I was with two friends at the Dream Theater show last weekend in Oberhausen. I have been (with the same friends) at 4 Dream Theater shows in the past and a vast number of other concerts, some serious names, I am not going to mention here, we have attended in the past 30 years.
I bought our tickets in February this year, just because the Tour was announced to have the full Mt. Pt 2 Set included. The Ticket states: 'Dream Theater - Distance over time Tour 2019'. No mention of support acts or anything like a 'Festival'. Well, it turned out, that the local promoter turned the concert into a 'Festival' with some kind of crappy support acts without letting us know!
We, as loyal fans of Dream Theater, are absolutely shocked and disappointed of a 1,5 hours set, without the promised SOAM. So, that we consider not to go to DT gigs anymore in the future and/or having the tickets booked last minute, as, obviously, changes can happen.
So, to sum up - it was a very, very, very big disappointment for us, that the show only lasted 1,5h AND no SOAM was played. Really, really disappointed...