JOHN PETRUCCI SOLO TOUR - MORE DATES JUST ANNOUNCED

[MinistroRaven]

More tour dates added in Albany and Buffalo! 🎸🤘
Get tickets for the JP solo tour here: https://bnds.us/srbden

[RaiseTheKnife]

I really hope JP brings on a rhythm player because much of Terminal Velocity will be criminally underserved without the live accompaniment and layering of a second guitarist.  Rena would be great, DT89 would be awesome.  Doubt it will happen, but I still wish to highlight the importance nonetheless.

[TAC]

Purchased!!!!!




Bought the cheapest seats way the hell up. 

[Samsara]

Enjoy Tim! I'm just still blown away it is so expensive here.

[TAC]

It's expensive here. And it's extremely well sold.
I bought the $35 tickets way the hell up in the back of the balcony. 

I wonder how much having MP there is contributing to the sales? I know that I probably wouldn't be going had it not been for MP.

[cramx3]

The Red Bank show still looks mostly unsold

[red barchetta]

Got my tickets for Sherbrooke in November.  I will be happy to see Portnoy again. 

[DTwwbwMP]

The Red Bank show still looks mostly unsold

Would not be at all shocked if show is moved to the Vogel.

[cramx3]

The Red Bank show still looks mostly unsold

Would not be at all shocked if show is moved to the Vogel.

I haven't been to the Vogel, but that would be fine for me.  Would make for a much more intimate show.

[Setlist Scotty]

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet myself, but here's a new interview with JP talking about his solo tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cha8zJlsDig

[Ben_Jamin]

I'm glad that JP told his agent to book the crap out of it. 

He also confirmed that Rena is the Nebula Queen in the Temple of Circadia video.

[TAC]

Here's another interview with JP. He's really cool in this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvw0VxS8t_M

[Lethean]

Just checked out the tour dates more closely.  I was really expecting this to be a general admission tour vs seated venues.

[DTwwbwMP]

The Red Bank show still looks mostly unsold

Would not be at all shocked if show is moved to the Vogel.

I haven't been to the Vogel, but that would be fine for me.  Would make for a much more intimate show.

Actually, moving this horribly selling show to my backyard in Woodbridge, NJ might make more sense! I'm really shocked at the lack of interest from local DT fans!

[jadiggerdt]

The Red Bank show still looks mostly unsold

Seems like 10% tickets sold

[DreamerTV]

I've gone through like half of the dates and that one seems definitely the worst in terms of % sold, while the others seems to follow all the same pattern.
Maybe there're some others concerts in the same area that week that target the same audience? Maybe the local promoter is not investing that much in communcation? Maybe the cost is too high for that area?
It's not automatic that this concert is, anytime & everywhere, people's best option.

[Stadler]

I've gone through like half of the dates and that one seems definitely the worst in terms of % sold, while the others seems to follow all the same pattern.
Maybe there're some others concerts in the same area that week that target the same audience? Maybe the local promoter is not investing that much in communcation? Maybe the cost is too high for that area?
It's not automatic that this concert is, anytime & everywhere, people's best option.

But let's look at the timeline (I may have some of the details wrong, i.e., the order they went on sale, but the idea is right): The first date on sale was Boston. Then NY, but there were only three dates announced at that time.  Then there was word of more shows, including CT.  For me, for example, I had tickets to THREE shows before I even HEARD of a NJ show.  Had there been ONE ANNOUNCEMENT of the tour, I think you might have seen a different reaction from the fans.   

[cramx3]

Yeah I think announcing the NYC show first likely had an impact on NJ sales.

[KevShmev]

I read an article the other day that it is difficult for most artists to make money on touring right now.  Even a lot of bigger artists are struggling to sell tickets even close to the max for the venues where they are booked. Seems like everyone is touring now, and with ticket prices higher across the board, fans simply cannot afford to go to every show they'd like.

[TAC]

A number of the Northeast shows are selling pretty well though. Seems the NJ and PA shows are struggling.

I'm actually getting kind of psyched for this. I've been listening to Terminal Velocity, and it's an amazing album.

[KevShmev]

I have to admit that I was relieved when no STL date was announced, because a longtime friend who is also a big DT fan would have bugged me to go and I had zero interest.  Petrucci is the man, but I learned years ago that instrumental guitar wankfests are not something I enjoy live. 

[TAC]

I have to admit that I was relieved when no STL date was announced, because a longtime friend who is also a big DT fan would have bugged me to go and I had zero interest.  Petrucci is the man, but I learned years ago that instrumental guitar wankfests are not something I enjoy live.

I'd likely be skipping it had it not been for MP being there. I loved MP, and I have had ZERO interest in anything he's done since leaving DT. I couldn't pass this up. It's a Friday night...at Berklee!
I saw DT at Berklee on the 2nd night of the Awake tour.

[Ben_Jamin]

I'm expecting about 1:00 - 1:30 for his set time, giving Meanstreak a 30 min. set.

[geeeemo]

JP said about 1 1/2 hours for his show.
I think this is new.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcdhRn8-yZI&feature=share&utm_source=EJGixIgBCJiu2KjB4oSJEQ

[Stadler]

Anyone going to the Connecticut show on Thursday?

[Awaken]

Anyone going to the Connecticut show on Thursday?

I am - been looking forward to this one!! 

[Stadler]

Anyone going to the Connecticut show on Thursday?

I am - been looking forward to this one!!

I'll reach out day of so we can say hello.

[utopiarun]

I would have gone to Red Bank is it was announced right off the bat but got NYC instead. I'd much rather go to NJ than the big crappy city.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Any news on the setlist yet? What if they throw in a snippet of DT?

[TAC]

Nothing yet. I was on youtube to see if anyone uploaded anything from the show.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Setlistfm has nothing yet...

[TAC]

Yeah, just checked.

I would've loved to have been there. Seen DT at The Strand 3 times back in the 90's including the first show of the Awake tour.




I've been listening to Terminal Velocity a lot over the last couple of weeks, and this is a GREAT album. MP is fantastic on it.

[Ben_Jamin]

I don't know if I want to look at the setlist yet.

The Way Things Fall would be a nice way to end set though. I would consider that to be a very nice epic instrumental song.

[Deadeye21]

Yeah, well, I know I definitely do since he8s coming nowhere close enough to even fly out to. I’m kinda wondering where Glasgow Kiss is. I reckon Way Things Fall would be a great encore with Glasgow Kiss closing main set. Surely he’d be opening with Terminal Velocity though, right?

[Ben_Jamin]

Yeah, well, I know I definitely do since he8s coming nowhere close enough to even fly out to. I’m kinda wondering where Glasgow Kiss is. I reckon Way Things Fall would be a great encore with Glasgow Kiss closing main set. Surely he’d be opening with Terminal Velocity though, right?

That's what I'm thinking.