Waking Up the World Tour

For further information see also Dream Theater album: Awake
Waking Up the World Tour
Tour by Dream Theater
Location Europe, North America, Japan
Associated album Awake
Start date October 20, 1994
End date August 3, 1995
Legs 6
No. of shows 44 in Europe
37 in North America
7 in Japan
88 total
Dream Theater concert chronology

Waking Up the World Tour was a tour by progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater promoting their third studio album Awake.

After a headlining concert called Pre-Awake show on September 9, 1994 at the Foundations Forum in Burbank, California, with Jordan Rudess performed with them at the show, but decided against joining the band for the entire tour, the band held another round of auditions and were impressed with Derek Sherinian, who studied at Berklee College of Music the year before Petrucci, Portnoy and Myung did. He had previously played with Alice Cooper and Kiss and enjoyed similar music to the other members of Dream Theater.[1] He was offered the position on a trial basis at the beginning of October 1994, giving him just two weeks to learn two hours of highly complex music.[2] Derek Sherinian was officially asked to join the band as a full member in February 1995.[3]

The North America leg of the Waking Up The World tour began on October 20, 1994 and finished on December 9, 1994. Over Christmas, James Labrie went on holiday to Cuba with his wife, where he had violent food poisoning.[4] Upon his return home he consulted an ears, nose and throat specialist, who told Labrie that he had ruptured his vocal cords, advising him not to sing for six months to a year. "I was in total shock and devastated", Labrie said. "On the US leg I had been so psyched and couldn't wait to blow everyone away around the rest of the world. We weren't in a position for me to take a six-month break so I had to keep touring."[5] LaBrie was able to continue performing, but his voice became unpredictable.

The band continued with Japanese leg on January 14, 1995 until January 25, 1995. The Great Hanshin earthquake struck Japan while Dream Theater were touring there.[6] Although none of the band was injured, they seriously considered calling off the tour, but only ended up canceling one show. The band held a minute's silence at every show in Japan in memory of those who had died.[7] During the soundchecks for the Japanese shows, the band rehearsed a series of cover songs.

The band continued with European leg on January 31, 1995 in Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London. The show, performed to an invitation-only audience of three hundred, featured guest musicians such as Barney Greenway, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery and Steve Howe.[8] A selection of covers and medleys performed by Dream Theater at this show were released on A Change of Seasons.[9] The European leg wrapped up on March 15, 1995 in London, England, continued with North America leg on June 9, 1995, European 2nd leg on June 18, 1995 until July 9, 1995, and the whole Waking Up the World Tour concluded on August 3, 1995 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Setlist

North America 1st leg

  1. Little Green Bag/Wake Up! (intro tape)
  2. Pull Me Under
  3. 6:00
  4. Innocence Faded
  5. Take the Time (with extended keyboard solo)
  6. Caught in a Web (with drum solo)
  7. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
  8. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun (no keyboards)
  9. The Mirror
  10. Lie
  11. Another Day
  12. A Mind Beside Itself:
    1. Erotomania
    2. Voices
    3. The Silent Man
  13. ----------encore----------
  14. Metropolis Part I
  15. Eve (outro tape)

Japanese leg

  1. Little Green Bag/Wake Up! (intro tape)
  2. Pull Me Under
  3. 6:00
  4. Take the Time (with extended keyboard solo)
  5. Caught in a Web (with drum solo)
  6. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
  7. Awake jam
  8. Derek Sherinian keyboard solo
  9. A Crack in the Mirror
  10. The Mirror
  11. Lie
  12. Another Day
  13. A Mind Beside Itself:
    1. Erotomania
    2. Voices
    3. The Silent Man
  14. ----------encore----------
  15. Metropolis Part I
  16. Eve (outro tape)

European 1st leg

Uncovered gig at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, January 31, 1995

  1. Funeral For a Friend (originally performed by Elton John)
  2. Love Lies Bleeding (originally performed by Elton John)
  3. Perfect Strangers (originally performed by Deep Purple)
  4. Red Hill Mining Town (originally performed by U2)
  5. The Rover (originally performed by Led Zeppelin)
  6. Achilles' Last Stand (originally performed by Led Zeppelin)
  7. The Song Remains the Same (originally performed by Led Zeppelin)
  8. Tears (originally performed by Rush)
  9. Damage Inc. (originally performed by Metallica)
  10. Happiness is a Warm Gun (originally performed by Beatles)
  11. Easter (originally performed by Marillion)
  12. Winter (originally performed by Tori Amos)
  13. In the Dead of Night (originally performed by UK)
  14. Machine Messiah (originally performed by Yes)
  15. Heart of the Sunrise (originally performed by Yes)
  16. Close to the Edge (originally performed by Yes)
  17. Siberian Khatru (originally performed by Yes)
  18. Starship Trooper (originally performed by Yes)
  19. In the Flesh (originally performed by Pink Floyd)
  20. Carry On Wayward Son (originally performed by Kansas)
  21. Bohemian Rhapsody (originally performed by Queen)
  22. Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin (originally performed by Journey)
  23. Cruise Control (originally performed by Dixie Dregs)
  24. Turn It On Again (originally performed by Genesis)

For the rest of 1st European leg setlists included some or most of the following songs (not always in the same order):

  1. Little Green Bag/Wake Up! (intro tape)
  2. Pull Me Under
  3. 6:00
  4. Take the Time (with extended keyboard solo)
  5. Caught in a Web (with drum solo)
  6. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
  7. John Petrucci guitar solo (For Rena/Lost Without You)
  8. Derek Sherinian keyboard solo
  9. A Crack in the Mirror
  10. The Mirror/
  11. Lie
  12. Another Day
  13. A Mind Beside Itself:
    1. Erotomania
    2. Voices
    3. The Silent Man
  14. ----------encore----------
  15. Metropolis Part I
  16. Eve (outro tape)

1st American One-off Shows

  1. Little Green Bag/Wake Up! (intro tape)
  2. Under a Glass Moon
  3. The Mirror
  4. Lie
  5. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
  6. Showdown (instrumental excerpt)
  7. Caught in a Web (with drum solo)
  8. A Change of Seasons:
    1. The Crimson Sunrise
    2. Innocence
    3. Carpe Diem
    4. The Darkest of Winters
    5. Another World
    6. The Inevitable Summer
    7. The Crimson Sunset
  9. Surrounded
  10. Derek Sherinian keyboard solo with Eruption (Van Halen)
  11. A Mind Beside Itself:
    1. Erotomania
    2. Voices
    3. The Silent Man
  12. John Petrucci guitar solo (For Rena/Lost Without You)
  13. Pull Me Under
  14. ----------encore----------
  15. Wait For Sleep (acoustic version)
  16. Learning to Live
  17. Eve (outro tape)

European 2nd leg

European 2nd leg setlists included some or most of the following songs (not always in the same order):

  1. Little Green Bag/Wake Up! (intro tape)
  2. Under a Glass Moon
  3. The Mirror
  4. Lie
  5. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
  6. Showdown (instrumental excerpt)
  7. Caught in a Web (with drum solo)
  8. A Change of Seasons:
    1. The Crimson Sunrise
    2. Innocence
    3. Carpe Diem
    4. The Darkest of Winters
    5. Another World
    6. The Inevitable Summer
    7. The Crimson Sunset
  9. Surrounded
  10. Derek Sherinian keyboard solo
  11. A Mind Beside Itself:
    1. Erotomania
    2. Voices
    3. The Silent Man
  12. John Petrucci guitar solo (For Rena/Lost Without You)
  13. Pull Me Under
  14. ----------encore----------
  15. Wait For Sleep (acoustic version)
  16. Learning to Live
  17. Eve (outro tape)

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Leg 1: North America
Supported by: I Mother Earth
October 20, 1994Providence, Rhode IslandUnited StatesThe Strand
October 21, 1994Boston, MassachusettsBerklee Performance Center
October 22, 1994New Haven, ConnecticutPalace Theater
October 24, 1994Buffalo, New YorkConnecticut St. Armory
October 25, 1994TorontoCanadaRPM Warehouse
October 27, 1994BaltimoreUnited StatesHammerjack's
October 28, 1994New York CityManhattan Center
October 29, 1994PittsburghMetropolis
October 31, 1994Columbus, OhioNew Port Music Hall
November 1, 1994Grand Rapids, MichiganOrbit Room
November 4, 1994MilwaukeeThe Rave
November 5, 1994ChicagoVic Theater
November 6, 1994DetroitState Theater
November 8, 1994MinneapolisThe Mirage
November 10, 1994St. Louis, MissouriAmerican Theater
November 11, 1994Kansas City, KansasMemorial Hall
November 12, 1994Oklahoma CityRoxy Music Hall
November 14, 1994San AntonioMajestic Theatre
November 16, 1994DallasDeep Ellum Live
November 17, 1994Austin, TexasAustin Music Hall
November 18, 1994HoustonTower Theater
November 20, 1994El Paso, TexasMetropolis
November 22, 1994DenverMammoth Event Center
November 25, 1994Salt Lake CitySalt Air
November 27, 1994SeattleMoore Theatre
November 29, 1994Portland, OregonRoseland Theater
December 1, 1994San FranciscoThe Warfield
December 2, 1994Reno, NevadaDel Mar Station
December 4, 1994Tucson, ArizonaBuena Vista Theater
December 5, 1994Tempe, ArizonaClub Rio
December 6, 1994Las VegasHuntridge Theater
December 8, 1994Santa Ana, CaliforniaThe Galaxy Theater
December 9, 1994Los AngelesThe Palace Theater
Leg 2: Japan
January 14, 1995KanagawaJapanKawasaki Club Citta
January 16, 1995OsakaOsaka Kouseinenkin Kaikan Hall
January 19, 1995FukuokaSun Palace
January 21, 1995TokyoBay NK Hall
January 23, 1993Shinjuku Kouseinenkin Kaikan Hall
January 24, 1995SaitamaUrawa-shi Bunka Kaikan
January 25, 1995MiyagiSendai Izumi T-21 Hall
Leg 3: Europe
Supported by Fates Warning
January 31, 1995LondonEnglandRonnie Scott's Jazz Club
February 2, 1995BielefeldGermanyPC69
February 3, 1995ErlangenStadhalle
February 4, 1995MunichTerminal 1 Flughafen München
February 6, 1995LudwigsburgForum am Schlosspark
February 7, 1995LeipzigHaus Auensee
February 8, 1995HanoverMusic Hall
February 10, 1995OffenbachStadthalle
February 11, 1995DüsseldorfPhilipshalle
February 13, 1995GentBelgiumVooruit
February 14, 1995UtrechtNetherlandsMuziekcentrum Vredenburg
February 15, 1995
February 17, 1995CopenhagenDenmarkAlexandra
February 18, 1995MalmöSwedenKulturbolaget
February 19, 1995OsloNorwayRockefeller Music Hall
February 20, 1995StockholmSwedenCirkus
February 22, 1995HelsinkiFinlandTavastia Club
February 25, 1995RendsburgGermanyNordmarkhalle
February 26, 1995BerlinHuxley's Neue Welt
February 27, 1995BremenAladin
March 1, 1995HamburgDocks
March 4, 1995WelsAustriaAlter Schlachthof
March 6, 1995RomeItalyPalladium
March 7, 1995MilanPalasesto
March 8, 1995ZürichSwitzerlandVolkshaus
March 11, 1995NijmegenNetherlandsDe Vereeniging
March 13, 1995ParisFranceElysee Montmartre
March 15, 1995LondonEnglandThe Forum
Leg 4: North America one-off shows
Supported by: Echolyn
June 9, 1995Old Bridge, New JerseyUnited StatesBirch Hill Nite Club
June 13, 1995Lido Beach, New YorkClub Malibu
Leg 5: Europe
Supported by: Threshold
June 18, 1995LuneburgGermanyFlugplatz / Rock Over Germany
June 20, 1995KasselMusic Theater
June 21, 1995LichtenfelsStadthalle
June 23, 1995EssenMessehalle 6 / Rock Over Germany
June 24, 1995SchwalmstadtFlugplatz / Rock Over Germany
June 25, 1995LudwigsburgRockfabrik
June 27, 1995DonaueschingenDonauhalle
June 28, 1995SaarbrückenKulturfabrik
June 29, 1995MunsterJovel Music Hall
July 1, 1995SalzburgAustriaRockhouse
July 2, 1995MunichGermanyOlympiastadion / Rock Over Germany
July 4, 1995VareseItalyPalaghiaccio
July 5, 1995RiminiVelvet
July 6, 1995RomeVilla Panphilli
July 8, 1995WeertNetherlandsBospop Festival
July 9, 1995FrauenfeldSwitzerlandOut in the Green Festival
Leg 6: 2nd North America One-off Shows
July 28, 1995Long Island, New YorkUnited StatesCanoe Place Inn
August 3, 1995Providence, Rhode IslandThe Strand

Personnel

Dream Theater

References

  1. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 163–4
  2. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 165
  3. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 173
  4. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 166–7
  5. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 167
  6. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 168
  7. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 169
  8. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 170
  9. ↑ Wilson 2009, pp. 186
  10. ↑ DreamTheaterForums.org Dream Theater Fan Site
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