Hmm I was actually a bit disappointed with the crowd last night actually. Me and my friend were the only people standing throughout the concert in my whole section. C'mon people! I know its the balcony and seats are provided, but shit its Dream Theater headlining, get up and get into it! It felt weird that basically there was no life up in the upper sections.
I learned my lesson last time I was at the beacon. NEVER get a balcony seat. You can't stand up and the crowd is super lame. I was on the floor this time and it was WAY better.
It's always a tricky issue. My general rule is if everybody around you is sitting, you shouldn't be "that guy" and just stand up. Not EVERYBODY wants to stand up at a concert and it's kind of obnoxious to be standing up when you're blocking the view of everybody behind you. I mean, yeah, ok, it IS a concert. But it's also a concert at a seated venue. The seats are there for a reason...
Did you guys get a picture of the meet up? it would be cool if we can have a DTF meet ups album at the end of the tour.
I don't think there was an official "meet-up". At various points during the night I saw mebert, zgf, axeman, Ray and Steve from the MP forum (forget their usernames), LudwigVan, Cecilia, mrjazzguitar and even ProgMaiden from a distance. But it was all kind of informal and I just really talked to people as I ran into them in the lobby. @tick - I kept an eye out for you, but didn't see you at all
. I was even hanging out in the lobby after the show as everybody was filing out. Must've somehow still missed you.