I couldn't have asked for a better first DT show than last night. Honestly, out of all the concerts I've been to in my young 20 years of existence, last night's show was probably one of top 5 concerts I've seen by far. I agree with As I Am, James was really the MVP of the night. To my ears at least, he
nailed the "Cowards for salvation" line in Illumination Theory. The show's still sinking in for me, but the highlights for me were The Shattered Fortress, Trial of Tears, and pretty much everything from Breaking All Illusions onward. Oh and BTW, the intermission video was probably the most entertaining intermission I've seen. If anything, just on the basis of last night's show alone, I plan on seeing DT every time they play NYC.
I was standing at least 3-4 rows behind the barrier center stage in the GA section and the crowd at least the ones around me were insanely into the show and were singing alone and chanting on James' cue, etc. Got to the venue around 4:30 and was both surprised and not surprised that there were people already in line. The people I met and talked to during the show were super cool and enjoyed talking with them. If I met anyone here on the DTF, I was the short dude with the Steven Wilson Raven shirt.