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@Don people are concerned that they will play the same old songs from the 80s and miss an opportunity to play something from a bit later that they could never do on an album tour. They’ve done a tour of stuff only from the first albums, they’ve done a tour with the Powerslave set and the best of...

Bruce said something about being in a rut/routine with the songs. We don’t know if he meant song choices or how they play and present them.

Thinking about it, sounds a little like The Killer Instinct by Black Star Riders.

Great version of the Eddie. I am tempted to say that Mayan Eddie is the most consistently outstanding Eddie.

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

What do you mean? Most people have been positive about the album, saying the singles are misleadingly weaker or something.

If you mean that the album has leaked then I have seen fans reviewing the album because they got it delivered today.

I’ve had a few more staging ideas: They flood the stage and the band play on a boat for Ghost of the Navigator, The Talisman and ROTAM. For Invaders they will have actual vikings who will come and pillage the monastery from Sign of the Cross.

It looks like an overly generic Eddie in a grim reaper outfit rather than a grim reaper Eddie. I think the difference there is key.

Had a short email back saying that he seems to remember that they did play Back in the Village.

Why, what does that say about it? He was at the shows, he was commenting on his review of the first one.

Just have, asked for the song and confirmation of if it was definitely not just rehearsed.

The article is Johnson reflecting on the original article. He is one of the main editors along with Derek Oliver (presume he is the one who got Dream Theater their record deal). I had the idea of emailing him too.

It does say focus on the 80s in the press release but it is not explicitly an 80s tour. The fact that they included the mention of later songs too is significant.

I did try searching the thread history before making this.

I rarely have a problem with JLB when he is in good health. I’ve come to accept I must have lower standards than other online fans.

I was just reading through Rock Candy magazine, issue 2 because Maiden were on the cover. The article is about the Polish tour in 1984. The writer Howard Johnson claims that they played six new songs on the first date of the tour in Warsaw. Iirc there are occasional rumours about Back in the...

Is it treason to say that I prefer the cover?

It sounds like the first song will either be a surprise or have a fantastic production. Personally, once I accept a band has songs they have to play I find setlist order shake ups very exciting. How about The Trooper to open, Fear of the Dark to start the encore, TNOTB to close perhaps. IM can...

JLB did all of TNOTB live with Dream Theater if you want to check that out to see how he would have managed. The two bands have been linked, such as Bruce saying the Images and Words demos spurred them on during the FOTD writing sessions and then Bruce singing with them a few times before...