**NO SPOILERS ALLOWED** - Setlist Predictions & Wishlist 2019

[DTA]

You guys are crazy if you think they're playing any more than 3-4 from D/T on this run. They didn't play 3 songs from DT12 on that entire tour but played them on later tours (except S2R obviously) so it shows that they're willing to leave songs out to play them on a later tour. Which is smart, because it extends the lifetime of the album in the fan's minds and setlists. Plus, they're already playing an entire album and played an entire album last tour so they're going to want to stick in a more varied back catalog selection. Surrender to Reason and The Glass Prison are almost guarantees if the fanbase's setlist wishes are taken into account. And there was a mention of an Awake nod, which based on their previous Awake selections on the last few tours, basically leaves A Mind Beside Itself as the obvious choice (doubt it will be Innocence Faded or Caught In A Web). Add in an FII song (they seem to always put that album into the setlists so I'm guessing they actually like it quite a bit), and probably a few token songs from the rest of the albums that haven't been mentioned, and that's that.

[bosk1]

And there was a mention of an Awake nod, which based on their previous Awake selections on the last few tours, basically leaves A Mind Beside Itself as the obvious choice (doubt it will be Innocence Faded or Caught In A Web).

I don't overly disagree with the directly you are suggesting as far as Awake's representation.  But although I could end up being mistaken, I'll go on record right now as saying that I think it is VERY unlikely that they would play the whole AMBI suite.  One of the songs from it?  I think that is pretty likely.  But I doubt we'll see all three. 

But I do think you are wrong about only 3-4 songs from the new album.  I don't think they have EVER limited themselves to 3-4 songs from an album on the initial support tour for that album (save maybe Six Degrees and BCSL, which both had only six songs, and very LONG songs at that).  Disregarding the unique nature of The Astonishing, on the tours supporting the last 2 albums before that, which also each had 9 songs, they averaged 6 per show on the opening N.A. tour legs, and those songs were, on average, longer.

[KevShmev]

You guys are crazy if you think they're playing any more than 3-4 from D/T on this run. They didn't play 3 songs from DT12 on that entire tour but played them on later tours (except S2R obviously) so it shows that they're willing to leave songs out to play them on a later tour. Which is smart, because it extends the lifetime of the album in the fan's minds and setlists. Plus, they're already playing an entire album and played an entire album last tour so they're going to want to stick in a more varied back catalog selection. Surrender to Reason and The Glass Prison are almost guarantees if the fanbase's setlist wishes are taken into account. And there was a mention of an Awake nod, which based on their previous Awake selections on the last few tours, basically leaves A Mind Beside Itself as the obvious choice (doubt it will be Innocence Faded or Caught In A Web). Add in an FII song (they seem to always put that album into the setlists so I'm guessing they actually like it quite a bit), and probably a few token songs from the rest of the albums that haven't been mentioned, and that's that.

Quoting this so we can revisit it in a week.

Oh, and they played five songs from DT12 on that tour (Enemy Inside, Looking Glass, Enigma Machine, Along for the Ride and Illumination Theory).

[bosk1]

You guys are crazy if you think they're playing any more than 3-4 from D/T on this run. ...

Quoting this so we can revisit it in a week.

Week-and-a-half for me, since I'm going to try to stay away from set list spoilers until after my show.  I specifically asked JP to avoid any spoilers (although he did tell me one song anyway).

[pg1067]

You guys are crazy if you think they're playing any more than 3-4 from D/T on this run. They didn't play 3 songs from DT12 on that entire tour

Beg pardon?

Just looking at the show I attended (4/19/14 in L.A.), they played False Awakening Suite (recorded as the intro, and I don't think this has ever been played live, so maybe it doesn't count), The Enemy Inside, The Looking Glass, Enigma Machine, Along for the Ride and Illumination Theory.  Even if you don't count FAS, that's 5/9 songs representing 68+% of the album's running time.

[DTA]

You guys are crazy if you think they're playing any more than 3-4 from D/T on this run. They didn't play 3 songs from DT12 on that entire tour but played them on later tours (except S2R obviously) so it shows that they're willing to leave songs out to play them on a later tour. Which is smart, because it extends the lifetime of the album in the fan's minds and setlists. Plus, they're already playing an entire album and played an entire album last tour so they're going to want to stick in a more varied back catalog selection. Surrender to Reason and The Glass Prison are almost guarantees if the fanbase's setlist wishes are taken into account. And there was a mention of an Awake nod, which based on their previous Awake selections on the last few tours, basically leaves A Mind Beside Itself as the obvious choice (doubt it will be Innocence Faded or Caught In A Web). Add in an FII song (they seem to always put that album into the setlists so I'm guessing they actually like it quite a bit), and probably a few token songs from the rest of the albums that haven't been mentioned, and that's that.

Quoting this so we can revisit it in a week.

Oh, and they played five songs from DT12 on that tour (Enemy Inside, Looking Glass, Enigma Machine, Along for the Ride and Illumination Theory).

I'm prepared (and would be thrilled) to be proven wrong since I want to see as much of D/T as possible in Philly, but they also didn't play an entire 80 minute SFAM on their DT12 tour so setlist space is at a premium. I maintain the idea that this is NOT the main D/T tour and that they will do another US leg in the fall which will be the official tour with a normal setlist containing a large portion of the new album. They're not going to play a majority of it now when they can spread the songs out to get fans to attend multiple legs. This current tour is all about SFAM.

[DTA]

And there was a mention of an Awake nod, which based on their previous Awake selections on the last few tours, basically leaves A Mind Beside Itself as the obvious choice (doubt it will be Innocence Faded or Caught In A Web).

I don't overly disagree with the directly you are suggesting as far as Awake's representation.  But although I could end up being mistaken, I'll go on record right now as saying that I think it is VERY unlikely that they would play the whole AMBI suite.  One of the songs from it?  I think that is pretty likely.  But I doubt we'll see all three. 

I don't think the whole AMBI is a stretch, but perhaps just Voices or Erotomania then.

My prediction is something like this:

Untethered Angel
Surrender To Reason
Paralyzed
Lost Not Forgotten (or Outcry)
Barstool Warrior
Lines In The Sand (probably not this one but who knows, they just seem to love FII songs)
Fall Into The Light
Erotomania
Voices
The Silent Man
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SFAM
-----
The Glass Prison

[bosk1]

Holy crap, that first sentence of mine was practically unintelligible with that typo!  Glad you figured out what I was trying to say. 

[EPIC Outro]

Folks, it's been a blast but it's time for me to avoid the forum for a little while. Just on the off beat chance I spoil something for myself before I see the show

Be back April 10th!

[Ben_Jamin]

Folks, it's been a blast but it's time for me to avoid the forum for a little while. Just on the off beat chance I spoil something for myself before I see the show

Be back April 10th!

Im waiting till next week. And at that mainly the Dream Theater side. And the MP/Sons Of Apollo/Neal Morse threads.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Are we going to openly discuss the setlist(s) here after the tour starts?

[OpenYourEyes311]

Folks, it's been a blast but it's time for me to avoid the forum for a little while. Just on the off beat chance I spoil something for myself before I see the show

Be back April 10th!

Im waiting till next week. And at that mainly the Dream Theater side. And the MP/Sons Of Apollo/Neal Morse threads.

Yeah, I’ve had multiple spoilers when reading threads on the other side the past few tours. So I’ll be gone for about two and a half weeks myself. Wicked pumped for the tour to start though!

[bosk1]

Are we going to openly discuss the setlist(s) here after the tour starts?

  Why wouldn't we?

[fadetoblackdude7]

Are we going to openly discuss the setlist(s) here after the tour starts?

  Why wouldn't we?

Thought this was just a thread for speculation, that’s all. I need to stay clear of this thread from 3/20-3/30 

[Ben_Jamin]

Folks, it's been a blast but it's time for me to avoid the forum for a little while. Just on the off beat chance I spoil something for myself before I see the show

Be back April 10th!

Im waiting till next week. And at that mainly the Dream Theater side. And the MP/Sons Of Apollo/Neal Morse threads.

Yeah, I’ve had multiple spoilers when reading threads on the other side the past few tours. So I’ll be gone for about two and a half weeks myself. Wicked pumped for the tour to start though!

Same here. Going with 3 other friends as well. Finalizing everything pretty much then its just the waiting game.

[Trav86]

My new theory on which D/T songs will be played. If you watch the Track by Track videos on YouTube, Petrucci only appears in six of them. Untethered Angel, Paralyzed, Fall Into the Light, Barstool Warrior, Room 137 and Pale Blue Dot. Those are what they’re playing.

[The Letter M]

My new theory on which D/T songs will be played. If you watch the Track by Track videos on YouTube, Petrucci only appears in six of them. Untethered Angel, Paralyzed, Fall Into the Light, Barstool Warrior, Room 137 and Pale Blue Dot. Those are what they’re playing.

Let's save this post and see if it comes true when the tour starts, at least after 3 shows, just in case they have a rotating A/B(/C) set list, cuz ya know, WWRD and all...

-Marc.

[gzarruk]

I'm just hoping the SFAM anniversary thing is only for this year (or the first few tour legs for this year) and that they do a full D/T tour later, hopefully playing the rest of the album.

[evilasiojr]

I'm considering they'll play 5-6 tracks from d/t, varying some of them every night. Maybe that way they end up playing the whole album. Just don't know which songs could be alternated, but it's possible, isn't it?

Specially given the fact that some of the songs are really short, like Paralyzed, Room 137 and Viper King.

[The Letter M]

I'm considering they'll play 5-6 tracks from d/t, varying some of them every night. Maybe that way they end up playing the whole album. Just don't know which songs could be alternated, but it's possible, isn't it?

Specially given the fact that some of the songs are really short, like Paralyzed, Room 137 and Viper King.

I postulated this exact thing on the previous page. If you look at my post, you can see how I think they might do alternating set lists, swapping songs of similar length each night, that way the first set could stay a near-consistent length and they wouldn't have to worry about going over curfew at venues.

-Marc.

[Volante99]

I gave my predictions; but here would be my “wishlist” for the tour

Barstool Warrior
Our New World
Paralyzed
Lines in the Sand
Surrender to Reason
Voices
Panic Attack
Beneath the Surface
At Wits End - with big epic Petrucci solo outro

SFAM

Encore:
Glass Prison

[GasparXR]

^ Totally forgot about the ending of AWE. It'll be interesting to see how they end it.

[Joshgirouard]

Fall into the light
Unteathered angel
Paralyzed
Erotomania
Surrender to Reason
Barstool warrior
Astonishing medley
Panic Attack
At Wits End - Petrucci solo outro

SFAM

Encore:
Octavarium

[fadetoblackdude7]

Fall into the light
Unteathered angel
Paralyzed
Erotomania
Surrender to Reason
Barstool warrior
Astonishing medley
Panic Attack
At Wits End - Petrucci solo outro

SFAM

Encore:
Octavarium

Please, no medleys

[Luis W]

I'm enjoying the new album so much. I'm fine with them playing them both back to back. One thing I think that would be awesome: playing Metropolis pt1. as an introduction to SFAM. Oh, and a surprise at the end, one of the 20 min epics would be nice (altough some of them would not be so much of a surprise).

[Progmetty]

Are we going to openly discuss the setlist(s) here after the tour starts?

  Why wouldn't we?

Well historically we haven't been discussing set lists for on-going tours here, they'd be in the Concerts section. For the people who want to avoid spoilers.

[The Letter M]

Are we going to openly discuss the setlist(s) here after the tour starts?

  Why wouldn't we?

Well historically we haven't been discussing set lists for on-going tours here, they'd be in the Concerts section. For the people who want to avoid spoilers.

If by "here", you mean on these forums, sure, but if you mean "in this thread", it seems like the title denotes that this thread is only for speculations and wishes, rather than discussing actual set lists. The Concerts section has definitely spot lighted specific set lists from specifics shows, as well as tracking on-going lists and changes throughout the tour, so I think that subforum should continue that historic trend, rather than have it bleed into here where people might not want to be spoiled.

Heck, we already know what half of the show will be, so I'm sure most fans will want to avoid being spoiled by the other half of their concert!

-Marc.

[JayOctavarium]

I am lucky that I only have to survive through 3 days of avoiding spoilers before I see them. I hope we don't get anything spoiled outside of the DT side between the first show and Friday lol

[bosk1]

I'm seeing them in 6 days, so I guess only 4 days of avoiding spoilers for me.

[JayOctavarium]

I'm seeing them in 6 days, so I guess only 4 days of avoiding spoilers for me.

Let me spoil something right here and now.

I am not wearing any pants They are playing SFAM

[bosk1]

Either way, your post has me pretty excited.

[JayOctavarium]

Either way, your post has me pretty excited.

[AikeaGuinea]

Holy crap, I haven't had the opportunity to fully digest the new album and I'm the first date of the tour .  The setlist would be of course, heavily based on Scenes without a fact. Also, as already pointed out, some of the songs on the new album are extremely short so therefore I would not be surprised to see 5 to 6 songs from the new album in the first set. For what songs would be played from the back catalog, that's is just a massive guess game IMO (that's the whole point though!!), we won't know until we hear it. Dammit, how I wish that SD was the first night of every band I see live, seeing bands completely blindfolded is so exciting and makes the experience even better. Since speculations are fun I'll share my take! My apologies, I'm not too familiar yet with the new album, college has been weighing a little on me, and I can't really study with music anymore, I get really distracted.

1. Unearthed Angel
2. The Glass Prison
3. New Song
4. New Song
6. New Song
7. Blind Faith
8. New Song
9. Metropolis Pt. I

Set II:
10. SFAM

Encore:
11. Octavarium
 
I know Octavarium would be overkill but hey, one can hope!!

[pelswick]

Set 1
6:00
untethered angel
S2N
A nightmare to remember
Enigma Machine
paralyzed
barstool warrior
Octavarium
Metropolis Part 1 The Miracle and the Sleeper



Set 2
SFAM

Encore:
illumination theory

[KevShmev]

Holy crap, I haven't had the opportunity to fully digest the new album and I'm the first date of the tour .  The setlist would be of course, heavily based on Scenes without a fact. Also, as already pointed out, some of the songs on the new album are extremely short so therefore I would not be surprised to see 5 to 6 songs from the new album in the first set. For what songs would be played from the back catalog, that's is just a massive guess game IMO (that's the whole point though!!), we won't know until we hear it. Dammit, how I wish that SD was the first night of every band I see live, seeing bands completely blindfolded is so exciting and makes the experience even better. Since speculations are fun I'll share my take! My apologies, I'm not too familiar yet with the new album, college has been weighing a little on me, and I can't really study with music anymore, I get really distracted.

1. Unearthed Angel
2. The Glass Prison
3. New Song
4. New Song
6. New Song
7. Blind Faith
8. New Song
9. Metropolis Pt. I

Set II:
10. SFAM

Encore:
11. Octavarium
 
I know Octavarium would be overkill but hey, one can hope!!

Is the bolded going to be a parody of the song played in Back to the Future?