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Concerts you didn't go to

majleap3majleap3 Posts: 208
edited May 2012 in The Porch
We all talk about the PJ shows we've been to, what about the ones where you had tickets but couldn't make it for whatever reason?

Here are mine:

Sacramento Cal Expo 1995. I bought tickets by calling in to the 800 number you had to call back then. Turns out my honeymoon ended up being during that time (see below) so I sold them to a buddy. I hear that was a great show.

Austin City Limits 2009 I got tickets but as the time came closer my ex and I were not getting along at all and I didn't want to go with her so I sold them. I should have gone but it wasn't a good time in my life.

Now all is well and my wonderfully supportive girlfriend and I are trying to get to Pensacola or waiting to see where they play before as warm ups. I don't think it's too much to ask for them not play the East Coast for the 17th straight year (slight exaggeration) and come to Texas is it?
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,873
    MSG Night 1, 2003 (The Garden DVD night): friend's older sister and boyfriend jacked the tix. Didn't have enough money as a teen to scalp for more.
    severed hand thirteen

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    MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,611
    The ones I didnt were:

    Toronto 03
    Montreal 05
    Toronto I and II in 11.
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    8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Blossom 98

    i was poor and broke, so i sold my tix
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    Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    London 05
    Kitchener 05

    Toledo 04

    Had 10C tickets for the the 05 shows but had to transfer them :( I was in college at the time and I couldn't switch the dates of some exams I had to take during the time of those shows. Also couldn't make the Toledo 04 show due to an exam.

    Also had to let go of 6th row Bruce solo tickets due to a college exam.
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,412
    Alpine Night 1...It's a shame it took the awesomeness of day 1 to convince me to drive up for the 2nd.

    Would've crossed so many more tunes off the list too.
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    Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,747
    Alpine Valley 2003. Chicago 1 2006. Was a poor college student in 03 and poor recent college grad in 06 and couldn't afford to make it to either. Now that I'm actually working and making $$, they barely tour anymore :fp: :fp:
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    Mamasan BrenMamasan Bren Posts: 959
    Grand Rapids '06

    Was on my way with my best bud from Cleveland, our hometown, and after about a half hour into the trip decided to turn around. We are huge Cleveland sports fans and the Cavs had a chance in a Game 6 to beat the Pistons to go to the NBA Finals. We'd seen PJ plenty and knew that we already had tickets to see them in a couple days at Cleveland's arena. So, we turned the car around and scalped tickets to see the Cavs, who lost it and a subsequent Game 7. The game was close and we were one late defensive rebound away from winning. The PJ show after that was phenomenal and had the best "It's OK" tag to Daughter ever (see those other 2 recent threads). I had always been viewing the boards for a long time, but that's when I first joined as my first post was an unsuccessful desperate plea to try to sell the Grand Rapids tickets. (See my join date.) My only slight regret was that the Grand Rapids setlist turned out to be one of the coolest shows of that tour.
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    RockMamaRockMama Deep Creek Lake, MD Posts: 478
    Halifax 2005

    I drove home 14 hours from Quebec for my husband's birthday and then flew to Newfoundland for those two shows. Missed a good one. Had to cut Canada short again this year for the same reason - no Calgary. I am not sure I will do it a third time. His birthday is the same weekend as the festivals this year.
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    vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,071
    St. Louis 2010. Our flight from New Orleans back to MSP got cancelled, which made my flight to St. Louis unmakeable.

    Also, the 2003 tour had 5 shows in a 5 hour radius from me. I didn't have tickets for 4 of those shows, and I was a poor college student and didn't have a car or money to travel around. Now if that same tour were to come through, I'd probably catch all 5!
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    brosiobrosio Posts: 59
    I missed MSG II in 1998, had to go to a wedding. Missed the rehersal dinner to go to night 1, so figured it would be bad form to miss the wedding as well.
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    JimNasticsJimNastics Posts: 679
    Wembley 2000, would have been my first PJ gig. I was 18 and strapped for cash so pulled out. Didn't think it be another 6 years before I got the chance...
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    majleap3majleap3 Posts: 208
    JimNastics wrote:
    Wembley 2000, would have been my first PJ gig. I was 18 and strapped for cash so pulled out. Didn't think it be another 6 years before I got the chance...


    That was my first PJ show! Actually it was my first concert ever. It was a gorgeous London day; sunny and warm. There was a game at Wembly that was going to decide who gets to move up to the Premier League. We got off the tube with a bunch of the fans and they were chanting through the streets. Being an American this was all new to me. We watched the game in a pub, then went to the show that night. Truly one of the greatest days in my life. Sorry, not trying to rub it in, you just brought back a great memory!
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    rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    any show prior to 2008. Just wasn't that big of a fan until about 2006-ish
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    samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Camden II '08...would have been my first PJ show. Was supposed to go with a friend, but then something came up for her. And guess what? In the end, her obligation got cancelled. I was PISSED! Looking back now, though, I wouldn't have appreciated the show NEARLY as much as I should--I had quite literally just gotten into PJ at the time and would not have known many songs in the setlist.

    Any one of the Philly '09 shows- The Philly shows fell on my 17th birthday and birthday weekend and ALL I wanted was to attend just one of them. Would have also been my first PJ show. My parents, who are separated, kept telling me to ask the other parent, and didn't seem at all into the idea. At one point, it seemed like my dad was leaning towards yes (helping out with transportation and hotel accommodations), but decided it would be too hard to do. I still hold a grudge to this day about this unfortunate event :lol: But, by the time I finally got to go to my first (and only. I sincerely hope this changes soon. I got the PJ concert bug!) shows (MSG 1 & 2 2010), it was like this grand, most-exciting event for me! Fully appreciated the epicness of both shows and it was 2 years well worth the wait. So I guess it all worked out. Everything happens for a reason?
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    FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,095
    Newark 2010
    I already had tickets to both MSG shows for later in the week, and couldn't take off work for the Tuesday show. I should have just manned up and gone and then slept in work the next day :roll: :x
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    Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    06/22/08 DC

    second kid decided to leave the comforts of mommy's belly 2 weeks early. :D
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    HobbesHobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,383
    Gorge '06. I was there for '05 but in '06 I decided to check into rehab instead.
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    NoloadNoload Monticello, Georgia Posts: 1,630
    I was only 17 with limited funds, so I chose night 1 of the 94 Atlanta shows at the Fox over the well known night 2 show. Great show, but just not as well known as the Sunday show.
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    DuncsDuncs Posts: 423
    I had tickets to the July 21, 1998 Seattle concert. Still kickin myself for not going, but was a lot younger and just couldn't afford it.

    Would love to have been there.
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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    I can proudly say I've never had PJ tickets I didn't use.
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    coco buttercoco butter Posts: 1,438
    Alpine-1992... to young and didn't know anyone going at the time.

    Chicago-1995... this one really hurts. Went to the Milwaukee show two days before but not the Soldier Field show. Pain... Still in pain on this one. Such an amazing show. Probably the best Chicago Pearl Jam show ever! Hard to beat.
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    LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,009
    BinFrog wrote:
    I can proudly say I've never had PJ tickets I didn't use.
    ditto - always have used what I bought
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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    LukinFan wrote:
    BinFrog wrote:
    I can proudly say I've never had PJ tickets I didn't use.
    ditto - always have used what I bought


    I've upgraded a few times, but that doesn't count.
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    voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    These are the concerts I haven't gone to:

    All of them.

    :cry:
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Buenos Aires 11...... :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,123
    I almost missed the Vancouver 05 show when my truck's engine threw a piston rod while going over the mountain pass in North Cascades. I used some mountain water to cool the engine down, was able to baby it over the pass, and luckily it was literally all downhill to Mt. Vernon where I was able to rent a car. I missed the Supersuckers and was in my seat for only a few minutes before Release started.

    The next day I decided to try to drive my truck back to Seattle with a friend following in the rental car. I only made it two miles before the engine disintegrated and started throwing debris all over the road. I pulled the truck over, got out and noticed a huge billboard with an 1-800 number to donate your car. I called and told them to pick it up in front of their sign. :D

    I still have the broken piston rod as a memento.
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    WhyNotSwedenWhyNotSweden Sweden Posts: 4,266
    Stockholm 1993, PJ was opener for Neil Young. Damn I regret I didn't go.....

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    -18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2
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    drsluggodrsluggo Posts: 4,742
    What a nice, painful thread you've started! :lol:

    Toledo 1996... Ten Club ticket problem. They didnt have enough tickets so we didnt get them. We were still near Toledo anyway because my brother was in school near there, and we found out the next day the TC had extra tickets for anyone who showed up after getting shut out. PAINFUL!

    Grand Rapids 2004... We went to Toledo and were going to do MI and go home, but we had to be somewhere the day after so I was told Toledo would have to be it. And in my opinion, the MI show was one of the best VFC shows. Wah wah!
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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,123
    I just remembered I missed the Sacramento '98 show .... but I didn't know I had tickets until afterwards. My buddy scored some tickets at the last minute (front row :-x :( ) but couldn't find me.

    Ahh, the days before cell phones .....
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    Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,479
    1994 paramount theater NYC-no yet in the fanclub and unable to score affordable tickets
    2003 holmdel NJ-just finished seeing a bunch of shows over a two week period and was beat-big mistake to miss that one
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