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Mangini ‘Will Remain Our Drummer Until The Day We’re Finished Doing This’
If you’re still holding out hope for Portnoy to return to Dream Theater, it’s just not in the cards. James LaBrie has gone on record to squash any rumors of a reunion with the original drummer.
“Mike Mangini is our drummer and he will remain our drummer until the day that we’re finished doing this. It’s just the way that it is.”

Drummer Talk 04/08/2011 – Learning to Practice (#159)
This week, we cover how to effectively practice. Mike, Kyle, and Andrew bring news of reactions to the new Foo Fighters documentary, Dream Theater’s “new” drummer, Police meets Monty Python, how Steve Adler is recruiting, and the return of the Pearl Reference reference .. kind of. Show notes after the break!
Dream Theater May Have Their New Drummer
If the rumors are to be believed, then Mr. World’s Fastest Hands himself (and former Steve Vai drummer), Mike Magini, is set to replace the recently vacated Mike Portnoy for the drum chair in Dream Theater. Whaaaa?? We’ll keep on this story like blisters on metal drummers thumbs.