Because honestly, I feel like it's just a way to repackage their album and try and sell it again. Oooohhhhh an orchestra! Do they think we are that stupid? And we're going to do covers because we don't have anything else. This is Queensryche territory. I feel sorry for this. I won't behoove any of them from making a living, but I have zero respect for this.
One thing that everyone has seen them has said, even if they weren't impressed with the album was how blown away they were with their live performance. I might entertain a live cd from some sweaty club. At least that's real.
Perhaps. I have the album. Not blown away by it. It's OK. (Maybe a 4, 5, or 6 if I thought any about it.)
I knew they would be better live, but I wasn't willing to invest the time an effort to get to either of the shows I would have gone to (One on each leg) because I knew it wasn't going to have any memorable lasting impact on me.
At least with this live album, I know I'm going to get a road tested band and I'll (likely) have better versions of these songs which I might enjoy more than I currently do.
I won't preorder this, but I'll probably pick it up eventually like I did the studio album. If they enjoyed this as much as they say they did, it should show up in the recording and that would be a bonus for me.