For the last couple of weeks or so I've been trying to imagine how it went when Petrucci presented the concept for this album and tour to LaBrie, and what all he would have to do. It has to be the hardest thing he's ever done, never mind the fact that he's trying to do it NOW, instead of before he was in his fifties. I think if they were playing shows with more instrumentals, or longer songs with instrumental breaks, the band could play a 2-&-1/2 hour or more show, and it still wouldn't be NEARLY as demanding on James as having to sing all of THESE songs, and do things with his voice to at least TRY to sound like all of the different characters. I think there are some singers who are HALF his age that this would pretty much KILL. So yeah..I think it's pretty safe to say that he deserves some of the long-overdue RESPECT that he has NOT been GETTING!!