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Dream Theater => Concerts and Set Lists => Topic started by: Slain on March 21, 2010, 10:09:15 AM
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Yeah, formerly Nissan pavilion. Anyone get tickets for this one? I just bought one for standing room in the front.
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*bump* anyone? :biggrin: I'd like to see who of my fellow DTF'ers will be there
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I might be there because its only $35 and I live 40 minutes away, but I doubt we would get much new stuff. Plus as of right now I have no one to go with, so if I can find someone I will probably go.
My anticipated setlist is
A Rite of Passage
Constant Motion
Wither
Panic Attack
Erotomania
Metropolis with extended solos
maybe replace Erotomania with As I Am or something (god I hope not)
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What a horrible name for a venue :lol
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What a horrible name for a venue :lol
You're telling me, man. It went from Nissan Pavilion to what everyone calls "The Lube". And to think, I'm graduating there in a week. Egh.
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I might be there because its only $35 and I live 40 minutes away, but I doubt we would get much new stuff. Plus as of right now I have no one to go with, so if I can find someone I will probably go.
My anticipated setlist is
A Rite of Passage
Constant Motion
Wither
Panic Attack
Erotomania
Metropolis with extended solos
maybe replace Erotomania with As I Am or something (god I hope not)
I'm pretty positive there will be no erotomania. That's too long of an instrumental song, most IM fans would be bored or confused
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I am probably going to go now, just to see Home.
Plus I pretty much have to go. $31 for a seat, and the venue is 30 minutes from where I live, its the easiest concert to make it to ever...
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Hah, the venue is probably 10-15 minutes from me as well, so it's also close.
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Despite it being the closest venue to me, it's not the show I'm attending. However, I am hoping to catch Rush in DC in September.
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Despite it being the closest venue to me, it's not the show I'm attending. However, I am hoping to catch Rush in DC in September.
Same here, although I haven't bought tickets yet. I can't not go to "An Evening With Rush" concert near me, that'd be ridiculous.
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What is your avatar from Slain. I know I've seen it somewhere, but I can't place it.
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I've also wondered that for a long time
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What is your avatar from Slain. I know I've seen it somewhere, but I can't place it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZnGk-q9kU
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I'll be there in Secion 303. I would be more psyched for this show if not for the fact that I am seeing them in Madison Square Garden the week before. Still, it should be a fun show, especially if there are any shenanigans because it is the last night of the tour...
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ah...good ole Tim & Eric. I knew I saw that before.
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I'll be attending this one. I'm so pumped. :caffeine:
Section 303 Row M Seats 61-64 with a few of my friends.
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Is anyone else going to this? It would be cool to meet some of you.
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Is anyone else going to this? It would be cool to meet some of you.
Did you actually read this thread?
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Yes, but no one is planning any kind of meetup...
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Yes, but no one is planning any kind of meetup...
I find it tough to arrange meet-ups at shows the venue former known as Nissan Pavilion. Between the traffic and the venue sitting in the middle of an industrial park, it is not like you can meet up somewhere and then walk to the venue. Plus, I know I will be coming from work, so that is going to add to the issues getting there in time to see DT for me at least.
However, I am all for putting some faces to the screen names here, so meeting up somewhere in between sets would be cool. Thoughts?
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I might be there because its only $35 and I live 40 minutes away, but I doubt we would get much new stuff. Plus as of right now I have no one to go with, so if I can find someone I will probably go.
My anticipated setlist is
A Rite of Passage
Constant Motion
Wither
Panic Attack
Erotomania
Metropolis with extended solos
maybe replace Erotomania with As I Am or something (god I hope not)
If this show is with IM, then there are no changes to the setlist (see the setlist thread, page 1 if you want spoilers)
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SO EXCITED :caffeine: :caffeine:
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I have decided not to go.... I have no one to go with and really do not care about Iron Maiden, I really really want to see Home, but I will see it eventually.
Part of me wants to go try to scalp some tickets though.
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It was completely awesome. I was right in the front, I was one of the DT fans singing along with As I Am, cheering and James Labrie pointed at me and nodded right in the beginning (in a cool sort of way, maybe it was my 25th Anniversary Shirt?). Right as they started playing As I Am, it started raining. It was probably the most epic thing I've ever seen. I unfortunately have a shitty iphone camera that couldn't take good pictures of it, but believe me, it was great. They performed all of the songs extremely well, and I was glad to see that there were a lot of DT fans there to get into it, as well as Maiden fans that were enjoying their songs. Some guy behind me and my friend was hillarious, when Jordan came to the front with the keytar he was screaming "OHH MY GOODDDDD HE HAS THE KEYTAR!! OH MY GODDD!!". And during constant motion, in place of some of portnoys vocals he said "RUN TO THE HILLS!" which was cool. Before constant motion they almost, just ALMOST started playing the trooper/run to the hills (they started part of both songs).... But I'm guessing that someone told them they couldn't, or maybe they just decided against it.
Maiden was amazing too, Bruce Dickinson completely nailed the beginning of number of the beast. I've seen them do the song a few times live (just from recordings) and he hasn't nailed it this well in a long time. They were all extremely energetic, and had a badass stage show (as in, Eddie coming out and basically fighting one of the guitarists). I'm a maiden fan, but I wasn't really familiar with a lot of the first half, it was great nonetheless. Fear of the Dark was so intense, I'm glad I finally got to see that live. Another plus was the really hot girl next to me that flashed during the set. I know, not part of the show... but I figure i'd mention it. Maiden is one of the best live bands I've ever seen. I couldn't believe how fun they were to just watch.
Anyone else have any cool stories from a maiden/DT show they went to? I saw the last one, at Jiffy Lube Live in VA, fyi.
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Sounds great. Love the idea of doing the Maiden teasers.
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Sounds great. Love the idea of doing the Maiden teasers.
Yeah, they started playing maiden and people started freaking out, I thought for sure they'd do it. Not sure why they couldn't, though.
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Yeah, they started playing maiden and people started freaking out, I thought for sure they'd do it. Not sure why they couldn't, though.
A buddy of mine worked crew for load in and load out and tells me the curfew is really tight at Jiffy Lube Live so DT had to keep to the 50 minute set. Funny that they started playing Maiden and MP had to stop and apologize to JP as he had a D-tuned guitar on for home and was having to transcribe the Maiden tunes on the fly!
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What a horrible name for a venue :lol
I agree. It will always be Nissan Pavilion in my brain. It is becoming known as "The Dipstick" around VA/DC
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Oh my god, this concert was awesome.
I think DT didn't really sound that good and I'm not really sure why. When I saw them at PN 09, it was also at an outdoor venue but it was much smaller and they sounded incredible. I think for some reason they make the opening act sound like shit to make the headliner sound better, which I was really disappointed in. Although, I really gained a new appreciation for Constant Motion and As I Am. Home didn't work as well live as I thought it would and all they keyboard solos sounded terrible. Overall, I was a bit disappointed with Dream Theater. :\
Iron Maiden, on the other hand, was fucking unbelievable. I really learned to appreciate their newer songs because of this performance, particularly Ghost of the Navigator and Blood Brothers. Fear of the Dark was incredible live with everyone singing and all of the classics were just as amazing as I thought they would be.
The funniest moment of the night was during DT's set when Pertucci started playing some Maiden and the guy in front of me yelled "Don't fuck with my emotions!" as if he thought they would play an entire Maiden song. Also, when Pertucci played a bit of The Trooper and had the wrong tuning on his guitar was hilarious.
Overall, it was a very fun night and I can't wait to see DT in a smaller venue. :D Also, I bought 2 shirts: 1 Iron Maiden and 1 DT but :omg: IT WAS SO EXPENSIVE.
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I forgot to mention in my little write up that it started to rain right when DT got on stage. It was so epic. I was in section 303 near the back of the pavilion and I was getting a little wet myself. :lol
My post: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=11656.msg519515#msg519515
Also maybe the sound quality of DT had something to do with where my seats were, I'm not really sure. But to me they didn't sound very good.
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Although, I really gained a new appreciation for Constant Motion and As I Am. Home didn't work as well live as I thought it would
Overall, it was a very fun night and I can't wait to see DT in a smaller venue. :D Also, I bought 2 shirts: 1 Iron Maiden and 1 DT but :omg: IT WAS SO EXPENSIVE.
All of this exactly, except I bought two Iron Maiden shirts and one Dream Theater shirt.
WATER WAS FIVE FUCKING DOLLARS
EDIT: To avoid confusion, I was at the New York show :P
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:rollin
WATER WAS 4 DOLLARS AND PIZZA WAS 6 DOLLARS
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I starved instead of spending six (probably seven at Madison Square Garden) dollars on food. Although the contact high from the visible cloud of smoke surrounding the seating area did make me pretty hungry... and when I get hungry like that, I get HUNGRY.
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Yeah I got extremely hungry right before Maiden went on. I actually missed the first song when I was getting pizza. >:(
But yeah, the contact high made us all decide to go to Taco Bell afterwards. TASTED SO FUCKING GOOD.
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Dream Theater was incredible as usual. Iron Maiden was boring and redundant. I loved finally hearing Home live. I was disappointed with the short set, but can understand why it had to be done.
I went with a Maiden/DT fan who said that Maiden's stage shows were so amazing. Ugh no..... space junk plus banner slides plus a goon walking around for one song does not make a better stage show than a virtuoso at every instrument and a VIDEO SHOW. But I thought Bruce was electric he's a great front man. The rest of the band was blash.
Dream Theater owned as always.
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Is that a real Destiny Of Chaos sighting?? I was just thinking the other day that I hadn't seen you around much. ..maybe it's me...
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I was getting pissed that DT was wasting time on their criminally short set list to appease the Maiden fans by teasing them. Thank God they didn't play a cover because A. That would have meant one less DT song for us die hards to heard and 2. It would have upstaged Maiden in every way (except for James not upstaging Bruce).
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Is that a real Destiny Of Chaos sighting?? I was just thinking the other day that I hadn't seen you around much. ..maybe it's me...
LOL this is just an illusion.
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It doesn't excuse the fact that this:
Iron Maiden was boring and redundant.
I went with a Maiden/DT fan who said that Maiden's stage shows were so amazing. Ugh no..... space junk plus banner slides plus a goon walking around for one song does not make a better stage show than a virtuoso at every instrument and a VIDEO SHOW. But I thought Bruce was electric he's a great front man. The rest of the band was blash.
is utterly incorrect.
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It doesn't excuse the fact that this:
Iron Maiden was boring and redundant.
I went with a Maiden/DT fan who said that Maiden's stage shows were so amazing. Ugh no..... space junk plus banner slides plus a goon walking around for one song does not make a better stage show than a virtuoso at every instrument and a VIDEO SHOW. But I thought Bruce was electric he's a great front man. The rest of the band was blash.
is utterly incorrect.
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So you geniuses wouldn't agree that Bruce is an amazing front man, because that was part of what you guys quoted instead of bothering with something that could have been considered an intelligent rebuttal.
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No, I agree with you on that.
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Apparently not.
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'Twas a mistake.
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DOC, for my money, Iron Maiden is the best live band I've ever seen. You could also throw in Dream Theater. I suppose it's a matter of taste.
Had you seen Iron Maiden before?
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I by no means have seen many concerts (~15 in the past two years), but both times seeing Maiden was pure enjoyment, amazement, and bliss, for the whole show. I saw them on the Somewhere Back In Time tour, and it was my first major concert, so it thoroughly blew my mind (what a way to start off concert-going!). Now, two years and 10+ major concerts later (including Metallica, Progressive Nation 2009, Alice in Chains, AC/DC, and more), they were even better than last time. From crowd participation, to stage show, to musicianship and live tightness, they excel on every level imaginable.
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DOC, for my money, Iron Maiden is the best live band I've ever seen. You could also throw in Dream Theater. I suppose it's a matter of taste.
Had you seen Iron Maiden before?
No I had never seen Maiden prior to last night. I've never been able to get into their music. To "bland" for me I guess you could say. But their stage show was not all it was cracked up to be. But I could understand why Maiden Nation would love their shows so much. But when the music can't hold a candle to DT's, it won't keep my interest.
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DOC, fair enough. Perhaps the expectation was too grand. Besides, NO ONE'S music holds a candle to Dream Theater.
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NO ONE
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Destiny, I agree about IMs stage show for this tour. I was expecting pyros and whatnot because the alst tour was filled with them, they really had a great show last tour. This year, was kind of like the AMOLAD tour where there were no pyros, just cool lighting. It didnt make the show worse for me as a die hard IM fan, but I can see what youre saying in terms of stage show at least. They did at least change the back drop just about every song and I really dug the back for el durado and when it was just the stars.
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I was slightly disappointed with the lack of pyrotechnics as well, but not nearly as many songs warranted them this time around. The only noticeable lack of them was in "The Number Of The Beast", where they were extremely prevalent in last tour (and I was looking forward to them this tour). Otherwise, the lights did a great job of conveying the feel of the songs without extra effects (re: "Fear Of The Dark").
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I was slightly disappointed with the lack of pyrotechnics as well, but not nearly as many songs warranted them this time around. The only noticeable lack of them was in "The Number Of The Beast", where they were extremely prevalent in last tour (and I was looking forward to them this tour). Otherwise, the lights did a great job of conveying the feel of the songs without extra effects (re: "Fear Of The Dark").
I agree... I really thought the flames would come out after the intro... but nope only that little devil like figure in the top corner of the stage and some smoke. I agree the songs didnt really warrant the pyros since all the newer songs never had pyros to go along with them (RIR, DOTR, and then during the AMOLAD tour) there are no pyros.
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I forgot to mention in my little write up that it started to rain right when DT got on stage. It was so epic. I was in section 303 near the back of the pavilion and I was getting a little wet myself. :lol
My post: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=11656.msg519515#msg519515
Also maybe the sound quality of DT had something to do with where my seats were, I'm not really sure. But to me they didn't sound very good.
I thought they sounded pretty good from the standing room pit.
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I thought Maiden was great, Bruce Dickinson alone made their performance nothing short of amazing. He was spot on the whole night, and completely nailed every song (while running around like a maniac). It was a lot of fun.
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Destiny, I agree about IMs stage show for this tour. I was expecting pyros and whatnot because the alst tour was filled with them, they really had a great show last tour. This year, was kind of like the AMOLAD tour where there were no pyros, just cool lighting. It didnt make the show worse for me as a die hard IM fan, but I can see what youre saying in terms of stage show at least. They did at least change the back drop just about every song and I really dug the back for el durado and when it was just the stars.
The Album Art For Brave New World has always been one of my favorites for any band, so I dug that banner the most.
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Ive got a flag of the BNW album cover so its one of my favorites as well.
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When a band is as good as Maiden is, they don't need any pyro or videos or anything else for that matter. They could have played on a minimal stage with nothing on it and the show would have been just as strong.
And for me, I don't really think pre-packaged videos do anything to enhance the concert experience. I think back to some of the videos played during the DT's RCMH concert and found them more to be a distraction from the music (particularly the cartoon) rather than an enhancement to it. A band like DT is another one that doesn't need to rely on pyro/videos/whatever to make the show. The talent in the band should be enough to engage and hold the interest of the attendees...
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When a band is as good as Maiden is, they don't need any pyro or videos or anything else for that matter. They could have played on a minimal stage with nothing on it and the show would have been just as strong.
And for me, I don't really think pre-packaged videos do anything to enhance the concert experience. I think back to some of the videos played during the DT's RCMH concert and found them more to be a distraction from the music (particularly the cartoon) rather than an enhancement to it. A band like DT is another one that doesn't need to rely on pyro/videos/whatever to make the show. The talent in the band should be enough to engage and hold the interest of the attendees...
I remember thinking the same thing for TDEN. It was refreshing to see DT in Worcester without the video screens.
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When a band is as good as Maiden is, they don't need any pyro or videos or anything else for that matter. They could have played on a minimal stage with nothing on it and the show would have been just as strong.
And for me, I don't really think pre-packaged videos do anything to enhance the concert experience. I think back to some of the videos played during the DT's RCMH concert and found them more to be a distraction from the music (particularly the cartoon) rather than an enhancement to it. A band like DT is another one that doesn't need to rely on pyro/videos/whatever to make the show. The talent in the band should be enough to engage and hold the interest of the attendees...
I agree with the underlined part, and disagree with the italicized part.
They would be awesome without anything special, like you said, but effects (in this case) only enhance it. It's like getting a new car, but with the option for it to have... I don't know... movie screens (bad analogy, I know). It can only make it better, but it's still a nice car either way. That's the best I could come up with :lol.
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No, Iron Maiden was awesome.
The best part of the night was when the crowd was singing Fear of the Dark. The crowd was louder than Bruce!
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I was saying that the lights only added to the experience... so the show would've been less strong, but still amazing.
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So am I the only one who thought the videos for TDEN and 8VM were cool additions? I mean, come on it's not like they do it for every song
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Wait, videos were playing at your gig?
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Sounds great. Love the idea of doing the Maiden teasers.
Yeah, they started playing maiden and people started freaking out, I thought for sure they'd do it. Not sure why they couldn't, though.
I wouldn't say they ever intended to play a full Maiden song. They were just trying to tease the crowd I'm sure
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Wait, videos were playing at your gig?
Nope, was just saying that I liked the backing videos, when he said that it was refreshing to see DT without the videos. They didn't have any at the DC show.
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Wait, videos were playing at your gig?
Nope, was just saying that I liked the backing videos, when he said that it was refreshing to see DT without the videos. They didn't have any at the DC show.
Ah, yeah they didn't have them at all on this tour as far as I'm concerned. The two camera screens didn't even come on until about halfway through there set.
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It was the first time i saw Iron Maiden live and it was the first time i went overseas to see DT..
it was magical..(not in an iPad way,i mean really magical..)
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OMG I went to see them and was in the pit out in San Manuel. Twas awesome beyond belief. I'd have to say that Iron Maiden was still pretty rockin' too.
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My first time seeing Maiden, and 2nd time seeing DT.
Both were great. Especially Maiden for not giving into fans and playing newer material. I am bummed I didnt see them on their Somewhere Back In Time tour, but glad to see new songs lilve. since that best represents where Maidens sound is now. Which I like bands to do, play new material and if we get lucky some gems.
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Maiden and DT are a tie for my fave band! So jealous lol :p
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That was more kind of teasing going around. May be that was for the crowd!!!!!