I guess it’s safe to assume that Scenes will be in the second half of the show.
Ugh, God I hope not. Do a mashup or something, but don't devote an entire half of the show to it.
I think we got the point with your anti-SFAM thread....
Which was needlessly and inappropriately locked, I might add
Also, you asked there but I couldn't reply: "Second, what could they possibly do with WDADU that the didn't do 15 years ago?"
My answer to that is: they could actually tour on it, and not just do a one-off special show. I'm not asking them to devote an entire set to the album, but throw in some of the deeper cuts as a celebration of where they came from.
I may have missed it, but I don't think there's been any sort of official announcement as to what exactly "CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ‘METROPOLIS PT. 2 SCENES FROM A MEMORY’" means. I've mentioned that I missed the SFAM tour, so I'd be thrilled if they do the whole thing, and we all expressed our opinions about what we'd like to see in the thread that Bosk started a few weeks ago. The reality of Dream Theater is that it will be impossible to play everyone's favorite songs. I'm sure a lot of folks would be thrilled if they played UAGM, The Mirror, Lie, New Millennium, The Great Debate and ITPOE 1 & 2, but I'd absolutely hate that.
If you don't like the idea of "CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ‘METROPOLIS PT. 2 SCENES FROM A MEMORY’" (whatever that might be), then don't go. I doubt very much that the 28 dates scheduled over 6 1/2 weeks will be the full extent of the band's touring for this album, and I'm guessing that whatever additional dates they do won't have the SFAM focus.
As for WDADU, I don't know what you mean by "deeper cuts," but I think "The Killing Hand" was one of the top 3 in Bosk's poll that was passed onto the band.
Why would they tour on WDADU? That would be the worst idea ever.
I mean incorporate into the set (not do an I&W 25). You honestly don't think that would be a selling point that would resonate with a lot of people?
A song or two would be fine, but I don't think anyone is going to get excited about anything other than TKH.
Not dream theaters fault.
Maybe not the band members, but I do think the organization deserves some blame. The little images they've been floating around have only listed dates and cities, and nothing about venues and on-sale times. They really kind of dropped the ball here. Obviously it will sell, but with so many people being like "wait, what? Tickets are on sale? I don't even know where they're playing in town!" it kind of puts the onus on whoever is handling PR.
I agree. It was all very "BANG...there it is!"