Hey Metalman, I'm happy to say we'll both be "holding back the tears" at the Palladium on that very fine night. I can't believe that damn constructions been going on for over two years now. I went through Worcester yesterday. (skied Okemo )
Akerfeldt! Are you reading this? Do you see yet how you make some people feel? If my eyes watered up last time, it from the goose bumps. When I heard the words I first attached to sung live, the "run away" bit in Forest or October, man...talk about feeling high. I was beamin'!
This time, I want to be in it. Right in the middle of the people singing and swaying and grinning the whole time. Last year I was back and up a little to see it all unobstructed.
I won't sing out loud unless it was obvious the people around me didn't mind. (they were singing along too) I agree there's nothing worse than trying to hear your favorite band perform and mainly getting and earful of Joe-Can't-Sing-Worth-A-Shit instead.
I cried when I saw Metallica a couple years ago and Opeth's music means much, much more to me than Metallica ever did.......I'll be sobbing like a baby...