The return of the 'Evening With' format

[hefdaddy42]

They will.

Stopped reading here.

[jag66]

Surely theyre going to record the 12 step suite in the next year, which would fit best if they play a nice 3 hour set.
All they need is to play 1 Evening With show in London and I'll be happy at least

[wkiml]

How do you get to hang out with all those bands, Nick?  Are you just lucky or what?  

Nicks been known to do se.ual favors in order to meet the bands


Sorry Nick couldn't pass up the opportunity

[PlaysLikeMyung]

3 opening acts are too much. I got to know that in the USA, it's quite normal to have so many opening acts - but why?
Having seen DT first in 1993 and then 12 times on all the tours (except on the Octavarium tour, because I did not like the ToT tour at all...), I have to say that 3 hours of DT is too much for me now. They always had great opening acts (though I don't remember the first ones very well or not at all - but that's because of my bad memory and the number of concerts I saw), so I'd prefer them with 1 opening act.

Three opening acts is total suckage. Symphony X only played for about an hour and ten minutes because of three absolutely horrendous opening bands. I paid for Symphony X, not Metallica/Pantera wannabes

Symphony X did not play that short because of opening acts. Yeah, I hate when bands tour the US and have a ton of opening acts, because they are normally shitty local openers, however everything would have been planned over when Symphony X was to go on in order to finish their set in time. I've seen SX 5 or 6 times now, and they've been great every time, but one thing they do not do is play a long show.

Fair enough. But I don't want three hours of shit bands. I had no idea that SX never played for that long... They should at least do an hour and a half, maybe an hour and forty-five minutes

[SystematicThought]

Courtesy of MP.com and a comment made on the Eddie Trunk Show today after a caller asked MP himself about the next tour format.

Thoughts?

I personally am excited

[XianL]

Well that settles it.

I AM going to see DT when they next roll through Montreal/Toronto.

Thanks for the tip!

[BlobVanDam]

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK


Yes, I'm excited. This makes the chances of eventually seeing the 12 Step Suite a lot stronger.

[Volk9]

Sounds good

[Zydar]

Awesome-o.

[AcidLameLTE]

I think this had been hinted at when they said they wouldn't be doing a PN tour next time around.

Glad it's been confirmed though.

[yeshaberto]

best news I've heard in a long time....yippee!

[RafTen]

was it really confirmed? Do you have the exact quote maybe?

Well, I'm goddamn excited now

[cyberdrummer]

Such good news.

[glaurung]

best news I've heard in a long time....yippee!

[Tick]

HELL YEAH !!!!

[YtseJamittaja]

YEAHHHH!!!!!

[OperantChamber]

My first concert will be 3 hours of Dream Theater.
Maybe my second too, if I have the money.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

[DreamerTV]

May this mean that the next album will be a concept to play in it's entirity during the shows?.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

I hope not

[skydivingninja]

It'll likely be an opportunity to play the 12 steps live.

[Zydar]

Yeah, and film it for a DVD that puts Score and Budokan to shame.

[tri.ad]

Great! Now the only thing left is that they drop by in Austria or Southern Germany.

[Nic35]

FUCK YEAHH !!!!

Can't wait for their next show in Quebec and Montreal !

[Pockets17red]

I was wondering if any of you guys had an idea about the price of a ticket, since I am now going to one in a couple years. 

[cyberdrummer]

I paid about £30 for London in 2005. I imagine it'll be more like £35-40 now though.

[hefdaddy42]

May this mean that the next album will be a concept to play in it's entirity during the shows?.

No.

[Perpetual Change]

Does this necessarily mean they're done touring on Black Clouds?  If so, it's a shame.

[Chino]

This is the one that isn't coming to the US? If so it

[Nick]

Does this necessarily mean they're done touring on Black Clouds?  If so, it's a shame.

That's a good question, it will be interesting to see if they do a tour prior to recording the next album or not.

In any case this is amazing news.

[Space Invader]

Well that settles it.

I AM going to see DT when they next roll through Montreal/Toronto.

Thanks for the tip!

Make it Montreal and I'm right there with ya!

[Ben_Jamin]

kewl. doubt they're gonna stop by here. Hope they release a dvd if they play the AA suite in it's entirety

[ariich]

This is the one that isn't coming to the US? If so it

No I think he'd have said "leg" rather than "tour" if that's what he meant. I'm sure he meant the next major tour, which will presumably be in support of their next album.

[Global Laziness]

Well that settles it.

I AM going to see DT when they next roll through Montreal/Toronto.

Thanks for the tip!

Depending on when the tour is...road trip?

[XianL]

Well that settles it.

I AM going to see DT when they next roll through Montreal/Toronto.

Thanks for the tip!

Depending on when the tour is...road trip?

...Yep