JOHN PETRUCCI SOLO TOUR - MORE DATES JUST ANNOUNCED

[TAC]

MP is really the draw for me.

[Stadler]

MP is really the draw for me.

I feel like he's going to drum the fuck out of this show. In front of his friend, his wife, etc. I can see him wanting to impress, in a good way.

[TAC]

MP is really the draw for me.

I feel like he's going to drum the fuck out of this show. In front of his friend, his wife, etc. I can see him wanting to impress, in a good way.

He'll be peacocking for sure.

[cramx3]

Oh I think JP and MP playing together again is my #1 reason to want to go. 

[TAC]

Oh I think JP and MP playing together again is my #1 reason to want to go.

It's my only reason I want to go.

[DTwwbwMP]

I'll be at Red Bank 10/12 (1st row balcony), NYC 10/13 (1st row balcony) & Keswick 10/14 (10th row center).

My ALL-TIME favorite drummer  back with my ALL-TIME favorite guitarist  DEMANDS 3 straight nights!

[Madman Shepherd]

Yeesh.

I get that prices are going up for everything but this may just be pushing the limit of how much I'll pay.

[crystalstars17]

Trying to get tix for Providence. Are they not available yet? Can't find them anywhere.

[Lonk]

Trying to get tix for Providence. Are they not available yet? Can't find them anywhere.

https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3473355/john-petrucci-providence-the-strand-theatre

[crystalstars17]

Trying to get tix for Providence. Are they not available yet? Can't find them anywhere.

https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3473355/john-petrucci-providence-the-strand-theatre

Thank you!!!

[Learning2Live]

Going solo to the show in Chicago from Ohio. Can't wait to see MP and JP play together again after all of these years.

[Dream Team]

But there at least are $29 last row tickets.  Which I will likely get.  I go to too many concerts to splurge this much on a single one that, if I'm being honest, isn't really my favorite music.  I LOVE JP though so that's why I'm even considering it.  Maybe if JP gave me the guitar pic at that DT show instead of the guy next to me I'd cough up the money 

I'm not going to lie... I'm not really going for the music.  His solo albums are very good, but they aren't something I listen to every day. I'm going for the spectacle.  John, Mike, the wives... I feel like this could be something out of the ordinary.

Exactly this; for example I much prefer Michael Romeo's solo albums but this JP should be awesome.

[cramx3]

My gf who doesn't really know any DT or who JP/MP are (other than me occasionally talking about them) told me over the weekend she is really intrigued by the whole wives band opening and just would love to see instrumental music (which kind of shocked me).  So I just got us two tickets for Red Bank in the cheap seats which came out to $82 after fees.  I've sat in these seats many times before so I know what I'm getting and I have no complaints about those prices for these seats.  There's still front row tickets available and this date looks like it's not going to sell well at all. 

[Chino]

My gf who doesn't really know any DT or who JP/MP are (other than me occasionally talking about them) told me over the weekend she is really intrigued by the whole wives band opening and just would love to see instrumental music (which kind of shocked me).  So I just got us two tickets for Red Bank in the cheap seats which came out to $82 after fees.  I've sat in these seats many times before so I know what I'm getting and I have no complaints about those prices for these seats.  There's still front row tickets available and this date looks like it's not going to sell well at all.

Dang. Cheapest seats in CT are $60 before fees.

[cramx3]

Yeah, the NYC cheap seats were more expensive too.  For whatever reason, the Red Bank venue always seems to have super cheap seats in the back, even for DT.  It's not even a big venue, 1k capacity.

[axeman90210]

Maybe this is another perk of Florida living, cheaper concert tickets. It was maybe a little over $200 total to be close (10th row center and 2nd row side) for both Clearwater and Orlando.

[bosk1]

But there at least are $29 last row tickets.  Which I will likely get.  I go to too many concerts to splurge this much on a single one that, if I'm being honest, isn't really my favorite music.  I LOVE JP though so that's why I'm even considering it.  Maybe if JP gave me the guitar pic at that DT show instead of the guy next to me I'd cough up the money 

I'm not going to lie... I'm not really going for the music.  His solo albums are very good, but they aren't something I listen to every day. I'm going for the spectacle.  John, Mike, the wives... I feel like this could be something out of the ordinary.

I really think you should come out here to Cali for the show in SF.  In fact, I can't think of a good reason you shouldn't. 

I've been wondering if they'll do an encore kind of like the G3 jam where they bring everybody out onstage together and play.  I think that would be cool.

[ytserush]

I'll be at the Keswick. I don't expect this to sell very well so I have some time to figure out where I want to sit.

[geeeemo]

Denver just added. Nov 10.

[Chino]

A decent amount of the venue for the CT show has already sold.

[MinistroRaven]

Albuquerque, Sacramento and Denver dates just announced

[Awaken]

A decent amount of the venue for the CT show has already sold.

I'm so psyched for this one, seeing JP and MP rip it up again live - going to be awesome!!

[bosk1]

Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing RP rip it up.

[cramx3]

Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing RP rip it up.

My gf who has no idea who any of these people are (other than me talking about them) really wants to go because I mentioned the wives bands are opening.  I think that's really cool personally.  It's like a family event.  I really hope they do something together for the encore. 

[bosk1]

I really hope they do something together for the encore. 

My guess is that they will, both for the reasons you mention, and because JP has done G3 several times now and kind of has that guitar jam thing in his DNA.  But I don't have any inside info.--just a guess.

[Ben_Jamin]

Albuquerque, Sacramento and Denver dates just announced

I just saw this on Facebook. I did not expect them to come here at all. I am excited and will buy tickets when they go on sale tomorrow. Hopefully I can get front row.

Time to jam out Happy Song, because that is how I feel right now and hope they play this one.

[Architeuthis]

Now if they could just add one more date in Seattle. 

[Ben_Jamin]

Just scored me Front Row, Center tickets. No way I was gonna pass this up. The first and last time I was at this venue was for Dweezil Zappa playing Hot Rats in it's entirety. It's a great venue for JP to play.

Now to wait a long 3 months.

[TAC]

I really hope they do something together for the encore. 

My guess is that they will, both for the reasons you mention, and because JP has done G3 several times now and kind of has that guitar jam thing in his DNA.  But I don't have any inside info.--just a guess.

It might be interesting because it’s Rena, but I generally find those end of show guitar jam things kind of cringey.

[ReaperKK]

I've never been big into the G3 jams at the end honestly. The last few times I've seen G3 I left during the jams. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all.

[Samsara]

I just looked into tickets for my local show, which is at an independent venue that normally has high ticket prices. Yep. I mean, we're talking floor seats are more expensive than Dream Theater.  Like 180 bucks.

Upper level are like 70 bucks before fees and charges. I think they were like 83 total. Sorry, cool tour, but as much as I'd love to see JP, and this looks like a fun tour, that's outrageous. I had hoped the lower level was like 75 bucks a seat, and upper level was 50-60. They (assuming the venue's promoter) decided to gouge. Not sure what other ticket prices are for different cities, but there's no way I am paying that.

And yet...so many people bought tickets for this, at that venue anyway. So I guess folks just want to see it pretty badly. My guess is, with the hope that with MP and JP together, they'll play a DT song...

Anyway, it sucks. The wife and I wanted to go, but not at those prices. That's just silly (for us).

[cramx3]

I just looked into tickets for my local show, which is at an independent venue that normally has high ticket prices. Yep. I mean, we're talking floor seats are more expensive than Dream Theater.  Like 180 bucks.

Upper level are like 70 bucks before fees and charges. I think they were like 83 total. Sorry, cool tour, but as much as I'd love to see JP, and this looks like a fun tour, that's outrageous. I had hoped the lower level was like 75 bucks a seat, and upper level was 50-60. They (assuming the venue's promoter) decided to gouge. Not sure what other ticket prices are for different cities, but there's no way I am paying that.

And yet...so many people bought tickets for this, at that venue anyway. So I guess folks just want to see it pretty badly. My guess is, with the hope that with MP and JP together, they'll play a DT song...

Anyway, it sucks. The wife and I wanted to go, but not at those prices. That's just silly (for us).

Those prices seem pretty normal for this tour.  My local venue did have super cheap last row seats that I grabbed, but not sure anyone else was able to see $30 (before fees) tickets for this tour.   I also think it's outrageous.  My local show, NJ, still has front row seats available and maybe at best is 1/4 sold overall.  I wouldn't be surprised if they close off the balcony and move everyone to the floor if it doesn't sell better come day of show.  This is a 1k capacity venue, so it's not big to begin with and interest seems low locally.  Granted, if they announced this when they did the NYC show, I wonder how that would have changed things.  Red Bank is a 80 minute train ride from NYC.

[Deathless]

I just looked into tickets for my local show, which is at an independent venue that normally has high ticket prices. Yep. I mean, we're talking floor seats are more expensive than Dream Theater.  Like 180 bucks.

Upper level are like 70 bucks before fees and charges. I think they were like 83 total. Sorry, cool tour, but as much as I'd love to see JP, and this looks like a fun tour, that's outrageous. I had hoped the lower level was like 75 bucks a seat, and upper level was 50-60. They (assuming the venue's promoter) decided to gouge. Not sure what other ticket prices are for different cities, but there's no way I am paying that.

And yet...so many people bought tickets for this, at that venue anyway. So I guess folks just want to see it pretty badly. My guess is, with the hope that with MP and JP together, they'll play a DT song...

Anyway, it sucks. The wife and I wanted to go, but not at those prices. That's just silly (for us).

I noticed JP is managed by the same management as DT (which makes total sense). Do you think that has something to do with it? I'm sure the tour will do pretty well, but it seems a bit ambitious to be booking similar venues as DT vs a solo tour, even with MP involved.

[Samsara]

I have no idea.

All I know is, the particular venue they chose to book with in my city is the same one that Sons of Apollo played on their second album. I skipped that too, because the ticket prices for that were outrageous as well, by comparison.

I am not in the business, but from my understanding, the promoter executes the contract with the band, and it's the promoter who sets the ticket prices to cover what they paid the band and the use of the venue. I'm guessing, given that this is an independent venue (non-Live Nation) they just jack up the ticket prices because their costs aren't subsidized by a bigger conglomerate. But either way, it sucks for fans. I mean, I'm blown away that the lower section is almost complete done.

This is the cheapest lower level seat still available:

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$184.38 each

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The first few rows are "Platinum" and are 195 something with fees.

The upper level, fifth row, is just under $72 dollars with fees.

I mean...come on. But, like I said, the event is selling well, so they are getting what they (the promoter) wants. But I won't pay for that. I've seen Dream Theater 13 times, and G3 with Petrucci twice. Sucks, because I'd gladly go again, but not at that price point for a seat on the lower level. Not for JP solo tour with his wife's band opening. Come on. (And I do want to see it, just at at that price.)

[James Mypetgiress]

My god I hope this tour gets some EU dates. I'm of the age that I just missed seeing MP live with DT (my first ever gig was the first EU tour with MM) and to see him play with John would be something of a dream come true because I'd just assumed it would never ever happen