“Tonight in Zagreb Croatia was one of many hardest reveals I’ve ever needed to play,” Portnoy’s message started. “About half-hour earlier than showtime, I obtained a name from my brother that my loving sister Samantha Leone Cattaneo had simply handed away.
“My sister had been battling most cancers all 12 months and the previous few days she took a flip for the more serious… it’s been a devastating couple of days for me and my household figuring out the inevitable was coming.”
He continued: “As onerous because it was, tonight’s present went on and James [LaBrie, frontman] devoted ‘The Spirit Carries On’ to her… this image is from tonight… these lights within the air have been for Sam… I wept like a child the whole time. (John [Myung, bassist] even got here and sat beside me at my equipment for the ending solo which meant a lot to me…).”
Portnoy went on to name his late sister “one among DT’s greatest followers & supporters”, including that their reunion had “meant sooooooo a lot to her”.
“She wished so badly to be in London however her well being had declined so shortly that it was unimaginable for her to journey,” he defined. “However she informed me she watched some movies of the present on-line within the hospital and I understand how completely satisfied it made her.
“I can be pondering of her every evening on stage all through this tour once we play ‘The Spirit Carries On’ figuring out that she now will get to look at each present, each evening, all over the place. I really like you Sis.”
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In a joint assertion on Dream Theater’s official social media, the band wrote: “Tonight’s present in Zagreb Croatia was devoted to @MikePortnoy’s sister Samantha Leone Cattaneo who handed away shortly earlier than showtime.
“Sam was one among DT’s greatest supporters and the entire band and group ship their condolences to MP’s total household.”
