Irving Plaza - Notes, Recap, Etc.

touringfan

Before I head to bed:

worldwide suicide, life wasted, severed hand, marker in the sand, come back, garden, evenflow, insignificance, given to fly, army reserve, gone, why go, present tense, do the evolution, improv, comatose

man of the hour, smalltown, state of love and trust, porch

alive, yellow ledbetter.

Notables and Celebs in balcony: Kelly Curtis, Tim Bierman, Gisele Bundchen (victoria secret model ) David Frike, Jim James of MMJ, Scott Ian from Anthrax (head bobbing to several songs) Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, marky ramone, Fabrizio Moretti from the strokes(siging most songs with a shit eating grin on his face), Drew Barrymore.

Venue - shoebox, smaller than the showbox, like seeing PJ at a college bar where youd expect a cover band to play. HOT AS HELL, Vedder was a sweaty mess.

McCready handed out CDs autographed by the entire band to 90% of those fans on the rail that waited in line all day. Ed asked crowd if they wanted Betterman or SOLT....State of Love and Trust won in a lanslide. Porch was strait out of 1992 -1994, lots of crowd surfing, intense pit, Ed climbed out to the fans as a few fans on the rail held him up for the "hey hey hey hey heyyyyyyyyy" part. Marker in the Sand seems to be a crowd fav and sounded fucking amazing.

The band is very well rehearsed and playing very tight. Come Back live is much better than Come Back album. Some kid climbed the wall and stage dove during SOLAT to which Ed yelled into mike something like "look out" def. caught the band and security by surprise. Garden sounded different. (not bad just different I wasnt able to put my finger on it I will have to listen to the show again before i figure it out) A few on the rail were pointing at Stone during Why Go and yelling WHY GO STONE to which the Stoner laughed. Lots of Stone dances, calling out cords, duck walk etc. Stone had a sweet PJ hat with the new PJ logo from the XMAS single. The improv was about NYC, Stone gave out ALOT of pics which is unusual for him, Ed bummed cigarette of fan during ledbetter as he was looking for his but couldnt find them, Floor was bouncing during GTF and DTE, ALL the new songs were incredilbe and the highlight of the show for me along with Porch. More tomorrow.

What a night.

Vedder4Prez

great review.. sounds like an amazing night!

illegal pants

thanks for the recap, nice set, arghhhh

Gary Carter

wow. i think i missed out on one the greatest pj concerts ever

JD Sal

That was an excellent review, thanks!! That's really cool that Mike handed out signed copies of the CD. Gotta love PJ!

By the way, here's a link to the reworked Garden http://www.droptheleash.com/radio1/8.%20Garden.mp3

RedGibsonSG

Thanks for the review. A night to remember!

touringfan

metsfan531941 wrote:

wow. i think i missed out on one the greatest pj concerts ever

No you didnt. However, it was pretty damm good. The Venue is just so fucking small its hard to describe. The energy was as good as I've seen at a PJ show but it was not in the best show ever category.

Vedder4Prez

metsfan531941 wrote:

wow. i think i missed out on one the greatest pj concerts ever

why didnt you wait in in line for 8-10 hours..?

touringfan

one other note - apparently a hanful of tickets were giving away to fans that waited outside the venue after the first two songs were played.

Champagne Breakfast

touringfan wrote:

Before I head to bed:

worldwide suicide, life wasted, severed hand, marker in the sand, come back, garden, evenflow, insignificance, given to fly, army reserve, gone, why go, present tense, do the evolution, improv, comatose

man of the hour, smalltown, state of love and trust, porch

alive, yellow ledbetter.

Notables and Celebs in balcony: Kelly Curtis, Tim Bierman, Gisele Bundchen (victoria secret model ) David Frike, Jim James of MMJ, Scott Ian from Anthrax (head bobbing to several songs) Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, marky ramone, Fabrizio Moretti from the strokes(siging most songs with a shit eating grin on his face), Drew Barrymore.

Venue - shoebox, smaller than the showbox, like seeing PJ at a college bar where youd expect a cover band to play. HOT AS HELL, Vedder was a sweaty mess.

McCready handed out CDs autographed by the entire band to 90% of those fans on the rail that waited in line all day. Ed asked crowd if they wanted Betterman or SOLT....State of Love and Trust won in a lanslide. Porch was strait out of 1992 -1994, lots of crowd surfing, intense pit, Ed climbed out to the fans as a few fans on the rail held him up for the "hey hey hey hey heyyyyyyyyy" part. Marker in the Sand seems to be a crowd fav and sounded fucking amazing.

The band is very well rehearsed and playing very tight. Come Back live is much better than Come Back album. Some kid climbed the wall and stage dove during SOLAT to which Ed yelled into mike something like "look out" def. caught the band and security by surprise. Garden sounded different. (not bad just different I wasnt able to put my finger on it I will have to listen to the show again before i figure it out) A few on the rail were pointing at Stone during Why Go and yelling WHY GO STONE to which the Stoner laughed. Lots of Stone dances, calling out cords, duck walk etc. Stone had a sweet PJ hat with the new PJ logo from the XMAS single. The improv was about NYC, Stone gave out ALOT of pics which is unusual for him, Ed bummed cigarette of fan during ledbetter as he was looking for his but couldnt find them, Floor was bouncing during GTF and DTE, ALL the new songs were incredilbe and the highlight of the show for me along with Porch. More tomorrow.

What a night.

I think the person you thought to be Gisele Bundchen is actually Eddie's wife.
They do a look a little similar. She was up in balcony in the corner for the show, holding their daughter in the very beginning.

bat2144

Look, the set was great. I loved the show. But, for what some fans went through for tickets, including myself, it was just too short. I'm sorry. I hate to be negative about a show, especially a good one, which it was, but, under two hours? Come on guys, not cool. I don't know. I wasn't upset, but what did they have to do afterwards that they couldnt play another half hour?

It was honestly a great set. But not even two hours. I don't have much more to say but that. Awesome atmosphere and energy, which is what makes up for the shortness, but I mean, why? Why so short? I don't know. I'm just rambling. Glad I was there. And also glad the ticket was free.

It was the most effort I ever put forth for PJ tickets, and it was the shortest show I've seen out of 14.

I dont know what else to say. I think Ive repeated myself 4 times. I'm done.

Readbetween Mylines

bat2144 wrote:

Look, the set was great. I loved the show. But, for what some fans went through for tickets, including myself, it was just too short. I'm sorry. I hate to be negative about a show, especially a good one, which it was, but, under two hours? Come on guys, not cool. I don't know. I wasn't upset, but what did they have to do afterwards that they couldnt play another half hour?

It was honestly a great set. But not even two hours. I don't have much more to say but that. Awesome atmosphere and energy, which is what makes up for the shortness, but I mean, why? Why so short? I don't know. I'm just rambling. Glad I was there. And also glad the ticket was free.

It was the most effort I ever put forth for PJ tickets, and it was the shortest show I've seen out of 14.

I dont know what else to say. I think Ive repeated myself 4 times. I'm done.

how much did the tickets cost you?

bat2144

Readbetween Mylines wrote:

how much did the tickets cost you?

Money wise? Nothing. Timewise? 18 hours on line at Tower Records.

jcJam

touringfan wrote:

Before I head to bed:

worldwide suicide, life wasted, severed hand, marker in the sand, come back, garden, evenflow, insignificance, given to fly, army reserve, gone, why go, present tense, do the evolution, improv, comatose

man of the hour, smalltown, state of love and trust, porch

alive, yellow ledbetter.

Notables and Celebs in balcony: Kelly Curtis, Tim Bierman, Gisele Bundchen (victoria secret model ) David Frike, Jim James of MMJ, Scott Ian from Anthrax (head bobbing to several songs) Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, marky ramone, Fabrizio Moretti from the strokes(siging most songs with a shit eating grin on his face), Drew Barrymore.

Venue - shoebox, smaller than the showbox, like seeing PJ at a college bar where youd expect a cover band to play. HOT AS HELL, Vedder was a sweaty mess.

McCready handed out CDs autographed by the entire band to 90% of those fans on the rail that waited in line all day. Ed asked crowd if they wanted Betterman or SOLT....State of Love and Trust won in a lanslide. Porch was strait out of 1992 -1994, lots of crowd surfing, intense pit, Ed climbed out to the fans as a few fans on the rail held him up for the "hey hey hey hey heyyyyyyyyy" part. Marker in the Sand seems to be a crowd fav and sounded fucking amazing.

The band is very well rehearsed and playing very tight. Come Back live is much better than Come Back album. Some kid climbed the wall and stage dove during SOLAT to which Ed yelled into mike something like "look out" def. caught the band and security by surprise. Garden sounded different. (not bad just different I wasnt able to put my finger on it I will have to listen to the show again before i figure it out) A few on the rail were pointing at Stone during Why Go and yelling WHY GO STONE to which the Stoner laughed. Lots of Stone dances, calling out cords, duck walk etc. Stone had a sweet PJ hat with the new PJ logo from the XMAS single. The improv was about NYC, Stone gave out ALOT of pics which is unusual for him, Ed bummed cigarette of fan during ledbetter as he was looking for his but couldnt find them, Floor was bouncing during GTF and DTE, ALL the new songs were incredilbe and the highlight of the show for me along with Porch. More tomorrow.

What a night.

Great review, thanks for your words!!!!
But i think the same, maybe isn't Gisele Bundchen, it was Jill McCormick his wife.

theresalight

bat2144 wrote:

Money wise? Nothing. Timewise? 18 hours on line at Tower Records.

Poor guy!
we paid a lot to get into the Astoria in London AND waited almost 10 hour in front of the Astoria to get tickets again for a lot of money, because we were fooled and i don't even think of complaing about a 1:55 show.
ridiculous!

outontheporch

Man I'm freaking jelous.

So Come Back sounded good? It's my fav off the new album and I've been dying to know how it will be live.

Also, does it bug anyone that Mike is doing the behing the head solo thing all the time now? Not me really, but I was thinking the more they do a certain thing the less special it becomes. But, I don't think a behind the head solo would ever get old.

soulshine

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

I think the person you thought to be Gisele Bundchen is actually Eddie's wife.
They do a look a little similar. She was up in balcony in the corner for the show, holding their daughter in the very beginning.

Gisele is dating Kelly Slater (last I heard) so makes sense to me.....

MANTIS

bat2144 wrote:

Look, the set was great. I loved the show. But, for what some fans went through for tickets, including myself, it was just too short. I'm sorry. I hate to be negative about a show, especially a good one, which it was, but, under two hours? Come on guys, not cool. I don't know. I wasn't upset, but what did they have to do afterwards that they couldnt play another half hour?

It was honestly a great set. But not even two hours. I don't have much more to say but that. Awesome atmosphere and energy, which is what makes up for the shortness, but I mean, why? Why so short? I don't know. I'm just rambling. Glad I was there. And also glad the ticket was free.

It was the most effort I ever put forth for PJ tickets, and it was the shortest show I've seen out of 14.

I dont know what else to say. I think Ive repeated myself 4 times. I'm done.

WOW...i woudl have done anything to get into that show if it were at all plausable...PJ in a tiny venue...

it was a FREE WARMUP GIG...and i cant even believe somene has a complaint about that...FUCK

gusturtle

bat2144 wrote:

Money wise? Nothing. Timewise? 18 hours on line at Tower Records.

boo hoo. maybe next time the band will personally fly you into one of their next shows, completely free of charge, and sit you on the stage for the entire show. but then you'd probably complain because they only served you peanuts on the flight, and didn't even offer to show "sleepless in seattle" as the in-flight movie.

what a baby.

vitodacat

outontheporch wrote:

Man I'm freaking jelous.

So Come Back sounded good? It's my fav off the new album and I've been dying to know how it will be live.

Also, does it bug anyone that Mike is doing the behing the head solo thing all the time now? Not me really, but I was thinking the more they do a certain thing the less special it becomes. But, I don't think a behind the head solo would ever get old.

Come Back was so so sweet live.....gonna be a show favorite

It's amazing how diehard we all are that everyone was singing the words to every one of the new songs.

What a freakin experience. Like I told people when were waiting on line, I wouldnt of sold that ticket for any amount of money

PJ_Lukin

After seeing them at Letterman, and reading this it is obvious, they just love playing in NYC.