Pearl Jam - The king of festivals!

Dark Star

Hello people. Has any other band headlined more festivals than these guys? I doubt it. I've never been to a festival personally, but it seems like a great way to expand your audience for the band. A lot of bands play festivals but to be the last band to hit the stage, that is something special. That's respect! Here is a list of PJ's headlining festival appearances for those want to discuss the matter:

(may be incomplete)

06/12/00 – Pinkpop Festival: Landgraaf, Netherlands
06/30/00 – Roskilde Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark (cancelled)
07/02/00 – Werchter Festival: Brussels, Belgium (cancelled)
08/25/06 – Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
08/27/06 – Reading Festival, Reading, UK
09/02/06 – Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria, ES
06/09/07 – Festimad, Madrid, Spain
06/12/07 – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
06/13/07 – Stadion Slaski, Katowice, Poland
06/15/07 – Heineken Jammin’ Music Festival, Venice, Italy (cancelled)
06/16/07 – Nova Rock Festival, Vienna, Austria
06/21/07 – ISS Dome, Dusseldorf, Germany
06/23/07 – Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
06/24/07 – Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany
06/28/07 – Goeffert Park, Nijmegen, Holland
06/29/07 – Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium
08/05/07 – Lollapalooza 2007, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
06/14/08 – Bonnaroo Music Festival – Manchester, TN
08/08/09 - V-Fest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Canada Olympic Park
08/28/09 - Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
10/04/09 - Austin City Limits Music Fest, Austin, TX

MORE TO COME.......

5/1/10 - New Orleans, LA New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
7/1/10 - Gdynia, Poland Heineken Open'er Festival
7/4/10 - Werchter, Belgium Werchter Festival
7/9/10 - Bilbao, Spain BBK Live Festival

Better Dan

They played pinkpop in 92 and 00.

Dark Star

DS114969 wrote:

They played pinkpop in 92 and 00.

Yeah thanks, I just updated the list to include pinkpop 00, but they didnt headline in 92 did they? They played tons of festival shows for lollapolooza in 92 but werent rhe headliners, as they were for above mentioned.

Paul Andrews

I'd love to see them do Big Day Out in Australia with a side show in each city.

http://www.bigdayout.com/home.php

Soundgarden, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Porno For Pyros, Foo Fighters, You Am I, Offspring, RHCP, RATM, Radio Birdman, NIN, Living End, (a very drunk) Blink 182, KOL, Prodigy, and so many more highlights from wasted summer days at BDO.

demetrios

Not sure about "king of festivals' . I would probably have to give that title to Iron Maiden. They are the king's if not the godfather's of headling festivals, especially in Europe.

MissBeeGirl

Paul Andrews wrote:

I'd love to see them do Big Day Out in Australia with a side show in each city.

http://www.bigdayout.com/home.php

Soundgarden, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Porno For Pyros, Foo Fighters, You Am I, Offspring, RHCP, RATM, Radio Birdman, NIN, Living End, (a very drunk) Blink 182, KOL, Prodigy, and so many more highlights from wasted summer days at BDO.

Would love to see them at BDO

Hinn

Dark Star wrote:

06/12/07 – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
06/13/07 – Stadion Slaski, Katowice, Poland
06/21/07 – ISS Dome, Dusseldorf, Germany
06/28/07 – Goeffert Park, Nijmegen, Holland

Olympiahalle and ISS Dome weren't festivals. Chorzow and Nijmegen weren't billed as festivals but as headlining shows, though with 3 openers in each one I can see a case for them to come under 'mini-festivals'.

Hard Rock Calling at London Hyde Park is definitely a festival.

mrk2

One word: Metallica. I stopped counting at 31 and that was just 2006-2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Me ... cert_tours (assuming they headlined each festival bill they were on)

btw, you forgot Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park 2000 shows from your list.

SOLAT319

In that Danish interview or whatever, Stone said out loud they want to play where ever the most money is.

At least he's honest.....

unlike some other posers I know....

dimitrispearljam

SOLAT319 wrote:

In that Danish interview or whatever, Stone said out loud they want to play where ever the most money is.

At least he's honest.....

unlike some other posers I know....

mrk2

... and btw, Pearl Jam was not the last band to play at Pinkpop 2000, both Live and Moby played after them on the same stage : http://www.pinkpop.org/2000.htm . Also, The Cure were set to play after their Roskilde 2000 set.

Digital Twilight

Hard Rock Calling and Main Square Festival (Arras) are also festivals

Brisk.

Metallica i think have done a fair few.

pearl spam

think the cure have headlined glastonbury about 5 or 6 times alone

Aero83_

Dark Star - You should try a festival sometime. They have the potential to be a pretty good time, and for me, they tend to increase my overall appreciation for when I do see them in a lower capacity venue.

not sure about kings, but perhaps...I'll see them play anywhere if time permits.