Little awareness for Boston's "last stop"?

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locked Boston Posts: 4,048
edited June 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
FYI.. this is NOT another "Boston is better than your city thread"...

I have to admit feeling about the 6/30/08 tour closer as as I did before Boston 3 (7/11/03)..

everyone knew that was going to be an incredible show but there was very little "hype" on the message board before it happened.

You could easily bag a ticket to the 7/11/03 show the day before online..

Now, once again, if the band picked any other city for this "last show" I would be posting these same thoughts:

1) Get your ass to this show come hell or high water.
2) Its is the last show of the Tour.. = long setlist!
3) It is (sadly) the 8 year annivesary of the Rokslide tragedy...there will be lots of emotion on stage.. (I have to believe we will get ARC)
4) "crown of thorns" has never been played in Boston (nuf said)
5) This is a great venue for tailgating and seeing a PJ show (the venue has great accoustics)


again... if there was one show to say "screw it.. I'm going".. as a hard core PJ fan... this is the one to "get to"...

Hope to see you all in the pahking lot...
"This here's a REQUEST!"
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
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  • NH NFY
    NH NFY Posts: 23
    Can't wait!

    Only shitty thing about the tailgating....I just heard from some friends at the Petty concert today...they're not letting people in until after 4:30.
    "We won't be playing an acoustic version of 'Blood' or anything..."
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    it will be good

    but the beacon is the last show as of this moment
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    it will be good

    but the beacon is the last show as of this moment
    It's the next day too. I hope they have enough energy for both back-to-back nights. :):D
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  • SentimentalOrnament
    SentimentalOrnament Posts: 242
    pardon my ignorance, whats the beacon?
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    tchiggs wrote:
    pardon my ignorance, whats the beacon?

    It's a concert for charity to benefit the Robin Hood Foundation.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/29/pearl-jam-to-play-beacon-theatre-charity-event/

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  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    it will be good

    but the beacon is the last show as of this moment

    It's not part of the tour.
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  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Danimal wrote:
    It's not part of the tour.

    Hmmm....lets see. Band not at home...playing instruments on stage in front of people as part of a string of concerts on different dates...yeah i'd say that show is part of a tour.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    Hmmm....lets see. Band not at home...playing instruments on stage in front of people as part of a string of concerts on different dates...yeah i'd say that show is part of a tour.

    Is it on the tour shirt?
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  • drsluggo
    drsluggo Posts: 4,742
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Is it on the tour shirt?
    No, but its still part of the tour.

    That being said - I think you're more likely to see a longer show at Boston then the Beacon only because they are playing for 20,000 fans as opposed to 2,800 for a charity event.

    Don't get me wrong - I have a feeling the Beacon show is going to have some real surprises in there, but I still think Boston's second show will be soemthing else...
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    boston is the end of the tour as such, will be a great night, but so will both shows...
    Ed has said that quite often the 2nd last night is usually better than the last...
    we will see. It could mean that boston 1 is great, and 2 not so great but still amazing, or that boston 2 is amazing, and the beacon is not quite as amazing, but i think the beacon will seriously ROCK!! as will boston
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  • NH NFY
    NH NFY Posts: 23
    Mcam55 wrote:
    I was there for REM on friday and we started tailgating a little before 4 and there was people that arrived even earlier. I always thought they opened the parking lots around 2 or 3.



    I've been there at noon in the past...even just 2 weeks ago for STP. Part of the fun of the Tweeter Center is that you could get there as early as you want and get it going! Hopefully, this hasn't changed for good!
    "We won't be playing an acoustic version of 'Blood' or anything..."
  • ndv180
    ndv180 Posts: 80
    Back in '05, the band did a Hurricane Katrina benefit in Chicago 2 days after the last stop of the scheduled tour (which was Philadelphia). There's no doubt that the Philly gig was given a special setlist, etc. and EV even mentions that it feels like the last night of the tour (check the tapes!).
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    locked wrote:
    FYI.. this is NOT another "Boston is better than your city thread"...

    I have to admit feeling about the 6/30/08 tour closer as as I did before Boston 3 (7/11/03)..

    everyone knew that was going to be an incredible show but there was very little "hype" on the message board before it happened.

    You could easily bag a ticket to the 7/11/03 show the day before online..

    Now, once again, if the band picked any other city for this "last show" I would be posting these same thoughts:

    1) Get your ass to this show come hell or high water.
    2) Its is the last show of the Tour.. = long setlist!
    3) It is (sadly) the 8 year annivesary of the Rokslide tragedy...there will be lots of emotion on stage.. (I have to believe we will get ARC)
    4) "crown of thorns" has never been played in Boston (nuf said)
    5) This is a great venue for tailgating and seeing a PJ show (the venue has great accoustics)


    again... if there was one show to say "screw it.. I'm going".. as a hard core PJ fan... this is the one to "get to"...

    Hope to see you all in the pahking lot...

    Coming from southern ontario, for hartford and boston 1 and 2, see everyone there.
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  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    Hmmm....lets see. Band not at home...playing instruments on stage in front of people as part of a string of concerts on different dates...yeah i'd say that show is part of a tour.

    Nope. It's a bene concert.
    "I don't believe in PJ fans but I believe there is something, not too sure what." - Thoughts_Arrive


  • CantKeepmedown
    CantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,121
    BeerBaron wrote:
    After the Mansfield shows in '03, isn't it safe to assume that there is going to be a STRICT 11:00 curfew of the Boston shows?


    Nahh.....they've broke it before, and they'll do it again if they have to.

    At least I hope they do. If not, they better kick Ted Leo off the stage and start at 8pm.
  • vitodacat
    vitodacat Posts: 475
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    beacon doesn't count. they are not playing for fans. they are playing with those who have money. For a good cause I know, but still, it is for those who have money.

    I will be there + I am a fan = they are playing for fans


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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,801
    why oh why does everything end up as an oh yeah it will be oh no it won't be ,as it stands the best show of the tour just happened last night at the roooooooooooooo believe me that set list won't get topped at any upcoming venue at all you can bank on that ,will we get great shows no doubt but not one set list will come close to that ,so people don't get to hyped up like you will see set list like that any time soon ......that was for a special night ...
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  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    josevolution wrote:
    why oh why does everything end up as an oh yeah it will be oh no it won't be ,as it stands the best show of the tour just happened last night at the roooooooooooooo believe me that set list won't get topped at any upcoming venue at all you can bank on that ,will we get great shows no doubt but not one set list will come close to that ,so people don't get to hyped up like you will see set list like that any time soon ......that was for a special night ...

    Did you go? If you did...rock on! That was an incredible set list!
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    josevolution wrote:
    why oh why does everything end up as an oh yeah it will be oh no it won't be ,as it stands the best show of the tour just happened last night at the roooooooooooooo believe me that set list won't get topped at any upcoming venue at all you can bank on that ,will we get great shows no doubt but not one set list will come close to that ,so people don't get to hyped up like you will see set list like that any time soon ......that was for a special night ...


    Boston accepts that challenge!
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    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • grooveamatic
    grooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    josevolution wrote:
    why oh why does everything end up as an oh yeah it will be oh no it won't be ,as it stands the best show of the tour just happened last night at the roooooooooooooo believe me that set list won't get topped at any upcoming venue at all you can bank on that ,will we get great shows no doubt but not one set list will come close to that ,so people don't get to hyped up like you will see set list like that any time soon ......that was for a special night ...


    If last night proves anything it's that--as always--this is an unpredictable band on an unprecictable tour. You say the roo can;t be topped, but what if they open Columbia with 'I've Got a Feeling', unveil 'Otherside' and 'Strangest Tribe' in the main set, open the first encore with 'No Way' abd close the first encore with 'Release', open the second encore with 'Leash' and close the show thusly: Alive-->Smile-->Indifference. And sprinkled throughout the set is 'Present Tense', 'Rival', 'I'm Open' and 'Black Red Yellow'. Would that top Bonaroo? Cause that shit's possible this tour. Unlikely as all hell, but possible. We can never think we know what this band is going to do.
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