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The band won't replace James until he wants to leave. If they were only evaluating him on performance they had cause to replace him years ago. On one hand, it is commendable that they stick with him despite his obvious decline. Regardless of how you feel about it, his voice is a huge component of the band's sound and they owe some of their relative success to him.

On the other hand, they would have so much more potential if they brought on someone with a functioning voice. I would be more excited about an announcement of a new vocalist than I was about Portnoy's return to the band.
 
I looked at a map of Europe today, and found the cities and routes on a few of the Dream Theater's tour dates, and I haven't thought about just how freaking amazing this would be to experince, since I was much younger.

I actually got to tour Europe when I was 16, in a 100-piece concert band, and it was overwhelming. Really, I was too young to truly appreciate it all, especially being the 2nd-to-youngest on the tour, 2 years younger than the rest of the band.

But having done that, I can sort of relate to just how awesome this sort of thing is. Our routes were much shorter though, but we hit 9 countries in those 3 weeks (even if a couple were just afternoon lunch stops- Italy and Lichtenstein.)

What a trip this would be! And I also gave some thought to the logistics of the whole thing. So to pull this off, has to be a monumental feat of organization, skills, experience, and maybe even some palm-greasing! :unsure:

Just, WOW!! Good for them!
 
Apparently, touring Europe and the UK is usually much more profitable than State-side tours because
of the close proximity between tour stops/nations. :idk

What a great memory you have there, Tom. That must have been amazing. :beer
 
la szum said:
Apparently, touring Europe and the UK is usually much more profitable than State-side tours because
of the close proximity between tour stops/nations. :idk

What a great memory you have there, Tom. That must have been amazing. :beer
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It was!!

Close proximity? I don't know. Maybe some tours, but the way they had it mapped out, most drives were over 6 hours, many were in the teens!! One was 16 hours!

The US leg has several stops that are only a few hours apart.

Either way, it was interesting to see the trip!
 
TSJMajesty said:
I looked at a map of Europe today, and found the cities and routes on a few of the Dream Theater's tour dates, and I haven't thought about just how freaking amazing this would be to experince, since I was much younger.

I actually got to tour Europe when I was 16, in a 100-piece concert band, and it was overwhelming. Really, I was too young to truly appreciate it all, especially being the 2nd-to-youngest on the tour, 2 years younger than the rest of the band.

But having done that, I can sort of relate to just how awesome this sort of thing is. Our routes were much shorter though, but we hit 9 countries in those 3 weeks (even if a couple were just afternoon lunch stops- Italy and Lichtenstein.)

What a trip this would be! And I also gave some thought to the logistics of the whole thing. So to pull this off, has to be a monumental feat of organization, skills, experience, and maybe even some palm-greasing! :unsure:

Just, WOW!! Good for them!
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You had a great experience for sure, man.
Next time you should spend much more time in my Italy, though.

How about the girls in the ensemble?
Was it worth it?
 
HotRats said:
You had a great experience for sure, man.
Next time you should spend much more time in my Italy, though.

How about the girls in the ensemble?
Was it worth it?
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Oh hell yeah! But when you're a freshman in HS, and everyone else is a junior, senior, or college freshman, it wasn't all that easy. But I ended up making friends with a guy and 2 very cute girls, and we pretty much hung out the whole tour.

On the plane over to London, the chaperones announced a contest for the 1st 4 people who learned everyone's names, and I jumped right in! Walked right down the aisle and literally asked everyone's name. Lol.

So I got to know several people by the time the tour started.

On the overnight ferry ride across the English channel, only about half of us got actual rooms (the tour had us staying at private homes, retired army barracks, to save costs, so the other half got to sleep in reclining chairs on deck), and I had a room. But I spent the first half of the trip on the top deck, so when I went to my room to sleep, this little hottie flute player was in my bed!

One of the guys was like, "Well, jump in with her!" :rofl But no, I wasn't that crazy! But I did regret not at least waking her and getting to know her.

We crossed through a northern part of Italy, stopped for lunch, and continued on towards the tunnel into France. Chamonix was awesome!! That town I remember pretty well, and would love to revisit.
 
TSJMajesty said:
Oh hell yeah! But when you're a freshman in HS, and everyone else is a junior, senior, or college freshman, it wasn't all that easy. But I ended up making friends with a guy and 2 very cute girls, and we pretty much hung out the whole tour.

On the plane over to London, the chaperones announced a contest for the 1st 4 people who learned everyone's names, and I jumped right in! Walked right down the aisle and literally asked everyone's name. Lol.

So I got to know several people by the time the tour started.

On the overnight ferry ride across the English channel, only about half of us got actual rooms (the tour had us staying at private homes, retired army barracks, to save costs, so the other half got to sleep in reclining chairs on deck), and I had a room. But I spent the first half of the trip on the top deck, so when I went to my room to sleep, this little hottie flute player was in my bed!

One of the guys was like, "Well, jump in with her!" :rofl But no, I wasn't that crazy! But I did regret not at least waking her and getting to know her.

We crossed through a northern part of Italy, stopped for lunch, and continued on towards the tunnel into France. Chamonix was awesome!! That town I remember pretty well, and would love to revisit.
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That's a great experience and let me tell you, you should have jumped in that bed, LOL.

Anyway, what kind of ensamble was that?
 
HotRats said:
That's a great experience and let me tell you, you should have jumped in that bed, LOL.

Anyway, what kind of ensamble was that?
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Haha, yeah for sure!

It was a concert band. Flutes, woodwinds, horns, drums. All acoustic. No strings. It was intense. New York for 2 days of 6 3-4 hour rehearsals, everything right up to tempo. Plus they dropped new material on us during those rehearsals too. I think we played something like 18 dates in 3 weeks. I was sixteen!!
 
25 years today...just saying, 😂

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Not convinced. He was still awful at the Milan show and this audio has far more of the crowd’s vocals than his. I don’t care if he can’t hit the high notes but I want him to sing on rhythm and not push/drag like a drunk at Karaoke.

I’m not a LaBrie hater but the fact is that a career in this band (and perhaps some bad choices on his own) have decimated his live vocals. It’s sad but objectively that’s where we are at.

YMMV but I’m still not paying to see this.
 
scole said:
Not convinced. He was still awful at the Milan show and this audio has far more of the crowd’s vocals than his. I don’t care if he can’t hit the high notes but I want him to sing on rhythm and not push/drag like a drunk at Karaoke.

I’m not a LaBrie hater but the fact is that a career in this band (and perhaps some bad choices on his own) have decimated his live vocals. It’s sad but objectively that’s where we are at.

YMMV but I’m still not paying to see this.
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Can’t hear the audience at all here!



LaBrie has never been the reason I’d go see DT anyway. I grew to enjoy his vocals and even love them at one point, but I wouldn’t be bummed out even if he sang every note out of key at a show. I’m too busy geeking out on everyone else’s playing at DT shows.
 
I haven't cried during a song in many years, but that was very emotional. :cry:

It's unfortunate Mike is out on tour during this, but I'm glad he is reunited with his longtime friends during this difficult time! :hugitout

I know what it's like, having lost my much younger brother to cancer 5 years ago.
 
Well, that’s 2x now that that song has jerked some tears out of me. First time was at the LSFNY show and now this.

That’s gotta be bittersweet; everyone in that audience was sending all their love and condolences while singing at the top of their lungs, but being thousands of miles from home while something like this is going down.
 
TSJMajesty said:
I haven't cried during a song in many years, but that was very emotional. :cry:

It's unfortunate Mike is out on tour during this, but I'm glad he is reunited with his longtime friends during this difficult time! :hugitout

I know what it's like, having lost my much younger brother to cancer 5 years ago.
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That second solo where you can see the tears really hits hard. It is good to have friends to share in the difficult times.
 
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