PEARL JAM TO PLAY STADIUMS IN 2010?

mawfordinks

After the success of their Australia/New Zealand tour I am wondering if the stadium shows were an experiment by the band, to see if they might start doing this more regualrly.
They are always awesome so this would be quite a change.

Feiraco

If I'm right, there were several of those concerts attracing crowds larger than 30,000?

I don't think it's new to the band. In 2006 I was at the Arnhem soccer stadium and I think it was a 25,000 crowd. Much will depend on the interest and places available.

pdalowsky

lets hope not,

remember their demand in australia is huge.....

In the Uk im not sure they would fill wembley for example....

20,000 arenas are about right over here......and they sell out because most of us go to them all. We cant ll go to wembley twice at the same time though!!!!

or they could play some clubs.....

mawfordinks

Wembley Stadium would be special. I mean PJ can make that place intimate. And I believe that it would sell out. Sure there is a risk, but there shouldn't be really. With PJ prmoting themselves more than ever nowadays they are getting through to more and more fans. Personally it's a catch 22 situation. I loved seeing them at the Arena back in 96 and the security were saying to themselves who are these guys? It made the night special.

LukinFan

oh lord, here come the Fenway show rumors again...

Brisk.

Stadiums wouldn't work in Europe, just not that many of us. They are popular enough for the 20k venues round the world, dont think 50,000 stadiums would sell out every time but i could be wrong. But anyhow i never trusted stadiums for concerts, saw iron maiden at a rugby stadium and the sound was direee.

theserialthrilla

dirty word...spit it out...i would hate it...o2 was great no bigger..please

Brisk.

theserialthrilla wrote:

dirty word...spit it out...i would hate it...o2 was great no bigger..please

I would like to see if they could sell out wembley stadium though!

pdalowsky

Brisk. wrote:

Stadiums wouldn't work in Europe, just not that many of us. They are popular enough for the 20k venues round the world, dont think 50,000 stadiums would sell out every time but i could be wrong. But anyhow i never trusted stadiums for concerts, saw iron maiden at a rugby stadium and the sound was direee.

too true, try a U2 show....or even Bruce....the sounds always compromises the evening

pdalowsky

Brisk. wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

dirty word...spit it out...i would hate it...o2 was great no bigger..please

I would like to see if they could sell out wembley stadium though!

what would that be, 100,000? its 90,000 seated right so lose an end for the stage and add the floor standing??

Brisk.

pdalowsky wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

dirty word...spit it out...i would hate it...o2 was great no bigger..please

I would like to see if they could sell out wembley stadium though!

what would that be, 100,000? its 90,000 seated right so lose an end for the stage and add the floor standing??

75,000 to 90,000 seated and 15,000 standing (concerts).

pdalowsky

I still think much more - it holds 90,000 now seated so I expect at least that when you get the GA area full too on the pitch, hell it might be `100k plus

BALLBOY

Brisk. wrote:

theserialthrilla wrote:

dirty word...spit it out...i would hate it...o2 was great no bigger..please

I would like to see if they could sell out wembley stadium though!

There isn't people with good music taste in the UK for that to happen. Open air shows are great if they are in the right space but Wembley Staduim is not that place. I would like to see them play Earls Court Arena but the o2 was a good venue. PJ are not a staduim band but they are good outdoors as Reading proved. It is the quality not the quantity that counts.

demetrios

D'oh! I don't like stadium show's! Though if they are thinking on doing this & purely festival play, then I hope it's a Halifax Commons or Magnetic Hill experience in 2010. We got the area!

Eraserhead

Would rather see 4 shows in a 15-20,000 arena than one in a 70-80,000 stadium!

thunderDAN

they don't even sell out most arenas and amphitheaters. The 2008 shows didn't sell out until they came north

Ricsard

Eraserhead wrote:

Would rather see 4 shows in a 15-20,000 arena than one in a 70-80,000 stadium!

well said, multiple PJ shows are the best ones on Earth, fuck stadium shows like the one in Katowice...Gelredome in Arnhem (30-40.000) was kinda OK, but not a bigger one, please!

locked

LukinFan wrote:

oh lord, here come the Fenway show rumors again...

hard to resist..

In just about every Boston/ Mansfield show since 2003 Ed mentions it from the stage...

Best friends with Theo Epstein...

You do the math..!