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Quote from: nobloodyname on June 19, 2025, 10:47:04 PMHow did James do? I heard a clip from Graspop and, well, I have to say I've heard him sound better. I know this is an old horse but he seemed to have turned some sort of corner on the first couple of legs.
Quote from: Dream Team on June 20, 2025, 06:41:44 PMIn case anyone is curious, the only person still here from page 1 of this thread is SeRox. All hail SeRox a troo fan!
Quote from: SeRoX on June 20, 2025, 04:02:00 PMA reddit post about James.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Dreamtheater/comments/1lfq62u/thank_you_james/
Classy one.
Quote from: Ben_Jamin on June 20, 2025, 03:12:12 PMSo in your own words...DT are an extremely famous and well established band now.![]()
Quote from: SeRoX on June 20, 2025, 12:55:54 PMIn my opinion, Dream Theater is not a festival band. Or rather, they're not suited to the nature of festivals. Sure, they can showcase their musicianship but unfortunately, that's not what festivals are about. Even from the very beginning I never saw Dream Theater as a festival-type band and now they've become even more mature and composed. At this point, they're not a festival band at all.
To me, festivals nowadays are tailored more toward bands that fall into the "overrated" category those that are either extremely famous and long-established or currently blowing up in the mainstream scene. In most European festivals, there's heavy use of stage decorations, musicians wearing bizarre costumes and over the top stage shows that often have little to do with the actual music. Ironically, many of the bands doing this are metal bands some of whom even get their names listed above Dream Theater on festival posters.
Maybe 20 or 30 years ago, festivals carried a certain weight or significance. But now they seem to be all about appearance and spectacle. That's why I find Dream Theater to be a poor fit in this environment.
Quote from: Dream Team on June 20, 2025, 01:52:11 PMYeah kinda, but at least they get exposure.You took the words right out of my mouth.