Dress code/etiquette/general advice for Ed shows?
thefin190
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I will be attending my first EV solo show next month at Benaroya Hall. As I am sure with many other venues that Ed plays in, Benaroya Hall is a fairly new venue, usually with performances and acts that cater to higher income folks. I've never been, but I've been to see the nutcracker at McCaw Hall, where everyone showed up in formal dress. Of course, I don't imagine the Ed shows to be one where we'd have to dress up really formal, but I was hoping to start a thread where people who've been to the Ed shows could give advice for those who are planning on going.
Should I dress casual, or a notch up from casual (polo shirt, etc.)?
I believe there is another thread where people describe their experience meeting Ed. Any pointers on that?
How has the audience noise level been for the 2011 shows? I've heard that some of the audience was rather obnoxious in 2008/09, to the point where Ed wouldn't release any bootlegs to his shows due to that.
Shirts, posters? How do they look?
How have the ten club seats been for the shows so far? I have Ten Club seats, and while I have a higher number, I believe that the EV ten club seats were dispersed randomly rather than by number. Are their any bad seats in the venues that Ed has performed in?
Thanks guys!
Should I dress casual, or a notch up from casual (polo shirt, etc.)?
I believe there is another thread where people describe their experience meeting Ed. Any pointers on that?
How has the audience noise level been for the 2011 shows? I've heard that some of the audience was rather obnoxious in 2008/09, to the point where Ed wouldn't release any bootlegs to his shows due to that.
Shirts, posters? How do they look?
How have the ten club seats been for the shows so far? I have Ten Club seats, and while I have a higher number, I believe that the EV ten club seats were dispersed randomly rather than by number. Are their any bad seats in the venues that Ed has performed in?
Thanks guys!
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Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
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enjoy your show, it will be awesome.
I think that's how it was for the Aussie shows too.
Sydney 14/02/2003
Sydney 07/11/2006
Sydney 18/11/2006
Sydney 22/11/2009
EV Sydney 18/03/2011
EV Sydney 19/03/2011
EV Sydney 20/03/2011
Melbourne 24/01/2014
Sydney 26/01/2014
EV Sydney 13/02/2014
Definitely random and not seniority based. At the Boston show I know I had better seats than people that had been in the 10club years longer than I have.
2003 Mansfield: July 2
2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
2005 Montreal: Sept 15
2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
2010 Boston: May 17
2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7
EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
Benaroya Hall was opened in 1998...so it isn't that new.
As far as how to dress....I imagine the range will be everything from casual to dressy. When PJ played there in 2003, some people were dressed nice, but the majority of people were wearing jeans. So I'd say just wear what you want.
Audience noise?....this is Seattle, and in my experience, Seattle crowds tend to be annoyingly chatty. On Friday, I went to see Mark Lanegan's acoustic show at the Neptune Theater...a seated show, just like Ed's show will be. I could hardly hear Lanegan over the dull roar of talking in the audience. I was so pissed. Why would you spend money to go to a show to just talk non-stop?
Benaroya is a great venue and there aren't any bad seats, in my opinion. The sound is fantastic.
it will be wrapped in the FLAG and
carrying a CROSS.
Key Arena - Nov 05, 2000
Gorge Amphitheater - Sep 01, 2005, Jul 22,23, 2006
Key Arena - Sept 21,22, 2009
Alpine Valley - Sept 3, 4 2011
it will be wrapped in the FLAG and
carrying a CROSS.
Etiquette: Don't be a douche. No one paid to hear you A) Talk
General Advice: See Etiquette. Oh, and try to piss before the show, ok?
Go all out man, rock that polo shirt!!!
Night 2, clean clothes and smelling better but still shorts and T shirt.
That sure sounds a lot better than the ghetto bar near the Tower Theatre. :roll:
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
The Philly pre party isn't at that Bar.
8/15/92, 9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 8/9/00, 8/10/00, 8/23/00, 8/25/00, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 6/18/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 6/19/08, 10/27/09, 10/31/09, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/21/13
More to Come....
It's doubtful I'll have a spare 2 hours to get on the El and go to 34th St, walk to the bar, have a couple beers, and take the El back to 69th St.
Don't get me wrong - Tower Theatre is a great venue. Just a shame there's nothing to do around there.
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
:-)
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Aussie shows were definitely seniority based, the seats were in random sections but the lower your number the closer you were, all good seats though...
Definitely on my to-do list. What time does it start? And it's the Seattle not the Bellevue Rock Bottom right?
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
#1 analog PJ tee shirt
#2 flannel shirt "goes over the top and be sure to tie it in front around your waist".
#3 Steel tip "black shoes"
#4 Jeans "shredded lightly"
#5 Here's the biggy if you have short hair then you'll need to shave a Mohawk. If you have long hair than you'll need to pick up a very large scrunchie. If your not sure what color or size. Google some early pics of Stone. He had some choice one's.
Good luck and hope you have a great time at the show.
Why don't I just take my time machine to 1991 while I'm at it.
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
fair enough man, that was the word we got when we were picking up our tickets from 10c and it seemed that way when we were all comparing our numbers and our tickets...who knows then.
What show were you at? I think there was a fuck up with the brissie shows and seat allocations for the most part seemed to be based on numbers. but the other shows were random, and this is from people who did multiple shows in multiple cities.
I would say etiquette is an issue, though one a handful of asswipes always ignore. It's unbelievable to me the obnoxious and inconsiderate things people yell out. These people are in Ed's fan base? I guess some people are very casual fans. Unlike at a PJ show, you can hear pretty much everything in these small venues. We all know PJ listens to our requests frequently enough as posted in this forum (remember Black Red Yellow at MSG last year?) But Ed doesn't seem to appreciate it when people call out requests in the middle of the solo shows. (Especially when it's 'freebird'. Somebody really didn't find it embarrassing to yell that.)
I think there's a thread somewhere else for stupidest stuff you've heard people yell at an EV concert. For me it was the drunk guy next to me yelling at the top of his voice "my girlfriend is Joey Ramone's cousin!".
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