So last night's show in Charlotte was the craziest show I've ever been to. I saw Michael LePond on the way in and completely froze. First, there were two opening acts who were decent then Blackguard, the music sucks but they're a really good live band. Powerglove was okay, pretty funny for the most part. The whole time through all of the sets, a radio station was somehow being played through the speakers and they couldn't fix it somehow. All of the bands made light of it though. Then came Symphony X, they killed.
Right after Set The World On Fire, an elderly woman passed out and they brought an ambulance and delayed the encore. Apparently, it was because of the heat, but I think Russell stared her down. She should probably be more careful about looking into his eyes. Only 200 people showed up
but it made for a better concert experience fan-wise (no mosh pits!). All in all, I got to wave to LePond, shake Russell's hand, and get a picture and chat with Jason. Pinella and Romeo escaped to the buses pretty quickly.
Also found out they're taking the Summer off, touring Europe again in September-October, then back to the states in either November, December, or January.