Top Of The World Tour 2023

[cramx3]

I'm very surprised Panic Attack has not been a part of any major tour the last 10+ years (besides the 2015 festivals obviously). It's consistently in the top 5 streamed songs on Spotify (currently #2) with more than double the plays of As I Am, solid length, great heavy concert song, and seems relatively easy for the band to play (especially JLB). It sounds great on the Wacken LNG album. And as far as I can recall, they've still only played 2/8 songs off of 8VM (globally) with Mangini so far. I'd love to see it make an appearance soon.

I didn't realize it was that popular on spotify. (I don't use the app)  I would have never considered it a "top DT hit" although I admit, it was one of the first songs to really capture my interest in DT.  (Octavarium was their newest release when I discovered them).

It was in Rock Band 2 as one of the hardest songs in the game. As a challenging song in a rhythm game during the peak of those types of games' popularity, it gained some attention. That's how I discovered the band actually.

I forgot about that! I never got into that game, but I did know that

[gzarruk]

I'm very surprised Panic Attack has not been a part of any major tour the last 10+ years (besides the 2015 festivals obviously). It's consistently in the top 5 streamed songs on Spotify (currently #2) with more than double the plays of As I Am, solid length, great heavy concert song, and seems relatively easy for the band to play (especially JLB). It sounds great on the Wacken LNG album. And as far as I can recall, they've still only played 2/8 songs off of 8VM (globally) with Mangini so far. I'd love to see it make an appearance soon.

I didn't realize it was that popular on spotify. (I don't use the app)  I would have never considered it a "top DT hit" although I admit, it was one of the first songs to really capture my interest in DT.  (Octavarium was their newest release when I discovered them).

It was in Rock Band 2 as one of the hardest songs in the game. As a challenging song in a rhythm game during the peak of those types of games' popularity, it gained some attention. That's how I discovered the band actually.

I forgot about that! I never got into that game, but I did know that

Don't worry, the band themselves forgot about that too
https://youtu.be/NUkw_mWPhNQ?t=96

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[Ben_Jamin]

I'm very surprised Panic Attack has not been a part of any major tour the last 10+ years (besides the 2015 festivals obviously). It's consistently in the top 5 streamed songs on Spotify (currently #2) with more than double the plays of As I Am, solid length, great heavy concert song, and seems relatively easy for the band to play (especially JLB). It sounds great on the Wacken LNG album. And as far as I can recall, they've still only played 2/8 songs off of 8VM (globally) with Mangini so far. I'd love to see it make an appearance soon.

I would also enjoy seeing Panic Attack. The last time I saw it was when they opened for Maiden. It's a fantastic song live and I want to hear it with Mangini.

[Deadeye21]

I'm very surprised Panic Attack has not been a part of any major tour the last 10+ years (besides the 2015 festivals obviously). It's consistently in the top 5 streamed songs on Spotify (currently #2) with more than double the plays of As I Am, solid length, great heavy concert song, and seems relatively easy for the band to play (especially JLB). It sounds great on the Wacken LNG album. And as far as I can recall, they've still only played 2/8 songs off of 8VM (globally) with Mangini so far. I'd love to see it make an appearance soon.

I would also enjoy seeing Panic Attack. The last time I saw it was when they opened for Maiden. It's a fantastic song live and I want to hear it with Mangini.

Ditto. More Meta album other than Scenes and As I Am in general would be great.

[cramx3]

Looks like Arion is the opening band for the European tour.

Very awesome band IMO.  They aren't prog though so not sure how the fans will take them.  They are power/melodic metal.  Young band.  They were the opener for one of the days at ProgPower USA last year.  I enjoyed their set quite a bit, although you could tell they were pretty raw from the live performance side of things. I got to meet and chat with them later that day, very nice guys.  I would be ecstatic if they were able to support DT in the US.  But like I said, I'm not sure they are going to win a lot of the prog fans over. 

[EPIC Outro]

Most of the prog fans I know are pretty open minded. I'm not familiar with these guys, but I would love to be blown away by them!

[gborland]

Arion will of course not at all be confused with Ayreon.

[Trav]

Never mind. I had my dates mixed up.

[tuto]

I wonder if the changes are happening to finally help James out a little and take into consideration his situation?  Maybe a few song selections to ease some of the load on him?

If that's the case, I would love it if they swap out one of the songs for Stream of Consciousness. It would give James an almost 12 minute break for his voice

[wolfking]

I wonder if the changes are happening to finally help James out a little and take into consideration his situation?  Maybe a few song selections to ease some of the load on him?

If that's the case, I would love it if they swap out one of the songs for Stream of Consciousness. It would give James an almost 12 minute break for his voice

I think adding an instrumental or two even at this point would be a great idea.

[Deadeye21]

I wonder who they would get to open if they played in Australia. I know two bands that would absolutely destroy me with the excitement of it was them, but I wonder who they'd actually bring out.

[gzarruk]

I wonder who they would get to open if they played in Australia. I know two bands that would absolutely destroy me with the excitement of it was them, but I wonder who they'd actually bring out.

Teramaze would be great.

[cramx3]

I wonder who they would get to open if they played in Australia. I know two bands that would absolutely destroy me with the excitement of it was them, but I wonder who they'd actually bring out.

Caligulas Horse immediately comes to mind as a good Australian opener for DT

[wolfking]

Vanishing Point deserve a gig like this.  I know they are probably too much in the power metal vein with a splash of prog but still would be great.

[goo-goo]

The Stranger. Absolutely love this guys!

[Deadeye21]

I wonder who they would get to open if they played in Australia. I know two bands that would absolutely destroy me with the excitement of it was them, but I wonder who they'd actually bring out.

Teramaze would be great.

Caligulas Horse immediately comes to mind as a good Australian opener for DT

I'd love it to be Voyager actually. Do something a bit different.

[Deadeye21]

Anyone here going to opening night tomorrow? Would love to see the reveals.

[Mladen]

Damn. ATC and SG are hinted at, yet I'd enjoy Transcending time the most.

By the way, do we have anyone from Naples to keep us up to date on the set list during the first night?

They will start in Tel Aviv (my hometown). I'll update post show

I am counting on our buddy here. 

[ReaperKK]

Damn the tour starts tomorrow already, time is flying by

[dodido253]

Damn. ATC and SG are hinted at, yet I'd enjoy Transcending time the most.

By the way, do we have anyone from Naples to keep us up to date on the set list during the first night?

They will start in Tel Aviv (my hometown). I'll update post show

I am counting on our buddy here. 

Rest assured 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[cramx3]

I wonder who they would get to open if they played in Australia. I know two bands that would absolutely destroy me with the excitement of it was them, but I wonder who they'd actually bring out.

Teramaze would be great.

Caligulas Horse immediately comes to mind as a good Australian opener for DT

I'd love it to be Voyager actually. Do something a bit different.

Another excellent choice. 

[gzarruk]

Damn. ATC and SG are hinted at, yet I'd enjoy Transcending time the most.

By the way, do we have anyone from Naples to keep us up to date on the set list during the first night?

They will start in Tel Aviv (my hometown). I'll update post show

I am counting on our buddy here. 

Rest assured 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[Trav]

And we wait...

[Wim Kruithof]

And we wait...

indeed we do...

[Deadeye21]

I'll be checking this before I check setlist.fm tomorrow for sure. It'll be more intriguing to me to see it song by sing with the reactions from people in the page of it's a great setlist.

[Ben_Jamin]

I'll be checking this thread first thing when I wake up. Show might be going on by then. If not, I will try and follow along. Glad someone was there to be able to relay the set changes to us.

[dodido253]

I'll be checking this before I check setlist.fm tomorrow for sure. It'll be more intriguing to me to see it song by sing with the reactions from people in the page of it's a great setlist.

I won't update live song by song as I want to be present in the show. But a minute post the encore I'll write all the changes:)

[Dani Helios]

I'll be seeing them in Manchester, UK! This is the first time I'll have seen them twice in one tour, but also the first time I'll be seeing them without my dad, so a touch bitter-sweet for me. Still, I'm sure they will deliver an incredible show! Excited to see what the setlist will be this time around

[Ben_Jamin]

I'll be checking this before I check setlist.fm tomorrow for sure. It'll be more intriguing to me to see it song by sing with the reactions from people in the page of it's a great setlist.

I won't update live song by song as I want to be present in the show. But a minute post the encore I'll write all the changes:)

[The Paddies]

Was expecting some songs by now.

First ones are on Setlist.fm:
https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=Dream+theater

[Schurftkut]

happy with the changes so far!

[TAC]

Was expecting some songs by now.

First ones are on Setlist.fm:
https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=Dream+theater

No way that's real.

[The Paddies]

Why not real?

The whole set is up by now.

[TAC]

Why not real?

The whole set is up by now.

OK, well now it makes sense. It said Six Degrees and then About To Crash, and there was no AVFTTOTW. I didn't realize it was not complete.


JP loves himself some Caught In A Web. No idea why they'd play that AND 6:00.