week, and paid tribute to her on stage.The progressive metal band performed at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on Tuesday (October 29) as part of their current 40th anniversary UK and European tour – which began in London earlier this month.Portnoy returned to the group’s line-up after a 14-year absence for the celebratory gigs, having departed in 2010.Following the concert, the musician said in an emotional post on Facebook that his sister had passed away – and that he had learned of her passing just before he took to the stage.“Tonight in Zagreb Croatia was one of the hardest shows I’ve ever had to play,” Portnoy’s message began. “About 30 minutes before showtime, I received a call from my brother that my loving sister Samantha Leone Cattaneo had just passed away.“My sister had been battling cancer all year and the last few days she took a turn for the worse… it’s been a devastating couple of days for me and my family knowing the inevitable was coming.”He continued: “As hard as it was, tonight’s show went on and James [LaBrie, frontman] dedicated ‘The Spirit Carries On’ to her… this picture is from tonight… those lights in the air were for Sam… I wept like a baby the entire time.

Dream Theater have released their new song ‘Midnight Messiah’ from their upcoming album ‘Parasomnia’.“Midnight messiah / Darkness descends / Eternally wired / The dream never ends / Twilight desires / Midnight messiah,” sings frontman James LaBrie over pulsing and thrashing drums and chugging guitars.The track features a lyrical contribution from drummer Mike Portnoy, marking the first time that he has contributed to the lyrics since 2009. Portnoy returned to the band in 2023 following a 13-year absence from the group.Speaking about ‘Midnight Messiah’ in a press release, Portnoy said: “It was great writing lyrics again and contributing this chapter to the Parasomnia story.

Dream Theater‘s Mike Portnoy has created his own drum parts for Taylor Swift‘s ‘Shake It Off’ after listening to it for the first time – check it out below.As part of drumming platform Drumeo’s popular First Time series, the channel challenged the veteran prog metal drummer to create his own parts for a song he had never heard before – which turned out to be Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’.After listening to a snippet of the track – which was played to him without drum tracks – Portnoy dove right into jamming along to the song during his first listen. After his first listen, Portnoy joked that it “sounded like something out of Disneyland in Japan or something” before confirming that he did not know the song, or that it was from Taylor Swift.While listening to the song one more time, Portnoy said he didn’t know how to write a chart for the song because “it’s like Bob Dylan.

Dream Theater‘s drummer Mike Portnoy has shared his Top 10 favourite albums of the year.The musician took to his official Instagram account to share a post about the 10 albums that stood out to him in 2024. Portnoy made sure to note that the recap is in no particular order of preference.The 10 albums on his list were Opeth‘s ‘The Last Will And Testament’, Blood Incantation’s ‘Absolute Elsewhere’, The Lemon Twigs‘ ‘A Dream Is All We Know‘, Redd Kross‘ self-titled LP, Leprous’ ‘Melodies of Atonement’, Frost*’s ‘Life In The Wires’, Neal Morse & The Resonance’s ‘No Hill For A Climber’, Category 7’s self-titled LP, Kerry King‘s ‘From Hell I Rise‘ and The Warning’s ‘Keep Me Fed’.A post shared by Mike Portnoy (@mikeportnoy)Back in October, it was revealed that Portnoy had gone on to play a live show with Dream Theater shortly after he learned that his sister had sadly passed.

Dream Theater played their first live show with drummer Mike Portnoy in 14 years in London last night (October 20) – check out the footage belowThe progressive metal band kicked off their 40th anniversary UK and European tour with an 18-song set at The O2 in the capital, per Setlist.FM.Separated into two acts and an encore, the concert began with an airing of ‘Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper’ from Dream Theater’s 1992 album ‘Images And Words’ and ended with a performance of their classic single ‘Pull Me Under’.Elsewhere, fans were treated to the first outing of ‘The Mirror’ since 2014 and the live debut of new single ‘Night Terror’.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has told fans what to expect from their 16th album.Having rejoined the Boston prog metal band in October last year after a 13-year absence, Portnoy has said (via Blabbermouth) the upcoming record will pick up where his last effort with the band left off.“There’s a certain style that the five of us have when we write together,” Portnoy explained.“And if you listen to the album with this lineup from 1999, ‘[Metropolis Pt.

Tool song, which he has said makes “Dream Theater look like Weezer”.Portnoy, who rejoined the Boston prog metal band in October last year after a 13-year absence, took up the challenge from the Drumeo YouTube channel to learn Tool’s 12-minute track ‘Pneuma’, from 2019’s ‘Fear Inoculum’.The percussionist was given six hours to master the track, in what Drumeo described as “the most difficult challenge we’ve ever given anyone”.Over the course of the video, which you can watch below, Portnoy studies footage of Tool drummer Danny Carey and scouring the sheet music to decipher the song’s complexity.“This makes Dream Theater sound like fuckin’ Weezer,” Portnoy exclaims at one point. “With all due respect to Weezer, I love Weezer.

Dream Theater have announced details of a UK and European tour, celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band. Find ticket information below.Set to kick off in Autumn 2024, the new tour dates arrive following news back in October that drummer Mike Portnoy had rejoined the group.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has shared an update on the band’s upcoming 16th studio album.This past weekend, Portnoy – who rejoined the band in October last year – took to social media to reveal that he was done tracking drum’s for the band’s 16th album. However, the drummer was also quick to note that while he may be done with his contributions to the album, that the rest of the band are still hard at work, and will be for several more months to come.Portnoy wrote of the upcoming record: “I really can’t divulge anything more as we are (purposefully) keeping a very tight lid on any & all info at this early stage… but I will say we are all BLOWN AWAY and sooo extremely excited about what we’ve created! We cannot wait for you all to hear this… but patience, all will be revealed in due time…”A post shared by Mike Portnoy (@mikeportnoy)Dream Theater have yet to reveal key details of their 16th album, including it’s title and release date.The record will be their first with Portnoy since 2009’s ‘Black Clouds and Silver Linings’.

Nickelback.During a recent appearance on education drum channel Drumeo, Portnoy – who has in the past performed with Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs and Avenged Sevenfold among other bands – revealed that he was contacted by Nickelback to fill in on drums for a gig in 2022 after their drummer wasn’t able to make a show.For his appearance on Drumeo, Portnoy was tasked to perform a song he had never heard of, which turned out to be Nickelback’s ‘Burn It To The Ground’. Providing some backstory, Portnoy said: “Their drummer I guess was having surgery and they asked me to play a show with them.

Dream Theater‘s Mike Portnoy, who recently returned to the band following a 13-year absence, has played ‘Pull Me Under’ for the first time in 13 years on Drumeo. Portnoy was recently featured in a 14-minute video for the YouTube drum education resource, Drumeo, depicting him discussing and playing through the band’s iconic ‘Images And Words’ cut, ‘Pull Me Under’.The video begins with Portnoy speaking about the significance of the track to Dream Theater’s career, describing it as “the song that put Dream Theater on the map”.“It’s pretty safe to say, if we didn’t write that song, I wouldn’t be sitting here today,” he said.

Dream Theater, has died aged 72.He was the second vocalist for the prog metal band, and joined them as a replacement for original singer Chris Collins while the band was going by the name Majesty.He stayed with the band as the frontman for their debut album under the Dream Theater title, ‘When Dream And Day Unite’, which was shared in 1988, and was later replaced by James LaBrie who remains the vocalist for the band today.In the time since his departure from the line-up, the singer went on to front his own progressive metal band, Dominici, which released three albums up until the time of his death.News of his death was shared by the band’s drummer Mike Portnoy, who recently rejoined the band. He took to his social media channels on Friday (November 17) to post his tribute.“I am devastated to share the news of the passing of former Dream Theater singer Charlie Dominici,” he wrote.

Dream Theater have announced the return of founding member Mike Portnoy, over a decade after he left the line-up.The news of his return to the prog band was shared by the band today (October 25) with a surprise X/Twitter update. “We are thrilled to announce the return of drummer @MikePortnoy to Dream Theater,” it read.In the post, the band also confirmed that the new line-up is already set to begin work on a new studio album, which will mark their first with the drummer since 2009’s ‘Black Clouds & Silver Linings’.Portnoy’s return also marks the restoration of the classic 1999/2000 line-up – also featuring singer James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung and keyboardist Jordan Rudess.During that time, the five-piece recorded six albums, including the fan favourites ‘Metropolis Pt.

Dream Theater have revealed that they are planning on entering the studio to record their sixteenth studio album in late 2023.In a new interview with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, guitarist John Petrucci spoke about the band’s plans for 2023 and his solo tour with former bandmate Mike Portnoy. Petrucci released his second solo album ‘Terminal Velocity’ in August.“Dream Theater is gonna continue touring in 2023,” he said when asked about the band’s upcoming plans.

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