What an incredible show!! I couldn't have asked for more - Spin the Black Circle, Rats, and Love Reign O'er Me were definitely my highlights. I was on the floor about 25 rows back and couldn't see much, but the energy around me was amazing. The people around me were from North Dakota, Ohio, and Boston - LOTS of out-of-towners at this show. Can't wait for tonight!!!!!
BTW - did anyone see the guy with the lit-up stickman shirt on the floor? It was outstanding!
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INCREDIBLE SHOW!! I was front row, 300 level , and I won't complain about it ! Of course on the floor, up front would've been great! Went with other 10c friends and we all ended up in 300! So, be it. We didn't allow it to ruin what was an awesome show! Too many highlight s to point out while I'm work! Loved the setlist, the variety, the energy from both the crowd and the band! I've only been to ten PJ shows dating back to 1993 and one thing that has always stood out about PJ Live in my opinion, is that not a single note or one lyric ever seems FAKE, or as if Eddie or the band were going through the motions. Everythiing rocked and was full of emotion as I've come to expect. Jeff and Stone switching up instruments on SMile (?) was cool. McCready was again on FIRE (as always) !! Jeff fell down at one point and Stone must have been imitating him because suddenly he was rolling around on the floor playing and having a great time. We CHICAGOANS love it when EDDIE comes HOME!!!
Cant wait for tonight! I'll hope for better seats but regardless can't wait to see what's in store!
Awesome show last night. Ten club # 160XXX and I had Section 112, Row 15. At first I was shocked because I have always had floor seats through 10c. But when you consider the lottery adds 4 rows to your normal seat (in 2006 I was 20th row floor), and all the out-of-towners, I figured I would have been 24-30th row on floor. I prefered my seat last night compared to being 24-30 rows back. Anyways...
Here are my highlights:
Mike playing the Alive solo behind his head
Jeff and Stone swapping guitars for Smile
Real Me
Star Spangled Banner tag after YL
Got Some and Fixer are such great songs live
Chicago crowd was into all the songs
Wow. That was a wonderful time last night...from Moretti's to the 5 hr drive home, I was on a complete PJ high. Come Back was the highlight for me (& RVM...mainly because Ed always screws up the lyrics and it cracks me up.) Wish i could do it again tonight. Nice to meet some of you, as well.
DAMMIT!!! After reading others reviews I really want to love this show, but I just cant.
Dont get me wrong they blew the doors off with a few songs, Spin the black circle was awesome.
I feel like as soon as they started to pull me in they did there best to take me back out of it again.
Ive only been to four shows since 95 and the first song I had not heard was The Fixer. And then after that it was Insignificance. I kept waiting for some unplayed gems......Where was Hard to Imagine, Footsteps, Brother, Hail Hail, Satans Bed, Breath......
I certainly dont need TWO covers by the Who in my first encore. Love both songs but dont need them two songs apart.
Smile was great but all in all I kept waiting for the show to take off and it never did for me.
Not to mention I was in section 318 back to the wall as high as you can go in the UC. My 10Club number does suck I'll be the first to admit, but I can get on Ticketmaster right now and pull 200's for tonights show.
"BTW - did anyone see the guy with the lit-up stickman shirt on the floor? It was outstanding!"
I did - loved it! pretty easy to do - el wire. i have done such things for burning man before - never thought about doing a pj shirt...
great show last night. my 10c tix were 112 row 14 (10c # 177XXX). not terrible, i'm used to better but hey, i had tix so no complaining from me. so looking forward to tonight then the 4 in los angeles & 1 in san diego! woo-hoo!
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2000 Alpine Valley "the Ice Bowl!", San Diego, Devore;
03 Irvine 1&2 , San Diego, Chicago, Alpine Valley;
06 St. Paul 1&2 w/Tom Petty, Vegas, San Diego, LA 1&2, Santa Barbara;
07 Lollapalooza; 08 eV Santa Barbara & LA 2, Bonnaroo, Who Honors;
09 Chicago 1&2, LA 1-4, San Diego, Philly 3&4
-- PJ gets a set amount of tickets allocated to them. They get a good chunk of the premium seats and the rest are spread out throughout the venue. The 10C isn't going to get every "good" seat in the house and then Ticketmaster sells what's left.
-- When this show went on sale, at the time it was the only US show... therefore you had a TON of people coming in from out of town. 4 of us drove out from Detroit, and my friend (whose number is 60xxx) was in the 5th row on the floor, which should give you some idea of how many low, low number people were there last night.
additionally:
1. Chicago is a major market.
2. It was Sunday night.
3. There were a lot of friends/family.
And if that were to be an issue, then they simply shouldn't have had as many 10C tickets for sale. When they advertise that being a part of the 10C offers you the best seats to their shows, you end up in the upper rafters of the 300 level, and people purchased tickets in the 100 level from a radio presale.. that's false advertising.
definitely shouldve just done less 10C tickets if it meant people were in the 300's... atleast if you had to turn to TM as a last resort you would know what to expect... after dealing with all of yesterdays traffic (both driving and 10C line) and then finding out where youre seats are, that must be a real kick in the teeth...
i was 8 rows behind the soundboard, dead center - 311xxx ... cant complain at all... but its too bad for the people that didnt have great seats :(
i was half expecting to hit the lotto jackpot after all the bad luck i was having throughout the day before the concert... cant a brotha get a little karma??
cool that ed mentioned alpine! he said they wouldnt be back to chicago for awhile so now i have to cling to those alpine hopes even more
Great show. Long road was all I really needed, but Needle and the Damage done was special leading into Rats.
My seats sucked, too. I am 196912 and I was in section 319. Yay, glad I joined the club. Meanwhile, I can buy 115 or 231 on Ticketmaster right now for tomorrow night.
What a great time last night. Section 121, 4 rows up. Best seats I've ever had. Being only 5'5, it was the first time I actually was able to see the entire show. I'd take seats there on the side than on the floor any time. Heard a bunch of songs I hadn't heard live before including Rats so I was happy. Hopefully we get another great show tonight!
I've been to pretty much every PJ show in Chicago since Chicago 2000, and this one definitely had the most energy, both from the crowd and band. It was fantastic.
After hearing all the 10c ticket horror stories, I'm starting to feel almost relieved that I missed the presale and had to buy from TM. I ended up in section 114, next to a very nice 10c couple from DC (if you're reading this, hope I didn't distract you with all my dancing and head-bopping; I was just excited). It was cool to see the parade of family and friends all in grey PJ shirts heading up to their seats from underneath the stage, too.
The setlist was solid. I've never seen Long Road as an opener. God's Dice, Dissident, SAD, In Hiding, Spin The Black Circle!!! Rats!!! Smile!!! Forget it, the whole setlist was great. I don't care that Ed messes up lyrics, I think it's cute. We all know them anyway, so we can help him out.
Other highlights: Ed in shorts :shock: , Jeff taking the mic, Stone and Jeff switching guitars, Mike jumping and rolling all over the place and ending YL with Star Spangled Banner, all the band members looked happy, excited and full of energy, despite the underlying sadness with the loss of Jeff's friend. I can't wait for tonight! I don't care where 10c puts me, my cousin and I are going to rock out like there's no tomorrow!
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Toronto was a great show on Friday, but since it was my only show this tour I wish we would've had Chicago's setlist. Just glad they are the best live band in the world and never disappoint. Never.
Hope the gems in Chicago made up for seating locations I've been reading about. They always seem to do something special in Chicago, although I think the string of dates at the Spectrum will probably be this tour's peak.
Was up in the front row of section 305. GREAT SHOW!!! I felt the energy the minute I walked in the building. Heard some new songs I've never heard...and Come Back brought my girlfriend and I to tears after I told her my association of the song with my sister...
Best show I've seen yet...can't wait for SLC next month!
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
The Needle and the Damage Done - would have loved to hear that one...
That was the shit! Totally unexpected. The Who covers were phenomenal as well.
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6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Great show. Long road was all I really needed, but Needle and the Damage done was special leading into Rats.
My seats sucked, too. I am 196912 and I was in section 319. Yay, glad I joined the club. Meanwhile, I can buy 115 or 231 on Ticketmaster right now for tomorrow night.
The same money once you add in the fees for the fan club membership, which are equivalent to TM fees.
AMAZING show and great weekend! Setlist was awesome and the band had so much energy. I was wondering if Jeff's friend had passed away after they went into Come Back. Thanks to the people with the links on that. :(
My highlights:
- The setlist in general... God's Dice, Insignificance, Rats, STBC, In Hiding, Smile, the Who covers.. *sigh*
- As always, the new songs came to life for me when I heard them live. The best thing about PJ is that their songs sound so much better live...that's a rare talent!
- Needle and the Damage Done...nice. Though I thought he was going to go into a Jackson 5 song with the setup.
- Ed in full-on dancing mode....especially loved his little Michael Jordan pose before Given to Fly!
- Meeting so many great new people from the board!! Thanks, all, for a great time!
Another way to tell the UC was full of out of towners:
HALF THE PEOPLE BOOED WHEN ED MENTIONING THE BULLS 6 CHAMPIONSHIP BANNERS!!
Usually that gets a roar from bands at the UC.
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Loved the show, was a bit disappointed with all the ten clubbers with 300 level seats. But then heard a good point, must be a shit load of tenclubbers and that means a great crowd with great energy. WAs absolutely right. The energy was great. the band definitely is getting better every time i see them. took my bro, we drove 16 hours total today for the show and couldnt have been happier. Was disappointed with the seat situation initially, but the band definitely reminded me why I love just being in the building. They absolutely put their all into the show tonight. Have fun tonight everyone who is going, your face will definitely be rocked.
that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
Show started w/ Eddie saying something along the lines of "We got a lot of emotion to get through tonight".
With the opener of "Long Road" and "Man of the Hour" and Jeff's speech about a friend who has seen them for 20 years straight but couldn't see them tonight, and having us sing "Happy Bday" I wonder if there was a death of a friend.
I wondered the same thing.
"I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
Great show. Finally Some Screens!! Really made the show much better. got to see a whole lot of things we would have missed. Like Mike slapping hands with the front row WHILE playing his alive Solo. Mike throwing himself on the ground during his other solo of Spin the Black Circle i think. Also Jeffs crazy Bass Hands on the Real Me. I know some people dont like the screens but i think that they were a plus last night. Loved that they were in Black and White so they did not draw your eyes to them all night.
We Scored the Setlist during the show from a lady that works there, she was very nice and told us she would get us the list right before they go on. We were hopping she would grab us and take us to the front row...No dice. anyhoo it was awesome for my wife to beable to see the songs before they were played. they did not play Sonic Reducer or Evolution. They had sonic reducer right after Supersonic which would have been an awsome back to back.
we were in 102 row three and my number is 266xxx. not the best but the screens really helped. Hoping for the Alpine Valley thing to Happen. I know they have been trying to get there since 03. that is one of my favorite places.
Great 25th show Never going back to Chicago. (For the 3rd time)
I have to admit, maybe my expectations were too high, but I walked away with a feeling that I had seen this show before. It just didn't move me the way previous shows had.
I went into more detail in my review posted above. It was a very good show, just not at the level I was hoping for.
Ten Club seats 153XXX Section 113 row 11
Our section was right next to the family and friends group- left of stage.
Everyone around me was same Ten club numbers.
In Hiding was sweet a little Yield love after Faithful in Toronto!
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I was seated to the left of the stage, good view. I did not expect to be on the floor, so I was not surprised. I heard from multiple people in the 10 club that ended up in the top section 300 level. I don't know how this could happen. I thought that being in the club got you decent seats. I know not to expect anything in the first few rows, but 300 level doesn't seem fair. Glad my seat was good, and the show was excellent. Great setlist.
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I have to admit, maybe my expectations were too high, but I walked away with a feeling that I had seen this show before. It just didn't move me the way previous shows had.
I went into more detail in my review posted above. It was a very good show, just not at the level I was hoping for.
xT
You sir are the first person I've talked to or red from about last night to say this. Thought it was up there with Wembley 07 and Grand Rapids 06 for top shows I've seen in the 21st century.
The show was great but my tickets sucked as well. 304 row 1. There were a lot of pissed off people in that place who had bad tickets as well! My friends all had better tickets from ticketmaster! They need to limit the number of 10C tickets in the presale. I would have bought better one if I had known where I was sitting. Not Happy!
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BTW - did anyone see the guy with the lit-up stickman shirt on the floor? It was outstanding!
Cant wait for tonight! I'll hope for better seats but regardless can't wait to see what's in store!
Thanks Pearl Jam
Thanks Ten Club
Here are my highlights:
Mike playing the Alive solo behind his head
Jeff and Stone swapping guitars for Smile
Real Me
Star Spangled Banner tag after YL
Got Some and Fixer are such great songs live
Chicago crowd was into all the songs
Hoping they play Alpine Valley next year.
Dont get me wrong they blew the doors off with a few songs, Spin the black circle was awesome.
I feel like as soon as they started to pull me in they did there best to take me back out of it again.
Ive only been to four shows since 95 and the first song I had not heard was The Fixer. And then after that it was Insignificance. I kept waiting for some unplayed gems......Where was Hard to Imagine, Footsteps, Brother, Hail Hail, Satans Bed, Breath......
I certainly dont need TWO covers by the Who in my first encore. Love both songs but dont need them two songs apart.
Smile was great but all in all I kept waiting for the show to take off and it never did for me.
Not to mention I was in section 318 back to the wall as high as you can go in the UC. My 10Club number does suck I'll be the first to admit, but I can get on Ticketmaster right now and pull 200's for tonights show.
I did - loved it! pretty easy to do - el wire. i have done such things for burning man before - never thought about doing a pj shirt...
great show last night. my 10c tix were 112 row 14 (10c # 177XXX). not terrible, i'm used to better but hey, i had tix so no complaining from me. so looking forward to tonight then the 4 in los angeles & 1 in san diego! woo-hoo!
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03 Irvine 1&2 , San Diego, Chicago, Alpine Valley;
06 St. Paul 1&2 w/Tom Petty, Vegas, San Diego, LA 1&2, Santa Barbara;
07 Lollapalooza; 08 eV Santa Barbara & LA 2, Bonnaroo, Who Honors;
09 Chicago 1&2, LA 1-4, San Diego, Philly 3&4
Saw that guy. Pretty excellent! I didn't get any shot's of him, but I got a few others...
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i was 8 rows behind the soundboard, dead center - 311xxx ... cant complain at all... but its too bad for the people that didnt have great seats :(
i was half expecting to hit the lotto jackpot after all the bad luck i was having throughout the day before the concert... cant a brotha get a little karma??
cool that ed mentioned alpine! he said they wouldnt be back to chicago for awhile so now i have to cling to those alpine hopes even more
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After hearing all the 10c ticket horror stories, I'm starting to feel almost relieved that I missed the presale and had to buy from TM. I ended up in section 114, next to a very nice 10c couple from DC (if you're reading this, hope I didn't distract you with all my dancing and head-bopping; I was just excited).
The setlist was solid. I've never seen Long Road as an opener. God's Dice, Dissident, SAD, In Hiding, Spin The Black Circle!!! Rats!!! Smile!!! Forget it, the whole setlist was great. I don't care that Ed messes up lyrics, I think it's cute. We all know them anyway, so we can help him out.
Other highlights: Ed in shorts :shock:
Hope the gems in Chicago made up for seating locations I've been reading about. They always seem to do something special in Chicago, although I think the string of dates at the Spectrum will probably be this tour's peak.
Best show I've seen yet...can't wait for SLC next month!
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
That was the shit! Totally unexpected. The Who covers were phenomenal as well.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
The same money once you add in the fees for the fan club membership, which are equivalent to TM fees.
My highlights:
- The setlist in general... God's Dice, Insignificance, Rats, STBC, In Hiding, Smile, the Who covers.. *sigh*
- As always, the new songs came to life for me when I heard them live. The best thing about PJ is that their songs sound so much better live...that's a rare talent!
- Needle and the Damage Done...nice. Though I thought he was going to go into a Jackson 5 song with the setup.
- Ed in full-on dancing mode....especially loved his little Michael Jordan pose before Given to Fly!
- Meeting so many great new people from the board!! Thanks, all, for a great time!
HALF THE PEOPLE BOOED WHEN ED MENTIONING THE BULLS 6 CHAMPIONSHIP BANNERS!!
Usually that gets a roar from bands at the UC.
Great pics, thanks for sharing!!!
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
My seats were pretty much what I expected... Section 122 row 14. My 10C number is 178xxx.
Looking forward to tonight.
We Scored the Setlist during the show from a lady that works there, she was very nice and told us she would get us the list right before they go on. We were hopping she would grab us and take us to the front row...No dice. anyhoo it was awesome for my wife to beable to see the songs before they were played. they did not play Sonic Reducer or Evolution. They had sonic reducer right after Supersonic which would have been an awsome back to back.
we were in 102 row three and my number is 266xxx. not the best but the screens really helped. Hoping for the Alpine Valley thing to Happen. I know they have been trying to get there since 03. that is one of my favorite places.
Great 25th show Never going back to Chicago. (For the 3rd time)
I didn't have room to "Rock out" so I taped a few more than usual.
Enjoy-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcLcGH1Txt4
Got Some
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhuvItC8F_0
Save You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xCKW7oP-U
Sad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqMs_4pZPc
Alpine Valley Speech - for Patrick Red Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJry6pmUp_E
Happy Birthday Michael Richter (RIP)
I have to admit, maybe my expectations were too high, but I walked away with a feeling that I had seen this show before. It just didn't move me the way previous shows had.
I went into more detail in my review posted above. It was a very good show, just not at the level I was hoping for.
xT
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Thanks for posting RATS... I have been wanting to hear it live for awhile. Looks like you guys had some awesome tracks played for ya.
10.08.00 Alpine Valley
09.23.02 Chicago
06.18.03 Chicago | 06.21.03 Alpine Valley
10.03.04 Grand Rapids
10.05.05 Chicago
05.16.06 Chicago | 05.17.06 Chicago | 06.29.06 Milwaukee
08.02.07 Chicago | 08.05.07 Chicago
08.23.09 Chicago | 08.24.09 Chicago
05.07.10 Noblesville | 05.09.10 Cleveland
09.03.11 Alpine Valley | 09.04.11 Alpine Valley
07.19.13 Chicago
10.17.14 Moline
08.20.16 Chicago
08.18.18 Chicago
09.18.22 St. Louis
09.05.23 Chicago
You sir are the first person I've talked to or red from about last night to say this. Thought it was up there with Wembley 07 and Grand Rapids 06 for top shows I've seen in the 21st century.
I'll answer your blog review with mine ;-P
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