AWESOME concert. The best I've ever been to. I've been to DT gigs since 1999, and James has NEVER had such a powerful voice. Man I just couldn't believe how he could nail all songs from AWAKE, flawlessly. I cried at the end of Scarred (I beg of you, if you find a bootleg, go listen to it and believe your own ears), he hit all the notes, and with a full, amazing voice, without holding back and with no sign of fatigue whatsoever not even at the end of the concert, and the whole band's performance was just stellar, I've never been this much blown away. So much enagy, powa.
For the whole set, I couldn't take my eyes off Mangini. He is just awesome to watch and his power and sound live was unbelievable. He had a problem during the kick-off fill of Breaking All Illusions (I don't know if a cymbal fell or what), but he recovered pretty quickly. Other then those few seconds, for the rest of the three hour show he was flawless, without a doubt the best drummer I've ever seen live. His precision, his strength (up to the end of the gig), his passionate playing, and his technical level are just beyond amazing.
The lights have been greatly improved, and provided a fantastic scenery for the band, highlighting the best moments in a dramatic way.
Sound was perfect. I could hear every instrument loud and clear. I really liked the sounds Jordan chose, and JP's output sound was great and majestic as usual. Bass had a really crunchy and deep sound, and drums - as said before - were beyond perfection.
They did an interval after Breaking All Illusions, and I couldn't believe my eyes! They put on funny videos from youtube concerning DT, just like those of the action figures, the triangle-man selections, the cut-outs of John and James, the JP vs Satriani video, tweens covering DT songs, orchestras covering DT songs, and many more. It was such a funny and amazing moment, and it was so cool of them to put those videos on!!
Also, at the end of the show, they put the Easter Egg on, and it was such an amazing way to wrap the whole thing up.
Overall a totally amazing experience!!!!!
EDIT: I forgot to mention the videos they put during the songs!!! The intro video is absolutely awesome (thank you Blob for making such a beautiful animation gem)! And I really, really loved the funny animation of Enigma Machine. Actually, I've never had so much fun during a DT concert, I think their decision of taking themselves less seriously really is for the best!! Anyway, all videos they played were really beautiful, a huge improvement for the show. PS: the animation on The Embracing Circle (Illumination Theory) really is as touching as some of you have said! I really felt like crying!