Well, if you REALLY want to see him animated, go to a meet and greet and ask him in person whether he was lip synching on the ADTOE or Along for the Ride tours. 
OMG did you ask him that?? What did he say??
Because the further they got into the ADTOE tour, the less you heard his voice, and the more you hear the track. The AFTR tour, almost completely just the track... other than I think TOT. Also BTS and TSM on the ADTOE tour wasn't a track.
I didn't "ask" him about it, but I brought up that it was being discussed on the forums. I believe it was on the Along for the Ride tour after LALP had come out, and people were erroneously saying he was definitely lip synching on there as well as on the current (AFTR) tour. So, I had the benefit of a couple of things to know better. First off, I was there for sound check before the show. James did not come out for that sound check, so there was no singing. But without James singing lead, I could hear the backing track clearly and hear all the harmony parts, which are all James. That backing track is the loudest thing you hear at the shows in terms of the backing vocals. Second, during the show itself, I was about 10-15 feet from JP, and I could hear him singing. Not through the P.A.--but I could hear his unamplified vocals because I was so close to where he was (obviously, because of how loud the P.A. sound is, I could not hear him all the time, but there were definite moments where I could). So I knew he was actually singing, and no just lip synching over James' pre-recorded backing track.
So after the show, I brought up the rumor that he was lip synching, and how people need to understand what is actually going on. His response was basically along the lines of, "WHAT?? How could people look at me and not know I am actually singing? That's ridiculous!" But he also pointed out that, in his words, he isn't anywhere near the vocalist that James is, so it was intentional that his voice is VERY low in the mix on the vast majority of songs (exceptions would be, for example, his harmony call-and-response parts on The Silent Man).
But his reaction was funny. He was kinda miffed, but kept his sense of humor about it.
I'm not sure they're going to use a click for this. I mean, they might. But the vibe I got is that they kinda want to keep this tour leg loose, so it would not surprise me if they ditched the click for this.
That would be awesome!!! I was thinking the same thing. And one of the things I loved about the 2015 tour was that they ditched the backing tracks. It seems the one thing you can count on with DT is that they change things up. Even if they use the click or the tracks for one tour, it doesn't mean they'll continue to forever. Same goes for static setlists in my prediction... They're enjoying it now, but I bet it will change again eventually. Then will be the interviews with "Yeah, one thing on this tour was that we decided to go back to rotating setlists, so if you go see a show on this tour and another one the next night, you might get to see something new..." etc...
Let me just make it clear that I am NOT saying they aren't using a click or backing tracks. I have no idea. But I just got the general feeling that this tour is going to be more loose, so it would not surprise me if they did not use a click for some or all of the show. By the same token, it wouldn't surprise me if they DID use one either.
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