Did they get a chance to play the AA suite in its entirety live?

[YtsePhish]

subject says it all

[zxlkho]

AFAIK, they did not.

[The Letter M]

Nope. Not at all. Now the chances are quite diminished.

-Marc.

[Elsydeon]

I'm sure they will play it at some MP reunion show/tour in the future. You know it's going to happen

[Tuneman]

fuck reunions.  you quit the band you quit the band.  i don't have a reunion by going into my old office for a day.

[Adami]

No. Such is life. They also didn't play TBOT. Oh well.

[The Letter M]

I'm sure they will play it at some MP reunion show/tour in the future. You know it's going to happen

The year is 2017, and it's January 29th. Dream Theater have just gotten off a winter break during the "An Evening With" tour for their 14th album and they're pulling a secret surprise for the second set where, after some hidden set changes, a second drum riser is pulled out on the stage and the opening static to "The Glass Prison" plays. Over the course of the next 55 minutes, Mike Portnoy joins the band and they play the entire "Twelve Step Suite", then a rendition of "The Mirror" similar to the one on LSFNY, then close the second set with "The Best Of Times", the first and only time it would ever be played. They come back for an encore where Mike thanks the New York fans for their support and hopes they've enjoyed the band's show that night at Madison Square Garden, where he says he's happy to be able to play with Dream Theater once more, especially at MSG. Then they launch into "A Change Of Seasons" and the night would be one for the books.

-Marc.

[Birch Boy]

I'm sure they will play it at some MP reunion show/tour in the future. You know it's going to happen

The year is 2017, and it's January 29th. Dream Theater have just gotten off a winter break during the "An Evening With" tour for their 14th album and they're pulling a secret surprise for the second set where, after some hidden set changes, a second drum riser is pulled out on the stage and the opening static to "The Glass Prison" plays. Over the course of the next 55 minutes, Mike Portnoy joins the band and they play the entire "Twelve Step Suite", then a rendition of "The Mirror" similar to the one on LSFNY, then close the second set with "The Best Of Times", the first and only time it would ever be played. They come back for an encore where Mike thanks the New York fans for their support and hopes they've enjoyed the band's show that night at Madison Square Garden, where he says he's happy to be able to play with Dream Theater once more, especially at MSG. Then they launch into "A Change Of Seasons" and the night would be one for the books.

-Marc.

I just marked my calendar

[feehan]

fuck reunions.  you quit the band you quit the band.  i don't have a reunion by going into my old office for a day.

classic

[The Letter M]

I'm sure they will play it at some MP reunion show/tour in the future. You know it's going to happen

The year is 2017, and it's January 29th. Dream Theater have just gotten off a winter break during the "An Evening With" tour for their 14th album and they're pulling a secret surprise for the second set where, after some hidden set changes, a second drum riser is pulled out on the stage and the opening static to "The Glass Prison" plays. Over the course of the next 55 minutes, Mike Portnoy joins the band and they play the entire "Twelve Step Suite", then a rendition of "The Mirror" similar to the one on LSFNY, then close the second set with "The Best Of Times", the first and only time it would ever be played. They come back for an encore where Mike thanks the New York fans for their support and hopes they've enjoyed the band's show that night at Madison Square Garden, where he says he's happy to be able to play with Dream Theater once more, especially at MSG. Then they launch into "A Change Of Seasons" and the night would be one for the books.

-Marc.

I just marked my calendar

-Marc.

[rumborak]

Probably the best part about the departure, that this abomination never saw the light of day.

rumborak

[Nick]

fuck reunions.  you quit the band you quit the band.  i don't have a reunion by going into my old office for a day.

Probably the best part about the departure, that this abomination never saw the light of day.

rumborak

I expect we'll see no further posts like this.

[Zook]

Dat Dweem teeatur is a bunch of weeners. My daddy can beet dem up real bad.

[rumborak]

fuck reunions.  you quit the band you quit the band.  i don't have a reunion by going into my old office for a day.

Probably the best part about the departure, that this abomination never saw the light of day.

rumborak

I expect we'll see no further posts like this.

this has nothing to do with Mike. I always considered the playing of the whole AA thing as a terrible idea. The AA suite started out as a great idea, but then morphed into a neverending story, stretched out far beyond what made sense.
While the reason for it is lamentable, I'm simply happy that a proper DT DVD release wasn't wasted on this thing.

rumborak

[2Timer]

Probably the best part about the departure, that this abomination never saw the light of day.

rumborak

Not how I would have worded it, but definitely this. I liked some of the songs in the suite, but really didn't want to see it live.

[XJDenton]

To be honest I think the entire set would drag if played in its entirety.

[Nick]

fuck reunions.  you quit the band you quit the band.  i don't have a reunion by going into my old office for a day.

Probably the best part about the departure, that this abomination never saw the light of day.

rumborak

I expect we'll see no further posts like this.

this has nothing to do with Mike. I always considered the playing of the whole AA thing as a terrible idea. The AA suite started out as a great idea, but then morphed into a neverending story, stretched out far beyond what made sense.
While the reason for it is lamentable, I'm simply happy that a proper DT DVD release wasn't wasted on this thing.

rumborak

I didn't see it as an attack on MP, it was a short bash at DT, the tone of which was completely unnecessary.

[BRGM]

I like what Marc said!

[Dublagent66]

I definitely can't see them playing the suite, but does anybody think they'll even play the songs individually again?  I honestly can't see that happening either.

[2Timer]

I think they'll play the songs by themselves. There are some pretty cool songs in there. TROAE is a great live song.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

The Glass Prison is one of their best songs. I get the Space-Dye Vest thing, considering Kevin Moore wrote the music, the lyrics, everything. But let's be serious, lots of the AA riffs, passages, etc. are Petrucci's. I know that the lyrics mean something important and big to Mike, but it wouldn't be fair to stop playing these songs because the lyricist left. They were released under the Dream Theater name, and they stay under the Dream Theater name.

[hefdaddy42]

I'd be a little surprised if they didn't still play TGP.  The rest of it, I don't know.