When Dream Theater named their 2008 compilation Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs), it was with a knowing wink. In mainstream terms they’d only once broken the surface, with 1992’s Pull Me Under. But in the more rarefied pool of progressive metal, this unassuming band from Boston, Massachusetts were already the big fish.
Chart-bothering singles may be a thing of the distant past, but they’ve long been arena-packing behemoths, with the recent 40th-anniversary tour touching down in venues including London’s O2 Arena and the Adidas Arena in Paris. The latter location was where this, the 10th live album of their career, was recorded.
