Prog rock/metal icons DREAM THEATER will spend their summer supporting IRON MAIDEN on the band’s month-long U.S./Canada tour. The tour launches on June 9 and runs through July 20, and includes a stop at the storied Madison Square Garden in NYC, marking the first time in a lengthy and respected career that DREAM THEATER will have played the world’s most famous arena. Of touring with IRON MAIDEN in North America, drummer Mike Portnoy said, “It is a bit of a dream come true for us. After 25 years together, at this stage in our career, there’s honestly only three bands DREAM THEATER would consider opening for and MAIDEN is one of them. It is an absolute honor. Through the years, we’ve done many one-off shows with MAIDEN and they’ve almost all been overseas. It is very exciting to finally be doing a full tour with them and on our side of the pond, no less. These are gonna be amazing shows that the fans won’t want to miss. Up the f***ing irons!” DREAM THEATER’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings was released in 2009 and debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200 Sales chart. Tour dates: June 9 – Superpages.com Center – Dallas, TX June 11 -The Woodlands - Houston, TX June 12 - AT&T Center - San Antonio, TX June 14 – Fiddler’s Green – Denver, CO June 16 – The Pavilion (formerly Journal Pavilion) - Albuquerque, NM June 17 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ June 19 - San Manuel Amphitheatre – San Bernardino, CA June 20 – Sleep Train Pavilion – Concord, CA June 22 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA June 24 – General Motors Place – Vancouver, BC June 26 – Rexall Place – Edmonton, AB June 29 – Credit Union Centre – Saskatoon, SK July 3 – Molson Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON July 7 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC July 9 – International Summer Festival – Quebec City, QUE July 11 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ July 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY July 14 – Post Gazette Pavilion – Pittsburg, PA July 15 – Blossom Music Center – Cleveland, OH July 17 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI July 18 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL July 20 – Jiffy Lube Live – Washington, DC