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So now that we've gone through the "live" years and "instrumental" era, maybe LPU11 will be mostly a capellas? I'm down

Sounds like a great time if you were there and just another show if you get the DSP's and have seen FTI on both (!) of their live DVDs. They must be saving the good stuff for the US tour as pe usual :-)

After all the interludes on ATS I was hoping for 10 "new" (old) tracks with Chaz/MS all over it. Better than nothing although the vocals are 90% of the reason why I love LP. No wonder Mike promoted it as the best LPU CD ever; it was pretty much a vocal vacation for him ;-)

Not a fan of instrumentals, but cool that there's a rap track! Thanks for the updates

Great news! Can't wait for the "Link please?" bannage to begin any second now! Surprised that they put "Pretend to Be" on there, since I thought it was exclusive to the LPUX Download. May as well have thrown "Blackbird" on there if that's the case. I think LP and the hardcore fans have a different definition of "surprise", too. I'm hoping "No Roads Left" but expecting a 15 minute piano version of BTH ;-)

had no fucking idea that the "world stage" / ema show would be out like, NOW. this makes me love LPL more now

Thanks for the clip! Still kicking myself almost a decade later that I didn't check out the Family Values Tour that year. STP were my favorite band as a kid, then passed that torch to LP. I'd kill to see Chester perform with Scott, especially on "Wonderful." Hopefully they'll somehow tour again in the future.

If the live performance is going to be edited, it's the same as replacing the guns with walkie-talkies in "ET", George Lucas fucking with "Star Wars", and so on. LP are once again catering to the casual fan that will buy the show they went to, rather than leaving in "mistakes" and making each show more of a unique collector's item.

100% with you on this my friend! I'd love to see ATS played start to finish, then come back and play a 45 minute set of singles, staples, etc. If LP are going to play the same old songs everyone has seen and heard a million times in person and on DSPs, they should change it up. It would be cool to see the "Reanimation" version of some songs or to get another medley like Nobody's Listening/It's Goin Down/Step Up.

LPU are marketing geniuses. Double the price while eliminating the package, and most will still rush to sign up. I hope they really come through on "exclusives" to justify the price tag, but even if they don't, it's not like every other big band isn't charging at least $30 just to buy a jacked up concert ticket. The state of the industry kinda sorta sucks.

It definitely does, especially when they are "fixing" mistakes to make every show sound generic. Hopefully LP will be comfortable with the new songs and stage before the US tour so they can mix it up. Considering the prep-work needed for songs (samples, lighting etc) and the band's hatred for certain material (Runaway, No Roads Left, etc), not too confident that we'll see more than 30 different songs on the complete touring cycle. Kind of sucks, since bands like 311 play at least 80 different tracks on a standard summer tour. At least Mike's there to throw in a random verse here and there!

Love the "acapella" tracks that are floating around. Cool to have a kinda/sorta "piano version" of "Burning in the Skies"

As much as I hate the decision to edit the DSP's, at least they aren't censored like the early LPU CD's and "Live in Texas" were. I wish they'd at least give us the option to purchase the original OR "fixed" versions of the shows, though.

AMEN, Chester! As much as I hate "Runaway" and some of the other songs, though, if one guy (out of 6) dislikes a song it shouldn't be retired forever. The albums are about the band, but the live shows should be for the fans. Fans might want to hear "Runaway", "QWERTY", "No Roads Left" etc. Thanks for the scans!

Somebody issue a diva alert for Chazzy Chaz. Teamwork is great, but a 5-1 vote shouldn't go in Chester's favor, especially when the request comes from a LPU/Street Team/Fan site member. Great job with the RME history lesson, Hahninator

The DSP's definitely don't do the crowds justice in ANY city. I'm surprised they don't mic the audience better, or make the fans louder in the final mix, considering LP are so big on the "let me hear you!" sing-a-long thing. I like the mixes for the Sonisphere '09 and Reading Festival (Numb/ITE) where the crowd almost drowns out Chester

I ripped a YouTube video and synced it up with the Berlin DSP for "The Messenger." Such an amazing performance by Chester. I'm bored to tears with "My December" & "Pushing Me Away", but hearing this for the first time gave me chills, especially when used to the weak (IMO) album version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vRjUPvMDk

Listened to the whole show and was blown away at how excellent Chester was on both "When they Come For Me" and (especially) "The Messenger." I'm re-burning "A Thousand Suns" with the live version of "The Messenger" at the end. So good!

mix sounds raw. i like it!

First DSP of the tour? I'm in. Curious to hear if they fixed Mike's "Burning in the Skies" mistake...

The "new" songs in the set were "old" 4 years ago, aka the last time LP played them to death. That's LP's biggest issue. Nothing is special after the first time, as the DSP era has proven. Unimpressed by the stage setup, too. After all the talk of overhauling the live show, what was all the fuss about? It looks incredibly weak after reading interviews and watching the VMA & laser show videos. Cool that they aknowledge us and we have a forum to praise and complain. I love LP but think they have the resources to do so much more. A thousand Suns was a step forward; the live shows are a step back.

It's all about reaching as many people as possible, which unfortunately caters to the casual fan and greatly ignores the hardcore audience. Sometimes you get lucky with a group like Dave Matthews Band, but for the most part, any and all mainstream bands are going to play the songs that got them to the main stage in the first place. "One Step Closer" will always make the set, and we might never hear "With You" again. The only way around it, in my opinion, will be an LPU Tour. Even if LP lose their money and popularity tomorrow, they'd just be like all the other nu-metal bands (Limp Bizkit, anyone?) who play all the hits hoping to fill a barn in Russia with nostalgic fans.

This! Just wished they would have seperated the interviews from the (excellent) performances and put this out as the bonus DVD.

I disagree 100% with Pooch, if only because certain things (mistakes) have been edited out of shows, and I would rather have it sound like it did at the show. Save the nice and shiny remixes for the official live albums/DVDs they release in stores.