2014-01-16 - Palacio Vistalegre - Madrid, ESP

[cyberdrummer]

Tickets on sale 19th June 2013.

[nestcmartin]

I'll be there 

It's gonna be amazing, seems like I'm gonna meet a lot of DT fans I've been talking to for years! Also, being the first date in the tour, I expect to be blown away by the new setlist and the new show. So, if you need and insider in the first date of the European Tour, you can count on me 

Plus, I've just acquired my ticket for free, so I'm über-excited 

[cyberdrummer]

There's no confirmation that it'll be the first show of the tour. But looking forward to your report afterwards!

[RodrigoAltaf]

They´ll start the tour in Portugal, right? But whatever, the beginning of the tour always has some surprise changes in the set. I will be there as well, just got tix to Madrid, Barcelona and Pamplona.

Nest777, you live in Spain, right? What´s there to see in Pamplona? Madrid and Barcelona are obvious tourist cities - there´s tons of stuff to see and do, and I´m VERY excited of going there - but I´m clueless about Pamplona. Any hints?

[wasteland]

Now that I think of it, this will be the 10th anniversary of the first show of the TOT tour in Manchester, that is the first and last time Train Of Thought was played from start to finish on stage and the last time Learning To Live was played with the extended JR improvisation before the keyboard solo!

[RodrigoAltaf]

I see that some of us have started to look for possible "special" setlists on the next tour, right? I freakin' love the Evening With fornat!!!!

[RodrigoAltaf]

So, who´s p for a meetup on this show? 11 days to go!

[cyberdrummer]

Madrid's turn tonight. Who's gonna be there?

[Prog Snob]

Hoping for another live setlist update.   

[kolahola]

Im gonna be there!

[aprilethereal]

Following for any live updates

[Prog Snob]

Im gonna be there!

There better be live updates - or else I'll make sure bosk litters your signature with pansies and daisies.

[The sleeper]

I will be there and I am quite nervous to be honest

[RodrigoAltaf]

I'll be there too! Will leave the hotel around 6pm.  I can update the setlist, but only after the show.

[Zydar]

Same time tonight?

[RodrigoAltaf]

Most likely...but I don't think I'll be able to post updates during the show.

[Laughingplace56]

EDIT: it might be 8:20 over there not 7:20 oops  so i guess the doors are already open and the show starts in a little over an hour?





Some spoilers ahead if you weren't following last night's setlist updates.








I don't expect a drastically different show, but maybe some different SFAM/Awake songs. If they were switching out the 2 "sides" of Awake, I'd expect them to leave out 6:00 and CIAW ( ) since they were played last tour and play Innocence Faded, A Mind Beside Itself, and Space Dye Vest, which i expect to be played at almost every show on this tour due to it's significance. As for SFAM, I think the first encore song(s) will vary but they'll probably always end on the song they played last night. They could (and should) switch out TSF and rotate it with TGP and TDS, swap OtBoA with some other ADToE songs, and find a way to put StR into the damn set.

[Shadow2222]

Yeah, show starts in 5 minutes, I believe. Enjoy the show, those of you that are going, and don't forget to let us know the setlist afterwards/during

[bosk1]

Most likely...but I don't think I'll be able to post updates during the show.

That's okay.  Since the set list shouldn't change, there's less curiosity about it during the show.  But hopefully, we get a lot of posts afterward about how it was.

[countoftuscany42]

according to this....
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/dream-theater/2014/palacio-vistalegre-madrid-spain-1bc589b0.html

TGP 
seems like that should make people happy 

[bosk1]

I doubt that that is correct.  Probably someone who either confused The Glass Prison with The Shattered Fortress or is just intentionally trolling.

[countoftuscany42]

possible, just reporting what I'm seeing 

[Shadow2222]

I doubt that that is correct.  Probably someone who either confused The Glass Prison with The Shattered Fortress or is just intentionally trolling.

Yeah, I think bosk is right. It is one of the new, never-before-played songs, so I doubt they would rotate it out for a song that has been played pretty consistently since its initial debut (even if it hasn't appeared in a few years).

EDIT: Oh, I guess it hasn't been played since 2004. That is quite a long time, but I think The Shattered Fortress will take precedence this tour.

[cyberdrummer]

Pretty sure it's The Shattered Fortress.

[bosk1]

possible, just reporting what I'm seeing 

No, I know.  But Wey said there would be no rotating, and he is in a position to know, so unless he is deliberately trying to mislead us until a few set lists are out, I would say that is a sure bet.

Besides, it is in the same spot in the set list as TSF would be, and since TSF borrows a lot of TGP, I could definitely see someone getting it wrong.

[countoftuscany42]

you were right, its been changed 

[Zyzzyva17]

I wonder who changed it...

[Shadow2222]

Are you there, cyberdrummer? 

[BRGM]

https://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/f60885a87edd11e38b3d0e1d7b20dd35_7.jpg

"First show with the my new Majesty's tonight!"

Off of JP's Instagram, Fantastic!

[Shadow2222]

https://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/f60885a87edd11e38b3d0e1d7b20dd35_7.jpg

"First show with the my new Majesty's tonight!"

Off of JP's Instagram, Fantastic!

Hmm, I wonder if this does mean that at least one different song will be played tonight? I can't imagine why he didn't use this guitar yesterday unless, for some reason, it just wasn't ready???

[BRGM]

https://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/f60885a87edd11e38b3d0e1d7b20dd35_7.jpg

"First show with the my new Majesty's tonight!"

Off of JP's Instagram, Fantastic!

Hmm, I wonder if this does mean that at least one different song will be played tonight? I can't imagine why he didn't use this guitar yesterday unless, for some reason, it just wasn't ready???

It seems to be a regular seven-string so I guess it was, oddly enough,  just not ready yesterday.

[Weymolith]

First shows are always stressful with everything that can go wrong. Maybe he just didn't want to take any chances on using it last night.

[CharlesPL]

What's happening? set?

[Shadow2222]

First shows are always stressful with everything that can go wrong. Maybe he just didn't want to take any chances on using it last night.

Makes sense. Looking forward to seeing it in a couple months!

[cyberdrummer]

Are you there, cyberdrummer? 

Haha no, but I have sourced somebody in Spain to let me know the setlist at albeit irregular intervals.