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Was there ever truly an official answer as to why we never got them? In 2010 I think it was we got the Australia/NZ 2007 ones that previously we didn’t get. I’m betting they did record all those shows as DSP’s or at least the non huge mainstream festival ones and they probably forgot to give us them or something. I don’t think it was an issue with the venues, how could it have been? The band released shows like Athens 2009 as a DSP so why not the much better Athens 2008 one? There were some many iconic shows on that tour. Cool places like Dublin, Greece for the first time, Finland, tons of awesome places. Maybe now that it’s 2023 and Chester has long passed we can get these? Maybe Pooch or Dylan still have them? Only us here on LPLive will care about these DSP’s just like how the mainstream never did either.

I think we are safe as far as getting MTM and ATS sets. The band loves both albums and they were popular (not as popular as HT and M, but still popular). They also aren’t THAT far away from their 20th, I mean yeah it’s still 4 and 7 years away for them but I feel like the other ones are just super far away and who even knows what the world will be like then. You know? However I do think they will end up doing them for all albums, but definitely for MTM and ATS. As a matter of fact, Brad was recently asked about the MTM re-issue going on Spotify last year for the 15th anniversary and he said he doesn’t really consider that a true celebration, basically saying when MTM is 20 in a few years we will get a true anniversary collection for it. Plus Brad loves MTM a lot if you listen to him talk about the album even years after it came out, same as Phoenix, Phoenix even said it was on one of the most special times for the band a few years ago, same with Mike. Mike said ATS would have never happened if not for MTM before it so it’s clear the band loves both albums. And Mike said on Twitch in 2020 he wanted to do one for ATS personally. No way they skip MTM or ATS. Fans of later albums, maybe have to worry, but I still think they’ll do ones for those albums and if not at least somehow give us content from those eras.

Here is a thread we can discuss what would maybe be on ATS 20 in 2030 when the time comes. Mike has said he would love to do a box set for ATS personally. It’s also one of the fanbase’s favorite albums. CD’s CD 1: The main album. Original mix is solid as is, not that they would want to remix the album anyways since they didn’t for HT or Meteora 20. CD 2: Live In Madrid. They released the mp3 of this show for us as a bonus on the ATS+ DVD when you popped into your computer. The band loved this show, so why not give us it in full audio here? Good one to pick. CD 3: Live In Red Square. The band gave us the full audio after we completed the Iridescent trading card game thing in 2011. The show was never released as a DSP but it’s basically a DSP they gave us. Once again, the band loved this show, so why not give us it in full audio here? Can even be a slightly different mix than what they gave us with the audio release in 2011. CD 4: LPU Rarities. I’m going to list them in order that they came out originally just to keep track but they will alter the track listing like they did for past ones. 01. I Have Not Begun (Unreleased Demo 2009) 02. Robot Boy (Test Mix, Optional Vocal Take) 03. Primo (I’ll Be Gone - Longform 2010 Demo) 04. Aubrey One (2009 Demo) 05. Malathion + Tritonus (2008 Berlin Demo) 06. Berlin One, Version C (2009 Demo) 07. Blanka (2008 Demo) 08. Dave Sbeat (Feat. Joe) (2009) 09. Froctagon (2009 Demo) 10. Basil (2008 Demo) 11. TooLeGit (2010 Demo) 12. Grudgematch (2009 Demo) 13. The Catalyst (2010 Demo) 14. Consequence A (2010 Demo) 15. Consequence B (2010 Demo) 16. Lies Greed Misery (2010 Demo) 17. Symphonies Of Light (2010 Demo) CD 5: B-Side Rarities. The band will change the tracklisting order once again. I didn’t include every ATS remix but I did include the ones officially released. I don’t consider KickDrums or Dave Dresden’s WFTE remixes as officially released by the band. Same as SDC’s Robot Boy obviously, and a few of The Catalyst winners that weren’t on the EP I didn’t include because I don’t think the band would either. I was going to include Renholder’s Blackout remix but since he released that on Underworld idk if LP have the rights to put it on here, if they do, put it on here too. I also didn’t include the iTunes Fest tracks from the BID single because they will include that on LT20 like they did with the PR02 tracks from the SIB single on Meteora 20. I did put the iTunes Festival London EP on here though because we need it and Rolling In The Deep was a digital single. 01. New Divide (Live) (From The Catalyst Single) 02. Waiting For The End (Glitch Mob Remix) (From Waiting For The End Single) 03. The Catalyst (‘’Guitarmagedon’’ DIOYY? Remix) (From Waiting For The End Single) 04. Blackout (RAC Remix) (From Promo CD) 05. When They Come For Me (Diplo Remix) (From DJ Hero 2) 06. Blackout (Live) (From Burning In The Skies Single) 07. When They Come For Me (Live) (From Burning In The Skies Single) 08. New Divide (From Iridescent Single) (This way we can get New Divide studio version of ATS20) 09. Iridescent (Energy Up Version) (From Iridescent Single) 10. Iridescent (Live) (iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP) 11. Waiting For The End (iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP) 12. Rolling In The Deep (iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP) 13. The Catalyst (iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP) 14. Papercut (iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP) 15. Bleed It Out (iTunes Festival: London 2011 EP) 16. Wretches (Remix) (From Apathy’s Lost And Found) 17. The Catalyst (NoBraiN Remix) (From ATS) 18. The Catalyst (King Fantastic Remix) (From The Catalyst EP) 19. The Catalyst (DJ Endorphin Remix) (From The Catalyst EP) 20. The Catalyst (Cale Pellick Remix) (From The Catalyst EP) CD 6: ‘’Lost Demos’’. This could be whatever they want to give us in terms of ATS demos we don’t have. Infinite ideas. I would want for sure the LeftRight version with Chester shown on the Making Of, Chicken Basket, the demo shown during LPTV of Blackout with Chaz’s original verse, The Messenger with the English Country Pub shown during LPUTV, I would want maybe Chester singing BITS in full, who knows. And of course there are probably 1 or 2 songs that were fully done that were cut from ATS so those and other demos. Maybe Bruiser too. DVD’s DVD 1: Meeting Of A Thousand Suns. The making of. DVD 2: LPTV footage of the band writing the album in 2009-2010. There is so much and so many funny moments and cool moments, etc. Include all that LPTV and LPUTV type stuff from the time period and maybe some new stuff like they did with Work In Progress. Could be an hour long DVD. Also make it full color not the black and white filter they used for ATS LPTV and LPUTV. DVD 3: NYC 2010. Here me out here. This was the first real ATS show and it was awesome. I was there. Not just being biased though, the crowd blew up. Band had great energy. LPLive recently put up higher quality videos from the show and they look good. They have the full show so give us it in full DVD. Also the debut of a lot of ATS songs (and really Kevin and Bean wasn’t a true show debut IMO so those songs too). Since they can fit two shows on 1 DVD as we’ve seen with Meteora 20, how about another 2010 show from Europe. What’s a good one? Berlin? That one works. Maybe Tel Aviv if not. DVD 4: MSG 2011. Over the years many fans have come to love this show and consider it as like ‘’the RAR04’’ of the ATS era. And we know it was filmed in great quality for TV, etc. Put this bad boy on there in full. Plus it’s the main US tour for the album so it’s a good show to release in that respect too. Since they can fit two shows like we saw on Meteora 20 on a DVD, how about PR11? What was the biggest one? Hamburg? One of those shows. And if they want to do one last show, something from the Asian 2011 tour, Jakarta looked badass on LPTV, how about that one? Vinyls Main album Madrid or Red Square? Artbook This could build on the original ATS deluxe art book from 2010. Just all the great ATS art that they had as well as photoshoots of the band, I’d love to get one when the band was on the beach in 2010, or the epic group photo with all the infra red lasers pointed on them. All that stuff. Also maybe a poster of something.