Pretty over all these anniversary shows. I just want an awesome and well rounded setlist.
Yeah, I'm not so keen on that either. Everything else looks/sounds great though!
Although I still love the anniversary concept, having seen SFAM in its entirety 5 times, plus the 2014 anniversary dates (x3), I'm less enthused to have SFAM takes up half of the setlist. But I'm happy for Progmetty and those that are stoked to celebrate the album. For me, I'd like to see a good chunk of new material for the first leg, balanced by a broad representation of the DT catalog for the remaining set. Maybe save SFAM for a later Fall 2019 leg.
I can't tell you how not happy I'll be if they are playing SFAM in its entirety. Between that and the I&W tour last year, they're getting dangerously close to Queensryche territory.
I understand your concern TAC, but I'm pretty confident that won't be the cast and I'm willing to be this is the last time an anniversary tour will take place for a good while. See I think SFAM was the last universally liked DT album that warrants an anniversary tour. I think there are 3 kinds of people who listen to DT; 1. general metal folks, 2. general prog folks and 3. devoted DT fans. SFAM is the last album that managed to satisfy the biggest portion of all 3 IMO.
Same, I feel this would be the last anniversary album in a while, I personally don't mind "Scenes" in its entirety, I was still an Infant when it got released in 1999 (1 year old to be exact), and since being a fan of the band since 2011 I've been bombed out I never got to experience this album in its entirety; I did get to experience that little Scenes encore at the Fox Theater in Riverside back in 2014, it was majestic but I wanted the full package! I feel this is the ultimate chance to see them perform an album that I loved so much as a teenager. Funny, I remember thinking to myself after the show in 2014, I can't wait for the "Scene" 20th Anniversary show, it's gonna be incredible, and here we are 5 years later watching these thoughts become (probably) a reality. Furthermore, I personally do understand the long-term DT fans feelings towards these anniversary events since they have been popping up frequently these past four years. We had a 30th, 25th, and now 20th-anniversary tours in a batch of four years, and honestly, this might be the last one in stores for a while. Until Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, who knows they'll do for that one, I'm getting ahead of myself there, lol. For future anniversary shows, they show do one-offs like they did for "When Dream And Day Unite" for its 15th-anniversary show in LA.