My only controversial opinion with LaBrie, and it's a big one, is that he looks like he'd rather be anywhere else than on stage.
He looks soooooooo bored and uninterested. He's the fucking Front Man and he needs to fucking OWN the stage and the crowd. Without actually saying it, he needs to say to the crowd "we're fucking Dream Theater and we're gonna fucking OWN you tonight". Instead he finishes his lyric, looks down and walks off stage, then comes back looking like he just woke up from a nap or something. He's the only one who has true freedom on stage to go anywhere and do anything while performing. He's not bad for the first few songs then he just starts slowly strolling around and zzzzzzzzzzz....
I'm not saying for him to be a Jon Bon Jovi or a Freddie Mercury, but come on, we're excited to be here and for a lot of people it's their first DT show or maybe they only see DT once every few years. OWN ME, JAMES, ROX MY SOX OFF!
I was hoping with pseudo-Front Man MP gone he'd step up but he really didn't.