So there can be an Anniversary for every album every year obviously. But for reasons that aren't necessarily understood, 5 year intervals is the magic number that seems to represent a worthy amount of time to acknowledge and remember an Album. I recall JP hinting about playing certain material relating to some anniversaries coming up, and possibly some material that's never been played. This could mean anything. But we can do the math and guess (or wish) for what might happen next year.
First things first, When Dream and Day Unite has it's 25th Anniversary on March 6th. I don't know if this is a likely candidate or not for a full performance seeing as we've aready had this for the 15th Anniversary of the album. But, it's got a date in 2014 and DT have surprised us before.
October 4th, is Awake's 20th Anniversary. If you ask me, this could easily be the 'surprise' JP was talking about seeing as they're up to this Album after Images and Words got it's anniversary performance, and the inclusion of Space Dye Vest would fit in with the statement about something they haven't played before. It's more likely than ever before that this could happen. James and Jordan have obviously shown they appreciate the piece so I would almost not be surprised if Awake got it's first full live performance.
The other very likely candidate for an Anniversary performance is Scenes from a Memory. October 26 next year marks the 15th Anniversary for this Album. Even though we've had plenty of shows with this Album in it's entirety, it's certainly been a while and the fact that we haven't heard it with Mangini make it seem more likely. Bring on Scenes 2014!
Also, June 23rd is the 5th Anniversary of Black Clouds & Silver Linings. I guess this feels like the least likely candidate because it's still fairly recent, and about 2/3rds of it are the infamous MP songs that have never been played live. Now the statement about playing something not heard before could be taken in many ways. I'm hoping it relates to older DT material as opposed to some covers. Although I can always appreciate covers, especially if it's something members of the band has been musically inspired by. I can always dream that they'll play this album in it's entirely one day!
JP also mentioned that there were some signature songs of theirs that they want to acknowledge. I hope this could mean something different from the obvious Images & Words 'signature tracks' (which essentially, might as well be all of them) we heard in 2011-2012. Maybe even some Six Degree love? Haven't heard much from those days lately save for section III/IV of Six Degrees: WIMH/tTTSTA combo. What do you guys think'll happen next year during the tour?