Dream Theater Concert Again In Jakarta, Here Are The Ticket Prices

Dream Theater (Instagram @dreamtheaterofficial)

JAKARTA - Rajawali Indonesia promoter made another surprise. The fourth edition of JogjaROCKarta has yet to be held, they have announced plans for the arrival of the progressive metal dedengkot Dream Theater. This further confirms that 2020 is the year of rock and metal.

Apart from promoting their latest album Distance Over Time which was released last year, James LaBrie et al are also celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory. The conceptual album that gave birth to the hit ballad The Spirit Carries On.

Rajawali Indonesia revealed the plan for the arrival of James LaBrie et al today, Thursday, January 30 on their social media. In addition to ensuring that the concert will be held on April 16 at Allianz Ecopark Ancol, Jakarta, the organizer also announced ticket prices for the concert.

The tickets provided by the organizer consist of two classes: Festival A and Festival B, with three sales periods.

The pre-sale will go on sale on February 8 starting at 11.59 WIB at a price of IDR 700 thousand (Festival A) and IDR 400 thousand (Festival B). One day later, the regular sale will be opened at the same time at a price of Rp. 800 thousand (Festival A) and Rp. 600 thousand (Festival B).

For prospective spectators who do not get tickets for the pre-sale and regular sale, they can buy tickets at the concert location for IDR 1.5 million (Festival A) and IDR 900 thousand (Festival B).

Overview of Dream Theater.

Dream Theater was formed in the United States in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), and Mike Portnoy (drums) while they were educated at Barklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

The three of them then left their studies to concentrate further on the band that was later named Dream Theater. Despite undergoing lineup changes several times, the original three members remained together until September 8, 2010, when Portnoy left the band. Mike Mangini replaced Portnoy as the new permanent drummer on April 29, 2011.

In 1991, James LaBrie joined to replace Charlie Dominici as lead singer. Dream Theater's first keyboardist, Kevin Moore, left the band after three albums and was replaced by Derek Sherinian in 1995 following a period of touring. After an album with Sherinian, the band replaced him with keyboardist Jordan Rudess in 1999.

To date, Dream Theater has released 14 studio albums. The band's best-selling release was their second album Images and Words (1992), which peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard 200 chart. The albums Awake (1994) and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) also entered the charts, each at No. 32 and No. 46 and received positive responses from both fans and music observers.

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, which will be a celebration of Dream Theater's concerts in Indonesia, is in the 95th rank of Guitar World magazine's October 2006 edition of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time.The album is ranked 15th as the Greatest Concept Album in March. 2003 from Classic Rock Magazine.

As of 2018, Dream Theater has sold more than 12 million records worldwide and has received two Grammy Award nominations. The Dream Theater concert in April will be their fourth concert in Indonesia. Previously, they performed at MEIS Ancol (2012), Lapangan D Senayan (2014), and JogjaROCkarta first edition (2017).