Dream Theater

Catcher10 wrote: Dellinger wrote: progbethyname wrote: Metalmarsh89 wrote: progbethyname wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I am surprised that I am not feeling more disappointed about deciding not to see them in Seattle.....Told my wife they are coming and she said she would take the day off.....I told her not to worry probably not going, she was more shocked than I was.   Jose, I think your making a big mistake. Go see them in Seattle! As you may know, the album AWAKE turns 20 years-old this year (oct/4th) so Dream Theater will be celebrating and playing a ton of music from that album for their upcoming tours this year. Also, they made a special announment that they will include SPACE DYE-VEST in their set list's for upcoming tours in North America. I'm pretty excited cause I've never heard them play SPACE-DYE live. Anyway, as your friend my only advice to you is that you should go. :) It's the one song they have never played live (aside from the new stuff) and I think it's because Kevin Moore wrote it himself, and left the band soon after. Where did you hear that? I'd love to see that in their setlist.I'm planning on seeing them in Salem, OR, and I'm quite excited to hear they'll be so close. Seattle would be fun too, but probably a bit of a trek. Metalmarsh89 wrote: progbethyname wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I am surprised that I am not feeling more disappointed about deciding not to see them in Seattle.....Told my wife they are coming and she said she would take the day off.....I told her not to worry probably not going, she was more shocked than I was.   Jose, I think your making a big mistake. Go see them in Seattle! As you may know, the album AWAKE turns 20 years-old this year (oct/4th) so Dream Theater will be celebrating and playing a ton of music from that album for their upcoming tours this year. Also, they made a special announment that they will include SPACE DYE-VEST in their set list's for upcoming tours in North America. I'm pretty excited cause I've never heard them play SPACE-DYE live. Anyway, as your friend my only advice to you is that you should go. :) It's the one song they have never played live (aside from the new stuff) and I think it's because Kevin Moore wrote it himself, and left the band soon after. Where did you hear that? I'd love to see that in their setlist.I'm planning on seeing them in Salem, OR, and I'm quite excited to hear they'll be so close. Seattle would be fun too, but probably a bit of a trek. Yup. That is one of the reasons they've never played the great, Space Dye. Ok. So their is this guy, Micheal Ebert who is like the biggest Kevin Moore and DT fan I've ever seen and he has dedicated an entire website to Kevin Moore called www.themooretorium.net Check it out. His sources are always true and it's been running since 2009. And yes. I am a member. Lol Oh no! I wasn't plannint on seeing DT on this tour either. I'm already going to see Transatlantic, and didn't really want to spend more money on another concert soon (I'm actually missing Haken too), specially since I have to travel over 3 hours to get there. But if they play Space Dye Vest, then I'll regret it even more.   Ohh no.....I would go see Haken wayyyyyy before DT at this point. I have asked the promoter here in Seattle who brings Transatlantic and Neal Morse to try and get both Riverside and Haken, told him I would pay top $$ for those shows.

Yeah, I guess I'd rather see Haken too. All their 3 albums are brilliant, as far as whole albums go, DT neved did any as good as Haken's, they always have a stinker (except perhaps Train of Thought, for me). But there might just as well not be any song from Haken I'd rather hear over "Space Dye Vest"... or even "The Mirror". Still, I'm almost certainly miss both, so I don't have to decide which one I'd rather see. Also, if "Space Dye Vest" is the song that might make you decided if you would go see DT, you could check out the set-lists they have been playing, they do vary their set-lists during the tours, but as far as I understand there are two or three songs that they are exchanging often, and the rest of the set-list remains almost the same through the tour, so you might be able to tell which songs they might end up dropping (I checked their set-lists from a few shows in the morning, and so far they seem to not be varying their songs). Actually, I don't remember exactly, but I think the last time I saw them (it must have been the last tour with Portnoy), there was a song I would have loved to hear them played and they dropped it in the concert I went (though I was half expecting it might happen). Don't remember well which one it was, but I think it might have been "The Mirror".

progbethyname wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I am surprised that I am not feeling more disappointed about deciding not to see them in Seattle.....Told my wife they are coming and she said she would take the day off.....I told her not to worry probably not going, she was more shocked than I was.   Jose, I think your making a big mistake. Go see them in Seattle! As you may know, the album AWAKE turns 20 years-old this year (oct/4th) so Dream Theater will be celebrating and playing a ton of music from that album for their upcoming tours this year. Also, they made a special announment that they will include SPACE DYE-VEST in their set list's for upcoming tours in North America. I'm pretty excited cause I've never heard them play SPACE-DYE live. Anyway, as your friend my only advice to you is that you should go. :)

they've never played Best of Times live.

progbethyname wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I am surprised that I am not feeling more disappointed about deciding not to see them in Seattle.....Told my wife they are coming and she said she would take the day off.....I told her not to worry probably not going, she was more shocked than I was.   Jose, I think your making a big mistake. Go see them in Seattle! As you may know, the album AWAKE turns 20 years-old this year (oct/4th) so Dream Theater will be celebrating and playing a ton of music from that album for their upcoming tours this year. Also, they made a special announment that they will include SPACE DYE-VEST in their set list's for upcoming tours in North America. I'm pretty excited cause I've never heard them play SPACE-DYE live. Anyway, as your friend my only advice to you is that you should go. :)

It's the one song they have never played live (aside from the new stuff) and I think it's because Kevin Moore wrote it himself, and left the band soon after. Where did you hear that? I'd love to see that in their setlist.

I'm planning on seeing them in Salem, OR, and I'm quite excited to hear they'll be so close. Seattle would be fun too, but probably a bit of a trek.

I am surprised that I am not feeling more disappointed about deciding not to see them in Seattle.....Told my wife they are coming and she said she would take the day off.....I told her not to worry probably not going, she was more shocked than I was.

Drew wrote: I was surprised that DT didn't open like always in San Francisco- it's been a tradition to watch them every tour! Hope they get there soon.I have seen DT live more than any other band...

It's better for you if they don't open their tour with the concert you are attending. Usually the first concerts in a tour are the worse because the bands haven't warmed up well enough yet.

^ Lucky Canadians as well!

Got tickets for the Toronto Show (Massey Hall) and Vancouver show in April (Queen Elizabeth Theatre)

The Massey show in T.O sold out so fast! I went online right when the ticket sales were open and the whole lower half was sold out! Best I could do and find was 1st row upper bowl, which is just fine because Massey Hall is a really tight, small venue with incredible acoustics. Anyhow, The Vancouver show is another matter...got row #1 first level right in the center stage!

Also guys. I'm guess I'm not surprised that now DT is becoming a hot ticket. I think people are starting to get it that Prog is incredible and DT are one of the big faces/representatives of that.
The Toronto show sold out in 14min. This raises my eyebrow a bit where I don't think Prog rock is decreasing in popularity; In Fact, Prog Rock is on the Rise and DT are helping to lead the charge. It's nice to see.

Meanwhile, Merry Christmas to all of you and I really hope you guys get the tickets you want.

If there are tickets left next week I may buy some....bad week to open ticket sales with Christmas 4 days away . DT is not on anyone's Christmas list......I suppose I would not be broken hearted not seeing them this go round.

Why are only the most expensive tickets (at least for the KC show) available?  I love DT but sorry, I'm not paying 9000 dollars for a ticket.

Andy Webb wrote: AlexDOM wrote: eek! I edited your post at first instead of quoting it. My bad, sorry! anyway... That was probably his best moment on that album. If you read my review (it's long and not so nice), I was very critical of his vocal melodies for DT13. LaBrie seemed to do only what he knew and nothing more - basic structures, basic melodies, nothing fancy, and nothing good really. DT have some absolutely gorgeous vocal melodies over the years and song after song DT13 was boring, boring, boring, and more boring. Illumination Theory was really the only song where the vocals shined.  See that's where I disagree. The vocals in The Looking Glass, Behind The Veil, and especially Surrender to Reason are not boring. Well at least for me... The "Restless Angels" line in Surrender to Reason is one of the most powerful and uplifting deliveries I've ever heard and I can see fans chanting those lyrics for years to come in concerts. I love that part, it pumps me up every time. See, they are all that you say they are, I agree, it's just it's nothing new, so I feel like I've heard it all before. It's disappointing to hear those kinds of melodies from such a high caliber group of composers like DT.

I can see that. Guess that's what made Illumination Theory stand out vocally. He sounded like his "Awake" self which I love. Though if I want to listen to stunning vocals I always run to bands like Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Cynic, and Riverside.


Edited by AlexDOM - December 20 2013 at 22:41