2014-02-24 - Icehall - Helsinki, FIN

[adastra]

YEAH! I got my paycheck and bought 2  seated meet-n-greet tickets. It cost something like 430€ 
Now I can only afford noodles for next month but i guess it is worth it 
My wife would kill me if she'd know.... 

[weirdo]

Bumbing this thread after 5 months of complete silence 

I bought the tickets five months ago via DT's website. I picked the "Best available" seats and it gave me a seat from segment E7. I bought them because I obviously thought all the better ones were taken already. They were the "Best Available" after all.
Well, I checked out lippupalvelu.fi today, and it turns out that I can now buy pretty much any seat I want (expept the very nearest seated segments), even the "standing" ones in the field. I can't refund or exchange the ones I bought in the summer, so.... yeah... fail much? 

But... I guess they won't be that bad... better than nothing right?

[?]

But... I guess they won't be that bad... better than nothing right?

My seat is in F1, so you have a better one

[weirdo]

But... I guess they won't be that bad... better than nothing right?

My seat is in F1, so you have a better one

Yeah , well, based on the earlier posts the upper corner seats are pretty good as well (never been to a concert like this so I can't really tell  ). You hear the music, which ofc is most important, see the screens and get the whole live show experience. It just would've been pretty cool to see the guys up close....   

[YtseJamittaja]

I don't have a ticket yet but I think I can solve my timetable in the army so I could attend... If I get free day, I could buy meet&greet ticket... That would be my Dream.

[adastra]

I don't have a ticket yet but I think I can solve my timetable in the army so I could attend... If I get free day, I could buy meet&greet ticket... That would be my Dream.

VLV+KL!!!!!!

[YtseJamittaja]

I don't have a ticket yet but I think I can solve my timetable in the army so I could attend... If I get free day, I could buy meet&greet ticket... That would be my Dream.

VLV+KL!!!!!!

I have UKs (urheilukomennus urheilukoulussa) here. Just have to say that I have a long and hard training in Helsinki

[adastra]

I don't have a ticket yet but I think I can solve my timetable in the army so I could attend... If I get free day, I could buy meet&greet ticket... That would be my Dream.

VLV+KL!!!!!!

I have UKs (urheilukomennus urheilukoulussa) here. Just have to say that I have a long and hard training in Helsinki

So it is settled then,  See you at the meet & greet! ^___^ !

[YtseJamittaja]

I don't have a ticket yet but I think I can solve my timetable in the army so I could attend... If I get free day, I could buy meet&greet ticket... That would be my Dream.

VLV+KL!!!!!!

I have UKs (urheilukomennus urheilukoulussa) here. Just have to say that I have a long and hard training in Helsinki

So it is settled then,  See you at the meet & greet! ^___^ !

Hopefully...

[erik16]

Now it is certain. Got myself the 75 € (?correct?) ticket. Thanks Dad!  , gotta repay it later. Now gotta find a place where to stay, luckily my aunt lives not too far away from Helsinki and there could be someone in Helsinki as well. Is the whole concert really seated? In 2009 the ground level in front of the stage wasn't.

[?]

Is the whole concert really seated? In 2009 the ground level in front of the stage wasn't.

Nope, as you can see in the map: https://www.lippupalvelu.fi/event/dream-theater-lippuja/115309 On the other hand, I wouldn't like to stand throughout the whole 3-hour set

[adastra]

Now it is certain. Got myself the 75 € (?correct?) ticket. Thanks Dad!  , gotta repay it later. Now gotta find a place where to stay, luckily my aunt lives not too far away from Helsinki and there could be someone in Helsinki as well. Is the whole concert really seated? In 2009 the ground level in front of the stage wasn't.

Haha no!!  

[Progmetalfan]

Great  I got finally tickets to Helsinki gig! Woohoo!

[?]

4 days to go!

Unfortunately I have a few classes in the afternoon and my train arrives pretty late, so I won't have time for a meet-up On the other hand, most of you seem to have bought the meet-and-greet package anyway...

[YtseJamittaja]

Have fun, I have to go to the forest then. Fuck the army.

[?]

Have fun, I have to go to the forest then. Fuck the army.

Man, that sucks! Sorry to hear that

[Fisi]

Have fun, I have to go to the forest then. Fuck the army.

Oh my, I'm really sorry to hear that, it must really suck.  I'm glad I spent only one week there before going for the non-military service instead.

So, those of you who are coming anyway, is there any demand for the meet-up? I have the meet-and-greet and I have to be there for it at 17:15, but I have nothing before it except for an Italian lesson which I can easily skip if needed.

[adastra]

I want back to the army x_x Those were the best of times...
But yeah!  Concert tonight!! finally got email from crowdsurge about the meet and greet packages.

Anyone else coming to meet and greet???

[Progmetalfan]

Nyt on vähän . Yippee I will see DT 3rd time

[adastra]

Nyt on vähän . Yippee I will see DT 3rd time

Same here!!!!! Octavarium tour, ADTOE tour  and THIS!!!!!!!

[?]

My train leaves in 20 minutes - just a bit over 4 hours until the awesomeness begins!

[adastra]

My train leaves in 20 minutes - just a bit over 4 hours until the awesomeness begins!

^___^ ! YOLO!

[?]

Wow.

[Zukuduku]

Just came back from the show. Really good one again! In the first two songs (The Enemy Inside and The Shattered Fortress) there was maybe a little bit of nervousness, but from On The Backs of Angels onwards it was very relaxed and flawless playing. Hopefully the band comes back soon, can't wait to hear it again.

Although this was my fifth DT show live, it was the first time I saw complete version of The Dance of Eternity. It was even more awesome than in the studio or live releases. And how easy it looked! One really has to salute the band members' professionalism and dedication to their craft. I also really liked the ending song Finally Free.

[Fisi]

Wow.

My thoughts exactly!

[adastra]

Pretty nice show!  M&G was great!   
It was great to hear Dance Of Eternity live! First time for me too.
LaBrie had a good day. He sounded great! Petrucci took couple of shortcuts with some of solos...  I've never heard Petrucci/Rudess improvise this much when playing solos.... Don't know why it so, but many many many solos were played differently than on album.

[nemonius]

Fourth time seeing them and must say Dance of Eternity and Space-Dye Vest was my highpoints along with Breaking All Illusions. Great show in over all

[weirdo]

Awesome show! On a train back to Oulu now. Flawless performance by Labrie. Great and surprising setlist too (space dye vest !     ). Gotta say I enjoyed the older song more live, though its usually the other way around with the studio albums. I agree that space dye vest and the dance of eternity were the higlights, enigma machine + drum solo was pretty fun too. And the encore.. Four songs! I thought at first that they were gonna play the usual metropolis pt.1, but soon realised it was from the scenes  . Btw Did mangini break a cymbal at the very end of finally free, i noticed a drum tech came to take it off  .

The seats I got werent so bad either, I think I would have got my ears blown off and my feet go numb if I would've been in the front, heck, my ears hurt even with earplugs on, almost in the farhtest corner of hall. I got there like 1,5 h early though, so I would've been on the very front if I had the field(?)tickets... I don't know if anyone of you saw me, but I had to turn back in the entrance and go change my crowdsurge tickets to the actual tickets in the box office, thank god I didn't have go all the way to the end of the line after that  . Idk, i thought the box office would be inside the venue or something

[?]

Professionally filmed clip from last night: https://www.iltalehti.fi/iltvmusiikki/20140225037649722_a4.shtml Iltalehti also posted a review of the show that was not so positive

I'm on the train back to Tampere and I'll post my own report when I get there.

[wasteland]

Love how all professionally filmed clips are invariably from the first or second song 

[Zydar]

Thanks for the clip!

[Fisi]

Love how all professionally filmed clips are invariably from the first or second song 

Yeah, and this one has some parts that aren't even from The Enemy Inside, and it doesn't even have the whole song.

When it comes to the gig itself, oh my God how awesome it was. First of all, the Meet & Greet was great. Some awkwardness is guaranteed when meeting with your heroes, but seriously, these guys are so nice and they make it as comfortable as possible. I actually managed to have a decent conversation with Jordan, and after that everything else was a lot easier.  We also got to the merchandise area before anyone else, and really the coolest thing was to get to the venue before the others. We got some really nice places from the first row, and in my opinion it was really easy to stand there for the whole gig. So, if you're planning to do the Meet & Greet and are thinking whether to take a standing ticket or a seated place, I'd definitely recommend the standing option. 

I knew the setlist very well in advance, so there weren't going to be any surprises. However, I was really happy with the songs and all the band members performed flawlessly, especially James was on fire. It was nice to see him altering some of the vocal lines in The Enemy Inside for example. Also I was really surprised how good the sound was on the field. I wore ear plugs as I always do, but nevertheless it felt like everything was really clear, almost as if they weren't even playing loud. Still you could feel all the power, so it was all good. 

Obviously you couldn't really see all the video stuff from the first row, and I guess I would've been too excited to really concentrate on it anyway, so now I'm really hoping for a Bluray from this tour to really appreciate all that stuff.  Please guys, make it happen, this amazing show needs to be documented. 

[BlobVanDam]

We also got to the merchandise area before anyone else, and really the coolest thing was to get to the venue before the others. We got some really nice places from the first row, and in my opinion it was really easy to stand there for the whole gig. So, if you're planning to do the Meet & Greet and are thinking whether to take a standing ticket or a seated place, I'd definitely recommend the standing option. 

Both times I've been in the M&G, we've gone straight for the middle of the floor just in front of the mixing desk, while everyone else lines up right along the front barricade and gives us weird looks.

[weirdo]

We also got to the merchandise area before anyone else, and really the coolest thing was to get to the venue before the others. We got some really nice places from the first row, and in my opinion it was really easy to stand there for the whole gig. So, if you're planning to do the Meet & Greet and are thinking whether to take a standing ticket or a seated place, I'd definitely recommend the standing option. 

Both times I've been in the M&G, we've gone straight for the middle of the floor just in front of the mixing desk, while everyone else lines up right along the front barricade and gives us weird looks.

Well I would give you a weird look too, why on earth would you do that?   

[BlobVanDam]

We also got to the merchandise area before anyone else, and really the coolest thing was to get to the venue before the others. We got some really nice places from the first row, and in my opinion it was really easy to stand there for the whole gig. So, if you're planning to do the Meet & Greet and are thinking whether to take a standing ticket or a seated place, I'd definitely recommend the standing option. 

Both times I've been in the M&G, we've gone straight for the middle of the floor just in front of the mixing desk, while everyone else lines up right along the front barricade and gives us weird looks.

Well I would give you a weird look too, why on earth would you do that?   

Better mix, better volume, better view of the overall stage, not getting crushed (which we would have, because everyone rushed the stage as soon as DT came on). Take your pick!