I'll post my own report
And here it is:
My friend and I had seats in F1, which was in the upper part of the venue - the sea of fists in the standing area looked pretty epic from there! The view to the stage was way better than I had expected, although the PA speakers partially blocked the screen much to our annoyment. As a result you couldn't see James' face when he was shown on the screen, and it was a bit hard to follow the animation during Enigma Machine. Speaking of the projections, the intro video was absolutely amazing
Great job, Blob!
The sound was pretty good and balanced - maybe the bass could've been a tad louder, but MM's drum sound was way better than on either of the albums he's played on.
The first set was pretty awesome (Trial of Tears and BAI - pure magic!), but afterwards it felt like a mere warm-up compared to the second set, which was absolute killer. The Awake portion was the highlight of the show for me and SDV is my favorite DT song, so hearing it was the most emotional moment. No manly tears were shed, but my heart was beating faster than during any other song! Having read threads for other shows, I knew James would sing the last part an octave higher and JP would play a solo, but I hadn't watched any live videos so I had no idea how it would turn out. The studio version is sacred to me, but the changes were acceptable and didn't ruin the feel of the song. The Mirror and Lie kicked ass, Lifting Shadows was a nice breather (I saw a lonely lighter in the crowd during this one
) and Scarred sounded majestic. I haven't been able to fully get into Illumination Theory on CD and I still find it disjointed, but hearing it live made me appreciate it more - the riffing in the first 2 movements rocked and Surrender, Trust & Passion was a great closure.
The SFAM encore was a cherry on the top of the delicious cake: Overture 1928 and Strange Deja Vu got people pumped up again, TDOE was a lot of fun and Finally Free was a beautiful ending to the show. The ragtime bit in TDOE was the moment my friend had waited for
The lighting was pretty cool and matched the crazy nature of the song.
The whole band was in top form and the playing was really tight - static setlists are not so bad
James sounded great throughout the show, with the exception of the first half of Strange Deja Vu, where he was slightly off-key at times. Also, JP was definitely singing on most songs, not just lip-syncing! Of course there were some piped-in parts like in The Mirror, but for the most part it was live. BTW, can anyone who was closer to the stage tell if people were actually singing along to the choir part in OTBOA? I thought it was the audience, although it might've been just a keyboard patch.
All in all, this was an evening to remember and probably the best concert I've ever attended. I really want to see DT again, although I'm worried they won't be able to live up to the ridiculously high standard set by this show.