Nice to know they listen to fan feedback - now how about ditching the click-track, guys??
They can't stop using the click track because they're playing with a whole production of video, lights and samples that are activated on specific moments of the set. Many bands use click tracks now, like Steven Wilson's and Haken, just to name a couple.
As a musician myself, I find it that playing to a metronome live helps the band to sound more cohesive and it is tighter from start to finish. Playing to a click doesn't make you lose the feel at all.
In contrast, listen to some older live DT albums and you'll notice. For example, New Millenium at Budokan was played too fast and it lost something that way.
Not trying to sound angry, btw, just my take on the matter
Just want you guys to know that a lot of the things mentioned in this thread have been passed on to the band. Trust me when I say that they care about what we think. But also trust me when I say that they also want to be able to present their artistic vision in a way that makes sense to them, and that even aside from that, there are reasons for doing some things certain ways that may not make sense to us that just have to be done that way for a tour to make sense. So even if they do not change things to cater to what we, the fans, may think we want to see or hear, they do care about what we think, and they do their best to try to create a balance that caters to as many needs as possible.
Are we about to find out that there will not be a single concert filmed for a DVD/Bluray, and instead, the band has filmed footage from every single show and each track will be from a different venue? That'd be pretty awesome actually.
Looks like that will be the case. Not the best thing to do imo, but if it works for them, and if they come up with something better, quality wise, than CIM, that's perfect. That way, they could probably add the version of Our New World with Lzzy Hale and also keep other versions of the songs they removed from the setlist, like Heaven's Cove and the others.
We'll probably have to wait untill this 2nd US leg is over to get some news on a Live release, and if the're going to tour for TA, after the IAW anniversary, on Asia and Australia.