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Best PJ festival performance

BrainofBGABrainofBGA Posts: 4,165
edited July 2010 in The Porch
So...we're nearly through another batch of European festival shows and while we can't discuss the best shows of this short tour as we still have three to go...

What have been Pearl Jam's best ever festival shows of the past....????? Being from Australia I have never seen them in a festival here.

What does everyone think? I presume Bonaroo will be a popular choice!
Melbourne #1 '98
Melbourne #2 '03
Melbourne #3 '03
Melbourne #1 '06
Melbourne #3 '06
Melbourne '09
Melbourne '14
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  • Pearl JamesPearl James Posts: 420
    Lolla 07 was good.
  • TonykinTonykin Posts: 252
    92 Pinkpop Fest
    "... Tan suato mi'jo!!"

    -Salomón & Artemisa Vargas
  • ahill721ahill721 Posts: 2,071
    Lollapalooza 2007 was REAL good, but also my only time seeing them as part of a festival, so I am slightly bias, wish I would have seen Bonaroo
  • jonbond1779jonbond1779 Posts: 1,637
    Reading Festival, UK 2006! - AMAZING PERFORMANCE & SET LIST!!!!

    http://www.pearljam.com/show/reading-fe ... ug-27-2006
    "Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

    28/09/04 - Boston, 20/04/06 - London [\\mm//Astoria\\mm//] - 18/06/07 - Wembley Arena, 11/08/09 -  London [\\mm//Shepherds Bush Empire\\mm//],18/08/09 - 02 Arena, 25/06/10 - Hyde Park, 26/06/12 - Amsterdam, 27/06/12 - Amsterdam, 08/07/14 - Leeds,11/07/14 - Milton Keynes, 13/06/18 - Amsterdam, 18/06/18 - London 02 Arena, 17/07/18 - London 02 Arena, 08/08/22 - Hyde Park, 9/08/22 - Hyde Park - 25/08/22 - Amsterdam, 29/07/24 - London {*Tottenham Stadium TBC*}
  • ahill721ahill721 Posts: 2,071
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    Reading Festival, UK 2006! - AMAZING PERFORMANCE & SET LIST!!!!

    http://www.pearljam.com/show/reading-fe ... ug-27-2006

    Crown of Thorns at a Festival, may just take the cake
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,481
    Reading Festival 06 is definitely one of the best PJ shows I've seen. Lolla 07 is up there too
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

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  • greenmannygreenmanny Posts: 766
    Jazz Fest 2010! :D It was my first PJ show, so I'm a little partial to it.
  • Pearl DrummerPearl Drummer Posts: 4,627
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    Reading Festival, UK 2006! - AMAZING PERFORMANCE & SET LIST!!!!

    http://www.pearljam.com/show/reading-fe ... ug-27-2006
    that is a hell of a setlist
    "Makes much more sense to live in the present tense"

    Mansfield 08 1
    Boston 2010
    Montreal 2011
    EV Prov 11
    Worcester 1 13
    Worcester 2 13
    Hartford 13
    Boston 16 - 1
    Boston 16 - 2
    Boston 18 - 1
    Boston 18 -2 
    MSG 24 - 1
    Boston 24 -1
    Boston 24 -2 
  • ChampagneBreakfast4EveryoneChampagneBreakfast4Everyone Posts: 215
    Madrid '07. not the best but under rated
    Hartford '06 Camden '06 East Rutherford '06
    Madrid '07 Munich '07 London '07
    Camden '08 MSG I '08 MSG II '08 Hartford '08 Mansfield '08
    Philly II '09 Philly III '09 Philly IV '09
    Hartford '10 MSG I '10 MSG II '10
    Made in America Fest Philly '12
  • Laf9124Laf9124 Posts: 342
    I've only seen two(Lolla 07 and ACL Fest 09), but Lolla was by far one of the coolest PJ show experiences of my life. Maybe it was the crowd or the band energy, but it was a rocking good time.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Laf9124 wrote:
    I've only seen two(Lolla 07 and ACL Fest 09), but Lolla was by far one of the coolest PJ show experiences of my life. Maybe it was the crowd or the band energy, but it was a rocking good time.
    AGREED! it could be the joint high of the vic + lolla (both front row for the first time ever) but that weekend remains one of the coolest of my life!

    the only downside with the festivals is staying hydrated all day while you camp out near the front... I'm gonna have to be prepared this year for soundgarden 8-)

    although I assume arcade fire will split the crowd pretty evenly (bummed I'm missing them)
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  • choopchoop Posts: 1,060
    bonnaroo...
    "If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." KV Jr.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,355
    Lollapalooza 1992 Tour
  • JimNasticsJimNastics Posts: 679
    Pinkpop '92 and Reading '06 for me... Reading '06 was out of this world.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Reading '06 was incredible, I pretty much lost it when the first chords of Crown Of Thorns were played.
  • chimechime Posts: 7,838
    facepollution wrote:
    Reading '06 was incredible, I pretty much lost it when the first chords of Crown Of Thorns were played.

    ... and the great thing is we get to relive it watching the dvd :mrgreen:
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    chime wrote:
    facepollution wrote:
    Reading '06 was incredible, I pretty much lost it when the first chords of Crown Of Thorns were played.

    ... and the great thing is we get to relive it watching the dvd :mrgreen:

    Yep! Watching it right now in fact!
  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    pink pop 92
    bonnaroo 08
    Ryan Crooks insists upon himself
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,040
    Bonnaroo
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    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
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  • Kearn5yKearn5y Posts: 2,804
    Has to be both Reading and Leeds 2006. Great setlists with 23 songs in leeds being the shortest of the 2. Also only 2 cover songs over the two shows which everybody knew (baba & rockin'). Compare them with the current festival setlist, which have short first sets and only one encore and the odd rubbish cover song thrown in.
    Kearnsy
  • mrveddersonmrvedderson Posts: 784
    Would either have to be Reading 06 or Bonnaroo 08, Lolla 07 was good, but i would definetly have to say, a step below Bonnaroo. Was chalked full of energy from the get-go though.
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Posts: 4,165
    I must agree... considering these sets are fairly short due to it being a festival performance I'm not sure why each set has up to 3 covers when there are so many great songs not being played. The sets have a lot of great singalongs so why not add songs like Animal, In Hiding, Faithful, Smile and Indifference to make them even better. The fans would know them whereas I don't think many would be singing along to Arms Aloft or PIL.
    Kearn5y wrote:
    Has to be both Reading and Leeds 2006. Great setlists with 23 songs in leeds being the shortest of the 2. Also only 2 cover songs over the two shows which everybody knew (baba & rockin'). Compare them with the current festival setlist, which have short first sets and only one encore and the odd rubbish cover song thrown in.
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • wolkenloswolkenlos Posts: 591
    I love the Bootleg from Rock im Park 2000... (an awesome Black and my favorite version of NAIS)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfBVBbZ8 ... re=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg
    http://www.last.fm/user/wolkenlos
  • ravilloriasravillorias Posts: 459
    Arras 2010 - LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
    -- rafa
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    this show falls under the 2000 radar. love the boot... very consistant performance.

    06/09/00 - Rock Am Ring Festival: Koln, Germany
    set: Sometimes, Corduroy, Breakerfall, MFC, Grievance, Animal, Given To Fly, Nothing As It Seems, Even Flow, Not For You, Wishlist, Better Man, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror, Timeless Melody, Alive, Daughter/(WMA)/(Behind Blue Eyes), Do The Evolution, Once
    enc 1: Elderly Woman, Go, State Of Love And Trust, Light Years, Black, Last Kiss, Fuckin' Up
    enc 2: Yellow Ledbetter

    here are two youtube clips. easily one of the tightest versions of insignificance i've heard. along with alive!

    insignificance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMN4WaE7nOY
    alive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfu2lkql714
  • givenfliersgivenfliers Posts: 144
    lolla 07 was very good setting and only two shws in us that year i think but roo 08 was ridiculous
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Grandmas Jam wrote:
    pink pop 92
    bonnaroo 08
    there you go.

    Bonnaroo still finds new ways to impress me.
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    choop wrote:
    bonnaroo...
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • BlahBlah Posts: 469
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    Reading Festival, UK 2006! - AMAZING PERFORMANCE & SET LIST!!!!

    http://www.pearljam.com/show/reading-fe ... ug-27-2006

    yep
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    i can't what's the best, nor do i really want to try to figure it out.....

    however, i've been listening to bonnarooooooooo lately and man, if you've not listened to it, drop a dime and pick up a copy. if you have listened to it, put it back on and crack up the volumu. it is an awesome show. i'm glad i was there, and i'm glad i have the boot.

    is this forum on? can you hear me?

    not only do you have the right, you have the responsibility to listen to this show.
    81 is now off the air

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