Even accounting for translation, some of those questions are a little bit rude. But still a good interview despite that.
It indeed sometimes seems that the questions are rude, but i think JP knows the interviewer well, and it was more of a friendly interview than it seems.
Well either way, JP clearly takes it well and gives good answers. I do like that the issue of rotating setlists is cleared up.
Hmmm.. I get that he explained why they did it on this leg, but I didn't hear anything about future legs and possibly rotating them...or did I miss something? I know when I do the meet and greet next month I'll be asking him about future "Evening with" legs
"O Mike would be able to learn all the songs and rehearsing for about forty to go touring, but we did not want him to load too many responsibilities on his first tour with us. So we said to know 14 great tracks, in the language of DREAM THEATER but is too much music. Not like we risking too much. We are interested primarily dethoume as possible as a band with our new State to be more consistent across the world. I hope that people appreciate that."
It's not explicitly stated that they will be rotating the setlists more in future, but to me that was implied by mentioning not wanting to give him too much to learn on his first tour with them, and wanting to focus on playing tight as a band. As it's a translation, you may interpret it differently.