On September 8, 2010, after months of emotional turmoil, original drummer Mike Portnoy announced he was leaving the band. The move came as a shock to the band’s fans, many of whom viewed Portnoy ...

There was a time among Dream Theater fans when it seemed impossible that the band could ever get back together with their founding drummer Mike Portnoy, who’d quit back in September 2010. The band had ...

Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy played the band’s performance Tuesday night (Oct. 29) with a heavy heart after learning of the death of his sister Samantha just hours before hitting the stage.

Last October, we all were shocked to learn that not only was Dream Theater working on a new album, but that they had reconciled and reunited with drummer Mike Portnoy after 13 years apart. It was a ...

Drumming legend Mike Portnoy has taken on the challenge of learning to play a Tool song, which he has said makes “Dream Theater look like Weezer”. Portnoy, who rejoined the Boston prog metal ...

Mike Portnoy cannot remember the last time he sat for an interview as a member of Dream Theater, the band he left in 2010. And nobody in the prolific prog-metal band can remember the last time all ...

Portnoy departed the band in 2010, and the band would go on to release five albums with replacement drummer Mike Mangini. Portnoy’s return thus reverts Dream Theater to their classic 1999 and ...

The post Mike Portnoy Reveals He Almost Played With Nickelback, Performs One of Their Songs: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Mike Portnoy recently participated in a series of videos for ...

American progressive metal band Dream Theater has made an announcement regarding their founding member and drummer, Mike Portnoy, rejoining the band. This reunion comes after a hiatus of 13 years ...

Dream Theater has announced the return of co-founding drummer Mike Portnoy and will begin recording their first album with him since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings. “I am overwhelmed ...

The Grammy-winning prog rockers announced on Wednesday (Oct. 25) that founding drummer Mike Portnoy will be back ... also featured Devin Townsend and Animals As Leaders. See the reunited band ...