Toronto show was Wicked

[truemindframe]

It was a great show.. although Russell had a cold, he still did a kick ass job.. the rest of the band were also tight.

They played basically the same setlist as the Montreal and Chicago shows, but they did a request ---> The Eyes of Medusa instead of Awakenings. They said they hadn't played it in a long time but it was impressive! The guy next to me in the front row was yelling for Awakenings, but I heard Russell tell him they couldn't play it because of Pinella's keyboard or something.. I couldn't catch exactly what he said, but Russell seemed sad that they couldn't play it for us.

Before the encores, the guys did a solo spot and went into the Imperial theme from Star Wars.. it was sweet

 

[ProgMetalFan]

I hope they have that keyboard fixed by tomorrow night!

 

[Bassmasta]

(This is taken from my posts at the Dreamtheater.net forums:

I was there.

And let me tell you, that one was HELL of a show!!!!!!!

Hmm, where to start....

Travellin War were a bunch of drunken pirates that could barely entertain anyone and had songs that sounded all the same.....Seven Witches was basically the same except they decided to rip off Metallica......"Metal Messiah"? give me a break. The lead singer also went on to say that "he wouldn't want to live in Canada because he isn't used to 8 months of winter"

what a dumbass.

But, SX came on and totally blew them (including us) away. They played a little intro on the keyboards which incorporated the chorus chords of Inferno, and then they just blew into it!

I was standing about 2 or 3 from the front between Russ and Mike Lepond. I was wearing an Oddysey t-shirt (which kicks ass btw).

You might have seen me because it was always me and my friends that always started the mosh pits!

YEAH

It was sooooo funny!we were going nuts and everyone else was like.....umm what are you doing.........hahahahah...we moshed to Sea of Lies, Evolution, and of Sins and Shadows I think...

btw, did anyone see the stupid indian guy with long hair wearing a jean jacket that was bending down and looked like he was sniffing some gasoline or something?

I was going to kick that guys ass! He came behind my friend and I thought he was lighting his pants on fire.....

That Imperial March thing was AMAZING! I especially liked Romeo and LePonds solos....KICK ASS

After the show, my friends and I started the ennnncooreeeeeee.....encorrrrrreeeee chant.....and the *clap clap* symphony *clap clap* symphony! chant as well.......then when they came back on, I was like of sins and shadows! And Russ heard me and he was like, yeah you'd like that! hahahah

Then afterwards, I saw Rullo of in the corner putting his shirt on....so I was like come on...............come on!!!!!! and he came over! haha he handed me a drumstick and signed my Oddysey booklet. He shook my hand and said thanks for coming out. He was really down to earth.....a really nice guy! We couldn't wait for the other guys cuz we had to catch the last subway....

That's too bad about Russ' voice, I could tell that he couldn't really hit the high notes of Inferno's chorus, but who the hell cares? He did an AMAZING job, despite his sickness and I think he's a really good singer.

Did anyone else notice that they played extremely fast? Holy shit batman, I can barely play those songs up to tempo! Smoke and Mirrors was like double time! hahah

"I hope they have that keyboard fixed by tomorrow night!"

I'm sure they will.......my friend actually somehow ended up sitting on the stage next to Pinella, and he was trying to help him out, but he didn't know where to plug the plug into or something... I really wanted to hear Awakenings.

Well, that's my incoherent rambling for tonight....that was a great show!!

ALL SHOULD GO SEE SYMPHONY X RIGHT NOW!

 

[metalathiest]

Yeah such a wicked show, but why did the Tour shirts not have Toronto on the back?, our date was missing!

 

[Bassmasta]

I think that's because it was an added date? I was slightly dissapointed too....

 

[metalathiest]

I think that's because it was an added date? I was slightly dissapointed too....

Yeah so was i, but the front of the shirt is really nice!

They said they were coming back in the fall i think, will not miss that on my life!

 

[WhoFooldU]

Yeah such a wicked show, but why did the Tour shirts not have Toronto on the back?, our date was missing!

The answer to this is quite simple. I wasn't given the information that was required to be on the back of the shirts in a timely fashion. If the shirts had gone to be printed in the original version that I had received, there would be NONE of the new tourdates. I really apologize to the people who are going to the three shows that are left off (Toronto, Cleveland, and Worcester). I had to rush to meet a deadline and did the best I could with what information I did have.

Hope that explains it a little more.
Glenn

p.s. Did anyone notice that Worcester is actually spelled right on the shirt Sheesh...some people

 

[mark_bwaite]

That show was amazing, did anyone see me? I was the one in the Dream Theater shirt! At the front mashing.

 

[Surreality]

Definently a good show. As most people agreed, the opening bands were bad (even for opening bands status).
I caught the Travellin War CD. It's godawful. . . Once SX came on though, my whoel night turned around. Awesome show, too bad Russell completely messed up 'Wicked'. It's not such a hot song but still.
I saw that indian guy too. He's at just about every metal show in Toronto. He can't speak a word of english.
Lastly, I was to the left of you guys doing the moshing. The person beside was about to bust a nut because of you guys. He was really pissed off. aw well. Show kicked ass in typical SX fashion!

PS good to see SX headlining shows

 

[mark_bwaite]

As most people agreed, the opening bands were bad (even for opening bands status).
I caught the Travellin War CD. It's godawful. . .

I saw you catch that cd dude! Ya the opening bands sucked!

 

[Bassmasta]

Hahahahah I saw that freak......he was wearing a leather jacket right and had short hair or something right? I saw him totally deck this retard right into the ground.....he was slightly pissed....oh well what the hell do expect to do at a metal concert? Sit there and relax? come on..... The opening bands sucked my anus. lol....

 

[The Yngster]

....oh well what the hell do expect to do at a metal concert? Sit there and relax? come on.....

I dunno about you, but I'd rather focus my favorite band playing instead of throwing myself against other people... I can do that any time I want I never really understood what was so fun about moshing.

 

[Bassmasta]

heheh, granted........

I was watching them play but it's just something that happens in the spur of the moment in a crazy song or something.....trust me, I don't do it for no reason.

Everyone has their opinion.