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The other thing I noticed is that this setlist seems to cater pretty heavily to James. A lot of ballads, quite a bit of instrumental breaks in the second set (including DT's longest instrumental and a few songs that are probably mostly instrumental). With the exception of Under a Glass Moon, that whole second set gives James a lot of breaks and plenty of lower intensity vocal moments. First set, same thing. If he's struggling to pull off a friendlier set of songs that also includes most of their biggest hits, that's a bit concerning to say the least. We'll see where the rest of the tour goes.
 
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The other thing I noticed is that this setlist seems to cater pretty heavily to James. A lot of ballads, quite a bit of instrumental breaks in the second set (including DT's longest instrumental and a few songs that are probably mostly instrumental). With the exception of Under a Glass Moon, that whole second set gives James a lot of breaks and plenty of lower intensity vocal moments. First set, same thing. If he's struggling to pull off a friendlier set of songs that also includes most of their biggest hits, that's a bit concerning to say the least. We'll see where the rest of the tour goes.
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My first thought was how easy this set should be for him.
 
Horrible news!
No clue how Mike was able to play that show.
I would have been a wreck

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY Mourns Death Of His Sister: 'Tonight Was One Of The Hardest Shows I've Ever Had To Play'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy is mourning the death of his sister, Samantha Leone Cattaneo, who passed away on Tuesday, October 29 after a battle with cancer. The 57-year-old musician, who is currently on tour in Europe with DREAM THEATER, shared the news of his sister's passing in a social...
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Paris show to be filmed and recorded for a Blu Ray/DVD/double CD release next year.

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DREAM THEATER's Concert In Paris To Be Filmed And Recorded For Future Blu-Ray And Live Album

During an October 24 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", DREAM THEATER's founding drummer Mike Portnoy, who rejoined the progressive metal legends in October 2023 after a 14-year absence, was asked if he and his bandmates are recording and filming any of the shows on the...
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KidInTheDark666 said:
If any of you watched any footage from shows after the London gig you'd know that he's doing really well at the moment.
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LaBrie “doing really well” at this stage is still unbelievably below par for a recorded release.
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Yea, I mean I wouldn’t characterize his performances as “doing very well.” I know there are also people here who saw shows and weren’t impressed. I’m a frequent JLB defender but I would say that it has gotten to a point where his vocal difficulties are putting limitations on what the band can do. Kinda think this ends up being their last evening with tour and probably one of the last tours overall. This is as JLB-friendly as a setlist gets too. Not to mention the amount of time off he’s had to train his voice and prepare for this…

I’ll be curious about overdubs. MP obviously was never afraid to release live albums with embarrassingly poor vocal performances, but their live releases have become a bit more polished since then. Still, there are songs where he would basically need to redo the whole thing so idk.
 
First of all, Night Terror’s a good song. I wasn’t convinced on the first listen as it seemed pretty formulaic at first and the epic Petrucci melody towards the end felt like it was tagged in there forcefully. BUT a couple more listens in I dig the song a lot. It’s well-structured, interesting and has a nice, memorable chorus, with a welcome emphasis on Portnoy.

Secondly, I’ve been trying to fall asleep for three hours, so I picked up my phone and started scrolling Facebook and apparently DT are coming to Estonia on June 27th to play at the Tallinn Rockfestival which is happening for the first time. I thought it was a fake ad at first. Tallinn isn’t even listed on DT’s homepage yet. But it seems for real, there’s an official article written about it a couple of hours ago. Bizarre way to find out DT are coming here.
 
It's time for an update to my top 10 list of favourite DT songs!

#10) Octavarium [Octavarium]
#9) Scarred [Awake]
#8) Lines in the Sand [Falling Into Infinity]
#7) In the Name of God [Train of Thought]
#6) Trial of Tears [Falling Into Infinity]
#5) Scene Four: Beyond This Life [Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory]
#4) Learning to Live [Images and Words]
#3) A Change of Seasons [A Change of Seasons]
#2) Surrounded [Images and Words]
#1) Breaking All Illusions [A Dramatic Turn of Events]

There are some notable changes from my last top 10 with lots of new entries replacing old top 10 contenders, although some songs are still here even if their positions may have been shifted around. Breaking All Illusions will probably never leave the top spot at this rate, haha.
 
Stardust said:
It's time for an update to my top 10 list of favourite DT songs!

#10) Octavarium [Octavarium]
#9) Scarred [Awake]
#8) Lines in the Sand [Falling Into Infinity]
#7) In the Name of God [Train of Thought]
#6) Trial of Tears [Falling Into Infinity]
#5) Scene Four: Beyond This Life [Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory]
#4) Learning to Live [Images and Words]
#3) A Change of Seasons [A Change of Seasons]
#2) Surrounded [Images and Words]
#1) Breaking All Illusions [A Dramatic Turn of Events]

There are some notable changes from my last top 10 with lots of new entries replacing old top 10 contenders, although some songs are still here even if their positions may have been shifted around. Breaking All Illusions will probably never leave the top spot at this rate, haha.
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Trial of Tears is a great one that doesn’t get appreciated that often, I think.
 
I believe it made the top 10 in the last Dream Theater survivor we did, though. That one, though, was...shoot, eight years ago? Wow, time certainly flies.
 
So apparently James sounded really good on the Paris show that was chosen to be recorded and filmed? That's what I read on DreamTheaterForums at least.
 
While I get the historic significance of this tour, I am a bit surprised they are recording this early. For one thing, the tours historically tend to be more interesting and the band (read JLB ) sounds better later on. Especially since they’ve got this concept album that they’re apparently going to be playing in full by the end of 2025. Seems like they would record that instead, unless they’re planning to do both. To me this tour is the perfect candidate for a Lost Not Forgotten release, while the full on live album/video will be for the full album tour.

As it stands, this feels like if they had released a live album from the first leg of SFAM before they were playing the entire album, or the first leg with Mangini before ADTOE was released.
 
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