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'The Spirit Carries On' in Jakarta: Dream Theater to return to Indonesia
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a metalhead, is a renowned fan of the band.
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US-based progressive-metal band Dream Theater. (twitter.com/dreamtheaternet/Nidhal Marzouk)
American progressive metal band Dream Theater is set to perform in Jakarta this year.
The concert will be part of the band's "Distance Over Time" tour, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory.
Music promoter Rajawali Indonesia announced in an Instagram post that Dream Theater would hold the event on April 16 at Allianz Ecopark Ancol, North Jakarta.
Read also: Dream Theater adds second show in Yogyakarta
Available at tiketapasaja.com, the presale ticket sales will open on 11:59 a.m. Jakarta time on Feb. 8, priced at Rp 400,000 (US$29.26) for Festival B and Rp 700,000 for Festival A.
Meanwhile the regular ticket sales will open on 11:59 a.m. on Feb. 9, priced at Rp 600,000 for Festival B and Rp 900,000 for Festival A.
The tickets will also be available on the door, priced at Rp 900,000 for Festival B and Rp 1.5 million for Festival A. ⠀
Dream Theater previously held concerts in Indonesia in 2012, 2014 and 2017.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a metalhead, is a renowned fan of the band. When he was the mayor of Surakarta, Central Java, Jokowi was unable to attend the band's Jakarta show in 2012 because he had a prior engagement, tempo.co reported. (dev/kes)
