This is what I think: by the time the tour begins, they'll have a new song out and they'll start the tour with that new song. Then, they'll play one song for each album, celebrating the 40-year anniversary, ending with Metropolis. For the Mangini era they'll do a medley.
Hey that's not a bad idea, I could see a medley including one song from each album from DT12 to View, followed by Breaking All Illusions in full. Could be a good way to honour that era of the band without taking away tooo much time from the classics.
So for those who wanted to see how many they got right, the setlist was as follows: Act I Metropolis Overture 1928 Strange Deja Vu The Mirror/Lie Outro solo Panic Attack Barstool Warrior Hollow Years Constant Motion As I Am Act II Night Terror (new song) This Is The Life Under A Glass Moon Vacant Stream Of Consciousness Octavarium Encore: Home Spirit Carries On Pull Me Under They basically sandwiched the show with Images and Words, and Scenes. So Dan was right about the intro being Metropolis
I like all your options but 3 hours for labrie will not be easy now. So I think there will be more instrumental songs. And there will be the Alien. I don't like it but they are playing it everytime... Anyway, my DREAM list (in Paris possibly :D) would be: - The glass prison - 6:00 - Solitary Shell (my fave of all times) - Gift of Music - Home/ Dance of Eternity/The spirits carry on - New Millennium - The count of Tuscany - Voices/Lie - Wither - Octavarium - A Change of Season - Pull me under
No particular order: 1) Pull me under 2) The Glass Prison 3) Panic Attack 4) Dance of Eternity 5) The Alien 6) Breaking all Illusions 7) Stream of Consciousness 8) Forsaken 9) Wither 10) As I am 11) Octavarium
I don't think they will play "The Alien" Portnoy has only just re-joined the band & that song is very technical from a drum point of view, also I do not think it sounds the greatest live.
I'll cry at every Portnoy era song they play anyway, can't wait to see what choices they make with it. Portnoy's in charge. Could they play more than one epic in concert? I hope so.
My setlist would be something like this (although I agree they'd change a few songs every night): Set #1 1. Pull me Under 2. This Dying Soul 3. Caught In a Web 4. Hollow Years 5. The Dance of Eternity 6. Breaking All Illusions 7. About to Crash / War Inside My Head / The Test That Stumped Them All 8. Trial of Tears Set #2 1. As I Am 2. 6:00 3. Constant Motion 4. Another Day 5. Afterlife 6. A Nightmare to Remember 7. The Spirit Carries On 8. Finally Free Encore 1. Metropolis Pt. 1 2. Octavarium Total Setlist Time: 2h43min
I am undecided on what the show opener would be, but by October we may see one track from the new album. If not, I see 6:00 coming in at song 3 of first set. And opening the second set I see either ( one of these: Bridges in the Sky/Breaking All Illusions/Lost Not Forgotten) or they play 6 Degrees second CD to open 2nd set
This is my set list They will open up with a nostalgic opening track Set 1 1 - intro 2 - new song/single (guessing around 10 mins) 3 - take the time (8 mins) Talk to crowd introduction of MP return 4 - home (13 mins) 5 - new millennium (8 mins) 6 - constant motion (7 mins) 7 - lifting shadows off a dream (6 mins) 8 - breaking all illusions (13 mins) 9 - in the name of god (14 mins) First set - around 1 hour 20 mins Set 2 1 - glass prison (14 mins) 2 - another new song (10ish mins?) 3 - hollow years - (6 mins) 4 - a nightmare to remember (16 mins) 5 - guitar/keys/drums solo improv (5 mins) 6 - on the backs of angels (9 mins) 7 - wait for sleep (3 mins) 8 - learning to live (12 mins) Encore 1 - octavarium (24 mins) Set 2 abt 1 hour 40 mins Total time - around 3 hours
Set #1: Pull Me Under, Panic Attack, 6:00, The Dance of Eternity, The Glass Prison, Home, Sacrificed Sons, Finally Free Intermission Set #2: Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu, The Alien, Metropolis Part 1, Ytse Jam, The Spirit Carries On, Learning to Live Encore: As I Am
This is my set: Intro Tape 1 1. The Glass Prison 2. The Mirror -> The Lie 3. New Millennium 4. As I Am -> Panic Attack 5. Only A Matter Of Time 6. Constant Motion 7. Breaking All Illusions -------------- Intro Tape 2 1. Root Of All Evil 2. 6:00 3. On The Backs Of Angels 4. Home -> Dance Of Eternity (Keyboard solo) 5. The Spirit Carries On 6. Pull Me Under 7. Octaverium 8. Metropolis Part I
I'd lvoe to see The Glass Prison as the opener. I like The Dark Eternal Night as a staple...it always gets the crowd going. Love to see Blind Faith or Misundertstood as a deep cuts. Breaking Illusions, The Enemy Inside, Illumination Theory, At Wit's End from the MM era. Pull Me Under or Metropolis Part 1 for the Encore. Whatever the choices are, this is going to be epic!!!
This is what I think /hope /wish the setlist will be if they are playing a 3-hour set, which is kinda unlikely. But we will see. Hope some of these songs make it to the final setlist. And if not we still get the chance of seeing one of the greatest bands with one of the greatest line-ups ever. Whatever they are going to play is gonna be an unforgetable experience. Set 1 Metropolis Part 1 A Fortune In Lies 6:00 A Change Of Seasons Peruvian Skies Dance Of Eternity War Inside My Head/ The Test That Stumped Them All Honor Thy Father Panic Attack 15 Minute Break Set 2 Constant Motion The Best Of Times Breaking All Illusions The Looking Glass The Gift Of Music Barstool Warrior Transending Time New Song Pull Me Under *The tracking may be different but i think they will choose songs from all of their albums.
Damn! MP gave you a shout out on his Insta! Hahaha! We knew that was coming! Thrilled to see what they come up in London. I'll go with a cool ass jam as intro and then connecting it with The Glass Prison(It will keep turning heads wondering if it's a new song among other things).
Absolutely loved this, great idea for a video. I'm so excited to be going to the show. My only requests would be Illumination Theory, A Nightmare to Remember and Octavarium.
As long as Mike will help James with the vocals and they will play without any Clicktrack and do different setlists, it will be perfect. Everything else would be astonishing 😂
Well, why would they play without a clicktrack? These days, clicktracks are used to trigger lights and other effects, but of course, they can do it otherway for sure.
Great stuff guys, super fun and hard to do. I gave it some thought and this is what I came up with. I was originally trying to represent every album since it's an anniversary tour, but I couldn't fit them all in and gave up. I also think they could go chronological which is not represented here. SET 1: The Glass Prison As I Am The Alien Breaking All Illusions Ytse Jam Constant Motion Metropolis Pt 1 SET 2: Root of All Evil Nightmare to Remember Innocence Faded Hell's Kitchen Pull Me Under Octavarium ENCORE: Scenes Medley (ending with Spirit Carries On and Finally Free w/ extended solo)
I'm pretty sure new album will be out before then and a couple of new songs will be on the setlist. That what they did for the octacarium tour. Also 20th was 8n chronological order, not reversed (except for the 2 opening tracks from the last album and the encore)
Here's a wild take. While I love the ideas you guys came up with and agree with a lot, i could see this; Mike Mangini has been an amazing guy. He stepped in to take over impossible shoes. He did it better than anyone else could have. I really believe that. He never said one nasty thing, never complained, never shot back at angry or belligerent fans. He was a complete and total stud, even when he was forced to leave. I could 100% see the band passing homage to him WAY MORE than 1 or 2 songs. I could see them playing the entire 1st set as homage and honor to what he did, as well as showing that Portnoy is up to the task and is accepting of playing those songs. Then the second set being all the encore songs to give the crowd what they really want, as well as welcoming Portnoy back, amping the room and making the show worth what people want. The encore then is the new song from the next album. If not the encore, the second to last song then one more that everyone knows and loves. This idea kinda closes the last era and starts something completely new. That would be awesome. It would also facilitate getting people who won't listen to the mangini era to finally start listening to those songs. I know lots of people who just won't listen to them because they are not Portnoy. This idea is wild, but a possibility.
As I am Panic attack The Mirrow (with lie ending) Under a glass moon Blind faith Barstool warrior Breaking all illusions Spirit carries on Finally free ....................... Overture 1928 Strange deja vu Constant motion Dance of eternity Pervium skies Pull Me Under Octavarium ....................... Best of times Metropolis part 1
The setlist speculation game sure is fun, no doubt about it, but a vital question remains: how on earth will LaBrie keep up? More instrumental songs in the set and shorter sets over all, thus less strain? Remove sections of songs like they did in 2008/2009 with Take The Time (omitting the section starting with "the unbroken spirit, obscured and disquiet..." onwards) to support his voice? Tune down even FURTHER than a half-step, since a half-step never really worked in 2017?? I'm equal parts excited and curious to see how this tour pans out and what steps are taken to support LaBrie, because he's been getting worse by the year to the point where he simply cannot sing live. They're in their 60s now, give or take, so suitably sensible measures need to be taken to make this tour the best it can be. I'm praying.
Wow, that was looking pretty shakey and ended up being pretty good! I’m going to give this setlist a spin and see how it flows. Also, The Mirror/Lie WERENT on the song selections and you guys wouldn’t let Vic make his early pick because his song wasn’t in the selections! I DEMAND JUSTICE! Definitely more videos like this, this shit is right up my alley.
I think they may open with The Count of Tuscany but.... it's been played recently by them a lot... it's also the last song they wrote on an album so it still kinda makes sense for them to throw it in there if not opening with it
My prediction is that the setlist will have The Majesty or Another One from Majesty demos. I think Mike Portnoy won't miss the opportunity to play a 40 years-old song to mark the anniversary.
I would love to see the Glass Prison as a opener. Also A nightmare to remember feels like a opener, as a song from the album where they left off. But than again I couldn't care tbh just too stoked for the whole 40th anniversary show
Can't forget the new material that'll be out, that should have some place on the set list. From the Rolling Stones Interview: "How will you know when the album is done? Petrucci: There are different factors. A lot of times we’ll base it on how long we want this record to be. Portnoy: Even though we have a very loose schedule, and we have control over that, we do have a tour in October. So you look at that and backtrack: If we’re starting the tour on October 20th, we need to be in rehearsals by the last week of September, which means that the album needs to be mixed and mastered, and delivered by X date. We need to have it tracked before we can mix it, so that kind of dictates it. Luckily, we’re not at the mercy of a studio that’s kicking us out or of a label that’s pulling the plug on the project. But scheduling a tour is something you need to be conscious of."
Just a setlist idea (without leaving spots open for the new songs which they are obviously gonna play) Set 1: The Glass Prison Mirror/Lie Honor Thy Father Forsaken The Enemy Inside Wither These Walls Breaking All Illusions Set 2: Peruvian Skies The Dark Eternal Night Awaken The Master Afterlife Panic Attack Barstool Warrior The Dance of Eternity Metropolis Pt 1 The Best Of Times The Spirit Carries On Encore: Octavarium
What an incredibly fun video! It's only flaw I think, is that a LOT of these tracks were on Live At Budokan, something Portnoy's been quite particular about in general. Conjecture has never been this great though...love it.
Here’s what I think will be played. They’ll probably skip the last 2 albums since they’re the most recent. Set 1: Root of all evil Only a matter of time Constant motion The mirror Lie Hell’s Kitchen Lines in the sand Home Dance of eternity Metropolis Set 2: The glass prison This dying soul War inside my head The test that stumped them all The gift of music or a life left behind The best of times Along for the ride or the looking glass On the backs of angels or breaking all illusions Octavarium
I’m thinking that because it’s “An Evening With” there will be one song from every album. It opens up that it could do the 12 Step Suite, but I doubt that. Octavarium will have to be in there since MP loves the way Jordan does Soundscapes.
I’ve been a DT fan since the first album, WDADU. I saw the band live when they brought the late, great Charlie Dominici BACK into the fold to open for Marillion at The Ritz in NYC. I’m a half hour into the video and no one has addressed the elephant in the room: LaBrie’s voice. My thought is that they will pepper instrumentals THROUGHOUT the set, to give James some breaks. That, or have some extended instrumental intros to a lot of songs. Another thing l haven’t heard discussed is if they’ll drop the keys for the bulk of the songs, or not. Personally, l love LaBrie, but he’s not thirty - or even forty - years old anymore. He’s in his early sixties and age affects us all, especially singers. The band also have to put a bunch of ballads, or mid paced tunes in the set for two reasons. Number one, pacing; number two, the instrumentalists aren’t in their twenties anymore! They just can’t do a two hour set without some tranquil moments. It’s definitely NOT going to be all bangers! Finally! Kyle just mentioned some slower moments. Then he picked the Instrumedley? No way. My best guess is that a few instrumentals will be peppered throughout the set. That’s the logical way to preserve James’ voice for the show AND the tour. Interesting and intriguing show, lads. Cheers 🍻 from The Big Apple. 🍎 Rock Out, Prog On and Pogo! Your pal and mine, ~ The Groovilicious, Nutritious and Delicious Davey Cretin from The Dreaded, Shredded and Unleaded CRETIN CLASSICS. PS: Speaking of Led Zeppelin Dream Setlists, l actually JUST did one a few days ago on RUclips! On All Or Nada According To Jack, Jack Toledano and l did our own. Check it out, thanks!
I'm just interested to see how Portnoy plays the Mangini era songs. He's obviously one of my favorites drummers ever but there's no way he has the dexterity to play the Mangini parts exact, especially the super fast sixteenth note stuff with one hand.
My set: SET 1 The Glass Prison The Mirror/Lie Panic Attack A Fortune in Lies S2N The Alien Trial of Tears Breaking All Illusions SET2 Overture 1928 Strange Deja vu The Enemy Inside Constant Motion The Gift of Music The Shattered Fortress As I Am Pull Me Under Encore: The Spirit Carries On Octavarium
i always thougt "the root of all evil" was their best possible opener. its not my favourite song, but the riff is just perfectly suited for starting a show imho.
Something that Portnoy said was that he was going to solicit from each band member the songs that they want to play, and don't want to play. I'd really love to know what songs each member chose.
I don't expect one song to be played that Portnoy wasn't on. Just like Ian Gillan doesn't sing Coverdale or Turner material. There is more than enough classic era material that will make most diehard fans happy. I also see them playing "Octavarium".
I felt this way too until Mike strongly implied that era of the band would be represented during one of their studio updates. I doubt it would be more than one, maybe two songs though. Personally I would love to hear At Wit's End.
I bet they will invest on the chemistry between James and Mike...songs like Octavarium, Dark Eternal Night will probably be there. The first set will be based on hits, all the good stuff. I don't know, but Awake is making 30 years in 2024...maybe Awake played in full on the second set? Hard to believe but who knows it anyway? Or the second set could be 12 step suite + Encore (Octavarium? Best of times? ACOS????)
Roie, you weren't at the Radio City Show? I'm shocked but they played Octavarium in that setlist and even with the Jordan Intro that was a few minutes too long it was amazing.
It is of course super exciting that Portnoy is back in the drum seat, but this is the 40th anniversary tour, and so I am very skeptical of the idea that they would only play 1 song from the Mangini era. I expect they would play at least 3. Perhaps the songs that they will alternate over nights will be Mangini era songs. That way, over the tour they could include a minimum of 1 song from every album, but not have to play a song from every Mangini era album every night. So Breaking All Illusions every night, and then alternating two from the other.4 albums each night?
Maybe it's just me but As I Am without This Dying Soul afterwards is so wrong to me.... maybe it's because TDS is one of my favorite songs. I don't know....
this is hilarious! glass prison opening in London would be really amazing! so annoying and painful not to be able to be there and have to wait months for the North American tour!
Now that Mike is back, they have to do the 12 step suite top to bottom. It would be a huge missed opportunity if they don’t. It was meant to be played by the band.
I think Portnoy will pick one epic from the Mangini era and one faster technical Mangini-era song that he can handle. The rest will be old stuff until the new album
Roi - Please 🙏 interview Voyager from Australia soon. They need Prog Love and deserve WAY MORE attention than they are getting in the US. Dream Theater - Pull Me Under, opening track 🎉
I would go for Under A Glass Moon as an opener.....Also would be interesting to see if any songs from the Mangini era actually make the setlist - and hopefully there will be nothing from that disasterpiece The Astonishing.........I'd also ban any guitar / drum / keyboard / bass solo spots - just utterly ridiculous and completely outdated - the band members can show their musicianship within the songs rather than taking some self-indulgent solo spot
Kyle: "I would like a real saxophone...a sexy saxophone." I'm pretty sure that's the first time the word "sexy" has been associated with Dream Theater.
Pull Me Under has been so over done as an Encore, I hope they don't do it again as one. Home and Glass Prison (maybe my 2 favorite songs) would be killer openers, but i don't care where those song are played as long as they get in the set list.
I asked chat gpt and I want this so bad now 🥹 "Creating a dream setlist for Dream Theater's 40th-anniversary tour in the style of "An Evening With" sounds like an exciting task! Here's a mix of some of their iconic tracks, deep cuts, and fan favorites that could make for an unforgettable evening: Act I: Pull Me Under Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper The Dance of Eternity The Spirit Carries On Octavarium (Including "Razor's Edge" and "Full Circle") A Change of Seasons Intermission Act II: In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1 & 2 Beyond This Life Home As I Am Breaking All Illusions The Count of Tuscany Encore: Learning to Live Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Including all parts) Finally Free This setlist aims to capture the essence of Dream Theater's journey over the past four decades, showcasing their musical prowess, diversity, and ability to craft intricate and emotive compositions. Of course, with such a vast discography and loyal fanbase, there are numerous other songs that could make the list as well!"
NOT ENOUGH MANGINI ERA! SHOULD BE 1 SHORT ONE FROM EACH ALBUM AND ONE LONG ONE. Breaking All Illusions Along For The Ride Walking Shadow Pale Blue Dot The Alien Encore AVFTTOTW or Illumination Theory. Be so cool to hear Portnoy on these songs. Better than watching another version of Pull me under AGAIN! Make the new guy a little uncomfortable. 😂 ITS GOING TO BE FUN NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO!
I'm convinced they'll play Octavarium, the whole "the story ends where it began" theme is too fitting
Edit: I was right and it was glorious!
And it's the *16th* album probably releasing in *2025* , total relation with Octavarium
I certainly hope you’re right! I’ve been spinning that on repeat recently. Can’t get enough of it, peak DT IMO.
It’ll be awesome if they do it’s one of my favourites
Yea but hopefully this story isn't ending any time soon. Octavarium is and always will be their best song.
JR was practising Octavarium passages recently. Its happening
Set 1
1 - The Glass Prison (13.52)
2 - This Dying Soul (11.24)
3 - Ytse Jam (5.41)
4 - Constant Motion (6.55)
5 - 6:00 (5.31)
6 - The Best of Times (13.07)
7 - Breaking All Illusions (12.25)
8 - Finally Free (11.59)
Set 2
1 - As I Am (7.47)
2 - Pull Me Under (8.13)
3 - Barstool Warrior (6.43)
4 - Caught in a Web (5.28)
5 - Instrumedley 2 [Hell's Kitchen / Dance of Eternity / Overture 6DOIT / Stream of Conciousness / Enigma Machine / LTE3] (?)
6 - The Spirit Carries On (6.38)
7 - Metropolis Pt.1 (9.32)
8 - Octavarium (24.00)
I much prefer this to what the guys came up with lol
Barstool warrior was a fucking good guess dude. And you got a lot right. Nicely done
This is what I think: by the time the tour begins, they'll have a new song out and they'll start the tour with that new song. Then, they'll play one song for each album, celebrating the 40-year anniversary, ending with Metropolis. For the Mangini era they'll do a medley.
Damn that seems highly likely
Hey that's not a bad idea, I could see a medley including one song from each album from DT12 to View, followed by Breaking All Illusions in full. Could be a good way to honour that era of the band without taking away tooo much time from the classics.
Don't forget that JP dislike medley
So for those who wanted to see how many they got right, the setlist was as follows:
Act I
Metropolis
Overture 1928
Strange Deja Vu
The Mirror/Lie Outro solo
Panic Attack
Barstool Warrior
Hollow Years
Constant Motion
As I Am
Act II
Night Terror (new song)
This Is The Life
Under A Glass Moon
Vacant
Stream Of Consciousness
Octavarium
Encore:
Home
Spirit Carries On
Pull Me Under
They basically sandwiched the show with Images and Words, and Scenes.
So Dan was right about the intro being Metropolis
Shortcut here for Kyle’s setlist: 59:06 (to 1:01:17). You’re welcome. 😊
I like all your options but 3 hours for labrie will not be easy now. So I think there will be more instrumental songs. And there will be the Alien. I don't like it but they are playing it everytime...
Anyway, my DREAM list (in Paris possibly :D) would be:
- The glass prison
- 6:00
- Solitary Shell (my fave of all times)
- Gift of Music
- Home/ Dance of Eternity/The spirits carry on
- New Millennium
- The count of Tuscany
- Voices/Lie
- Wither
- Octavarium
- A Change of Season
- Pull me under
No particular order:
1) Pull me under
2) The Glass Prison
3) Panic Attack
4) Dance of Eternity
5) The Alien
6) Breaking all Illusions
7) Stream of Consciousness
8) Forsaken
9) Wither
10) As I am
11) Octavarium
I don't think they will play "The Alien" Portnoy has only just re-joined the band & that song is very technical from a drum point of view, also I do not think it sounds the greatest live.
13:45 Hell's Kitchen Lines in the Sand would be amazing
Always
Great and fun concept to watch!
I'll cry at every Portnoy era song they play anyway, can't wait to see what choices they make with it. Portnoy's in charge. Could they play more than one epic in concert? I hope so.
My setlist would be something like this (although I agree they'd change a few songs every night):
Set #1
1. Pull me Under
2. This Dying Soul
3. Caught In a Web
4. Hollow Years
5. The Dance of Eternity
6. Breaking All Illusions
7. About to Crash / War Inside My Head / The Test That Stumped Them All
8. Trial of Tears
Set #2
1. As I Am
2. 6:00
3. Constant Motion
4. Another Day
5. Afterlife
6. A Nightmare to Remember
7. The Spirit Carries On
8. Finally Free
Encore
1. Metropolis Pt. 1
2. Octavarium
Total Setlist Time: 2h43min
Hope this dream come true ❤️
That would be insane
The setlist is incredible but having on mind that will be the 40th anniversary I think they will play 1 song by each album they did
So only one Mangini era song?
@@metalguitar777yes f the mangini era
I am undecided on what the show opener would be, but by October we may see one track from the new album. If not, I see 6:00 coming in at song 3 of first set. And opening the second set I see either ( one of these: Bridges in the Sky/Breaking All Illusions/Lost Not Forgotten) or they play 6 Degrees second CD to open 2nd set
This is my set list
They will open up with a nostalgic opening track
Set 1
1 - intro
2 - new song/single (guessing around 10 mins)
3 - take the time (8 mins)
Talk to crowd introduction of MP return
4 - home (13 mins)
5 - new millennium (8 mins)
6 - constant motion (7 mins)
7 - lifting shadows off a dream (6 mins)
8 - breaking all illusions (13 mins)
9 - in the name of god (14 mins)
First set - around 1 hour 20 mins
Set 2
1 - glass prison (14 mins)
2 - another new song (10ish mins?)
3 - hollow years - (6 mins)
4 - a nightmare to remember (16 mins)
5 - guitar/keys/drums solo improv (5 mins)
6 - on the backs of angels (9 mins)
7 - wait for sleep (3 mins)
8 - learning to live (12 mins)
Encore
1 - octavarium (24 mins)
Set 2 abt 1 hour 40 mins
Total time - around 3 hours
The tricky part of this exercise will be to guess what song from the Mangini Era can or will be included in the sets
I can only hope they play Breaking All Illusions.
I’d love to hear Portnoy’s take on something like Bridges in the Sky or Barstool Warrior
@@benrosemberg1985 What do you think now?
Set #1: Pull Me Under, Panic Attack, 6:00, The Dance of Eternity, The Glass Prison, Home, Sacrificed Sons, Finally Free
Intermission
Set #2: Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu, The Alien, Metropolis Part 1, Ytse Jam, The Spirit Carries On, Learning to Live
Encore: As I Am
This is my set:
Intro Tape 1
1. The Glass Prison
2. The Mirror -> The Lie
3. New Millennium
4. As I Am -> Panic Attack
5. Only A Matter Of Time
6. Constant Motion
7. Breaking All Illusions
--------------
Intro Tape 2
1. Root Of All Evil
2. 6:00
3. On The Backs Of Angels
4. Home -> Dance Of Eternity
(Keyboard solo)
5. The Spirit Carries On
6. Pull Me Under
7. Octaverium
8. Metropolis Part I
I'd lvoe to see The Glass Prison as the opener. I like The Dark Eternal Night as a staple...it always gets the crowd going. Love to see Blind Faith or Misundertstood as a deep cuts. Breaking Illusions, The Enemy Inside, Illumination Theory, At Wit's End from the MM era. Pull Me Under or Metropolis Part 1 for the Encore. Whatever the choices are, this is going to be epic!!!
This is what I think /hope /wish the setlist will be if they are playing a 3-hour set, which is kinda unlikely. But we will see. Hope some of these songs make it to the final setlist. And if not we still get the chance of seeing one of the greatest bands with one of the greatest line-ups ever. Whatever they are going to play is gonna be an unforgetable experience.
Set 1
Metropolis Part 1
A Fortune In Lies
6:00
A Change Of Seasons
Peruvian Skies
Dance Of Eternity
War Inside My Head/ The Test That Stumped Them All
Honor Thy Father
Panic Attack
15 Minute Break
Set 2
Constant Motion
The Best Of Times
Breaking All Illusions
The Looking Glass
The Gift Of Music
Barstool Warrior
Transending Time
New Song
Pull Me Under
*The tracking may be different but i think they will choose songs from all of their albums.
This was fun. First thought would be to start with 6:00 and end (pre encore) with spirit carries on.
Damn! MP gave you a shout out on his Insta! Hahaha! We knew that was coming! Thrilled to see what they come up in London. I'll go with a cool ass jam as intro and then connecting it with The Glass Prison(It will keep turning heads wondering if it's a new song among other things).
Absolutely loved this, great idea for a video. I'm so excited to be going to the show. My only requests would be Illumination Theory, A Nightmare to Remember and Octavarium.
As long as Mike will help James with the vocals and they will play without any Clicktrack and do different setlists, it will be perfect. Everything else would be astonishing 😂
Well, why would they play without a clicktrack? These days, clicktracks are used to trigger lights and other effects, but of course, they can do it otherway for sure.
I fully believe the opener should be The Great Debate.. to start with Portnoy drum solo.
Great stuff guys, super fun and hard to do. I gave it some thought and this is what I came up with. I was originally trying to represent every album since it's an anniversary tour, but I couldn't fit them all in and gave up. I also think they could go chronological which is not represented here.
SET 1:
The Glass Prison
As I Am
The Alien
Breaking All Illusions
Ytse Jam
Constant Motion
Metropolis Pt 1
SET 2:
Root of All Evil
Nightmare to Remember
Innocence Faded
Hell's Kitchen
Pull Me Under
Octavarium
ENCORE:
Scenes Medley (ending with Spirit Carries On and Finally Free w/ extended solo)
We now need a follow up to check how much you got right
I hope they perform a tribute for the late, great Charlie Dominici.
I'm pretty sure new album will be out before then and a couple of new songs will be on the setlist.
That what they did for the octacarium tour.
Also 20th was 8n chronological order, not reversed (except for the 2 opening tracks from the last album and the encore)
Here's a wild take. While I love the ideas you guys came up with and agree with a lot, i could see this;
Mike Mangini has been an amazing guy. He stepped in to take over impossible shoes. He did it better than anyone else could have. I really believe that. He never said one nasty thing, never complained, never shot back at angry or belligerent fans. He was a complete and total stud, even when he was forced to leave.
I could 100% see the band passing homage to him WAY MORE than 1 or 2 songs. I could see them playing the entire 1st set as homage and honor to what he did, as well as showing that Portnoy is up to the task and is accepting of playing those songs. Then the second set being all the encore songs to give the crowd what they really want, as well as welcoming Portnoy back, amping the room and making the show worth what people want. The encore then is the new song from the next album. If not the encore, the second to last song then one more that everyone knows and loves.
This idea kinda closes the last era and starts something completely new. That would be awesome. It would also facilitate getting people who won't listen to the mangini era to finally start listening to those songs. I know lots of people who just won't listen to them because they are not Portnoy. This idea is wild, but a possibility.
As I am
Panic attack
The Mirrow (with lie ending)
Under a glass moon
Blind faith
Barstool warrior
Breaking all illusions
Spirit carries on
Finally free
.......................
Overture 1928
Strange deja vu
Constant motion
Dance of eternity
Pervium skies
Pull Me Under
Octavarium
.......................
Best of times
Metropolis part 1
….Aaaaaaand we have a winner! Well guessed sir. 👍
I truly believe they'll open with A Change Of Seasons. Maybe splitting the song like they did back in the day.
That's great content!! Keep'em coming!
Obs: you guys metioning Constant Motion and Raw Dog is kinda crazy 😅
I'd love to see at least an excerpt from Raw Dog.
The setlist speculation game sure is fun, no doubt about it, but a vital question remains: how on earth will LaBrie keep up? More instrumental songs in the set and shorter sets over all, thus less strain? Remove sections of songs like they did in 2008/2009 with Take The Time (omitting the section starting with "the unbroken spirit, obscured and disquiet..." onwards) to support his voice? Tune down even FURTHER than a half-step, since a half-step never really worked in 2017?? I'm equal parts excited and curious to see how this tour pans out and what steps are taken to support LaBrie, because he's been getting worse by the year to the point where he simply cannot sing live. They're in their 60s now, give or take, so suitably sensible measures need to be taken to make this tour the best it can be. I'm praying.
I hope they still play Manging songs here and there
Wow, that was looking pretty shakey and ended up being pretty good! I’m going to give this setlist a spin and see how it flows. Also, The Mirror/Lie WERENT on the song selections and you guys wouldn’t let Vic make his early pick because his song wasn’t in the selections! I DEMAND JUSTICE!
Definitely more videos like this, this shit is right up my alley.
Songs I'd like to see: Misunderstood, Scarred, Lost Not Forgotten, Pale Blue Dot.
I think they may open with The Count of Tuscany but.... it's been played recently by them a lot... it's also the last song they wrote on an album so it still kinda makes sense for them to throw it in there if not opening with it
My prediction is that the setlist will have The Majesty or Another One from Majesty demos. I think Mike Portnoy won't miss the opportunity to play a 40 years-old song to mark the anniversary.
Another one would be my pick, love that tune
I would love to see the Glass Prison as a opener. Also A nightmare to remember feels like a opener, as a song from the album where they left off. But than again I couldn't care tbh just too stoked for the whole 40th anniversary show
Can't forget the new material that'll be out, that should have some place on the set list.
From the Rolling Stones Interview:
"How will you know when the album is done?
Petrucci: There are different factors. A lot of times we’ll base it on how long we want this record to be.
Portnoy: Even though we have a very loose schedule, and we have control over that, we do have a tour in October. So you look at that and backtrack: If we’re starting the tour on October 20th, we need to be in rehearsals by the last week of September, which means that the album needs to be mixed and mastered, and delivered by X date. We need to have it tracked before we can mix it, so that kind of dictates it. Luckily, we’re not at the mercy of a studio that’s kicking us out or of a label that’s pulling the plug on the project. But scheduling a tour is something you need to be conscious of."
There's definitely gonna be a new song out for the tour. And The Alien will be on it, JP said he wants it on the set.
Just a setlist idea (without leaving spots open for the new songs which they are obviously gonna play)
Set 1:
The Glass Prison
Mirror/Lie
Honor Thy Father
Forsaken
The Enemy Inside
Wither
These Walls
Breaking All Illusions
Set 2:
Peruvian Skies
The Dark Eternal Night
Awaken The Master
Afterlife
Panic Attack
Barstool Warrior
The Dance of Eternity
Metropolis Pt 1
The Best Of Times
The Spirit Carries On
Encore:
Octavarium
Nice one!
What an incredibly fun video! It's only flaw I think, is that a LOT of these tracks were on Live At Budokan, something Portnoy's been quite particular about in general. Conjecture has never been this great though...love it.
Because it’s an anniversary show I think we might see Raise the Knife. Also think they’ll do Afterlife from the first album
Here’s what I think will be played. They’ll probably skip the last 2 albums since they’re the most recent.
Set 1:
Root of all evil
Only a matter of time
Constant motion
The mirror
Lie
Hell’s Kitchen
Lines in the sand
Home
Dance of eternity
Metropolis
Set 2:
The glass prison
This dying soul
War inside my head
The test that stumped them all
The gift of music or a life left behind
The best of times
Along for the ride or the looking glass
On the backs of angels or breaking all illusions
Octavarium
I’m thinking that because it’s “An Evening With” there will be one song from every album. It opens up that it could do the 12 Step Suite, but I doubt that. Octavarium will have to be in there since MP loves the way Jordan does Soundscapes.
Or maybe one from their New 2024 album !
Octavarium.
The Alien (how could they ignore this one)
Sprinkle in some LTE stuff (improv)
I’ve been a DT fan since the first album, WDADU. I saw the band live when they brought the late, great Charlie Dominici BACK into the fold to open for Marillion at The Ritz in NYC. I’m a half hour into the video and no one has addressed the elephant in the room: LaBrie’s voice. My thought is that they will pepper instrumentals THROUGHOUT the set, to give James some breaks. That, or have some extended instrumental intros to a lot of songs.
Another thing l haven’t heard discussed is if they’ll drop the keys for the bulk of the songs, or not. Personally, l love LaBrie, but he’s not thirty - or even forty - years old anymore. He’s in his early sixties and age affects us all, especially singers. The band also have to put a bunch of ballads, or mid paced tunes in the set for two reasons. Number one, pacing; number two, the instrumentalists aren’t in their twenties anymore! They just can’t do a two hour set without some tranquil moments. It’s definitely NOT going to be all bangers!
Finally! Kyle just mentioned some slower moments. Then he picked the Instrumedley? No way. My best guess is that a few instrumentals will be peppered throughout the set. That’s the logical way to preserve James’ voice for the show AND the tour.
Interesting and intriguing show, lads.
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There will be something from the new album, which shows continuity into the future.
Instead of one or two songs from the Mangini era, I would love to see a Mangini era medley they would call Mangi-Medley 😊
I think it must have Home and Octavarium. But not bad at all! I do wish for S2N...
I'm just interested to see how Portnoy plays the Mangini era songs. He's obviously one of my favorites drummers ever but there's no way he has the dexterity to play the Mangini parts exact, especially the super fast sixteenth note stuff with one hand.
My set:
SET 1
The Glass Prison
The Mirror/Lie
Panic Attack
A Fortune in Lies
S2N
The Alien
Trial of Tears
Breaking All Illusions
SET2
Overture 1928
Strange Deja vu
The Enemy Inside
Constant Motion
The Gift of Music
The Shattered Fortress
As I Am
Pull Me Under
Encore:
The Spirit Carries On
Octavarium
I hope The Glass Prison is on there. I could do without Pull Me Under tbh.
There will be a guitar war between Petrucci and Rudess 🤯
i always thougt "the root of all evil" was their best possible opener. its not my favourite song, but the riff is just perfectly suited for starting a show imho.
Something that Portnoy said was that he was going to solicit from each band member the songs that they want to play, and don't want to play. I'd really love to know what songs each member chose.
They’re gonna do the full AA suite
"
the best of time" must to be there
-Forsaken
-War Inside my head / The Test that stumped them all
-Stream of Consciousness
I'd love to see them include Two Far and The Best of Times
I don't expect one song to be played that Portnoy wasn't on. Just like Ian Gillan doesn't sing Coverdale or Turner material. There is more than enough classic era material that will make most diehard fans happy. I also see them playing "Octavarium".
Portnoy has already basically said that he isn't opposed to playing Mangini songs. He's more humble than that to be like "no" lol
I felt this way too until Mike strongly implied that era of the band would be represented during one of their studio updates. I doubt it would be more than one, maybe two songs though. Personally I would love to hear At Wit's End.
I bet they will invest on the chemistry between James and Mike...songs like Octavarium, Dark Eternal Night will probably be there. The first set will be based on hits, all the good stuff. I don't know, but Awake is making 30 years in 2024...maybe Awake played in full on the second set? Hard to believe but who knows it anyway? Or the second set could be 12 step suite + Encore (Octavarium? Best of times? ACOS????)
Roie, you weren't at the Radio City Show? I'm shocked but they played Octavarium in that setlist and even with the Jordan Intro that was a few minutes too long it was amazing.
No, sadly missed that one.
Different setlist every night... End of story
I didn't see the whole pod...jus the first 15 minutes....but this is a killer setlist
It is of course super exciting that Portnoy is back in the drum seat, but this is the 40th anniversary tour, and so I am very skeptical of the idea that they would only play 1 song from the Mangini era. I expect they would play at least 3. Perhaps the songs that they will alternate over nights will be Mangini era songs. That way, over the tour they could include a minimum of 1 song from every album, but not have to play a song from every Mangini era album every night. So Breaking All Illusions every night, and then alternating two from the other.4 albums each night?
Maybe it's just me but As I Am without This Dying Soul afterwards is so wrong to me.... maybe it's because TDS is one of my favorite songs. I don't know....
I’d love to see Ytse Jam
Obviously the possibility of a Mangini medley is VERY likely.
How about… The Killing Hand ???
Love that song
If I have to guess, I think they might play most of Train of Thought, signalling it's 20th anniversary
How do you guys have the font for the setlist thing? Wanted to that as well!
Trial Of Tears!
this is hilarious! glass prison opening in London would be really amazing! so annoying and painful not to be able to be there and have to wait months for the North American tour!
Dominici past away recently, I'm sure they'll play Afterlife.
Nice thought
@@hayalaln2302 I can totally see them play the song with a Montage of Charlie playing of the screens
The first 30 seconds or so of Barstool Warrior sounds like Yes to me.
I think the new album will have a BIG ENDING SONG, so that probably will be the encore on this tour.
From mangini era answering the call, sleeping giant or awaken the master
I think the opener will be one of their hugest Bangers like Metropolis pt 1
Now that Mike is back, they have to do the 12 step suite top to bottom. It would be a huge missed opportunity if they don’t. It was meant to be played by the band.
I love Kyle's setlist that's hilarious
The best of times and octavarium must be played.....🙏🙏🙏🙏
Awesome discussion, they just fully ignored that what James can actually sing is also a factor. Unless he will use a bunch of playbacks
I agree. Adding Portnoy doesn't subtract LaBrie live. Or even improve that aspect.
I think Portnoy will pick one epic from the Mangini era and one faster technical Mangini-era song that he can handle. The rest will be old stuff until the new album
Roi - Please 🙏 interview Voyager from Australia soon. They need Prog Love and deserve WAY MORE attention than they are getting in the US.
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under, opening track 🎉
I would go for Under A Glass Moon as an opener.....Also would be interesting to see if any songs from the Mangini era actually make the setlist - and hopefully there will be nothing from that disasterpiece The Astonishing.........I'd also ban any guitar / drum / keyboard / bass solo spots - just utterly ridiculous and completely outdated - the band members can show their musicianship within the songs rather than taking some self-indulgent solo spot
at Wits End would be good
Kyle: "I would like a real saxophone...a sexy saxophone."
I'm pretty sure that's the first time the word "sexy" has been associated with Dream Theater.
Have you seen John Petrucci? He’s a sexy beast.
@@taylorhansen9290Now that's two times.
I totally see The Count of Tuscany as opener since it is where they left off with MP
Interesting!
It's a interesting concept. But I think MP it's not a fan of beggining the sets with epics
Pull Me Under has been so over done as an Encore, I hope they don't do it again as one. Home and Glass Prison (maybe my 2 favorite songs) would be killer openers, but i don't care where those song are played as long as they get in the set list.
I asked chat gpt and I want this so bad now 🥹
"Creating a dream setlist for Dream Theater's 40th-anniversary tour in the style of "An Evening With" sounds like an exciting task! Here's a mix of some of their iconic tracks, deep cuts, and fan favorites that could make for an unforgettable evening:
Act I:
Pull Me Under
Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
The Dance of Eternity
The Spirit Carries On
Octavarium (Including "Razor's Edge" and "Full Circle")
A Change of Seasons
Intermission
Act II:
In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1 & 2
Beyond This Life
Home
As I Am
Breaking All Illusions
The Count of Tuscany
Encore:
Learning to Live
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Including all parts)
Finally Free
This setlist aims to capture the essence of Dream Theater's journey over the past four decades, showcasing their musical prowess, diversity, and ability to craft intricate and emotive compositions. Of course, with such a vast discography and loyal fanbase, there are numerous other songs that could make the list as well!"
A song out of the new album? They fully missed that
Labrie probably cant do 3 hours so expect some liquid tension fillers!
NOTHING past the first 3 albums.
uhh, where's my list comment?
FFS
🤷🏻♂️
No love for Surrounded. Bummer...
Best of times needs to end the show
NOT ENOUGH MANGINI ERA! SHOULD BE 1 SHORT ONE FROM EACH ALBUM AND ONE LONG ONE.
Breaking All Illusions
Along For The Ride
Walking Shadow
Pale Blue Dot
The Alien
Encore AVFTTOTW or Illumination Theory.
Be so cool to hear Portnoy on these songs. Better than watching another version of Pull me under AGAIN! Make the new guy a little uncomfortable. 😂 ITS GOING TO BE FUN NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO!
As I Am....opener