*** Kansas City Fanviews Here 5/3/10 ***

dmlewey84

That show was awesome! We had the best time. My boyfriend and I can't quit talking about it. I wish I could see Pearl Jam every night.

BP87683

No one posted anything about the boooing...When Eddie was introducing band members, he got to the keyboardist and there was a distinct, "booooo". Well, the guy's name is Boomer. Eddie kinda got pissed and said, "What the fuck?" I hope they got it that the KC crowd wasn't booing anything about the best indoor Pearl Jam show I've seen. I've been to 2 of their shows at the natural amphitheater in Bonner Springs and enjoyed both a lot, even with rain in '03. The weather would have made Monday night a great show in the old venue...perfect day in my book though. I hope everyone there enjoys the first Friday night show of the tour tonight!!!

SharonC

BP87683 wrote:

No one posted anything about the boooing...When Eddie was introducing band members, he got to the keyboardist and there was a distinct, "booooo". Well, the guy's name is Boomer. Eddie kinda got pissed and said, "What the fuck?" I hope they got it that the KC crowd wasn't booing anything about the best indoor Pearl Jam show I've seen. I've been to 2 of their shows at the natural amphitheater in Bonner Springs and enjoyed both a lot, even with rain in '03. The weather would have made Monday night a great show in the old venue...perfect day in my book though. I hope everyone there enjoys the first Friday night show of the tour tonight!!!

They weren't saying "boo," they were saying "Boom." Ed knows because it happens all the time. I'm sure when he said "I don't know what the fuck your problem is!" he was just kidding. He kind of laughed when he said it.

jh275312

I have been a fan of Pearl Jam since TEN when I was in college. My wife and I traveled from Minneapolis to see them in Kansas City. We have three young kids, so it was A LOT of organizing and coordinating to pull this off. We had babysitters, rides to school, rides to soccer games etc to figure out. We also have a new puppy so that was a lot to figure out too. I am a school teacher so I also had to plan for being gone for two days. We were driving down 35 on Sunday and after about 5-6 hours I started to wonder if it was even worth it. The second they came out I KNEW it was. They are playing so well right now. I could not believe how awesome and fast the first few songs were. They are UNBELIEVABLE!!! As far as I am concerned the set list was perfect. I got to hear Present Tense and Off He Goes, and my wife got to hear a bunch of her favorite songs. It was also fun hanging out in the Power Light District. KC is so beautiful. Kind of like Minnesota without the lakes. I do not post on here much, because sometimes the way some people act it is a little weird. Swearing and getting so mad at Ten Club, or the set list had too many hits etc.... They kind of remind me of the comic book store owner from the Simpsons. I mean I love Pearl Jam, but I also have other interests as well. Anyways I am just writing to let all of you who are debating on whether to see them this tour or not, DO IT. They are so tight and happy and who knows when you will be able to see them play this well again.
Peace, Joe

BP87683

SharonC wrote:

BP87683 wrote:

No one posted anything about the boooing...When Eddie was introducing band members, he got to the keyboardist and there was a distinct, "booooo". Well, the guy's name is Boomer. Eddie kinda got pissed and said, "What the fuck?" I hope they got it that the KC crowd wasn't booing anything about the best indoor Pearl Jam show I've seen. I've been to 2 of their shows at the natural amphitheater in Bonner Springs and enjoyed both a lot, even with rain in '03. The weather would have made Monday night a great show in the old venue...perfect day in my book though. I hope everyone there enjoys the first Friday night show of the tour tonight!!!

They weren't saying "boo," they were saying "Boom." Ed knows because it happens all the time. I'm sure when he said "I don't know what the fuck your problem is!" he was just kidding. He kind of laughed when he said it.

I'm with ya...he was already touring with the guys in '03. I'm just passing on the helpful banter of a just drunk enough guy on my left who, when the "booom" happened, turned to me and said, "they're not booing man, his name is Boomer"... kind of an inside joke. Dude had as great of a time as I did...but was too beers from falling down...and out...never hurt a soul though...like to meet him again some day...refer above, perfect day.

GB45499

Mitch8415 wrote:

Pretty cool day... the way it was set up with the Power and Light District was awesome. Huge pre-party @ Johnny's Tavern that spilled out into the big middle area with every bar rocking PJ all day long. They were even playing some PJ DVD's on the big screen out in the plaza area.

Hey Mitch thanks again to you and Dillon for sharing the table and stories at the pre-party! Let's do it again next time!

dusthimself

SharonC wrote:

BP87683 wrote:

No one posted anything about the boooing...When Eddie was introducing band members, he got to the keyboardist and there was a distinct, "booooo". Well, the guy's name is Boomer. Eddie kinda got pissed and said, "What the fuck?" I hope they got it that the KC crowd wasn't booing anything about the best indoor Pearl Jam show I've seen. I've been to 2 of their shows at the natural amphitheater in Bonner Springs and enjoyed both a lot, even with rain in '03. The weather would have made Monday night a great show in the old venue...perfect day in my book though. I hope everyone there enjoys the first Friday night show of the tour tonight!!!

They weren't saying "boo," they were saying "Boom." Ed knows because it happens all the time. I'm sure when he said "I don't know what the fuck your problem is!" he was just kidding. He kind of laughed when he said it.

hahahha, thanks, totally confused us. They seemed to have booed for Gossard too which was annoying.

Divka

My 19-yr-old sister and I flew in from Denver to see this show, it was her first time seeing them. We were in the 3rd row, in between Eddie and Stone, so needless to say she was beyond stoked for the show to start. I'm so glad she was able to see such an incredible show, with such a killer set-list. This was probably the 2nd best show of theirs I've ever seen, and that's simply because I reserve the #1 spot for the 10th anniversary show.

After the show she made some comments that stood out to me. One was "Before, I liked Pearl Jam a lot, but now I understand why you are the way you are about them." She said this show just blew away every other concert she'd ever been to, and that she didn't even know a band could be so good live. She deemed it "the best night of her life."

Also, I don't drink at PJ shows, just because I like to be very clear and focused so I can absorb everything. She was kinda mad that I wouldn't buy her drinks b4 the show, but afterwards, she said, "I totally get now why you don't drink at these shows."

She has officially laid claim on my 2nd 10C ticket for any and all future shows!

She too was confused about the "Boooom" cheers, and said to me, "Why are you booing that guy?!" I know a lot of people unfamiliar with PJ live think we're booing, which is kinda funny.

One last note ... a comment from the girl in front of us, who was also a first-timer: "Now I see why people see them 70 billion times!"

SK141903

Amazing show! Was fortunate enough to accompany a lottery winner! Here's my accounts of the evening.

http://www.athousandpointsoflight.com/2 ... -3rd-2010/

Pry To

SK141903 wrote:

Amazing show! Was fortunate enough to accompany a lottery winner! Here's my accounts of the evening.

http://www.athousandpointsoflight.com/2 ... -3rd-2010/

Really nice review! Thanks for posting. Great photos, too!

JBii

Pandora you are a sweet lady, I am lucky to be sharing my life with you.
I agree with everything below, especially the people we met and the lack of screens sucked.
Oh and who was the :evil: person we met that gave us this terrible sore throat and cough?

pandora wrote:

Firstly KC is a most lovely city, it is the city of fountains. The local people so friendly, the food wonderful, especially Jack Stacks. The homes, stone bungalows reminded me of the architecture in Milwaukee.
We took a drive in the countryside unbelievably beautiful. Rolling hills of green, beautiful blue skies, warm sunshine, a nice strong breeze. Met a pretty horse brown and white and a couple cows. The lilacs were in bloom. I would love to go back to KC someday, it is a city to be proud of for sure.
The hotel, the Westin just gorgeous, thank you for the great deal as the earth to the sun. The balconies were closed down but they hooked us up with one that opened in the tree tops overlooking a berm with a great big bunny whom I had cocktails with and shared a bagel Lots of local birds too. A memory to hold is the blue jay drinking out of cement holes too funny, just the tip of his tail to be seen and he's a big bird!
The evening lightning storm, that Eddie mentions on the stage, was spectacular, especially listening to Pearl Jam on the balcony with the anticipation for the concert the next night. I need my science guy here again. I've got more questions, like all the lightning but no thunder?? Very cool.
This concert was the concert of great fans. I will cherish the memories of all the great people we met.The crowd was great. My view was tough and no screens available to watch but the girl in front of me was filming so I watched her phone a bit ironic after the thread here. Half way through the show the crowd parted just enough and I was in perfect line with Eddies microphone in row 28. It was nice to see him again.
So a :wave: to all my new friends, I am a lucky girl. It is the best thing about Pearl Jam, the coming together of hearts in this common love, a love of the music. And it was great! Come on Hartford!!

Timmay

My g/f and i scored front row tix a little left of Mike for Kansas and to our absolute astonishment, we also snagged front row for St Louis too! We were the lucky bastards from Australia. Funny though, we'd had our trip booked a month before they announced the tour, so we were very fortunate it all worked into our travel plans.

Here is what my g/f wrote to our friends and family back home of our Kansas experience as we drove to St Louis.


'Well we are on the road to St Louis after an amazing night in Kansas
City! The Pearl Jam concert was brilliant with so many great moments.
I gave Tim an early b'day present 1st thing in the morning - a stack
of temporary tattoos of a PJ image which I had made up for him back in
Melb. He is now considering the real thing... What have I done;)

We headed into town to get our tix and met the PJ fan club fund-raising
group at a pub opposite the stadium. We decided we would take the
extra tattoos to put on the fans and they could donate to the homeless
people fundraiser the fan club had going.

It was good doing this as we made heaps of friends. We also won 2 of
the raffles; a PJ vinyl and a $25 Macey's (Myers) voucher. We
connected with a really cool couple from Omaha, Paul and Spencer.
Everyone was comparing each others seat locations. We were so chuffed to tell them we'd won the lottery.
The fan club gave us the responsibility of giving PJ the card everyone had
signed - no pressure.

We went in and got our front row seats which were far left in front of
Mike McCready. It was just brilliant! But aside from the best seats in
the house, other 'out of this world' highlights were:
- Mike McCready playing a solo just to us n throwing us his guitar pick.
- Eddie Vedder handing Tim HIS WINE n getting us to pass it along! Tim
is now a wine drinker! We both swigged it down & it was a damn good
vintage!
- At the same moment Eddie gave Tim the wine, I gave Eddy the fan club
card we were bestowed with delivering. I opened it up so he could see
all the signatures. Eddie graciously took it with both hands and held
it up on stage - phew, fan club should be happy with that one!
- Next heart stopping moment, but one which Tim is now an expert at...
Eddie came over & gave Tim a Tambourine!!! (i got one in Sydney last year :-) )
This time Tim took it all in & remembers the rest of the concert - in Sydney it was
all a dizzy blur of excitement. Tim got to be percussion for the last 2 songs of
the concert & played his 2nd tambourine proudly.

We caught up with our 2 new friends after the show n swapped greatest
moment stories then headed to the fan club bar to swap more stories
- they were proud of our achievements, loving that Eddie got the card.
They were all calling Tim a lucky bastard for getting the tambourine &
the wine!

Walking back to our hotel we saw a bus exiting the stadium. We thought
we couldn't be that lucky to see the band leaving - but shit yeah we
were! The bus drove right along side of us & we could see Boom & Mike
waving back at us. It was just hilarious how fortunate we were!

We r still buzzing, bring on St Louis!


So that's our story from the 1st show. Just an amazing night i'll never forget.

THANK YOU TEN CLUB!

embrace

First time lottery winner (2nd row, dead center), I so hope not the last. I better not be the minority around here with all the whining about tix, but the lotto is fkn brilliant! The ppl I met up front who had also scored on the lotto were ecstatic.. def what it is all about! The energy everyone exudes when they've won is magic! Cheers to lovely soul who was touring through to Buffalo with your friend who Ed made sure got the tambourine after the first one was snaked, to the new friends from Omaha, Oklahoma and Texas- so great to chat and rock!
I danced my asse off, my body ached on the travels to STL. This show was so much fun. OTG gave me chills as did Present Tense and No More (which is a song I have such mixed emotions about these days...seeing TY made it surreal and filled me with such a strong sense of hope for the future). Thank you to the people I met, for sharing this experience with me- thank you to PJ for making this world possible. Hard to put into words sometimes the culmination of time, energy, beliefs, ways of life and its impacts and products...PJ shows are often for me a coming home. Cheers!

tpjohnson16

Timmay wrote:

My g/f and i scored front row tix a little left of Mike for Kansas and to our absolute astonishment, we also snagged front row for St Louis too! We were the lucky bastards from Australia. Funny though, we'd had our trip booked a month before they announced the tour, so we were very fortunate it all worked into our travel plans.

Here is what my g/f wrote to our friends and family back home of our Kansas experience as we drove to St Louis.


'Well we are on the road to St Louis after an amazing night in Kansas
City! The Pearl Jam concert was brilliant with so many great moments.
I gave Tim an early b'day present 1st thing in the morning - a stack
of temporary tattoos of a PJ image which I had made up for him back in
Melb. He is now considering the real thing... What have I done;)

We headed into town to get our tix and met the PJ fan club fund-raising
group at a pub opposite the stadium. We decided we would take the
extra tattoos to put on the fans and they could donate to the homeless
people fundraiser the fan club had going.

It was good doing this as we made heaps of friends. We also won 2 of
the raffles; a PJ vinyl and a $25 Macey's (Myers) voucher. We
connected with a really cool couple from Omaha, Paul and Spencer.
Everyone was comparing each others seat locations. We were so chuffed to tell them we'd won the lottery.
The fan club gave us the responsibility of giving PJ the card everyone had
signed - no pressure.

We went in and got our front row seats which were far left in front of
Mike McCready. It was just brilliant! But aside from the best seats in
the house, other 'out of this world' highlights were:
- Mike McCready playing a solo just to us n throwing us his guitar pick.
- Eddie Vedder handing Tim HIS WINE n getting us to pass it along! Tim
is now a wine drinker! We both swigged it down & it was a damn good
vintage!
- At the same moment Eddie gave Tim the wine, I gave Eddy the fan club
card we were bestowed with delivering. I opened it up so he could see
all the signatures. Eddie graciously took it with both hands and held
it up on stage - phew, fan club should be happy with that one!
- Next heart stopping moment, but one which Tim is now an expert at...
Eddie came over & gave Tim a Tambourine!!! (i got one in Sydney last year :-) )
This time Tim took it all in & remembers the rest of the concert - in Sydney it was
all a dizzy blur of excitement. Tim got to be percussion for the last 2 songs of
the concert & played his 2nd tambourine proudly.

We caught up with our 2 new friends after the show n swapped greatest
moment stories then headed to the fan club bar to swap more stories
- they were proud of our achievements, loving that Eddie got the card.
They were all calling Tim a lucky bastard for getting the tambourine &
the wine!

Walking back to our hotel we saw a bus exiting the stadium. We thought
we couldn't be that lucky to see the band leaving - but shit yeah we
were! The bus drove right along side of us & we could see Boom & Mike
waving back at us. It was just hilarious how fortunate we were!

We r still buzzing, bring on St Louis!


So that's our story from the 1st show. Just an amazing night i'll never forget.

THANK YOU TEN CLUB!

Thank you so much for donating to our cause in Kansas City! We really appreciate your help! It was so crazy, I never got to really thank you guys, so THANK YOU!!

Timmay

Thank you guys for putting on the pre-show event. It enabled us to meet a heap of great people while being part of a great cause.

Jeremy, i need to see your bag man with all the patches!

arakias

Theres a review of the show up at popmatters
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/125 ... as-city-mo
nice way to start the tour, wish i had been!

simmers33

My favorite parts of this boot that will bring back the memory of being there are going to be:

1. Do the Evolution - Ed is wearing 'peace' T-shirt so he says "admire my clothes... Peace Man!" (complete with him flashing the 'peace' sign) just cool

2. Yellow Ledbetter - when they strap Curt with Jeff's bass Curt looked nervous. I think Ed could tell but Mike didn't seem to care, so when Ed said "Curt, you ready?" Mike just started the song without really waiting for Curt's response. Which causes Ed to say sarcastically "Mike, Curt is ready." Funny stuff! But Mike helped Curt at the end of the song - at the outro Curt looked like he maybe did not know when to stop so Mike let him know with a "cut the throat" motion. Then Mike did his thing to finish off the song and the great night!

3. Just the sheer power of the bright lights hitting for the first time as the first chord of Animal is played!

4. "I knew we had friends in KC, but I didn't know THIS (as he points to back of the house) many!"

It was a great show!

JohnC

My first show and I was really surprised they played so many songs. Pearl Jam is the last great american rock band. Thank you. Please come again!

Mitch8415

GB45499 wrote:

Mitch8415 wrote:

Pretty cool day... the way it was set up with the Power and Light District was awesome. Huge pre-party @ Johnny's Tavern that spilled out into the big middle area with every bar rocking PJ all day long. They were even playing some PJ DVD's on the big screen out in the plaza area.

Hey Mitch thanks again to you and Dillon for sharing the table and stories at the pre-party! Let's do it again next time!

Hey, no problem man! I'm of course down for that next time they come to KC (which I hope isn't another 7 years!)...

And, didn't realize those pics on the previous page were your friend's. Great shots! I'm jealous of your seats.

iwasthere

Hey does anyone have any pictures of Ed wearing the Willie Wilson Kansas City Royals Jersey. If you do, please shoot me a pm. Thanks.