DREAM THEATER Swaps Headlining Slot At Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival
February 22, 2007Progressive metal pioneers DREAM THEATER have issued the following statement regarding their participation in this year's Gods of Metal festival, which will take place in June at Idropark in Milan, Italy:
"DREAM THEATER have respectfully offered to swap positions on the bill for Italy's Gods Of Metal festival and offer our closing slot to HEAVEN AND HELL. We will both play equal set lengths, but out of our respect for the BLACK SABBATH legacy, we thought it was appropriate that HEAVEN AND HELL close the show."
This year's Gods of Metal festival will take place in two separate installments. The first part of the festival will be held on June 2-3 while the second installment will take place June 30. There will be eight bands performing each day (a total of 24 artists over the three days).
DREAM THEATER will release its new album, "Systematic Chaos", in June via Roadrunner Records. The band had spent its entire career on Elektra and Atlantic, an arrangement that ended with the 2005 studio album "Octavarium". According to Billboard.com, The group has sold 2.1 million CDs in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.
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