New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their PROGRESSIVE NATION tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe and the UK throughout Sept, Oct and Nov 2009. PROGRESSIVE NATION founder and mastermind, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, once again hand-picked the bands based on musicianship, originality and diversity…not necessarily by popularity and marquee value. He … Read More

Progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER have announced BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS as the title of their tenth studio album. The band commenced work on the album – their second for Roadrunner Records, following up 2007’s Systematic Chaos — in October of last year. Roadrunner will release the record on June 23. In addition to the standard version CD, the … Read More

The amazing folks at SampleBase have released what is possibly THE coolest new SoundBlock for their Satellite synth player. The story – “Halfway through the 2009 NAMM show in Anaheim, Jordan noticed that his voice had changed as a result of straining to talk over the loud rumble of the show, producing a second tone that was exactly an octave … Read More

The band can now announce the show in Israel as follows: 16th June Exhibition Grounds, Tel Aviv, Israel The hall details are: Beitan(Hall) 1, Exhibition Grounds, Rokach Blvd, Tel-Aviv. Click here to visit their website. Click here to purchase tickets! Tel. 03 5215200 (area code +97 and drop the 0 for calling from outside Israel) so 00972 3 5215200 for … Read More

DREAM THEATER’S “PROGRESSIVE NATION 2009” TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN JULY/AUG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION AND BEARDFISH New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their PROGRESSIVE NATION tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/Aug 2009. In addition to a headlining set by … Read More

For those who are heading along to NAMM this year, you can catch Jordan at the following events! THURS 1/15 KORG PRESENTATION 1:30 PM – KORG BOOTH (#6440) @ Anaheim Convention Center FRI 1/16 ROLAND PRODUCT DEMO 3:00 PM – ROLAND PERFORMANCE THEATER @ Anaheim Convention Center SAT 1/17 KORG PRODUCT DEMO 1:30 PM – KORG BOOTH (#6440) @ Anaheim … Read More

The space jam Deep Space with Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart will be re-broadcast tonight starting at 8:30pm EST. It will be followed later in the week by another re-broadcast, so keep your eye out for details! You can tune in at RandoRadio.

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We are very pleased to announce the release of www.keyboardwizard.net, an interactive, animated, flash-driven website featuring the sound universe of keyboardist, Jordan Rudess. The site is sponsored by Intel and created by animator Mika Tysska, Dream Theater cartoonist, along with audio by Jordan Rudess. Visit www.keyboardwizard.net where you can interact with the Keyboard Wizard in his laboratory and create your … Read More

Not too long ago Jordan and his crew set out on a couple of days filming around New York for a promotional video for Intel. The video is now online! You can watch it right here –