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Dream Theater 08/18/2007

SHOWID 384885

Set I

Constant Motion
Never Enough
Blind Faith
Surrounded
The Dark Eternal Night
Keyboard Solo
Lines In The Sand
Scarred
In The Presence Of Enemies Part 1 & 2
Trial Of Tears
Finally Free
Learning To Live
In The Name Of God
Octavarium

Set II

 

Set III

 

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Notes: Live Review: Dream Theater in T.O. By JASON MACNEIL -- Special to Sun Media TORONTO - Generally whenever an established band plays a nine-song main set before returning for an encore, fans would often be peeved at such a short show. Fortunately the word "short" will never be associated with New York hard rock band Dream Theater. For two hours Saturday night before a half-full Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, the group weaved an intricate blend of progressive rock and heavy metal tracks that often took three or four minutes to get off and running. Touring in support of its latest studio release Systematic Chaos, the quintet started with Also Sprach Zarathrustra, perhaps best known as the music from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was an apt hint at what was to follow as the ensuing Constant Motion was a winding, challenging, bombastic yet intricate tune led by the fine musicianship of guitarist John Petrucci. In fact, darn near every song at one point or another demonstrated why the group has managed to stick around for more than 20 years. Whether through a myriad of tempo and mood changes during several efforts or allowing either Petrucci, bassist John Myung or drummer Mike Portnoy to steer the ship, Dream Theater are seasoned and meticulous almost to a fault. Although sounding improvised at times, nothing is off the cuff. Add to that singer James LaBrie, who might not be the strongest part of the band but certainly can hold his own, and you end up with elaborately structured songs such as Blind Faith that had both Petrucci and Portnoy basically working triple overtime on. This led nicely into another epic-ish ditty Surrounded which had Petrucci fusing a bit of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's licks into the proceedings. Although the crowd was pumped to begin with, they especially got into the metal-leaning, militaristic The Dark Eternal Night off the new album as a cartoon of the band performing was shown. It was also keyboardist Jordan Rudess time to shine, managing to work a brief bit of ragtime into the track. The one lowlight though was the ensuing keyboard solo which didn't do much aside from give his band mates a rest. Sounding at times like the long lost cousins of Rush, Dream Theater dished out another adventurous affair with Lines In The Sand as Portnoy, with one more kick drum than his two legs could possibly manage, fleshed out the lengthy and challenging song. But perhaps the high point was the mammoth In The Presence Of Enemies, Pt. I and II. The rock-meets-metal marathon had LaBrie looking as if he was about to hit Goliath with a haymaker as he urged the crowd to pump fists before wrapping up the textured, dynamic piece more than 25 minutes later. Opening for Dream Theater was Canadian metal act Into Eternity as well as Redemption. Into Eternity got a far better response even with the vocals occasionally sounding like an enraged Cookie Monster while Redemption's set sagged in the middle, matching the appearance of the banner sporting their name behind them. SUN RATING: 3.5 stars out of 5
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