Went to the shoe at the NIA in Birmingham about 10 days ago. Was pretty awesome. Loving Hellyeah (with the return of the mighty Vinnie Paul ) and Stone Sour but not a huge fan of Ax7. Still, it gave me plenty on time to get the drinks in at the bar.
I was like nearer the back for A7X because I moved from the mosh pit, hell yeah and stone sour i was on the side, was awesome, corey taylor is a legend!
No they didn't destroy Dream Theater. I'm a huge DT fan, but Mike Portnoy decided that he wanted a hiatus from DT and to put the band on hold for a while. The rest of the band said no are carrying on as normal. So he decided to leave. He's drumming for A7X because he wants to.
As a DT fan, you will have read his press release about the situation.