Progressive Nation 2009

Progressive Nation 2009 was a North American and European tour headlined by the progressive metal band Dream Theater. The tour's concept was created by the drummer Mike Portnoy. The first leg of the tour began on July 24, 2009 in Miami and ended on August 29, 2009 in Los Angeles.^[1] The second leg began on September 23 in Helsinki, Finland and ended on October 31 in Ljublijana, Slovenia.^[2] This tour was part of the Dream Theater Black Clouds & Silver Linings World Tour, which included a previous European Summer Tour and following legs in Oceania, South America, North America (Supporting Iron Maiden) and two final shows in Japan.

Setlists

Dream Theater songs performed on the North American leg

• A Nightmare to Remember
• A Rite of Passage
• Hollow Years
• Erotomania
• Voices
• The Count of Tuscany
• Metropolis pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
• Prophets of War
• Sacrificed Sons
• Misunderstood
• The Dance of Eternity
• Take the Time
• One Last Time
• Solitary Shell
• Constant Motion
• Beyond This Life
• In the Name of God
• Forsaken
• As I Am
• The Camera Eye (Rush cover, only at Toronto show)
• Pull Me Under

Dream Theater songs performed on the European leg

• A Nightmare to Remember
• A Rite of Passage
• Hollow Years
• Erotomania
• Voices
• Forsaken
• The Spirit Carries On
• As I Am
• The Count of Tuscany
• The Mirror
• Lie
• Sacrificed Sons
• Wither
• The Dance of Eternity
• One Last Time
• In the Name of God
• Prophets of War
• Solitary Shell
• Constant Motion
• Take the Time
• Pull Me Under

Lineups

North American tour

• Dream Theater
• Zappa Plays Zappa
• Bigelf
• Scale the Summit
• Queensrÿche (only on the Washington D.C. show)

European tour

• Dream Theater
• Opeth
• Bigelf
• Unexpect (Not on the Helsinki show)

Tour dates

Personnel

Dream Theater

• James LaBrie – lead vocals
• John Petrucci – guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Portnoy – drums, backing vocals
• John Myung – bass guitar
• Jordan Rudess – keyboards

Opeth

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – lead vocals, guitar
• Fredrik Åkesson – guitar, backing vocals
• Martin Mendez – bass guitar
• Per Wiberg – keyboards, backing vocals
• Martin Axenrot – drums

Bigelf

• Damon Fox – lead vocals, keyboards
• Ace Mark – guitar
• Duffy Snowhill – bass
• Froth – drums

Unexpect

• Leilindel – vocals
• Syriak – vocals, guitar
• Artagoth – vocals, guitar
• ChaotH – bass guitar
• Landryx – drums
• Blaise Borboën-Léonard – violin

Zappa Plays Zappa

• Dweezil Zappa – guitar, vocals
• Scheila Gonzalez – saxophone, flute, keyboards and vocals
• Pete Griffin – bass guitar
• Jamie Kime – guitar
• Billy Hulting – marimba, mallets and percussions
• Joe Travers – drums, vocals
• Ben Thomas – lead vocals, trumpet
• Chris Norton – keyboards, violin

Scale the Summit

• Chris Letchford – seven- and eight-string guitar
• Jordan Eberhardt – bass guitar
• Pat Skeffington – drums
• Travis Levrier – seven-string guitar

References