Set 1 Release, Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Animal, Tremor Christ, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, Not For You, Dissident, Go, Even Flow, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Rearviewmirror, Habit, Immortality, Whipping, Black, Alive, Blood, Better Man, Sonic Reducer, Porch/(Steppin' Stone), Yellow Ledbetter
Opening Act: Bad Religion
Everything about this show was pure perfection. From the immense difficulty of obtaining tickets to the 110 degree weather everything seemed to fall into place and matter so much when I needed it most. My eyes welled up during Release, I lost my voice during Rearviewmirror, and was never the same by the final chord of Ledbetter. It is still my favorite of all the shows I've seen, will always be my favorite, and is the bootleg I have watched the most by far.
1st real 10c tickets show for me was the PARAMOUNT 94 NY show i knew then that my investment to join the club was a sound one the rest is history ...set list look it up ...
Set 1 Oceans, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., Spin The Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Given To Fly, In Hiding, Corduroy, MFC, Wishlist, Nothingman, Habit, Even Flow, Daughter/(Institutionalized), Immortality, Black, Alive
Encore 1 Do The Evolution, Jeremy, I Got Id, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Fuckin' Up
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
This was quite an experience. I woke up that morning and I had a cold. I felt weak and was drinking lots of liquids, but there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to miss this.
I went with my friends Jason and James. We drove up from Columbia, and we talked about what songs we hoped they would play. James wanted Nothingman, Jason wanted Black, I wanted a few - all of our wishes were granted!
We all sat on the lawn. Being that I was still feeling sick (along with a scratchy throat) I couldn't give it my all, but I did my best. I was drinking water periodically the whole time, I left during Nothingman to get more.
This is still the best PJ concert I've been to (I've seen them 5 times).
"As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
Opening: Sonic Youth
Set List: (Eddie solo before Sonic Youth: Dead Man, Parting Ways) Of The Girl, Breakerfall, State of Love and Trust, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Faithfull, Nothing As It Seems, Corduroy, Untitled, MFC, Habit, I Got Shit, Off He Goes, Gods' Dice, Even Flow, Rival, Animal, Nothingman, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror;
1st encore: Soon Forget, Better Man, Last Exit, Given To Fly, Footsteps, Last Kiss, Porch;
2nd encore: Baba O'Riley
9-2-00
It was AMAZING. It was a few weeks before I turned 17, and I went with a bunch of friends and my boyfriend of the time. He was a HUGE fan and being there with him was amazing. I'll never forget him, he was so special to me. I was a fan of Pearl Jam before, but he really opened my love for PJ up. My life changed after seeing this show
07/02/03 - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts: Mansfield (Boston), MA
support act: Buzzcocks
preset: Dead Man (Ed solo)
set: Oceans, Go, Hail Hail, Save You, Deep, Get Right, Dissident, I Am Mine, Even Flow, Help Help, Immortality, In My Tree, Light Years, Evacuation, Whipping, Grievance, Present Tense, Porch
enc 1: Thumbing My Way, Elderly Woman, Smile, State Of Love And Trust, Leaving Here
enc 2: Soon Forget, Bushleaguer, Fuckin' Up
notes: 'Oceans' is gorgeous, taking many by surprise and Ed's voice is strong. Ed states that the band has a plan: "... we've worked up about 70 songs for this tour. We thought we would play three nights without repeating a song and get to every song ... we're actually playing about 105 ... this would put it at about 35 songs a night." Intense staredown between Mike and Ed during the 'Even Flow' solo, almost as if Ed is daring him to keep soloing, which he does for what seems forever. After 'Grievance,' Ed speaks about free speech and the government is cloaking themselves in the flag. He talks about Celine Dion and how she is still under the control of Sony Music etc, comparing her to a robot and that they put too much "ego chip" in her. Then, in reference to his own spitting, he says the reason she doesn't spit is because "I heard she swallows." After a lovely rendition of 'Present Tense,' Ed has a young fan count the "1,2,3,4" opening to 'Porch.' 'Thumbing My Way,' 'Elderly Woman' and 'Smile' are played by request. 'Bushleaguer' gets a rather chilly, confused reception. Ed using the mask, French kisses it and tosses it into the crowd. 'Fuckin' Up' is extended by a couple of minutes, with Mike soloing and the rest of the band jamming with huge smiles on their faces. The venue's 11 pm curfew made for a quick, tight show (although they did go a bit past 11). Great show with the band loving the crowd.
All I gotta say was having Oceans being the first song you see live...(Minus the pre-set) was fucking astounding.
Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
Ed bashed a hole in the stage with the base of the mic stand. It was the monday after kurt cobain died, so everything related to music was a bit off...
I saw them in Memphis about two weeks prior to that date. That was my first show and was it ever exciting! They tagged Suspicious Minds on the end of Daughter and Baba O'Riley was played in the encore
The "hole in the stage" was probably a trap-door gag. He did it in Memphis and I've read other reviews from '94 that said similar things.
Hard to believe this was nearly 13 years ago. Wow.
.
Memphis 1994 New Orleans 1995 Fort Lauderdale 1996 Atlanta & Birmingham 1998 New Orleans 2000 Tampa 2003 Kissimmee 2004 New York City (x 2) 2008 East Troy (x 2) 2011 Chicago & New Orleans 2013 Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016 Baltimore2020 Louisville 2022 Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
i sorta see my 1st PJ show as two parts, since the SF show was cut short. i just copied & pasted below, courtsey of 5 horizons (best PJ site that ever existed!)
06/24/95 - Golden Gate Park: Polo Fields: San Francisco, CA [140m]
attendance: 53,440
support act: Crash and Brittany and Bad Religion
set: Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Go, Animal, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, Not for You
"NeilJam" set: Big Green Country, Act of Love, Throw Your Hatred Down, Powderfinger, Truth Be Known, Rockin' in the Free World, The Needle and the Damage Done, Hey Hey My My, I'm the Ocean, Down By the River, Downtown, Cortez the Killer
enc: Peace and Love, Rockin' in the Free World
notes: Ed leaves the stage ill after seven songs. Neil takes the stage and the audience gets an impressive Mirrorball premier. The crowd behaves poorly.
and then months later....
11/04/95 - Spartan Stadium: San Jose, CA [155m]
attendance: 35,000
support act: The Fastbacks and Ben Harper
soundcheck: Act of Love, I Got Shit, Red Mosquito
Ed's pre-set: Dead Man
set: Release, Even Flow, Last Exit, Animal, Dissident, Not for You, Rearviewmirror (w/ Who teaser), Elderly Woman, Go, Glorified G, Daughter/(Young Man Blues)/(W.M.A.), Deep, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, I Got Shit, Spin the Black Circle, Red Mosquito, (So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star), Brain of J, Why Go, Black, Alive/(Voodoo Chile teaser), Blood
enc: Leaving Here, Better Man, Immortality, Porch, So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star, Indifference
notes: Ed opens the show early with the (then) unreleased 'Dead Man.' Later he quips, "So these are the faces I would have seen if I could have lifted my head up in San Francisco." After a long departure from these sort of antics, Ed climbs the speaker stacks and scaffolding during 'Porch.' He includes a bit of the 'Three Little Birds' tag in Porch, repeating the "every little thing's gonna be alright" line a few times. Ben Harper and Kim Warnick (from the Fastbacks) join PJ in 'Rock 'n Roll Star.'
Can't Keep, Go, Even Flow, Animal, Corduroy, Nothing As it Seems, Given To Fly, Grievance, Daughter/(Bad)/(Hey Ho Let It Go)/(W.M.A.), Lukin, U, Present Tense, Don't Gimme No Lip, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Porch, Save You
Encore 1 Thumbing My Way, I Am Mine, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Black, Rearviewmirror
Encore 2 Whipping, Do The Evolution, Spin The Black Circle, Last Kiss, Leaving Here, Alive, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter
I sobbed until halfway through Evenflow. People around me kept asking if i was okay. hahaha.
Set 1 Release, Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Animal, Tremor Christ, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, Not For You, Dissident, Go, Even Flow, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Rearviewmirror, Habit, Immortality, Whipping, Black, Alive, Blood, Better Man, Sonic Reducer, Porch/(Steppin' Stone), Yellow Ledbetter
Opening Act: Bad Religion
Everything about this show was pure perfection. From the immense difficulty of obtaining tickets to the 110 degree weather everything seemed to fall into place and matter so much when I needed it most. My eyes welled up during Release, I lost my voice during Rearviewmirror, and was never the same by the final chord of Ledbetter. It is still my favorite of all the shows I've seen, will always be my favorite, and is the bootleg I have watched the most by far.
NO WAY.
NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY!
I was at that show too!
it wasn't my first show of PJ - but I was at the Sac show in 95! You have the bootleg???
wait. WHY were you in Sacramento??? (I was going to school...what was your excuse???) This is so freaking WEIRD!
IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
i sorta see my 1st PJ show as two parts, since the SF show was cut short. i just copied & pasted below, courtsey of 5 horizons (best PJ site that ever existed!)
06/24/95 - Golden Gate Park: Polo Fields: San Francisco, CA [140m]
attendance: 53,440
support act: Crash and Brittany and Bad Religion
set: Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Go, Animal, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, Not for You
"NeilJam" set: Big Green Country, Act of Love, Throw Your Hatred Down, Powderfinger, Truth Be Known, Rockin' in the Free World, The Needle and the Damage Done, Hey Hey My My, I'm the Ocean, Down By the River, Downtown, Cortez the Killer
enc: Peace and Love, Rockin' in the Free World
notes: Ed leaves the stage ill after seven songs. Neil takes the stage and the audience gets an impressive Mirrorball premier. The crowd behaves poorly.
and then months later....
11/04/95 - Spartan Stadium: San Jose, CA [155m]
attendance: 35,000
support act: The Fastbacks and Ben Harper
soundcheck: Act of Love, I Got Shit, Red Mosquito
Ed's pre-set: Dead Man
set: Release, Even Flow, Last Exit, Animal, Dissident, Not for You, Rearviewmirror (w/ Who teaser), Elderly Woman, Go, Glorified G, Daughter/(Young Man Blues)/(W.M.A.), Deep, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, I Got Shit, Spin the Black Circle, Red Mosquito, (So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star), Brain of J, Why Go, Black, Alive/(Voodoo Chile teaser), Blood
enc: Leaving Here, Better Man, Immortality, Porch, So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star, Indifference
notes: Ed opens the show early with the (then) unreleased 'Dead Man.' Later he quips, "So these are the faces I would have seen if I could have lifted my head up in San Francisco." After a long departure from these sort of antics, Ed climbs the speaker stacks and scaffolding during 'Porch.' He includes a bit of the 'Three Little Birds' tag in Porch, repeating the "every little thing's gonna be alright" line a few times. Ben Harper and Kim Warnick (from the Fastbacks) join PJ in 'Rock 'n Roll Star.'
I was at the GGP show my 1st "plugged in" show. Major Letdown!
Bad Religion kicked ass. I should've realized there was a problem when they played for an hour and a half.
yes the crowd was dissapointed. I never witnessed any bad behavior but it was (at the time) the hottest day in SF ever and that was during the days where seeing PJ live was very very rare.
I missed the san jose half (bought em, then just couldn't go)
1996-10-07 Ft. Lauderdale Florida F.L. Baseball Stadium
Set 1 Sometimes, Last Exit, Animal, Go, Hail Hail, Dissident, In My Tree, Corduroy, Better Man, Lukin, Not For You, Jeremy, Black, State Of Love And Trust, Satan's Bed, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Alive, Porch
Encore 1 Present Tense, Even Flow, Blood, Daughter/(Noise of Carpet)/(Away from Work)/(The Real Me)/(Another Brick In The Wall), I Got Id, Leaving Here
Encore 2 Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter
To be honest with you, I wasn't that big of a fan of PJ's until I saw them live. Now all my friends make fun of me because how big of a fan I am. This concert changed my lift.
www.RLMcDaniel.com
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 2023: Ft. Worth II
wait. WHY were you in Sacramento??? (I was going to school...what was your excuse???) This is so freaking WEIRD!
It's time to come clean on this board. My name is Mookie9999 and I'm a native Californian. Sure I live in NYC now and have adapted a NY swaggart along with a poor attempt at a Soprano's accent. But deep down I am and always will be a Californian.
"The leads are weak!"
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
It's time to come clean on this board. My name is Mookie9999 and I'm a native Californian. Sure I live in NYC now and have adapted a NY swaggart along with a poor attempt at a Soprano's accent. But deep down I am and always will be a Californian.
of course you are
you're the exiled King of California...you need to get your feet back on your native soil, tho' son...that accent you have adopted is a killer, man.
IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
I was eighteen and took my twelve year old brother. we were way in the back and jumped down over the dugout to get on the main floor. I Remember animal, glorified g. Vs. had not come out yet so the new songs were really different for us.. I think it was blues traveler, pj, soundgarden and young neil.not a bad lineup for that time in music.
Set 1 Release, Hail Hail, Animal, Even Flow, Given To Fly, Corduroy, MFC, Habit, Faithfull, Daughter/(Beginning to See The Light)/(W.M.A.), Wishlist, Nothingman, Immortality, Rearviewmirror, Brain Of J., Black, Do The Evolution
Encore 1 Breath, State Of Love And Trust, Off He Goes, Leatherman, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Mankind, Baba O'Riley
Encore 2 Indifference, Alive
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
1996-10-07 Ft. Lauderdale Florida F.L. Baseball Stadium
...
This concert changed my lift.
Ft. Laud was my 3rd PJ show.
And you're right. My lift is much higher when I'm watching PJ than at other times.
.
Memphis 1994 New Orleans 1995 Fort Lauderdale 1996 Atlanta & Birmingham 1998 New Orleans 2000 Tampa 2003 Kissimmee 2004 New York City (x 2) 2008 East Troy (x 2) 2011 Chicago & New Orleans 2013 Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016 Baltimore2020 Louisville 2022 Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
Set 1 Sometimes, Corduroy, Animal, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., Red Mosquito, Given To Fly, Even Flow, Not For You, Wishlist, Lukin, Jeremy, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Present Tense, State Of Love And Trust, Do The Evolution
Encore 1 Hard To Imagine, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Alive, Black, Leaving Here, Baba O'Riley
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
Amazing show...the energy when Pearl Jam hit the stage was amazing! Hard to Imagine was a rare treat, and Black was just shattering.
Shows: Montreal 98, Barrie 98, Montreal 00, Montreal 03, Montreal 05, Ottawa 05, Toronto 06, Vancouver Night 1 08 (EV), Vancouver Night 2 08 (EV), MSG1 08, MSG2 08, Montreal Night 2 08 (EV), Toronto Night 1 08 (EV), Toronto 09, Hartford 11 (EV), Ottawa 11, Ottawa 16, Ottawa 22.
It seemed like pure luck to find a show in my town, shortly after becoming interested in the band. Again, I was lucky not to buy scalper tickets for the "Sold Out" show, as I was given excellent last minute seats sidestage.
There were some people having a love fest a rows in front of me. Probably some guy's fantasy of having oral during a PJ show. There was the possibility for other women to join in, as a couple woman servicing the man in the hat. It was hard to tell, really, as I couldn't unglue my eyes from the stage. It sent my blind date mad, though, and I had to stop listening to check up on him. Before the show, he had the bad manners to discuss his childhood molestation. I cut him off.
It was great seeing the band with the SuperSuckers. Ed sang with them, and I love the Supersuckers "gotta work, and gotta get paid" song. I enjoyed the "giving the bird" song, surprisingly.
Somewhere, a Waldo guy came up to the aisle and started mimicking my dance/sways. Security got rid of him.
I didn't recognize alot of the songs, so I am glad the set-list had some "Ten" hits. Singing along to "LBC" was alright. I was way offbeat, having had only heard the song once before. I loved that "Bee Girl" was presented by Jeff and Ed. Amazing gift.
I didn't know that PJ shows end with the lights up and "Ledbetter", so I left after second encore. (Crappy, I missed Teenage Wasteland.)
All in all, I'd have to say the boys gave me a pretty good ride. I was impressed and glad to see them in all their glory.
I'm getting pissed trying to type this at work, with all the interuptions. So to hell with it. Posting.
08/21/00 - Polaris Amphitheater: Columbus, OH
attendance: 20,000
support act: Sonic Youth
set: Breakerfall, Whipping, Spin The Black Circle, Hail Hail, Corduroy, In My Tree, Dissident, Given To Fly, Nothing As It Seems, Grievance, Light Years, Daughter/(Hold On)/(Androgynous Mind), Lukin, Wishlist, Off He Goes, (Romanza)/Better Man, State of Love and Trust, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror
6th row from stage, center. Swear to the Zombie Jesus that Matt Cameron looked at me all bewildered when I started my power-pogo during Porch. This show was also bestowed with the Ape/Man logo on the official boot.
- Justin
You think the Slayer tour is out, or what?
"Finally! I get to save the earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows." -- Al Gore.
Berlin '06. What a beautiful night and what a venue. The show opening with Go, Save You, Animal and DTE drove the crowd crazy, a really good Black and so many other highlights I'm only able to appreciate in the aftermath as at the show actually I just freaked out .
The best thing (although they of course came back in 07): I would have almost missed the show as there was some misunderstanding with the local newspaper I worked for over the free time before first year of university. Had to sell my Vienna tickets on E-Bay and was really, really lucky to find a guy on the German facebook version who had got two cheap tickets and gave one of them away.
first concert 12/09/93. Mercer Street Arena
I wasn't even going to get tickets to this show (the lines were massive).But I got my ticket and it ROCKED!
Rearviewmirror
Improv
Whipping
Why Go
Deep
Dissident
Go
Animal
Jeremy
Garden
Blood
State of Love and Trust
Daughter(Golden Years)
Alive
Once
Last Exit
Glorified G
Porch
Indifference
Add this: This is the show that Ed pounded the hole in the stage at..
when you get confused just listen to the music play........
"You damn well can't lick the system,but you can sure give it a good fondeling."-sleazy estate man(Hugh Laurie on A bit of Fry and Laurie)
"Judas Priest on a two stroke moped!"(Stephen Fry)
11/30/93 - Aladdin Theater: Las Vegas, NV [90m]
attendance: 7,000
support act: Mudhoney
set: Even Flow, Once, Deep, Jeremy, Dissident, Daughter/(Instant Karma)/(Across the Universe), Go, Animal, State of Love and Trust, Tremor Christ, Black, Blood, Alive
enc 1: Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Leash, Porch/(Tearing)
enc 2: (Green River reunion): Swallow My Pride, Ain't Nothing to Do, My Way
notes: The show was originally scheduled for the Sands Hotel. 'Tremor Christ' premieres. An apparent Beatles tribute is the 'Daughter' outro, with a series of tunes ended with Ed whispering "Get Back" at the very end. In a near Green River reunion, Mudhoney's Mark McLaughlin and Steve Turner join PJ (with Urge Overkill's drummer, Chuck Treece) for 'Swallow My Pride' and 'Ain't Nothing to Do.' 'Swallow My Pride' and 'My Way' (written by Paul Anka, featuring Terry Presley, an Elvis impersonator assisting on vocals) are recorded to be released as one of the '95 fan club singles.
Oddly, it wasn't all that great. But, the girl I went with was not much of a fan. She is now my wife and has "seen the light!" So, it turned out OK.
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
2000-10-28 San Bernardino California Glen Helen Blockbuster
Set 1 Rearviewmirror, Go, Animal, State Of Love And Trust, Given To Fly, Grievance, Corduroy, Wishlist, Nothing As it Seems, Evacuation, Even Flow, Light Years, Daughter, Jeremy, Leatherman, Better Man, Nothingman, Spin The Black Circle, Porch
Encore 1 Breakerfall, Insignificance, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Crazy Mary, U, Do The Evolution
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
2000-10-28 San Bernardino
2003-06-02 Irvine
2003-10-26 Mountain View-Bridge School
2006-07-09 Los Angeles
2006-07-10 Los Angeles
2006-10-22 Mountain View- Bridge School
2008-07-19 UCLA-Who Rock Honors
2009-10-1 Los Angeles-2
2009-10-9 San Diego
Set 1 Go, Animal, Why Go, Deep, Jeremy, Glorified G, Daughter/(Golden Years)/(Across The Universe), Even Flow, State Of Love And Trust, Black, Alive, Blood, Improv (Don't Touch Me There), Porch, Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Garden, Leash, Indifference
I have only a couple words..........it was magical, phenomenal, aggressive, perfect.
I remember that they were very very aggressive and at one point stopped the show at the start of RVM while Jeff jumped in the crowd for something. They also drug some kid up on stage and put all of Eddies clothes on him and sent him stage diving off to get every article of clothing ripped off of him.
This was the first show that I tried crowd surfing. During Black even so I was the total cliche. I would never do that again from that day on. Seemed stupid on the ground and was even stupider in the air.
Comments
eyes welled up? hehe
Very rough year for me, so yeah. Even a cold hearted sarcastic prick like myself can have a soft side.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
with an ex-gf
great night
Set 1 Oceans, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., Spin The Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Given To Fly, In Hiding, Corduroy, MFC, Wishlist, Nothingman, Habit, Even Flow, Daughter/(Institutionalized), Immortality, Black, Alive
Encore 1 Do The Evolution, Jeremy, I Got Id, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Fuckin' Up
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
This was quite an experience. I woke up that morning and I had a cold. I felt weak and was drinking lots of liquids, but there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to miss this.
I went with my friends Jason and James. We drove up from Columbia, and we talked about what songs we hoped they would play. James wanted Nothingman, Jason wanted Black, I wanted a few - all of our wishes were granted!
We all sat on the lawn. Being that I was still feeling sick (along with a scratchy throat) I couldn't give it my all, but I did my best. I was drinking water periodically the whole time, I left during Nothingman to get more.
This is still the best PJ concert I've been to (I've seen them 5 times).
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
Set List: (Eddie solo before Sonic Youth: Dead Man, Parting Ways) Of The Girl, Breakerfall, State of Love and Trust, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Faithfull, Nothing As It Seems, Corduroy, Untitled, MFC, Habit, I Got Shit, Off He Goes, Gods' Dice, Even Flow, Rival, Animal, Nothingman, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror;
1st encore: Soon Forget, Better Man, Last Exit, Given To Fly, Footsteps, Last Kiss, Porch;
2nd encore: Baba O'Riley
9-2-00
It was AMAZING. It was a few weeks before I turned 17, and I went with a bunch of friends and my boyfriend of the time. He was a HUGE fan and being there with him was amazing. I'll never forget him, he was so special to me. I was a fan of Pearl Jam before, but he really opened my love for PJ up. My life changed after seeing this show
support act: Buzzcocks
preset: Dead Man (Ed solo)
set: Oceans, Go, Hail Hail, Save You, Deep, Get Right, Dissident, I Am Mine, Even Flow, Help Help, Immortality, In My Tree, Light Years, Evacuation, Whipping, Grievance, Present Tense, Porch
enc 1: Thumbing My Way, Elderly Woman, Smile, State Of Love And Trust, Leaving Here
enc 2: Soon Forget, Bushleaguer, Fuckin' Up
notes: 'Oceans' is gorgeous, taking many by surprise and Ed's voice is strong. Ed states that the band has a plan: "... we've worked up about 70 songs for this tour. We thought we would play three nights without repeating a song and get to every song ... we're actually playing about 105 ... this would put it at about 35 songs a night." Intense staredown between Mike and Ed during the 'Even Flow' solo, almost as if Ed is daring him to keep soloing, which he does for what seems forever. After 'Grievance,' Ed speaks about free speech and the government is cloaking themselves in the flag. He talks about Celine Dion and how she is still under the control of Sony Music etc, comparing her to a robot and that they put too much "ego chip" in her. Then, in reference to his own spitting, he says the reason she doesn't spit is because "I heard she swallows." After a lovely rendition of 'Present Tense,' Ed has a young fan count the "1,2,3,4" opening to 'Porch.' 'Thumbing My Way,' 'Elderly Woman' and 'Smile' are played by request. 'Bushleaguer' gets a rather chilly, confused reception. Ed using the mask, French kisses it and tosses it into the crowd. 'Fuckin' Up' is extended by a couple of minutes, with Mike soloing and the rest of the band jamming with huge smiles on their faces. The venue's 11 pm curfew made for a quick, tight show (although they did go a bit past 11). Great show with the band loving the crowd.
All I gotta say was having Oceans being the first song you see live...(Minus the pre-set) was fucking astounding.
I saw them in Memphis about two weeks prior to that date. That was my first show and was it ever exciting! They tagged Suspicious Minds on the end of Daughter and Baba O'Riley was played in the encore
The "hole in the stage" was probably a trap-door gag. He did it in Memphis and I've read other reviews from '94 that said similar things.
Hard to believe this was nearly 13 years ago. Wow.
.
New Orleans 1995
Fort Lauderdale 1996
Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
New Orleans 2000
Tampa 2003
Kissimmee 2004
New York City (x 2) 2008
East Troy (x 2) 2011
Chicago & New Orleans 2013
Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
Baltimore 2020
Louisville 2022
Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
06/24/95 - Golden Gate Park: Polo Fields: San Francisco, CA [140m]
attendance: 53,440
support act: Crash and Brittany and Bad Religion
set: Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Go, Animal, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, Not for You
"NeilJam" set: Big Green Country, Act of Love, Throw Your Hatred Down, Powderfinger, Truth Be Known, Rockin' in the Free World, The Needle and the Damage Done, Hey Hey My My, I'm the Ocean, Down By the River, Downtown, Cortez the Killer
enc: Peace and Love, Rockin' in the Free World
notes: Ed leaves the stage ill after seven songs. Neil takes the stage and the audience gets an impressive Mirrorball premier. The crowd behaves poorly.
and then months later....
11/04/95 - Spartan Stadium: San Jose, CA [155m]
attendance: 35,000
support act: The Fastbacks and Ben Harper
soundcheck: Act of Love, I Got Shit, Red Mosquito
Ed's pre-set: Dead Man
set: Release, Even Flow, Last Exit, Animal, Dissident, Not for You, Rearviewmirror (w/ Who teaser), Elderly Woman, Go, Glorified G, Daughter/(Young Man Blues)/(W.M.A.), Deep, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, I Got Shit, Spin the Black Circle, Red Mosquito, (So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star), Brain of J, Why Go, Black, Alive/(Voodoo Chile teaser), Blood
enc: Leaving Here, Better Man, Immortality, Porch, So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star, Indifference
notes: Ed opens the show early with the (then) unreleased 'Dead Man.' Later he quips, "So these are the faces I would have seen if I could have lifted my head up in San Francisco." After a long departure from these sort of antics, Ed climbs the speaker stacks and scaffolding during 'Porch.' He includes a bit of the 'Three Little Birds' tag in Porch, repeating the "every little thing's gonna be alright" line a few times. Ben Harper and Kim Warnick (from the Fastbacks) join PJ in 'Rock 'n Roll Star.'
12th row.
Can't Keep, Go, Even Flow, Animal, Corduroy, Nothing As it Seems, Given To Fly, Grievance, Daughter/(Bad)/(Hey Ho Let It Go)/(W.M.A.), Lukin, U, Present Tense, Don't Gimme No Lip, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Porch, Save You
Encore 1 Thumbing My Way, I Am Mine, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Black, Rearviewmirror
Encore 2 Whipping, Do The Evolution, Spin The Black Circle, Last Kiss, Leaving Here, Alive, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter
I sobbed until halfway through Evenflow. People around me kept asking if i was okay. hahaha.
"To is a preposition.
Come is a verb"
NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY!
I was at that show too!
it wasn't my first show of PJ - but I was at the Sac show in 95! You have the bootleg???
wait. WHY were you in Sacramento??? (I was going to school...what was your excuse???) This is so freaking WEIRD!
I was at the GGP show my 1st "plugged in" show. Major Letdown!
Bad Religion kicked ass. I should've realized there was a problem when they played for an hour and a half.
yes the crowd was dissapointed. I never witnessed any bad behavior but it was (at the time) the hottest day in SF ever and that was during the days where seeing PJ live was very very rare.
I missed the san jose half (bought em, then just couldn't go)
I have a boot of it though and it was awsome
they've more than made up for it since then!!
Set 1 Sometimes, Last Exit, Animal, Go, Hail Hail, Dissident, In My Tree, Corduroy, Better Man, Lukin, Not For You, Jeremy, Black, State Of Love And Trust, Satan's Bed, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Alive, Porch
Encore 1 Present Tense, Even Flow, Blood, Daughter/(Noise of Carpet)/(Away from Work)/(The Real Me)/(Another Brick In The Wall), I Got Id, Leaving Here
Encore 2 Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter
To be honest with you, I wasn't that big of a fan of PJ's until I saw them live. Now all my friends make fun of me because how big of a fan I am. This concert changed my lift.
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
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
It's time to come clean on this board. My name is Mookie9999 and I'm a native Californian. Sure I live in NYC now and have adapted a NY swaggart along with a poor attempt at a Soprano's accent. But deep down I am and always will be a Californian.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
of course you are
you're the exiled King of California...you need to get your feet back on your native soil, tho' son...that accent you have adopted is a killer, man.
I was eighteen and took my twelve year old brother. we were way in the back and jumped down over the dugout to get on the main floor. I Remember animal, glorified g. Vs. had not come out yet so the new songs were really different for us.. I think it was blues traveler, pj, soundgarden and young neil.not a bad lineup for that time in music.
Mom, is that you?!? I'll probably be in California in March, but just for a visit. No plans to return for good.
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
Set 1 Release, Hail Hail, Animal, Even Flow, Given To Fly, Corduroy, MFC, Habit, Faithfull, Daughter/(Beginning to See The Light)/(W.M.A.), Wishlist, Nothingman, Immortality, Rearviewmirror, Brain Of J., Black, Do The Evolution
Encore 1 Breath, State Of Love And Trust, Off He Goes, Leatherman, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Mankind, Baba O'Riley
Encore 2 Indifference, Alive
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Ft. Laud was my 3rd PJ show.
And you're right. My lift is much higher when I'm watching PJ than at other times.
.
New Orleans 1995
Fort Lauderdale 1996
Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
New Orleans 2000
Tampa 2003
Kissimmee 2004
New York City (x 2) 2008
East Troy (x 2) 2011
Chicago & New Orleans 2013
Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
Baltimore 2020
Louisville 2022
Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
Set 1 Sometimes, Corduroy, Animal, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., Red Mosquito, Given To Fly, Even Flow, Not For You, Wishlist, Lukin, Jeremy, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Present Tense, State Of Love And Trust, Do The Evolution
Encore 1 Hard To Imagine, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Alive, Black, Leaving Here, Baba O'Riley
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
Amazing show...the energy when Pearl Jam hit the stage was amazing! Hard to Imagine was a rare treat, and Black was just shattering.
There were some people having a love fest a rows in front of me. Probably some guy's fantasy of having oral during a PJ show. There was the possibility for other women to join in, as a couple woman servicing the man in the hat. It was hard to tell, really, as I couldn't unglue my eyes from the stage. It sent my blind date mad, though, and I had to stop listening to check up on him. Before the show, he had the bad manners to discuss his childhood molestation. I cut him off.
It was great seeing the band with the SuperSuckers. Ed sang with them, and I love the Supersuckers "gotta work, and gotta get paid" song. I enjoyed the "giving the bird" song, surprisingly.
Somewhere, a Waldo guy came up to the aisle and started mimicking my dance/sways. Security got rid of him.
I didn't recognize alot of the songs, so I am glad the set-list had some "Ten" hits. Singing along to "LBC" was alright. I was way offbeat, having had only heard the song once before. I loved that "Bee Girl" was presented by Jeff and Ed. Amazing gift.
I didn't know that PJ shows end with the lights up and "Ledbetter", so I left after second encore. (Crappy, I missed Teenage Wasteland.)
All in all, I'd have to say the boys gave me a pretty good ride. I was impressed and glad to see them in all their glory.
I'm getting pissed trying to type this at work, with all the interuptions. So to hell with it. Posting.
MTL 9/15/05
HRTFD 5/13/06
BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
VEGAS 7/6/06
CHI 8/5/07
NJ 6/19/08
NYC 6/25/08
HRTFD 6/27/08
MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
E.V. BOS 8/1/08
CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
BOS 5/17/10
CHI 7/19/13
WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HRTFD 10/25/13
BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18
Merriweather Post Pavillion
what a wonderful beginning to my Pearl Jam Concert Career...
Whatever you are, be a good one --Lincoln
attendance: 20,000
support act: Sonic Youth
set: Breakerfall, Whipping, Spin The Black Circle, Hail Hail, Corduroy, In My Tree, Dissident, Given To Fly, Nothing As It Seems, Grievance, Light Years, Daughter/(Hold On)/(Androgynous Mind), Lukin, Wishlist, Off He Goes, (Romanza)/Better Man, State of Love and Trust, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror
enc 1: Present Tense, Last Exit, Once, Elderly Woman, Leatherman, Nothingman, Porch
enc 2: Last Kiss, Yellow Ledbetter
6th row from stage, center. Swear to the Zombie Jesus that Matt Cameron looked at me all bewildered when I started my power-pogo during Porch. This show was also bestowed with the Ape/Man logo on the official boot.
You think the Slayer tour is out, or what?
"Finally! I get to save the earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows." -- Al Gore.
The best thing (although they of course came back in 07): I would have almost missed the show as there was some misunderstanding with the local newspaper I worked for over the free time before first year of university. Had to sell my Vienna tickets on E-Bay and was really, really lucky to find a guy on the German facebook version who had got two cheap tickets and gave one of them away.
I wasn't even going to get tickets to this show (the lines were massive).But I got my ticket and it ROCKED!
Rearviewmirror
Improv
Whipping
Why Go
Deep
Dissident
Go
Animal
Jeremy
Garden
Blood
State of Love and Trust
Daughter(Golden Years)
Alive
Once
Last Exit
Glorified G
Porch
Indifference
Add this: This is the show that Ed pounded the hole in the stage at..
"You damn well can't lick the system,but you can sure give it a good fondeling."-sleazy estate man(Hugh Laurie on A bit of Fry and Laurie)
"Judas Priest on a two stroke moped!"(Stephen Fry)
attendance: 7,000
support act: Mudhoney
set: Even Flow, Once, Deep, Jeremy, Dissident, Daughter/(Instant Karma)/(Across the Universe), Go, Animal, State of Love and Trust, Tremor Christ, Black, Blood, Alive
enc 1: Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Leash, Porch/(Tearing)
enc 2: (Green River reunion): Swallow My Pride, Ain't Nothing to Do, My Way
notes: The show was originally scheduled for the Sands Hotel. 'Tremor Christ' premieres. An apparent Beatles tribute is the 'Daughter' outro, with a series of tunes ended with Ed whispering "Get Back" at the very end. In a near Green River reunion, Mudhoney's Mark McLaughlin and Steve Turner join PJ (with Urge Overkill's drummer, Chuck Treece) for 'Swallow My Pride' and 'Ain't Nothing to Do.' 'Swallow My Pride' and 'My Way' (written by Paul Anka, featuring Terry Presley, an Elvis impersonator assisting on vocals) are recorded to be released as one of the '95 fan club singles.
Oddly, it wasn't all that great. But, the girl I went with was not much of a fan. She is now my wife and has "seen the light!" So, it turned out OK.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Set 1 Rearviewmirror, Go, Animal, State Of Love And Trust, Given To Fly, Grievance, Corduroy, Wishlist, Nothing As it Seems, Evacuation, Even Flow, Light Years, Daughter, Jeremy, Leatherman, Better Man, Nothingman, Spin The Black Circle, Porch
Encore 1 Breakerfall, Insignificance, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Crazy Mary, U, Do The Evolution
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
2003-06-02 Irvine
2003-10-26 Mountain View-Bridge School
2006-07-09 Los Angeles
2006-07-10 Los Angeles
2006-10-22 Mountain View- Bridge School
2008-07-19 UCLA-Who Rock Honors
2009-10-1 Los Angeles-2
2009-10-9 San Diego
12/7/1993
Set 1 Go, Animal, Why Go, Deep, Jeremy, Glorified G, Daughter/(Golden Years)/(Across The Universe), Even Flow, State Of Love And Trust, Black, Alive, Blood, Improv (Don't Touch Me There), Porch, Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Garden, Leash, Indifference
I have only a couple words..........it was magical, phenomenal, aggressive, perfect.
I remember that they were very very aggressive and at one point stopped the show at the start of RVM while Jeff jumped in the crowd for something. They also drug some kid up on stage and put all of Eddies clothes on him and sent him stage diving off to get every article of clothing ripped off of him.
This was the first show that I tried crowd surfing. During Black even so I was the total cliche. I would never do that again from that day on. Seemed stupid on the ground and was even stupider in the air.
Since then its been a hell of a ride.
Indio, CA
NOVEMBER, 1993
Shoe the Shoeless show...........
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........