DREAM THEATRE

Logo and imagery

The Dream Theater wordmark and Majesty symbol.
Early on in their career, Dream Theater adopted a custom logo (known as the Majesty symbol) and wordmark which has appeared on the vast majority of their promotional material since, with at least one of the official marks appearing on the front cover of every major release to date, with the exception of Once in a LIVEtime (see explanation below). Even after the band dropped the Majesty name the symbol remained as their official mark, and it is viewed by the Dream Theater fan community in much the same way as the four symbols of each member of Led Zeppelin are embraced by fans of that band. It is common to see people with Majesty symbol tattoos at Dream Theater concerts.
The Majesty symbol is derived from Mary Queen of Scots' mark[7], which was re-worked by Charlie Dominici for use on the album artwork for When Dream and Day Unite[8]. Another interesting fact about the majesty symbol is that it is a stack of three greek letteres, Phi (Φ), Mu (Μ), and Alpha (A), the letters of the musical fraternity that members of the band are part of. Beacuse of the hard life of Mary I of Scots the Majesty-logo means the overcome of problems and mental restoration.
The fact that neither the logo, nor the wordmark appeared on the cover of Once In A LIVEtime nor companion video/DVD release 5 Years in a LIVEtime was interpreted by some fans as evidence that the band had sold out and strayed from their roots with their more "modernized" fonts, but by the time it had reclaimed its place on the cover of Scenes From a Memory the unhappiness was largely forgotten. (The actual reason was that Storm Thorgerson, the legendary graphic designer for both aforementioned albums, doesn't like to work with a pre-existing font.) It has since appeared on every subsequent release. (The Falling Into Infinity cover had the logo, but not the wordmark.)

Dream Theater 20th Anniversary Tour Grand Finale at Radio City Music Hall in NYCAdded on 12-21-2005
Historic Live Shows in Dream Theater History:(how many were YOU at????)
May 28th 1986 - Sundance - Bayshore, NY(very 1st live appearance)
April 23rd 1993 - The Marquee - London, England(Live at the Marquee CD)
January 31st 1995 - Ronnie Scott's - London, England(DT and friends "Uncovered" Fan Club show / A Change Of Seasons CD)
June 22nd 1998 - Nighttown - Rotterdam, Holland("Unplugged" Fan Club show / 5 Years In A LIVEtime DVD)
June 25th 1998 - Le Bataclan - Paris, France(Once In A LIVEtime CD)
August 30th 2000 - Roseland Ballroom - New York City(Live Scenes From New York DVD & CD)
March 6th 2004 - The Pantages - Los Angeles, CA(When Dream And Day Reunite DVD & CD)
April 26th 2004 - Budokan - Tokyo, Japan(Live At Budokan DVD & CD)Well mark your calendars boys and girls, as DT history will once again be made on....SATURDAY APRIL 1st 2006"A VERY SPECIAL EVENING WITH DREAM THEATER"at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL in NEW YORK CITYCelebrating the very last show of their 20th Anniversary Tour 2005/2006, this very special Grand Finale will be recorded and filmed for an upcoming 20th Anniversary DVD & CD release.