2011-07-04 - Ippodromo delle Capannelle - Rome, ITA (first Mangini gig)

[Ben_Jamin]

DT is on top form....I hope they come to Albuquerque soon. i Just watched the vids from earlier and THEY ARE BACK AND IN TOP FORM...DT is gonna own it

[Martinman300]

James was rocking on ES.

[jonny108]

https://luigiorrufotografia.photoshelter.com/gallery/dream-theater/G0000.UxB9hucMDs

Pictures

[Ben_Jamin]

Better to just add links to the setlist....makes things easier  

[Zydar]

Wow, thanks!

[DreamerTV]

Ok, people, here is a snip of the bootleg that will come in a few weeks (hopefully very few).

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1NMS0QZW

Take notice that this is the RAW audio stream, and is alrealdy well beyond our most optimistic wishes. I am extremely satisfied with this partial outcome (my friend who taped is just exthatic  ), but a good deal of editing will be done in the future. Seems like a great bootleg is on the way to surface!  

Is it me or James is singing without any vocal effect...?!

[Dekost]

Incredible setlist.

BTW, Labrie's epic O-FACE




PS: first post

[wasteland]

Ok, people, here is a snip of the bootleg that will come in a few weeks (hopefully very few).

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1NMS0QZW

Take notice that this is the RAW audio stream, and is alrealdy well beyond our most optimistic wishes. I am extremely satisfied with this partial outcome (my friend who taped is just exthatic  ), but a good deal of editing will be done in the future. Seems like a great bootleg is on the way to surface!  

Is it me or James is singing without any vocal effect...?!

I had the very same thought... Weird... we'll se tonight.


https://luigiorrufotografia.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/dream-theater/G0000.UxB9hucMDs/I0000c.3iWlFXZp8

This is really demanding a caption  

[IdoSC]

Yeah LaBrie didnt sound that good. For those saying the F# was great..what about the rest of the song?  
But, still.. First night of the tour. He might get a lot better  

Actually I thought he sang the rest of the song better than the F# itself.

[Zydar]

[aurorablind]

James is totally going for the FII-look (plus the beard).
JP is getting so big he's actually looking kind of fat 

[Dekost]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAdcBUpl7o
On The Backs of Angels.

[nobloodyname]

Glad you all enjoyed the updates cyberdrummer provided via myself at the show.

We had a cracking time, setlist was very surprising.

Re the backing vocal question that came up a number of times, I didn't see cyberdrummer asking me return questions about it until after the show. I really only noticed JP doing any vox but, as I said, the harmony line in Tuscany seemed to be missing, eg "I... wanna stay alive" etc, the high was there but the low wasn't. If I remember correctly, they played it that way on the Prog Nation tour but you could clearly hear MP. Could just be that JP was mixed low, of course.

James sounded pretty good throughout the show. Certainly we made less faces about his performance than we did Geddy Lee's when we saw Rush a month ago!

Finally, the second track was definitely These Walls, not The Answer Lies Within (which, as a counterpoint to the opinions earlier in the thread, I would actually have preferred!).

Anyway, there goes my 14th show. Shame the 15th can't be on the upcoming UK tour

[Zydar]

Hey, and thanks so very much for your updates throughout the show!

[Bertielee]

Another solo video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kp9PFCZsac

Actually, it's very musical : I love his playing on the melodic toms. Better than anything I have seen MP do as solos.

B.Lee

[jonny108]

On the Backs of Angels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAdcBUpl7o

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

My god Mangini looks rocking!

[jonny108]

These Walls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfhD4emluxw

[FlyingBIZKIT]

My dream is to have a Dream Theater concert in Blu Ray.

[Martinman300]

If that happened i'd probably have to buy a blu ray player.

[Zydar]

If that happened i'd probably have to buy a blu ray player.

Me too, but I would gladly do it for DT.

[DejaVu]

 ! The Great debate! Yes! "Turn to the light!"

In other news, On The Backs Of Angels sounds absolutely killer live, I can't wait!

[taboune]

man JP is fat i thought Michael Romeo?  

He should start cutting weight  

[Mladen]

The set list is incredible, they actually played a song from each album. 

Peruvian skies, Learning to live, Under a glass moon, The Great debate, Fatal tragedy, The Count of Tuscany... I just can't wait to hear these masterpieces live. 

Time to spend a whole hour finding youtube videos... 

[FlyingBIZKIT]

If that happened i'd probably have to buy a blu ray player.

Me too, but I would gladly do it for DT.

Also, they should add a feature where you can watch each member's performance, with or without the track.

[ACID_FOX]

Well, Porcupine Tree have a Blu Ray, doesn't seem like that much of a ridiculous idea, and I'd certainly buy it

[Dreamer81]

If that happened i'd probably have to buy a blu ray player.

Me too, but I would gladly do it for DT.

Also, they should add a feature where you can watch each member's performance, with or without the track.

This!! Would be awesome! BTW I'm on my way for Castello Scaligero in Verona, I'm psyched.

[EpicCookie]

that's pretty awesome! Can't wait till I finally get to see them live!

[nikatapi]

Ok, people, here is a snip of the bootleg that will come in a few weeks (hopefully very few).

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1NMS0QZW

Take notice that this is the RAW audio stream, and is alrealdy well beyond our most optimistic wishes. I am extremely satisfied with this partial outcome (my friend who taped is just exthatic  ), but a good deal of editing will be done in the future. Seems like a great bootleg is on the way to surface!  

Thank you very much! I cant wait to hear the bootleg!

[Metabog]

Hmm. Looks like JLB is growing his hair out again, as it's now pretty much to his shoulders. Unfortunately, I thought he sounded fairly bad, and that was a pretty weak F#. Was really hoping he'd have some sort of return, as I always do with a new tour. I'd say he needs a bit of reverb/delay, I don't know why they never ever put any effects on him, he'd sound so much better.

Otherwise, it sounds amazing, and Mangini destroys. His drum sound is killer with that nice vibrato.

[cookienut]

MM really played the actual tempo of the CD songs by the sound of it. Often MP used to speed things up quite a bit....probably for fun. It's quite refreshing to hear/see the songs at their actual tempo. JLB missed a little but heck, it's the first show.

MM's playing is amazing, there's no way you would think this was his first show. Infact you probably think it's 500th show but the sound of it.

[Victor Alexandrov]

Ok, people, here is a snip of the bootleg that will come in a few weeks (hopefully very few).

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=1NMS0QZW

Take notice that this is the RAW audio stream, and is alrealdy well beyond our most optimistic wishes. I am extremely satisfied with this partial outcome (my friend who taped is just exthatic  ), but a good deal of editing will be done in the future. Seems like a great bootleg is on the way to surface!  

Superb quality! Thanks for this and looking forward to the whole thing.

[hefdaddy42]

that's pretty awesome! Can't wait till I finally get to see them live!

[The Presence of Frenemies]

Hmm. Looks like JLB is growing his hair out again, as it's now pretty much to his shoulders. Unfortunately, I thought he sounded fairly bad, and that was a pretty weak F#. Was really hoping he'd have some sort of return, as I always do with a new tour. I'd say he needs a bit of reverb/delay, I don't know why they never ever put any effects on him, he'd sound so much better.

Otherwise, it sounds amazing, and Mangini destroys. His drum sound is killer with that nice vibrato.

Agreed 100% with this post.

[Psy]

Oh man. I would kill to see The Great Debate live!