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First Pearl Jam show

PacMan7267PacMan7267 Posts: 103
edited May 2010 in Given To Fly (live)
Okay so i just joined up on the ten club not to long ago and decided to say hello to everyone and post and talk about our first PJ experience.
Mine was at V-Fest in Calgary Alberta 08/08/09! It was an outside venue at the bottom of a ski hill i stood at the front of the pit for seven hours not wanting to lose my spot. Got pretty dehydrated but totally worth it to see the guys rock out!
08-09-2009 Calgary
09-21-2011 Calgary
09-23-2011 Edmonton
12-02-2013 Calgary
456xxx
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  • meveretmeveret Posts: 110
    Welcome to the club, good to have you. My first show was Hamilton Ontario Canada in September of 2005. I had been waiting to see them for like 5 years at that point but I was in high school and did not have the money for any shows until 04 or 05, and I missed them in Buffalo NY which is close to my hometown in 2003. I headed up to Canada for the show in 2005 which was a great tour for me since I live very close to the Toronto/ Niagara Falls Region. I've seen them three times total but I'll always remember the Hamilton show fondly as I discovered that Canadian Pearl Jam fans really love Pearl Jam, much more so than some of the shows I've seen here in the States. I'd love to head back there for more shows but I dont have a passport!
    Hamilton, ON 9/13/2005
    Albany NY 5/12/2006
    Mansfield, MA 6/28/2008
    Buffalo, NY 5/10/2010
    Hamilton, ON 9/15/2011
    Buffalo, NY 10/12/2013
  • PacMan7267PacMan7267 Posts: 103
    Canada does love their PJ and would love to see them multiple more times
    08-09-2009 Calgary
    09-21-2011 Calgary
    09-23-2011 Edmonton
    12-02-2013 Calgary
    456xxx
  • 2010 Watch It Go To Fire2010 Watch It Go To Fire Posts: 45
    Mine was in 1996, Hartford. I was in the mosh pit that was rushed by the police, ie: see the footnote in Live on Two Legs. I have been a Pearl Jam fan since. That show was great and every show after that was great. My most recent show was at the Spectrum on Halloween. I went to two shows in a row, and then on Sunday night, my wife gave birth to my son Edward (named after my grandfather and my wife's great grandfather). Pretty much the best three days of my life.
    Brian A. Clark
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    After having been a fan since 94 my first show wasn't until June 2008...since then I've been to 1 EV solo show and the last 3 shows at the Spectrum
  • JukeeJukee Posts: 4,500
    First show was August 2009 at the Molson Amphitheater in Toronto. Like people say around here it changed my life forever. My husband and I went and he's never seen them live either. He was a fan but wasn't a fanatic like me...that is until now that he's seen them live. He's told me now he know's why I love the band so much. I can't believe I waited that long to see them live, i've always wanted to but there was alway's something in the way. Now i'm going to my second in Buffalo in May and I can't wait! I'll never miss another show if they're touring and it's driving distance from where I live.

    P.S. Canadians do love PJ and hope they come back real soon!!
    If you have nothing to lose, you have nothing to worry about.
  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    meveret wrote:
    Welcome to the club, good to have you. My first show was Hamilton Ontario Canada in September of 2005. I had been waiting to see them for like 5 years at that point but I was in high school and did not have the money for any shows until 04 or 05, and I missed them in Buffalo NY which is close to my hometown in 2003. I headed up to Canada for the show in 2005 which was a great tour for me since I live very close to the Toronto/ Niagara Falls Region. I've seen them three times total but I'll always remember the Hamilton show fondly as I discovered that Canadian Pearl Jam fans really love Pearl Jam, much more so than some of the shows I've seen here in the States. I'd love to head back there for more shows but I dont have a passport!

    If you are just going to Canada you do not need the full passport. You can get a IDCard for travel to Canada and Mexico it is used for re entry back into the United States. If you want one this web site should answer all your questions http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.html

    Oh my first show is coming up here in Columbus OH. I actually won two tixs on the local radio station.
    My butt itches!
  • meveretmeveret Posts: 110
    Yeah I've been meaning to look into that, thanks for the link!
    Hamilton, ON 9/13/2005
    Albany NY 5/12/2006
    Mansfield, MA 6/28/2008
    Buffalo, NY 5/10/2010
    Hamilton, ON 9/15/2011
    Buffalo, NY 10/12/2013
  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    meveret wrote:
    Yeah I've been meaning to look into that, thanks for the link!
    You're welcome.

    This concert coming up for me is gonna be awesome. Not only because it's something i have wanted to do my whole life. But it seems like this is a steping stone into a new chapter in my life. Over the past 6 years i have not been able to work because of a injury that occured while i was in the Army. So i had one surgery 2 years ago and on 11 May i will be having my second. But alot has changed since then i am in a totally different mental state and i picked up a musical instrument for the first time since '90 and i sound pretty decent at it. Then winning the tickets and two of them is awesome cuz my cousin will come in. He missed the Sabres game here in Cbus and we always goto a Bills game together every fall. We have tried to do a PJ concert together for sometime but travel for me is not a great thing right now. This concert is awesome on so many levels i can't wait.

    Sorry for babbleing and misspelling
    My butt itches!
  • toodeetoodee Posts: 89
    My first PJ concert was at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney in 1995. The show itself rocked, as PJ shows always do ;) , but the main thing I remember was finding someone's wallet on the ground. The next day, I tracked this person down using some documents in her wallet and a copy of the Sydney phone book. A week later, she sent me a thank you card and a $100 cheque :D

    I know I should have done the honourable thing and sent the cheque back, but if, like me at the time, you're a teenager and you're holding a $100 cheque with your name on it, you take the money and run :D
  • TunnelThroughDenialTunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    1993 at The Gorge

    Blind Melon
    Pearl Jam
    Neil Young

    09/05/93 - Gorge Amphitheater: George, WA [87m]
    attendance: 19,000
    support act: Blind Melon
    supporting: Neil Young
    set: Go, Animal, Once, Even Flow, Dissident, Rearviewmirror, Garden, Blood, Jeremy, Why Go, Glorified G, Daughter/(Tonight's the Night), Alive, Black, State of Love and Trust, Porch/(Suck You Dry improv)
    enc: Sonic Reducer, Leash
    notes: The Gorge is a beautiful venue and this show begins in the daylight and ends in darkness. At one point, Ed suggests that everyone just sit down and watch the sunset because "... you don't get many of these." This show is pretty much the patented Vs show with little variation from the album versions of these songs except for a few lyrical flubs. Mike plays a little 'Yellow Ledbetter' teaser prior to 'Daughter.' Mudhoney's Mark Arm joins PJ for 'Sonic Reducer,' which is performed as an encore "... with Neil's permission." Ed references being embarrassed having accepted the MTV video award and says he wished he'd stayed home.
    |9.5.93Gorge|2.6.95Moore|5.7.98AROSpace|7.21.98Seattle|7.22.98Seattle|10.21.00PHX|11.5.00Seattle
    |11.6.00Seattle|6.6.03Vegas|6.7.03PHX|5.25.06Boston|7.22.06Gorge|7.23.06Gorge|9.21.09Seattle|9.22.09Seattle |10.6.09LA|11.19.13PHX|11.29.13Portland|12.6.13Seattle |10.22.14Denver| 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle

    EV Solo |7.15.11 Benaroya|7.16.11 Benaroya|4.13.12PHX|10.30.14Redmond|
    TOTD 11.11.16 San Fran
  • PacMan7267PacMan7267 Posts: 103
    All of these stories are just so cool to read! I like reliving the experience by downloading the bootleg of the calgary show and thinking holy dam what a show!
    08-09-2009 Calgary
    09-21-2011 Calgary
    09-23-2011 Edmonton
    12-02-2013 Calgary
    456xxx
  • Capt.KennedyCapt.Kennedy Posts: 44
    Saturday 06/16/2007 headlining the Nova Rock Festival at Nickelsdorf (near Vienna, Austria). The night before Smashing Pumpkins performed on the same stage.
    It was a quite good show, but not that great as Berlin,Germany in august 2009. I think, this (Berlin) was the best concert I was ever allowed to enjoy. Now I'm looking forward for the this year Berlin show, which is sadly the only one in Germany this summer.
    2007: Vienna, 2009: Berlin, 2010: Berlin,2012: Berlin/Berlin
  • Capt.KennedyCapt.Kennedy Posts: 44
    TunnelThroughDenial wrote:
    1993 at The Gorge

    Blind Melon
    Pearl Jam
    Neil Young

    09/05/93 - Gorge Amphitheater: George, WA [87m]
    attendance: 19,000
    support act: Blind Melon
    supporting: Neil Young

    Amazing! This must be one the greatest concert in history. I saw old Neil two times before (real good shows - no doubt), but togehther with PJ, it would be one of the greatest experience I could ever make. Imagine all the song they would play together.
    2007: Vienna, 2009: Berlin, 2010: Berlin,2012: Berlin/Berlin
  • meveretmeveret Posts: 110
    You lucky son of a gun.


    TunnelThroughDenial wrote:
    1993 at The Gorge

    Blind Melon
    Pearl Jam
    Neil Young

    09/05/93 - Gorge Amphitheater: George, WA [87m]
    attendance: 19,000
    support act: Blind Melon
    supporting: Neil Young
    set: Go, Animal, Once, Even Flow, Dissident, Rearviewmirror, Garden, Blood, Jeremy, Why Go, Glorified G, Daughter/(Tonight's the Night), Alive, Black, State of Love and Trust, Porch/(Suck You Dry improv)
    enc: Sonic Reducer, Leash
    notes: The Gorge is a beautiful venue and this show begins in the daylight and ends in darkness. At one point, Ed suggests that everyone just sit down and watch the sunset because "... you don't get many of these." This show is pretty much the patented Vs show with little variation from the album versions of these songs except for a few lyrical flubs. Mike plays a little 'Yellow Ledbetter' teaser prior to 'Daughter.' Mudhoney's Mark Arm joins PJ for 'Sonic Reducer,' which is performed as an encore "... with Neil's permission." Ed references being embarrassed having accepted the MTV video award and says he wished he'd stayed home.
    Hamilton, ON 9/13/2005
    Albany NY 5/12/2006
    Mansfield, MA 6/28/2008
    Buffalo, NY 5/10/2010
    Hamilton, ON 9/15/2011
    Buffalo, NY 10/12/2013
  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Although I've been a HUGE fan since 1996 (not long after No Code came out - Yield was my first 'day of release' purchase), I had to wait until Leeds Festival 2006 before getting to see them live. I missed out on the UK dates in 2000 because they took place right in the middle of my exams :( Seeing my all-time favourite band for the first time at a festival wasn't ideal I guess, but it was still religious - I don't think I blinked for the entire show! The way they came on, with Eddie giving that little talk about keeping safe ("If you're ready, we're ready...") before tearing into 'Go'.......wow.....still gives me goosebumps when I listen back to the bootleg. Not a bad little setlist for a first show either....

    # Go
    # Animal
    # Corduroy
    # World Wide Suicide
    # Hail Hail
    # Severed Hand
    # Given To Fly
    # Green Disease
    # Even Flow
    # Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    # Insignificance
    # Daughter
    # Lukin
    # Whipping
    # Not For You
    # State Of Love And Trust
    # Black
    # Porch

    # Encore:
    # Why Go
    # Do The Evolution
    # Life Wasted
    # Alive
    # Rockin' in the Free World

    Leeds 2006, London 2007, Hartford 2008, London Shepherds Bush 2009, London O2 2009, Dublin 2010, London Hyde Park 2010, Amsterdam 1 2012, Amsterdam 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, EV solo London 30/7/2012, Berlin 2014, Stockholm 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Amsterdam 1 2018, London 1 2018, London 2 2018, EV solo Dublin 2019, London 1 2022, London 2 2022, New York City 2022 

  • dustinparduedustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    mine was October 4, 1996 in Charlotte , NC. What a way to spend my 19th birthday!
    "All I Ever Knew" available now in print and digital formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iBooks.
  • SpinTheBlackCircle74SpinTheBlackCircle74 Posts: 1,394
    Mine was june 26, 1993 Sentrum Scene Oslo. This was a secret club concert before they kicked off their european tour. It was around 1000 people there, and the price for the ticket was £7. My best concert ever.

    Set 1
    •Jeremy
    •Rearviewmirror
    •Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    •Even Flow
    •Glorified G
    •Daughter(W.M.A.)
    •Garden
    •Go
    •Animal
    •Alive
    •Porch
    •Fuckin' Up
    •Leash
    •Sonic Reducer
    •Rockin' In The Free World
    •State Of Love And Trust


    The day after they played another show in Oslo at the Isle of Calf Festival(Kalvoya). They played before Neil Young and they delivered another fantastic concert.

    Set 1
    •Even Flow
    •Animal
    •Go
    •Rearviewmirror
    •Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    •Deep
    •Why Go
    •Jeremy
    •Black
    •Alive
    •Glorified G
    •Daughter(Pulled Up)
    •Porch(Tearing)
    Encore 1
    •Oceans
    •Leash
    •Sonic Reducer
    Rock Werchter 4 july - 2010, Arras 3 july - 2010, Berlin Wuhlheide - June 30, 2010, Odyssey arena Belfast - 23 june 2010, O2 arena Dublin - june 22 2010, O2 arena London - Aug 18, 2009, Manchester Evening News Arena - Aug 17, 2009, Berlin Wuhlheide - Aug 15, 2009, Copenhagen 2007-06-26 Forum, London 2007-06-18 Wembley Arena, Prague 2006-09-22 Sazka Arena, Denmark 2000-06-30 Roskilde Festival, Stockholm on August 12th Mirrorball tour with Neil Young, Oslo 1993-06-27 Isle of Calf Festival(Kalvoya), Oslo Secret Club Concert 1993-06-26 Sentrum Scene
  • PaddYankPaddYank Posts: 64
    My first PJ show was their Merriweather Post Pavilion show in 1998. I missed seeing them a few years earlier at the same venue but this time I made sure I booked tickets. I thought the venue had a good vibe about it. The parking lot seemed less strict than the Garden State Arts Center, a similar venue that I've been to many times. I had lawn tickets for the show and had a good spot near the front of that section. This show was one of the first shows that they played Last Kiss. That and Yellow Ledbetter made for a great 2nd encore. We also got treated to some great b-sides like Footsteps.

    I remember afterwards when we were waiting to leave the place, someone in the car next to us was blaring the worst hip-hop music I've ever heard. I don't mind a bit of hip-hop but this stuff he was playing was absolute muck. I remember one line went something like, "My name is ______ but my friends call me shithead." It was at that point we got as far away from that car as possible.
  • pearl spampearl spam Posts: 154
    wembley 96 on the no code tour :D
    28/10/96--29/10/96--29/5/00--30/5/00--3/6/00--4/6/00--6/6/00--25/8/06--27/8/06--13/6/07--18/6/07--11/8/09--13/8/09--15/8/09--17/8/09--18/8/09
  • Tuolumne MamaTuolumne Mama Posts: 1,210
    1991 Opening act for the RHCP at the AJ Palumbo Ctr. Most kickass 45 minutes that left me wanting more ever since. Welcome and enjoy, it's like fine wine that keeps getting better with time.
    ======================================================================
    "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine.


  • ragejoeragejoe Agawam Mass Posts: 1,419
    SpinTheBlackCircle74 wrote:
    Mine was june 26, 1993 Sentrum Scene Oslo. This was a secret club concert before they kicked off their european tour. It was around 1000 people there, and the price for the ticket was £7. My best concert ever.

    Set 1
    •Jeremy
    •Rearviewmirror
    •Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    •Even Flow
    •Glorified G
    •Daughter(W.M.A.)
    •Garden
    •Go
    •Animal
    •Alive
    •Porch
    •Fuckin' Up
    •Leash
    •Sonic Reducer
    •Rockin' In The Free World
    •State Of Love And Trust


    The day after they played another show in Oslo at the Isle of Calf Festival(Kalvoya). They played before Neil Young and they delivered another fantastic concert.

    Set 1
    •Even Flow
    •Animal
    •Go
    •Rearviewmirror
    •Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    •Deep
    •Why Go
    •Jeremy
    •Black
    •Alive
    •Glorified G
    •Daughter(Pulled Up)
    •Porch(Tearing)
    Encore 1
    •Oceans
    •Leash
    •Sonic Reducer


    Ya those are definetely great shows to have been show... Ive been to 26 and my 1st show was the WORST ONE haha...

    HARTFORD 98... it def rocked and they played breath cause it was the show after MSG... but it was short and they have just grown so much tour and show wise... you never know what your gonna get now and its just so amazing... But i loved Hartford 98 at the time... the ALIVE PORCH ending was pretty intense...

    Best show was the last 2 SPectrums... just unreal atmosphere... Boston 3 2003 MSG 03 ahhhhh the memorys
    1998 Tour- Hartford 9/13
    2000 Tour- Saratoga 8/27 Boston 8/29, 8/30
    2003 Tour- Albany 4/29 Boston 7/2,7/3,7/11 Philadelphia 7/5,7/6 MSG 7/8,7/9
    2004 Tour-     Boston 9/28,9/29
    2006 Tour-     Albany 5/12 Hartford 5/13 Boston 5/24,5/25
    2008 Tour-     MSG 6/24,6/25 Hartford 6/27 Boston 6/28,6/30 Eddie- Boston 8/1
    2009 Tour-     Eddie- Albany 6/9 Philly Spectrum- 10/30, 10/31
    2010 Tour-     Hartford 5/15 MSG 5/20,5/21
    2011 Tour-     Eddie- Hartford 6/18
    2013 Tour- Worcester,MA 10/15,10/16 Hartford 10/25
    2016 Tour- MSG 5/1,5/2 FENWAY 8/5,8/7
    2018 Tour- Fenway 9/2, 9/4 (My 40th show)!
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    http://www.pearljam.com/show/oaka-sport ... ep-30-2006
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • nothingman4nothingman4 Posts: 794
    '05 Calgary. Opened with Oceans. Beautiful. Been travelling ever since.
    2005:Calgary, Edmonton
    2008:Bonnaroo
    2009:Virgin Fest Calgary, Outside Lands
    2010:Boston, MSG1, MSG2
    2011:EV Seattle (x2), PJ20(x2), Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver

    "You are the luckiest fan in the board having heard oceans, release and hard to imagine three shows in a row!!"
  • knowkodesknowkodes Posts: 119
    My first show I went w/ a friend and we went from NYC to New Orleans in 1995. They played this outside field. It poured all morning - and The Ramones opened up - what a great time. Have the poster framed w/ the ticket (back in the day when the 10C printed your name on the ticket). Even managed to buy the bootleg as well. Great show - Great set!
    * New Orleans-1995* Randall's Island-Sep 28,29 1996* Phoenix 1998* Las Vegas 1998* Los Angeles 1998* Blockbuster Center-Aug 28,29 1998* Continental Arena-1998* MSG- Sep 10,11 1998* Jones Beach -Aug 23,24,25 2000* E-Centre 2000* Nassau Coliseum 2003* Tweeter Center 2003* MSG-Jul 08,09 2003* PNC 2003* Reading, PA 2004* PNC 2005* Camden 2006* Meadwlands-2006* Continental Arena 2006* MSG-Jun 24,25 2008* Dodge Music Center 2008* Tweeter Center 2008* Phil.-Oct 28,30 2009* Hartford-2010* The Prudential Center-2010


  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,855
    Mine was London 05, now I want to see them everywhere
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
    2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    BLACK35 wrote:
    Mine was London 05, now I want to see them everywhere
    nice avatar... :)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Blind3Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    April 10, 1992 at the Trocadero in Philadelphia .
    "Buy the ticket,take the ride"
    Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

    "If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better"
    Johan Cruijff
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