Dream Theater kicked off their Summer 2025 European Tour on June 3 in Turku, Finland. Drummer Mike Portnoy has checked in with the following update:
“I’ve seen a few comments online about the fact that last night’s opening show in Finland was a single set and not two sets with an intermission…
For the record, a lot of these summer headlining shows will have different formats: some will be a single long set, some will be two sets with an intermission. Different promoters have booked and billed the shows differently… sometimes the venues have curfews, etc, etc. Honestly, I’m not sure the rhyme or reason to it, but I too am having to adapt to each one when writing the setlists.
But anybody attending a ‘headlining’ show can know I am very attentive to the songs when writing new sets for places we already played vs playing places we haven’t yet, but the set length and format itself will vary from market to market and situation to situation.
It’s a little different when doing a summer EU ‘festival’ tour rather than doing an entire leg of our own shows every night.”
The setlist for the Turku show at Logomo was as follows:
“Night Terror”
“Act I: Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu”
“Act I: Scene Three: I. Through My Words” (first time since 2020)
“Act I: Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy” (first time since 2020)
“Panic Attack”
“The Enemy Inside” (first time with Portnoy; first time since 2014)
“Midnight Messiah”
“A Rite of Passage”
“Hollow Years” (’96 demo version)
“The Dark Eternal Night
“Peruvian Skies” (first time since 2019)
“Take the Time” (abridged version; first time since 2017)
Encore:
“As I Am”
“Pull Me Under”
European tour dates are available below.
June
5 – Solvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
7 – Nancy, France – Heavy Weekend Festival
10 – MareNostrum, Spain – MareNostrum Festival
12 – Zamora, Spain – Z Live Festival
14 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock Festival
19 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop
20 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell Festival
21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
23 – Sopot, Poland – Opera Lesna
25 – Oslo, Norway – Tons Of Rock
27 – Tallinn, Estonia – Tallinn Rock Festival
28 – Grenchen, Switzerland – Summerside Festival
30 – Marostica, Italy – Piazza Degli Scacchi
July
1 – Lucca, Italy – Piazza Napoleone
2 – Pompei, Italy – Anfiteatro Degli Scavi
4 – Sicily, Italy – Teatro Antico di Taormina
6 – Valletta, Malta – Pinto Wharf
10 – Bonn, Germany – Kunst! Rasen
11 – Hannover, Germany – Gilde Parkbihne
12 – Nurnberg, Germany – Stadionpark
14 – Hamburg, Germany – Stadtpark
15 – Leipzig, Germany – Parkbühne
17 – Turin, Italy – Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi
18 – St Julien En Genevois, France – Guitar En Scene
20t – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Ancient Theatre
21 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Ancient Theatre
23 – Athens, Greece – Water Square
25 – Sibiu, Romania – ARTmania
27 – Istanbul, Turkey – Kücükçiftlik Park
29 – Orange, France – Theatre Antique d’Orange
All ticket links, VIP upgrades and more info at dreamtheater.net.
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“I’ve seen a few comments online about the fact that last night’s opening show in Finland was a single set and not two sets with an intermission…
For the record, a lot of these summer headlining shows will have different formats: some will be a single long set, some will be two sets with an intermission. Different promoters have booked and billed the shows differently… sometimes the venues have curfews, etc, etc. Honestly, I’m not sure the rhyme or reason to it, but I too am having to adapt to each one when writing the setlists.
But anybody attending a ‘headlining’ show can know I am very attentive to the songs when writing new sets for places we already played vs playing places we haven’t yet, but the set length and format itself will vary from market to market and situation to situation.
It’s a little different when doing a summer EU ‘festival’ tour rather than doing an entire leg of our own shows every night.”
The setlist for the Turku show at Logomo was as follows:
“Night Terror”
“Act I: Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu”
“Act I: Scene Three: I. Through My Words” (first time since 2020)
“Act I: Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy” (first time since 2020)
“Panic Attack”
“The Enemy Inside” (first time with Portnoy; first time since 2014)
“Midnight Messiah”
“A Rite of Passage”
“Hollow Years” (’96 demo version)
“The Dark Eternal Night
“Peruvian Skies” (first time since 2019)
“Take the Time” (abridged version; first time since 2017)
Encore:
“As I Am”
“Pull Me Under”
European tour dates are available below.
June
5 – Solvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
7 – Nancy, France – Heavy Weekend Festival
10 – MareNostrum, Spain – MareNostrum Festival
12 – Zamora, Spain – Z Live Festival
14 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock Festival
19 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop
20 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell Festival
21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
23 – Sopot, Poland – Opera Lesna
25 – Oslo, Norway – Tons Of Rock
27 – Tallinn, Estonia – Tallinn Rock Festival
28 – Grenchen, Switzerland – Summerside Festival
30 – Marostica, Italy – Piazza Degli Scacchi
July
1 – Lucca, Italy – Piazza Napoleone
2 – Pompei, Italy – Anfiteatro Degli Scavi
4 – Sicily, Italy – Teatro Antico di Taormina
6 – Valletta, Malta – Pinto Wharf
10 – Bonn, Germany – Kunst! Rasen
11 – Hannover, Germany – Gilde Parkbihne
12 – Nurnberg, Germany – Stadionpark
14 – Hamburg, Germany – Stadtpark
15 – Leipzig, Germany – Parkbühne
17 – Turin, Italy – Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi
18 – St Julien En Genevois, France – Guitar En Scene
20t – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Ancient Theatre
21 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Ancient Theatre
23 – Athens, Greece – Water Square
25 – Sibiu, Romania – ARTmania
27 – Istanbul, Turkey – Kücükçiftlik Park
29 – Orange, France – Theatre Antique d’Orange
All ticket links, VIP upgrades and more info at dreamtheater.net.
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