James LaBrie interview (excerpts)

Speaking about how Dream Theater’s August 19 and 20 concerts at Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina will be professionally filmed and recorded for their next live DVD:

“We’re pretty stoked. We’re actually gonna be using Mike Leonard, who was the production, filming company that we used for ‘The Spirit Carries On’ documentary. So they’re coming back into it. And we’re using Rich Chycki, who’s worked on the last few Rush albums as engineer and mixer, and he also worked on the 30th-anniversary DVD with Rush. And so we have him involved; he’ll be doing the audio recording. And we have some technological things that are gonna be going on this DVD that should make it quite interesting. But it is a two-night shoot. It’s in a place that we’ve played before called Luna Park in Buenos Aires, and it’s a beautiful, beautiful area, and it will be outside, so hopefully the weather gods will work in our favor. But yeah, it’s a really great place. We thought it was the perfect venue for us to do this DVD. And we’re pretty stoked. I think it’s gonna be very cool, very unique, and I think it should step it up, once again, from our last official DVD, which was ‘Score’, [filmed] at Radio City Music Hall. So, yeah, it’ll be great. We’re really excited about it, and it should be something I’m sure that our fans are going to appreciate immensely once it’s all done and out there.”

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dream-theater-singer-is-rooting-for-lamb-of-god-s-randy-blythe/

Commenting on the situation Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe is facing, having pushed a fan off the stage that later resulted in the fan’s death a month:

“I’ve done that several times in the past, where someone’s gotten on stage and you just, you know, eventually... In fact, you can go on YouTube and you can see where one time I literally [got hold] of the guy and [threw] him offstage and the guy went flying. And he hit the barricade and he was lucky enough to have somebody pretty much catch him to cushion the fall a bit. But, I mean, it happens, and you get caught up in the moment. And first and foremost, as cool as it might seem, jumping around with the band... You’re caught up in the moment, you’re into the music, your adrenalin is pumping, [but at] some point, it’s like, ‘Hey, man, get off the stage, this is our thing.’ And it’s not even meant as a vindictive or a menacing act, like, ‘You know what?! I’m gonna knock you out.’ It’s more like, ‘Goodbye. Get out of here.’ So I think it’s really unfortunate that [Randy’s] gonna be held liable for this, for something that, absolutely those were not his intentions. It was a freak accident, and the guy [alleged victim], getting up three times... You’d think after the first time he’d get the message. The first time, that’s cool, it’s fun. Now let the band do their thing. I really can’t see this going through. I can’t see [Randy] being charged, and if he is charged, I think that’s completely wrong. So what does that mean now? Does that mean we’ve gotta put up a 15-foot gate in front of the fans now so that there’s no risk of that? Because they’re gonna have to do something. If Mr. Blythe gets charged, then what are you gonna do to insure that we’re not put into a situation like that that we have to answer for, just because someone else got a little too excited? I don’t know. I hope that this is taken care of. I’m sure... There’s no doubt that they would have legal representation at this point and they’re discussing the matter. But I don’t think this is right. This is gonna open up a whole can of worms. Like I said, what are you gonna do to insure us that it will never happen again in the future? And then what’s the sense? Then [it’s gonna] become more like a freakshow as far as I’m concerned... I’m rooting for him. I seriously can’t see that charge being followed through.”