DREAM THEATER - DEVIN TOWNSEND ~ Le Dome de Paris. Paris.

 

*** The progressive metal pioneers return for four exceptional concerts in France as part of their '"Top of the World Tour 2022". ***

 

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🕖 Set Times:
6:30 pm — Doors Open
8:00 pm — Devin Townsend CAN)
9:00 pm — Dream Theater (USA)

Support Act: DEVIN TOWNSEND

 

~ TOP OF THE WORLD TOUR 2022 ~

 

(Dream Theater embarked on the Top of the World Tour in 2022, in support of their 2021 studio album A View From The Top of the World. Originally scheduled to begin in late October 2021, the tour was postponed to February 2022 due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

 

 

 A View from the Top of the World is the fifteenth studio album by American (from Boston, Massachusetts) progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on October  22, 2021. Producer John Petrucci. The Alien" won the 64Th Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2022, giving the band their first Grammy win after having been nominated for the third time. A View from the Top of the World is also Dream Theater’s last album to feature drummer Mike Mangini, who left the band in October 2023 upon the return of original drummer Mike Portnoy.

 

 

The Puzzle and Snuggles are the nineteenth and the twentieth studio albums by Canadian (from New Westminster, British Columbia) heavy extreme progressive alternative metal hard rock, singer songwriter guitarist Devin Townsend, released on his own label HevyDevy Records on December 3, 2021. Producer Devin Townsend.

  

DREAM THEATER (Band)

 

John Petrucci – guitars (1985–present), backing vocals (1989, 1996–present)
John Myung – bass guitar (1985–present)
James LaBrie — lead vocals (1991–present)
Jordan Rudess — keyboards, continuum, occasional guitar (1999–present)
Mike Mangini — drums, percussion (2010–2023)

 

 

 DEVIN TOWNSEND (Band)

Devin Garrett Townsend — guitars, lead vocals, theremin, keyboards (1994-present)
Stephen Platt — guitar (2021-2022)
James Leach — bass (2021-present)
Darby Todd — drums (2021-present)

 

The Setlist

 DREAM THEATER

 

 Intro Audio Tape

The Alien (A View From the Top of the World - 2021)
6:00 (Awake - 1994)
Awaken the Master (A View From the Top of the World - 2021)
Endless Sacrifice (Train of Thought - 2003)

Interlude

Bridges in the Sky (A Dramatic Turn of Events - 2011)
Invisible Monster (A View From the Top of the World - 2021)
About to Crash (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - 2002)
The Ministry of Lost Souls (Systematic Chaos - 2007)
A View From the Top of the World (A View From the Top of the World - 2021)

Encore

The Count of Tuscany (Black Clouds & Silver Linings - 2009) (clean guitar intro played on tape, bar chimes played by Jordan on keys)

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 Time Set: 1h20

 

 

The Setlist

 DEVIN TOWNSEND 

Failure (Devin Townsend Project song - Transcendence - 2016)
Kingdom (Physicist - 2000)
By Your Command (Ziltoid the Omniscient - 2007) (dialog on tape)
Aftermath (Ziltoid the Omniscient - 2007) (Strapping Young Lad song)
Regulator (Ocean Machine Biomech - 1997)
Deadhead  (The Devin Townsend Band song - Accelerated Evolution - 2003)
Deep Peace (Terria - 2001)
March of the Poozers (Devin Town Project - Dark Matters - 2014
More! (Devin Townsend Project song - Epicloud - 2012)

Note: All keyboard parts & choir were played on tape.

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 Time Set: 1h00

 

 

DEVIN TOWNSEND - HAKEN ~ La Salle Pleyel. Paris.

Support Act: HAKEN 

 

~ EMPATH EUROPE - VOLUME 1 TOUR 2019 ~

Empath is the eighteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal musician Devin Townsend, released on his own label HevyDevy Records on March 29, 2019. It is his first solo album since Dark Matters, which was a part of the 2014 double album Z², and his first release to act solely as a solo album since 2007's Ziltoid the Omniscient. Produced by Devin Townsend. 

Vector is the fifth studio album by British progressive metal band Haken. It was released on October 26, 2018. Produced by Haken. 
 

DEVIN TOWNSEND (Band)

Devin Garrett Townsend — vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards (1990–present)
+ Band
Ché Aimee Dorval (Casuaties Of Cool) — lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Mike Keneally (Dethklok) — guitar
Markus Reuter (Stick Men) — guitar
Diego Tejeida (Haken)— keyboards
Nathan Navarro — bass
Morgan Ågren (Kaipa) — drums, percussion
Samantha Preis — back vocals
Anne Preis — back vocals
Arabella Packford — back vocals

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HAKEN (Band) 

 Ross Jennings – lead vocals (2007–present)
Richard Henshall – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals (2007–present)
Raymond Hearne – drums, backing vocals, tuba (2007–present)
Charlie Griffiths – guitars, backing vocals (2008–present)
Diego Tejeida – keyboards, backing vocals (2008–present)
Conner Green – bass, backing vocals (2014–present)
 

The Setlist 
 DEVIN TOWNSEND

 Borderlands (Empath - 2019)
Evermore (Empath - 2019)
War (Infinity - 1998)
Sprite (Empath - 2019)(w/o outro)
Coast (Devin Townsend Project song - Ki - 2009) (With extended jam intro)
Gato (Devin Townsend Project song - Ki - 2009)
Heaven Send (Devin Townsend Project song - Ki - 2009)
Ain't Never Gonna Win (Devin Townsend Project song - Ki - 2009)
Deadhead (The Devin Townsend Band song - Accelerated Evolution - 2003)
Why? (Empath - 2019)
Lucky Animals (Devin Townsend Project song - Epicloud - 2012)
Castaway (Empath - 2019)
Genesis (Empath - 2019)

Encore

 Disco Inferno (The Trammps cover - 1976)
Spirits Will Collide (Empath - 2019) (acoustic)
Kingdom (Physicist - 2000)
 

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 Time Set: 1h50

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The Setlist
HAKEN

Intro Tape: Affinity.exe (Affinity - 2016)
Puzzle Box (Vector - 2018)
A Cell Divides (Vector - 2018)
Earthrise (Affinity - 2016)
Nil by Mouth (Vector - 2018) (instrumental)
Cockroach King (The Mountain - 2013)
1985 (Affinity - 2016)

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Time Set: 0h40