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DREAM THEATER’s 2002 Performance Of IRON MAIDEN’s ‘The Number Of The Beast’ Album Coming To Streaming Services

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DREAM THEATER’s 2002 live performance of IRON MAIDEN’s iconic album, “The Number Of The Beast”, will be made available for the first time ever on vinyl and streaming services on June 10 via InsideOut Music.

Originally released on DREAM THEATER’s YtseJam Records in 2005, this one-of-a-kind performance sees the progressive metal giants again paying tribute to some of their historic musical icons.

This unique 2002 performance in front of a French audience at La Mutualite in Paris, France is the only available recording of this one-off historic event, forever preserved in the YtseJam collection as part of the growing “Lost Not Forgotten Archives” series.

A few days before the Paris show, DREAM THEATER also performed the entire “The Number Of The Beast” album during their appearance at the London Astoria. They played the material exactly as per the original album, with the exception of “Gangland”, which was done in a jazz style.

DREAM THEATER, who feature a sole guitarist in the shape of the very-capable John Petrucci, reproduced the second-guitar parts by having keyboardist Jordan Rudess play them on the keys, including the solos.

Following an intermission in the regular set, then-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy took the stage wearing a MAIDEN shirt, after which the classic “The Number Of The Beast” spoken intro kicked in. “The Number of The Beast” album cover was projected behind the group, but with DREAM THEATER in the style of the IRON MAIDEN logo.

Check out some of the audio below.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JbnExbILto