...but then the set list didn’t change.
That might be the biggest issue. I've said this many times already, but the whole SFAM anniversary thing hurts the tour in the long run, as they're stuck with more than half of the set and they can't change one bit to it. Set 1 is shorter and they don't really want to rotate the D/T songs as they're new, so there's not much else they could change if they also feel very confident in playing ANTR and ITPOE Pt. 1.
Was about to post this and Ben_Jamin ninja'd me:
Which also brings me to my point of DT needing to just forgo any anniversaries from here on out and play an evening with where no one knows what they will bust out.
Definitely. The IWAB tour was one thing, as they
did go out and support TA the year before, but here they put themselves in a place where they
must play stuff from the new album, but also
must play SFAM note for note every time. Not a wise move in my book.