Why Did @DreamTheaternet Skip 30 Million People On Its Dreamsonic Tour?

(Dream Theater Logo from Wiki Commons) 

Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.  We step out of the ACC tonight to assess some popular culture. @ASD_HokieSmash’s favorite band is on tour this summer – and that’s DreamTheaterNet, the best progressive metal band in the country right now.  In 2022, Dream Theater won the Grammy Award for best metal performance – and kudos to them for staying with their style of music – they never got away from 15 minute songs – didn’t change a thing – and it worked out in the end.

I’m bias, of course, but Dream Theater provided the outstanding walk-up song for Virginia Tech’s 2002 men’s basketball team:

Dream Theater is the the type of band that maybe takes a couple of years to drop an album – but when the band drops it, the album ends up #1 on Amazon or iTunes.  It’s kind of amazing.

Site friend and guest of the @AllSportsDACC podcast, @RBrentBlevins, made me aware of this article from Billboard Magazine regarding Dream Theater’s Summer 2023 Dream Sonic tour – it is progressive metal festival – and the article is a really good read:

Dream Theater’s John Petrucci On Launching Its Dreamsonic Tour, A ‘Traveling Festival’ With ‘Some Of The Best Prog Metal In The World’ https://t.co/2X2U3yLxAT

— billboard (@billboard) July 2, 2023

This news, of course, makes it all the more disappointing that Dream Theater isn’t visiting Maryland; Washington, DC; Virginia; North Carolina; or South Carolina on the Dreamsonic tour (South Carolina would be somewhat of a hike regarding a Dream Theater tour for @ASD_HokieSmash as would probably have to take an airline flight).  But how can you skip $30 million people on a summer tour?  These five states have a lot of money – and an huge population to draw from for concerts.  Dream Theater concerts absolutely sell out in Washington, DC – and it’s kind of puzzling to me because artists make more money on their tours and VIP appearance with fans – than they do on albums.  Sorry, Dream Theater but… a terrible pun here… you are not answering the call 😉

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