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***The Official Come to Ireland and Scotland in 2015***
No real reason other than I'd love to travel there. They seem underrepresented as of late. I remember taking a train from Edinburgh to Manchester for the 2009 show, and the whole train was seemingly full of Scottish PJ fans.
...Treat it like a Canadian tour, stop off at some smaller towns, say:
Dublin
Cork
Belfast
Galway
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Dundee
Eddie can get his surf on in Ireland, he can meet up with Glen Hansard on his home turf, and maybe play a three night run atop the Edinburgh castle.
Here's to hoping...
...Treat it like a Canadian tour, stop off at some smaller towns, say:
Dublin
Cork
Belfast
Galway
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Dundee
Eddie can get his surf on in Ireland, he can meet up with Glen Hansard on his home turf, and maybe play a three night run atop the Edinburgh castle.
Here's to hoping...
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1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2
2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
1993-9-4 Vancouver
1996-9-16 Seattle
1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2
2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
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Fantasy land; Cork, Galway, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff (Wales deserves some P.J. too!) /Fantasy land
And now to put on my Buzz Killington hat;
Realistically, Dublin's O2 and Belfast's Odyssey Arena are the only 2 ready-made venues on this island that it'd be financially worth PJ doing gigs in. It'd be great to see them do the Marquee in Cork or in a tent elsewhere, but the tour overheads and cost wouldn't allow it. Of course though, there are stadiums around the country where they could play like Springsteen did last summer.
They could totally do an Irish/U.K. arena tour and make it work financially...
-O2 Dublin x 2 (their last gig there sold out in 5 minutes)
-Belfast Odyssey Arena
-Glasgow Hydro
-Manchester's M.E.N. Arena
-Leeds First Direct Arena
-Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
-O2 London x 2
9 dates, mostly guaranteed sell-outs, I'd be completely happy with that line-up!
Both Cork and Galway seem to have comparable populations, and football stadiums that could host nearly twice that.
....and yeah, get Wales in on this too!
It seems like when the band really gets behind a destination, they'll make it work financially. If you work in a few larger shows as Stankratz has suggested, Manchester, London, (I hear Liverpool wants a show!) then it could certainly work in theory.
1993-9-4 Vancouver
1996-9-16 Seattle
1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2
2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
And this tour missed spain, Portugal, France got one festival, there was no love for Denmark, Czech, or Ireland .......before there was a UK tour Im sure a tour would need to focus on the whole of Europe. I hope Im wrong of course, for purely my own reasons - seeing 9 shows in the UK would be stunning....
I met a guy on a tour in Seattle in December from there as well. Another super nice guy. I can't say enough nice things about the place.
Cork was fun too but not as cool as Galway. I think I had a glass of Jameson, Middleton or a beer in my hand the whole time I was in Cork.