''Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York'' is the third video album by American
progressive metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...
band
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of the ...
. It was released on April 21, 2001 by
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between th ...
. The live performance was the final concert of the US leg of the Metropolis 2000 tour at the
Roseland Ballroom
The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan.
The venue, according to its website, accommodate ...
,
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
on August 30, 2000.
The VHS release of ''Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York'' was heavily shortened and only contains the performance of ''
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory''. The entire concert is on CD on ''
Live Scenes From New York''.
Track listing
DVD Bonus Tracks
Reception
The album received a gold
RIAA certification on November 8, 2002.
References
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2001 video albums
Dream Theater video albums
Live video albums
2001 live albums