Official Gigantour Announcement/Discussion (updated 7/18)

[Jax]

May 15, 2005

Symphony X and World Management are happy to announce that the band have been invited to join the “Gigantour” this summer. The band are excited and eager to get out on the road in continued support of their album The Odyssey. Gigantour is a six-week festival trek co-headlined by MEGADETH and DREAM THEATER. Other main-stage acts include FEAR FACTORY, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and NEVERMORE. Also scheduled to appear on the second stage are DRY KILL LOGIC with more acts to be announced.

Michael Romeo had this to add:

"Originally, our plans for the summer were to finish writing, and get into the studio to finish the new cd. After we rethought everything, we came to the conclusion that Gigatour was too cool of a thing to pass up.

We want to give a big thanks to Dave Mustaine for giving us the opportunity, and a big thumbs up to Mike Portnoy for putting in a good word for us. Thanks guys; see you on the road!"

Feel free to participate over in the Gigantour forums (please represent SymX in a responsible and respectable adult manner there): http://forums.gigantour.com/

Note from Jax: please keep all Gigantour discussions in this thread to keep the forum from being cluttered by multiple threads on the same topic. Thanks!


Tour dates, current as of July 18 (subject to change):

Thu Jul 21 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena
Fri Jul 22 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas and Mack
Sat Jul 23 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Amphitheatre
Sun Jul 24 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless
Tue Jul 26 - Sacramento, CA - The Cove @ CalExpo
Thu Jul 28 - San Diego, CA - Open Air Theatre **no SymX/second stage**
Fri Jul 29 - Tucson, AZ - Casino Anselmo
Sat Jul 30 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Amphitheatre

Mon Aug 1 - San Antonio, TX - Lone Star Pavilion **no SymX/second stage**
Tue Aug 2 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Live
Wed Aug 3 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheater
Fri Aug 5 - Atlanta, GA - Gwinett
Sat Aug 6 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
Sun Aug 7 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheater
Mon Aug 8 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete's Times Forum
Wed Aug 10 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
Thu Aug 11 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Coliseum Expo
Fri Aug 12 - Chicago, IL - Tweeter Center
Sat Aug 13 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom Complex
Sun Aug 14 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 16 - Cincinnati, OH - Annie's **no SymX/second stage**
Wed Aug 17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Chevrolet Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 19 - Portland, ME - Civic Center
Sat Aug 20 - Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun Aug 21 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic
Tue Aug 23 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
Wed Aug 24 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Banks Art Center
Fri Aug 26 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion **no SymX/second stage**
Sat Aug 27 - Reading, PA - Soverign Center
Sun Aug 28 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
Tue Aug 30 - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lakes Amphitheatre

Fri Sep 2 - Montreal, QU - Bell Centre
Sat Sep 3 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
**SymX's last show on this tour will be Toronto**

*Note* No second stage bands will be appearing in San Diego, San Antonio, Cincinnati or Boston, due to space and/or curfew issues, so SymX won't be playing those dates. In addition, Toronto will be the last venue on the tour for SymX, so they won't be appearing on any of the dates after September 3.

 

[Ayreon Guardian X]

Boo ya!!! Hells yeah!! This tour will be the best....I just can't wait for the Philly date to be announced...my third time seeing SymX, 2nd seeing Megadeth and first time seeing Dream Theater and the rest of the bands...

 

[glasscastle]

nice....good to see Symphony X getting some attention they deserve.............please come to the South!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NoSoup4you]

Come to Minneapolis!!!

 

[wayne the goblin/robot]

hey I just wanna say that everyone here who is interested should join the gigantour forum on gigantour.com.

Its a great place and the deth board members are really nice

and surprise!!!!!!!! so are the dt board members (im one of them)

so come on over and have yourselves a great time!!!!

and yes there are plenty of SX board members over there too (such as me and ayreonguardianx)

 

[zakk_hate_me_666]

.............please come to the South!!!!!!!!!!!

exactly

 

[zakk_hate_me_666]

and yes there are plenty of SX board members over there too (such as me and ayreonguardianx)

im there too. but as A_Winters_Dream

 

[RequiemX]

Come to Minneapolis!!!

Yes, please!

 

[Smoke and Fire]

This is the worst news I've heard in weeks. For obvious reasons, I can't go to the Gigantour and I'll have to wait even longer for the new album...

 

[weenur]

I hope they're on the bill for Tucson.

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

Symphony X, DT, and Megadeth in one night? Our prayers have been answered. Man, I'm glad the guys changed their minds about this.

This is gonna rock!

 

[Pastorius]

I am going to destroy Britain and re-assemble the pieces in America.

Just so I can get tours like this. I hate Britain right now!

 

[Mormagil]

Neat, now if they'll just play somewhere in Southern California...

 

[soundgarden]

mmmm..."continued support of their album The Odyssey."

Even though I like Odyssey a lot, I hope they don't play it. With that in mind, this is what I hope they play (with the time they have):

1)Accolade
2)Accolade II
3)Whispers
4)Egypt

I think this would be a good choice to draw more fans as well.

 

[Prog Maiden]

So how long will their set be?

 

[glasscastle]

mmmm..."continued support of their album The Odyssey."

Even though I like Odyssey a lot, I hope they don't play it. With that in mind, this is what I hope they play (with the time they have):

1)Accolade
2)Accolade II
3)Whispers
4)Egypt

I think this would be a good choice to draw more fans as well.

I agree...I would like to see a greatest songs kinda thing...maybe a medley or two.....maybe a lot of the heavier stuff....................who am I kidding....I want the entire disco!!!! Yes your setlist will be fine!!


oh and did I mention....some dates in the South...please!!!!!!!!!

 

[UnleashTheFire]

So how long will their set be?

So far it has been announced that the second stage acts will each be 20 minutes long.

The second stage headliner(s) will be 30 minutes I believe.

Who knows, this could change though. This is just what Mustaine said as a possiblity.

 

[Jax]

So how long will their set be?

The band's been told they'll have approximately 40 minutes.

 

[soundgarden]

The band's been told they'll have approximately 40 minutes.

SWEET!!

to my list:

Accolade
Accolade II
Whispers
Egypt
Divine Wings of Tragedy

 

[Ayreon Guardian X]

40 minutes is better than I was expecting...that's good enough for me! I was expecting 20-30...Nice! They didn't play much longer than that when I saw them open for Blind Guardian, so I know what to expect...

Awesome opportunity for Symphony X and awesome concert for all of the fans...YES!