Speculations: Length of setlists for the next tour w/new drummer

[Birch Boy]

Thought Chamber would be the best opening band for Dream Theater. Most if not all the DT fans will like TC, and they're not too well known, so they could get some exposure that way to an audience that would appreciate them.

[hefdaddy42]

I'd rather see them take Moon Safari out on the road, but with DT's crowd getting heavier I don't know how they'd go over. Plus, DT would have to try to follow them. 

Moon Safari would be great.

rumby, I've never seen JR bitch about set lengths.

[Global Laziness]

Now that you mentioned Spock's beard, it would be the best thing ever if Dream Theater made Spock's beard their opening act on their next tour.

For some reason, this made me think of the ultimate dick move: having Dream Theater invite (whoever MP's playing with next summer) to tour with them as the opening band. Can you imagine?

[Birch Boy]

Now that you mentioned Spock's beard, it would be the best thing ever if Dream Theater made Spock's beard their opening act on their next tour.

For some reason, this made me think of the ultimate dick move: having Dream Theater invite (whoever MP's playing with next summer) to tour with them as the opening band. Can you imagine?

Avenged Sevenfold would not be the best opener for Dream Theater.

[Global Laziness]

Now that you mentioned Spock's beard, it would be the best thing ever if Dream Theater made Spock's beard their opening act on their next tour.

For some reason, this made me think of the ultimate dick move: having Dream Theater invite (whoever MP's playing with next summer) to tour with them as the opening band. Can you imagine?

Avenged Sevenfold would not be the best opener for Dream Theater.

Oh I know, but I just meant hypothetically. You know, for the purposes of humour.

[Perpetual Change]

Considering how JR had already bitched about the brutal concert lengths at some point,

Huh?

[dethklok09]

circus maximus would be a great opener

[yeshaberto]

I can understand the challenge of a full tour of evening with, but I don't see why they couldn't do a handful of them in large cities.  I would love to see 3 hours of DT again.

[Global Laziness]

Considering how JR had already bitched about the brutal concert lengths at some point,

Huh?

From Lifting Shadows:

"Mike does it to himself. He's such a madman. He wants to play these long sets and then it's so tiring. I actually heard a hint the other day that maybe we would shorten things a little bit and I was like 'Thank you!' This man is finally coming to reason. I've always been of the thinking that it's too much for the audience as well – or maybe I'm just getting old. I don't know. I know there are fans out there that want more and more songs, but when you're presenting music at that kind of intensity and volume, I think it gets to be too much after a couple of hours."

https://liftingshadows.com/the-book/ (Scroll down to Chapter 15: Full Circle)

[hefdaddy42]

He's just old.

[DarkEternalNight]

I wanna see the Evening With... format but if we could get Opeth as an opener, I'd take that in a heartbeat.

[Adami]

Devin Townsend: 7-730.
Ziltoid: 745-9.
DT: 930-12.


Yea.

[Zantera]

Around 2 hours would be cool i guess, not too many epics in the setlist and i think it would be good.