2014-01-15 - Coliseu do Porto - Porto, POR

[RaiseTheKnife]

As long as the band is happy with the setlist, I'm happy. I just hope that when they come to LA, they're playing The Bigger Picture by that point of the tour.

Right now, Bigger Picture is my fave track on DT12.  Hope it makes the US tour.

[Laughingplace56]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnYpL7dgmzY More of Mangini's solo with a bit of Enigma Machine

HELL YEAH.
The intro melody with the church bells is fucking sexy.

[haceeb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-CZNBtuT9U Part of Shattered Fortress XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMUcAGsbx8k   Part of Enemy Inside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnYpL7dgmzY More of Mangini's solo with a bit of Enigma Machine

I want more but amazing already!

thanks for sharing, this is exciting and amazing 

[haceeb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnYpL7dgmzY More of Mangini's solo with a bit of Enigma Machine

HELL YEAH.
The intro melody with the church bells is fucking sexy.

Amen 

[RaiseTheKnife]

Was the "easter egg" played as the outro music?

[Evermind]

I'm extremely sad. I was hoping for the return of any of the following: In the Name of God, Octavarium, A Change of Seasons, The Killing Hand.

I love these songs on their own, but I like variety in a concert setlist. Mostly everyone else seems pretty happy. Am I alone in my sadness?

I'm not extremely sad, but I'm disappointed a bit. I was hoping for the second epic, but a chunk of SFAM as encore is not too bad. I think if they would've replaced Enigma Machine with Stream of Consciousness, and OTBOA + TSF with something from I&W / SDOIT / 8VM (rotating the songs), I would be fine with it.

In fact, they played quite a bold setlist, looking forward for the show!

[Mebert78]

This is a very special day in Dream Theater history. So great to see them finally perform SDV. Can't wait to see some footage. Great setlist, but im sad there's no Bigger Picture, Behind the Veil or Surrender to Reason. Those songs are a tremendous back to back to back on the new album and they happen to be my three fav tracks from the album.

[skydivingninja]

So they played the whole second half of Awake?  And Trial of Tears?  And the Shattered Fortress?  And Finally Free?  And Breaking All Illusions?  I don't even care that nothing was played from Images, 6DoiT, or Octavarium.  That's just incredible. 

I was really disappointed by the last album but fuck I really want to try and see them in VA now.

[Anguyen92]

This is a very special day in Dream Theater history. So great to see them finally perform SDV. Can't wait to see some footage. Great setlist, but im sad there's no Bigger Picture, Behind the Veil or Surrender to Reason. Those songs are a tremendous back to back to back on the new album and they happen to be my three fav tracks from the album.

, especially on the Bigger Picture.  Maybe, those songs could be alternatives to Enigma Machine or The Looking Glass.

[?]

I just woke up to read through this whole thread and HOLY SHIT! I wouldn't have expected the setlist to be THIS amazing, even though a lot of my predictions and wishes became true! Sure the lack of I&W is weird, but I think it has something to do with the touring schedule and its effects on James' voice. Hearing SDV live at my first DT show will make me the happiest man on earth - February 24 can't come soon enough!

By the way, hopefully this is just a mistake, but the concert venues for Lithuania and Helsinki are both advertising that this show will be 1 and a half hours long on their websites (for buying tickets). And those countries are pretty strict about things like this, I mean time limits on concerts. Just wanted to bring it to the attention of anyone in the DT camp, if they're reading this, because I wouldn't want there to be any last-minute misunderstandings between band and promoters.

My ticket for the Helsinki show says "an evening with DT" and the showtime is 20:00, so they'll definitely play for 3 hours at that show.

[Syzzle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_y0UFd8p8

Illumination Theory 

[lonestar]

False Awakening Suite and The Enemy Inside with a brilliant showing of our dear Blob's video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuo2wX5zpgQ

My dick is so hard right now.

[BlobVanDam]

Sounds like there was a sound problem on the orchestral section, it sounds like it's repeated a few seconds apart. Otherwise it's a beautiful little cinematic break.

And I'm glad the start of the video shows a bit of my IT intro vid.

edit: AHHHH THANK YOU LONESTAR! Watching it now!

[haceeb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_y0UFd8p8

Illumination Theory 

it's mind blowing........Dream Theater is the best. PERIOD 

[bl5150]

False Awakening Suite and The Enemy Inside with a brilliant showing of our dear Blob's video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuo2wX5zpgQ

My dick is so hard right now.

Awesome..................well done Blob.  And TEI comes across well an opener too.

[lonestar]

Sounds like there was a sound problem on the orchestral section, it sounds like it's repeated a few seconds apart. Otherwise it's a beautiful little cinematic break.

And I'm glad the start of the video shows a bit of my IT intro vid.

edit: AHHHH THANK YOU LONESTAR! Watching it now!

No, thank you  sir. You're work is beyond outstanding as usual. Can't wait to see it with my own two eyes!!!!

[BlobVanDam]

Sounds like there was a sound problem on the orchestral section, it sounds like it's repeated a few seconds apart. Otherwise it's a beautiful little cinematic break.

And I'm glad the start of the video shows a bit of my IT intro vid.

edit: AHHHH THANK YOU LONESTAR! Watching it now!

No, thank you  sir. You're work is beyond outstanding as usual. Can't wait to see it with my own two eyes!!!!

Thanks bud. And hearing that crowd response just instantly made it all worth it.

[YtseJamittaja]

Blob, this is absolute perfect! Your finest work in my opinion!!

[haceeb]

False Awakening Suite and The Enemy Inside with a brilliant showing of our dear Blob's video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuo2wX5zpgQ

My dick is so hard right now.

Thank you Blob this is fucking hot

[Laughingplace56]

That intro clip was absolutely phenomenal. EXCELLENT job, Blob!
Also, notice the HUGE applause for the SFAM/ToT sections

[Laughingplace56]

JB speech where he specifically mentions the grammy nod so yeah this'll be around for a while  /skips to OtBoA solo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_F8cOLWVGw
TSF solo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOiDhZQoiSQ
EM solos through the end-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQEAZzAoS0&list=UUV3GaI4f1sfApfZWFQDMXWA&feature=c4-overview
Trial of Tears solo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OH6bTStOtA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUV3GaI4f1sfApfZWFQDMXWA

[haceeb]

can't wait for Space-Dye Vest video 

[Laughingplace56]

I need TDoE with Mangini (in full and live) NOW

[GasparXR]

Interesting, in the final chorus of OTBOA James did it the way he does on the record, but I remember on the ADTOE tour, he changed that last line to be higher.

Blob, the intro video was amazing! Couldn't be happier with it! Is this a different version of FAS? It's hard to tell, but it sounds like a strings-only edit.

As for the band, they did great for their first show, but there was a bit of rust showing. Of course, video quality can add to that. JP kinda fudged the Shattered Fortress solo, but oh well! JLB also struggled a bit during The Pursuit of Truth, but he actually did Surrender Trust & Passion VERY well! I noticed he opted out of some of the final "you never know" lines, but the particularly high line of that he pretty much nailed. He sounds better than he did on the first ADTOE show in 2011, which is a good sign of things to come!

[Laughingplace56]

It sounds like a strings-only version of FAS in the intro to me.

[BlobVanDam]

Yep, it's an all new orchestral/strings recording of FAS, not just a remix of the album track.

[KevShmev]

I have no problem with no I&W tracks, if they are gonna play that much from Scenes and Awake.  In a sense, they did the WWRD thing again, giving Awake the same treatment that Rush gave Power Windows on their last tour.

[GasparXR]

Another video of Enigma Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQEAZzAoS0

EDIT: Oops, didn't realize it was posted already! XD

[theseoafs]

Wow, fantastic work, Blob.

[Zydar]

Interesting setlist, for sure. Too bad there are no I&W songs, but I'm hoping that they will rotate some into the future setlists. I didn't get to see any I&W songs when I saw them in 2009 so I really want at least one when I see them in February. Nice to see some Awake stuff, although I'm no fan of Scarred and SDV. Can't wait to see Enigma Machine, Illumination Theory, and hopefully Surrender To Reason live. And Breaking All Illusions!

And that video is Blobtastic

[Anguyen92]

False Awakening Suite and The Enemy Inside with a brilliant showing of our dear Blob's video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuo2wX5zpgQ

My dick is so hard right now.

What an ovation for SFAM.  Great visuals and graphics for the intro. 

[Onno]

Blob, holy shit, that video was  AMAZING!!

Amazing setlist too. I can't wait to see them in February!!

[RodrigoAltaf]

Duuuudes...I'll see them in 12 hours!!!! What an insane setlist! Hopefully they'll keep most of it for tonight!

[Sycsa]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_y0UFd8p8

Illumination Theory 

Hehe, at the "Mothers for their children" section James is like "Man, I've bitten off more than I can chew, how am I gonna sing this every night?" His timing is also way off, I guess they'll need more time to adjust to this one. Other than that, great performance.

[YtseJamittaja]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_y0UFd8p8

Illumination Theory 

Hehe, at the "Mothers for their children" section James is like "Man, I've bitten off more than I can chew, how am I gonna sing this every night?" His timing is also way off, I guess they'll need more time to adjust to this one. Other than that, great performance.

Yeah, I thought this too! His voice was really off in that part.