TRANSATLANTIC - WHIRLD TOUR 2010!!!

Wait... They played Duel With The Devil after Light?

Oh god.

I thought they finished after that and went into the encore with BAF/SIYS. I am really kicking myself now. That must mean the show went until midnight.

Chicago,Montreal Set lists?

CharlesPL

Montreal Set lists?

The Whirlwind
 
intermission
 
All Of The Above
We All Need Some Light (Roine vocals)
Duel With The Devil
 
Bridge Across Forever (Neal/Roine)
Stranger In Your Soul (with Neal/MP drums and Pete on keys with Daniel playing his bass from behind!!)
 
Incredible setlist. :)  Roine's solo in "Duel" was jaw-dropping.
 
Edit: The "Stranger" instrument swap was just for one part of the song, obviously :p
 

Thanks:)

CharlesPL

Chicago, Set lists?

Whirlwind
....
All Of The Above
It's Your Birthday (The Beatles) for Mike.
We All Need Some Light
Duel with The Devil
...
Bridge Across Forever
Stranger In Your Soul

y1fsm8s

Tang Daobo


Chicago show was kick A@@!

Park West sound wasn't the best, but I'll never get that close to these talented musicans again.  To see (and feel) their musicianship up close was the treat of a lifetime.

Well done gents!

Were you up in the pit?  If so, the pit is the WORST place to be at the park west.  You get nothing  but amps.  Best spot to be is in the cocktail booths or by the bars.  I saw LTE and was literally on the stage.  Needless to say, no matter who is there again I will never be in the pit.

We were sitting on the bench seats towards the back of the first floor, and I thought the sound was awesome. The fun of sitting on the bench seats was that I could feel every note Trewavas played vibrating through the seat cushions. We also had a spectacular view of Portnoy. It was fascinating being able to see every single little thing that he did.

I definitely enjoyed Whirlwind live much more than on the album. Especially the slow build in "Is It Really Happening". Man, it was like a musical orgasm! Also loved hearing Roine Singing "We All Need Some Light". He's got a fantastic, quirky voice.

Powrslave

That must mean the show went until midnight.

Right on the nose.
I was in the 4th row. I'll post a few pictures later this afternoon. I just got home. (Newfoundland.)

Can't wait to see the pics, Josh.  Would you mind posting them at DTF as well?  You've been away too long.  :)

I was at the Chicago show and had a great time.  As Transatlantic obviously doesn't come around very often, I feel lucky just to have been there.
 
Here are the most notable things for me:
 
The sound wasn't the best, especially in the beginning.  Pete's bass was WAY too loud and it was difficult to hear the vocals and keyboards.  This was fine for me as I knew the music and could mentally fill in the blanks, but my wife was very bothered by it all.  She's not a big fan in the first place but having an unbalanced mix wasn't very pleasing.  It definitely got better as the night went on.  I was sitting in the balcony on stage right so it could have just been speaker placement/room characteristics...
 
Mike was PHENOMENAL.  He kept up an incredibly frantic amount of energy all night long.  I've watched the making of DVD and Whirlwind Drumming, but his energy in the live setting just rocked out every possible moment of every song.  He also had a very good time the whole night.  Jose was behind the kit and was occupied most of the night by putting Mike's vocal microphone back within reach after being flung out of the way.  There were a few times where he would go to sing and his mic would be very low or even off completely.  He gave a look at the soundboard but otherwise he wasn't fazed.  I saw the Radio City Hall and don't remember Mike playing with as much energy, although this is most likely due to my seats at Park West being much closer than those at Radio City.
 
Neal had a few keyboard issues and even made reference onstage to the Chicago curse of LTE.  Mike even said, "We can jam if you want us to..."  I'm not sure how long it's been this way but he's no longer playing a Fantom onstage.  Instead, it looks like he's got a laptop and is playing all samples from the Mac.  It hiccupped a few times but not enough to disrupt things.
 
After the show, Neal came out to the merchandise booth to sign stuff and then all sorts of mayhem ensued as a ravenous crowd of people began to block the exit.  He then moved up by the soundboard but the same sort of bottleneck took place.  Meanwhile, Roine, Daniel, and Pete came out.  Pete was great, just milling about, signing things, and talking to people.  Apparently it was a tight race to get his US Visa before coming over.  Eventually, all band members moved out to booths by Colin from Neal's European band into the lower seating area and all remaining fans were assembled into a line snaking around the venue.  We all got our turn to walk through, say hello, and get autographs and/or pictures.  By the time I got through the end of the line Mike had even come out so that was a very special treat.  Personally, I didn't care much about autographs so it was just nice to shake hands and give some appreciation.  Mike even let me take a picture with him regardless of security yelling that no more photos were allowed. 
 
Everyone was really great and the whole night was a wonderful experience for me.  On a side note, Rich Mouser was talking to a bunch of guys about the new Spock's Beard, which he had a burned copy of at the board.  I didn't get to hear all of the conversation but it was apparently very interesting. 
 
I don't know if they're planning on officially filming/recording any of the shows (I would assume so), but Martin Kornick was there with his camera and setup.  I guess Neal is asking him to film at all of the shows so it will be nice if the impromptu version of "Birthday" shows up as bonus footage. 
 
Anyway, that's all I can think of for now.  Just thought some of you might be curious.

I really wished I could see Transatlantic, but there is no dates on South America and I'm from Peru 

By the way, does anyone knows if will be Transatlantic Merch available through the website? Because I'm really interested on a T-Shirt.

kingsrow


I don't know if they're planning on officially filming/recording any of the shows (I would assume so)

As it's been posted in this thread already, Roine wrote this in March:

"then off to USA for rehearsals and tourstart with Transatlantic - one week of rest - then start European TA tour - Including a DVD recording in London - Shephards Bush Empire . finish TA tour by end of May"

Let's hope it will be shot in HD, I'd love to see the show on Blu-ray.

TPR

kingsrow


I don't know if they're planning on officially filming/recording any of the shows (I would assume so)

As it's been posted in this thread already, Roine wrote this in March:

"then off to USA for rehearsals and tourstart with Transatlantic - one week of rest - then start European TA tour - Including a DVD recording in London - Shephards Bush Empire . finish TA tour by end of May"

Let's hope it will be shot in HD, I'd love to see the show on Blu-ray.

One other thing I forgot to mention about the Chicago show - Portnoy held up some Happy Birthday signs made by some audience members. He and the rest of the band were very entertained by one which said something to the effect of, "Happy Birthday to a long-haired, blue-bearded Jew". Neil even briefly improved a little song with those words.

Ok, I'll share some pix from last night in Montreal though they are quite crappy but that's the best I can do with that shitty Sony that I keep borrowing, since my camera is kaput:














As I said to some of the forumers I met last night, who had mostly floor seats, hence better pix, send me some nice pix to help with the artwork of the audio project  - dreamthr@yahoo.com

Can't seem to figure out how to post a few pics........so here's a link to some of my pics from the 1st row. 

The lighting was pretty dark throughout so even being that close a lot of my pics weren't as good as they should have been.  But these are a sample of my best.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bri-griffin/sets/72157623913361908/detail/

It was an incredible 3 hrs of Prog epicness!!  This show is in my top 5 of all time......and I even got one of Mike's sticks to boot......Thanks Mike!!

josh_b55



I was in the 4th row. 

I was 4th row too, which seat were you?



As other mentioned, the Montreal concert was amazing. The band were having fun on stage and really into it.  This band suits Peter Trewavas playing extremely well. Don't get me wrong, I am not taking anything away from Marillion (he would not still be in the band after almost 30 years if he didn't enjoy it) but yesterday he was all over the place. His playing was so solid, a good groove and moving a lot on stage.  I guess I could say the same comment for the rest of the band too!

It was nice to finally see Neal Morse and Daniel Gildenlow in Montreal. MP mentioned: "Who would have thought, Transatlantic live in Montreal, miracles do happen".  Well I guess he's right, I never thought I would see them live in my hometown. Now we need two more miracles: POS and Morse live in Montreal.....never know.

Progster Stu


Can't seem to figure out how to post a few pics........so here's a link to some of my pics from the 1st row. 

The lighting was pretty dark throughout so even being that close a lot of my pics weren't as good as they should have been.  But these are a sample of my best.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bri-griffin/sets/72157623913361908/detail/

It was an incredible 3 hrs of Prog epicness!!  This show is in my top 5 of all time......and I even got one of Mike's sticks to boot......Thanks Mike!!

Dude, you gotta post them on the Transatlantic facebook account, you would win definitely.

So I've got about an hour and a half of video from the Montreal show. Quality isn't the greatest, unfortunately, but it's better than nothing I guess.

I'm currently uploading the rest of the videos. Unfortunately my internet is really slow right now, so it is taking forever. The ones that are done will appear in this playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB3B36C0082748A2

awesome movies Lloyd! Thanks man!

Oh dude please tell me you have video from DWTD and SIYS...

Lloyd2112


So I've got about an hour and a half of video from the Montreal show. Quality isn't the greatest, unfortunately, but it's better than nothing I guess.

I'm currently uploading the rest of the videos. Unfortunately my internet is really slow right now, so it is taking forever. The ones that are done will appear in this playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB3B36C0082748A2

Transatlantic (Montreal 21-04-2010) - The Whirlwind/Overture
 
0:45 in is just truly glorious.  Brings a slight tear to my eye... Yeahhhh

Duke

Lloyd2112


So I've got about an hour and a half of video from the Montreal show. Quality isn't the greatest, unfortunately, but it's better than nothing I guess.

I'm currently uploading the rest of the videos. Unfortunately my internet is really slow right now, so it is taking forever. The ones that are done will appear in this playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB3B36C0082748A2

Transatlantic (Montreal 21-04-2010) - The Whirlwind/Overture
 
0:45 in is just truly glorious.  Brings a slight tear to my eye... Yeahhhh

I assume that's the intro? I refuse to watch anything regarding the opening of the show even though I know the setlist...I want to experience that for the first time live in all it's glory...

Yes, that's the intro, I suggest you don't watch any videos. What would be the point?

Oh, I'm not going to.I was just wondering what was so glorious. And if the intro was as glorious as I think it will be in my head

it is amazing, I have the same drums, same set, same color, same series.
I am sa happy,
thanks Mike

Derango


.I was just wondering what was so glorious. And if the intro was as glorious as I think it will be in my head

It was how the orange light was pulsating right when the song starts taking off and the keyboard kicks in, with the angle of the camera.  Just one of those moments.

The rest of my videos from the Montreal show are done uploading.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB3B36C0082748A2

Man, I still can't get over how awesome the show was. The Whirlwind was awesome live, and the rest of the set was amazing, as expected. I wonder if I'll ever see anything that will top that? Maybe next time TA goes on tour? =P

Thank you SO MUCH for posting those. I can't tell you how much I appreciate getting even a little taste of what I missed in the last hour of the show. If you actually have the full songs (mainly interested in DWTD and SIYS) and there is any way I can get them off you, please let me know.

I really really hope TA will tour again, very soon.

The London show is gonna be cool.

Progster Stu


Can't seem to figure out how to post a few pics........so here's a link to some of my pics from the 1st row. 

The lighting was pretty dark throughout so even being that close a lot of my pics weren't as good as they should have been.  But these are a sample of my best.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bri-griffin/sets/72157623913361908/detail/

It was an incredible 3 hrs of Prog epicness!!  This show is in my top 5 of all time......and I even got one of Mike's sticks to boot......Thanks Mike!!

Do you mind if I use some of the pix you took for artwork?

spocks_brow


Anyone have a review for that bootleg DVD?

It's very good. Lots of funny footage (MP is a nutcase... and does great Yoko Ono and Derek Sherinian impressions!), but the part that really floored me was how unprepared they were to go on and do "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and they pull it off! Such pros, all of them.

You'll note that Neal has to bleep MP a few times

All in all, an enjoyable viewing. Different from what you may expect.

Salmacis

spocks_brow


Anyone have a review for that bootleg DVD?

It's very good. Lots of funny footage (MP is a nutcase... and does great Yoko Ono and Derek Sherinian impressions!), but the part that really floored me was how unprepared they were to go on and do "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and they pull it off! Such pros, all of them.

You'll note that Neal has to bleep MP a few times

All in all, an enjoyable viewing. Different from what you may expect.

YEah, it helps to put into context that this was only a few years after Derek had left the band, so all the stories of the "Nightmare Cinema" and "Nicky Lemons and the migraines" era of Dream Theater  were still fresh in MPs mind.

Haha - loved Mike's West Side Story reference in On the Prowl!

Salmacis

The Whirlwind
 
intermission
 
All Of The Above
We All Need Some Light (Roine vocals)
Duel With The Devil
 
Bridge Across Forever (Neal/Roine)
Stranger In Your Soul (with Neal/MP drums and Pete on keys with Daniel playing his bass from behind!!)
 
Incredible setlist. :)  Roine's solo in "Duel" was jaw-dropping.
 
Edit: The "Stranger" instrument swap was just for one part of the song, obviously :p
 

Same incredible setlist in Philly.  A huge thank you to the band and everyone responsible for bringing us that show.  Those who said Mike is phenomenal are right on.  He's (impossibly) setting new highs for energy, crowd interaction, and multitask vocals.  He seemed to really feed off the club setting, and I'm already dripping with anticipation for DT in Massachusetts this summer.  


One funny thing, one of Mike's drum mic stands kept getting loose and making the mic hang wrong.  One time this happened, Jose fixed it right before "I believe we have the greatest hope", and Mike changed "hope" to "Jose" or some shortened version of the name, pointing the stick at him.  The crowd loved it.  The crowd also went bonkers over A Man Can Feel.  It's really sublime, live.  I wonder if they were expecting such a strong reaction when they wrote it.  I didn't realize how much I loved that part until last night.

I cannot wait for the london DVD/CD to come out (even though they haven't even recorded it yet).

Roine's new Duel solo MUST be recorded. It's freaking amazing. 

cannot wait for the European tour to start!

The Whirlwind is getting closer to Europe!!!!!
Getting my Milan tickets this week and Tilburg tickets are in the pocket!!

Are there any more Dutch Forum members going to Milan?

Good thing you have your 013 tickets, it's completely sold out! I hope to be in Milan!

i just can't wait to see them live finally in Berlin this May 7 ! From Indonesia for MP !! Woohoooooooo ..
Is there anyway i can get an autograph after the show ? :D:D:D:D