Only one show in all of Germany?!?? WTF?

strilo

Can someone please explain to me why the fuck Pearl Jam is only playing ONE show in the most populous country in Europe? 82.5 million people and Germany gets ONE FUCKING SHOW??! Whatever. Portugal has like 18 people and they get two shows. Italy gets FIVE. There should be at least one more in like Frankfurt or something. Come on throw those of us in the south of Germany a bone!

mole1985

Ha, maybe they will do more once Rammstein tour the US. Think how their fans feel....

Pegasus

we're still hoping for more shows next year to cover northern Europe.

Yes 5 shows in Italy seems strange...but then they got to #1 there with Pearl Jam...can't be said from most other countries..

rhinomagic

southern part of Germany = south part of United States?



Surely there are a few World Cup stadiums that will be empty in September...

Here's hoping they return to Germany and northern Europe next year.

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strilo

That doesn't help me. I return to the States in October.

London_Jam

hmmmm - ok... well please explain to me Mr biggest population in Europe why you could still get tickets for this ONE show in Germany 3 WEEKS after they went on sale!!! You may have the biggest population in nEurope but there doesnt appear to be heaps of love there for PJ!!

Yeah you guys in Germany REALLY warrant another show in Germany - you can barely sell out ONE!!!

The Italian shows all sold out in a few days!! And there were 5 of em!

UK didnt even get ONE specialised arena gig so count yourself lucky... And we have a population of over 65 million so we dont too badly on that front ourselves...we may get something in February but nothings confirmed. Im having to travel to Marseilles, Barcelona and Athens... Geez... self important, moaning German!

London_Jam

oh - and since when have us Europeans been afraid of travel??? And its even in your own COUNTRY!

I Am Gone

Only none shows in the whole of Scotland?!?? WTF?

Pegasus

London_Jam wrote:

hmmmm - ok... well please explain to me Mr biggest population in Europe why you could still get tickets for this ONE show in Germany 3 WEEKS after they went on sale!!! You may have the biggest population in nEurope but there doesnt appear to be heaps of love there for PJ!!

Yeah you guys in Germany REALLY warrant another show in Germany - you can barely sell out ONE!!!

The Italian shows all sold out in a few days!! And there were 5 of em!

UK didnt even get ONE specialised arena gig so count yourself lucky... And we have a population of over 65 million so we dont too badly on that front ourselves...we may get something in February but nothings confirmed. Im having to travel to Marseilles, Barcelona and Athens... Geez... self important, moaning German!

we do get 2 festivals dates though...and they haven't sold out either (the days PJ is on)...
Not that I'd not rather have a proper (as in cheaper and full set) arena gig...

Sadly, the first time they're doing 2 dates in France (they never played anything but Paris), it's not selling out...:(

they've been gone too long, only the die-hard remember their existence, the younger music fans have moved on.

duggro

strilo wrote:

Can someone please explain to me why the fuck Pearl Jam is only playing ONE show in the most populous country in Europe? 82.5 million people and Germany gets ONE FUCKING SHOW??! Whatever. Portugal has like 18 people and they get two shows. Italy gets FIVE. There should be at least one more in like Frankfurt or something. Come on throw those of us in the south of Germany a bone!

i'm totally crying for you, really i am

strilo

Hey I agree it sucks they aren't really playing anything outside of a fesitval in the UK. That really sucks. And I am not afraid of traveling at all. However, traveling to Berlin (train or plane) is expensive, then the tickets are fucking ridiculously expensive this time around and I'd have to spend the night somewhere. That works out to way too much for a student to afford. If they played somewhere closer I could get there and back in one trip and be fine.

As for why the show hasn't sold out, well that's weird. But see... Berlin is way off on the east side of Germany with not a lot around it. Maybe it hasn't sold out because the majority of the German population is in the south and the west and people aren't willing to take the really expensive Deutsche Bahn to Berlin for a concert. If it was somewhere central in western Germany, like Frankfurt, then a lot of Germans could get there and back fast and cheaper.

London_Jam

Pegasus wrote:

we do get 2 festivals dates though...and they haven't sold out either (the days PJ is on)...
Not that I'd not rather have a proper (as in cheaper and full set) arena gig...

Sadly, the first time they're doing 2 dates in France (they never played anything but Paris), it's not selling out...:(

they've been gone too long, only the die-hard remember their existence, the younger music fans have moved on.

I know - im going to Reading and I have to say im really looking forward to it... but would still really love an arena gig with a full setlist...

Marseilles and Paris not sold out?? Geez that sucks - was hoping that the Marseilles gig would be a little jewel... guess I was wrong about that one.

Still, Athens and Barca should be amazing!

Pegasus

London_Jam wrote:

I know - im going to Reading and I have to say im really looking forward to it... but would still really love an arena gig with a full setlist...

Marseilles and Paris not sold out?? Geez that sucks - was hoping that the Marseilles gig would be a little jewel... guess I was wrong about that one.

Still, Athens and Barca should be amazing!

Na, Frenchs suck, you should hear the crap on radio there (I should know! why do you think I chose to live here ...and if some people from the french forum read this: I'm not talking about you ), so I'm not regretting being busy (ironically in France for a wedding) that weekend.

Dublin, Barca, Verona and possibly Athens should be good though.
Antwerp and Lisbon also (but it's midweek so can't do)

ellroy

HI pearl jam does also one show in holland and im there, be happy instead of complaining that they do one show.
i bought my ticket for 42.50 euro's so expensive??????????????????????

strilo

Yeah I was dumb and saw a price in Swiss Francs and though it was Euros. Color me lame. Anyway the Netherlands is what, 1/10th the size of Germany? And has what 16 million people? Oh yeah you guys should totally get as many shows as Germany. :rolleyes: Oh and to London_Jam it's funny, I think it sucks that England doesn't have any normal shows this tour because I can fly from Karlsruhe to London for fucking cheap, so seeing a show there would have been a doable option too. And I have friends there and places to crash. If they announce any more shows there while I am still in Europe I am totally there.

Anyway once I realized my idiot mistake with Swiss Francs I decided I might try and go to the show in Bern, Switzerland. Here's hoping it works out.

dunkman

strilo wrote:

Anyway the Netherlands is what, 1/10th the size of Germany? And has what 16 million people? Oh yeah you guys should totally get as many shows as Germany. :rolleyes:

whats the population gotta do with it??? by your rationale they should be touring China and India for the next 4 years as they have about 2.5billion people there...

trust an american to be so obsessed with the stats of it all :rolleyes:

strilo

Well really I will use whatever excuse I can to be annoyed that they aren't coming on tour close to me. It's called being a fan. Add to that my frustration that on the 2003 tour they did not play Portland OR Seattle. So I have not seen them on a tour since 2000. And if I miss 2006 then NINE YEARS without a Pearl Jam show? You would be a little pissed off too I think.

JackisBack

At least you have the World Cup!

strilo

LOL! Yes and what an experience. We have NOTHING in America that approaches the craziness of the World Cup. I live in one of the World Cup cities and every time there is a game, it's NUTS.

dunkman

strilo wrote:

And if I miss 2006 then NINE YEARS without a Pearl Jam show? You would be a little pissed off too I think.

boo fucking hoo!!!!

If it wasnt for the very small Astoria show they just did then I would have never seen them... 6 years ago I was on my honeymoon and before that it was 1997... so imagine my horror when the Euro tour is announced and the closest gig to me is in Ireland and I have to fly there for the one and only gig that is actually close to me... i just got on with it... at least Germany has 1 fucking show.... i have none... now shut the fuck up

strilo

There is a bit of a difference between Astoria (wherever that is) and Portland, Oregon. We are literally 2.5 hours from Seattle, where they live. We should get the love a lot more...

duggro

strilo wrote:

There is a bit of a difference between Astoria (wherever that is) and Portland, Oregon. We are literally 2.5 hours from Seattle, where they live. We should get the love a lot more...

och dear, what a silly comment

strilo

I mean merely by proximity, not some feeling that we're better. Anyway they could have played Seattle, too. I would easily drive to Seattle to see their show(s).

Rat

strilo wrote:

Can someone please explain to me why the fuck Pearl Jam is only playing ONE show in the most populous country in Europe? 82.5 million people and Germany gets ONE FUCKING SHOW??! Whatever. Portugal has like 18 people and they get two shows. Italy gets FIVE. There should be at least one more in like Frankfurt or something. Come on throw those of us in the south of Germany a bone!

those comments about portugal are starting to become a little annoiyng!!!

we have like 18 people an we have already sold out the two dates ah?

by the way we are also the only country were pearl jam stayed in the 1st place for two weeks!!!

London_Jam

strilo wrote:

Yeah I was dumb and saw a price in Swiss Francs and though it was Euros. Color me lame. Anyway the Netherlands is what, 1/10th the size of Germany? And has what 16 million people? Oh yeah you guys should totally get as many shows as Germany. :rolleyes: Oh and to London_Jam it's funny, I think it sucks that England doesn't have any normal shows this tour because I can fly from Karlsruhe to London for fucking cheap, so seeing a show there would have been a doable option too. And I have friends there and places to crash. If they announce any more shows there while I am still in Europe I am totally there.

Anyway once I realized my idiot mistake with Swiss Francs I decided I might try and go to the show in Bern, Switzerland. Here's hoping it works out.

Well listen, if the rumours ARE true and they play UK gigs February time then be sure to let me know and I'll buy you a beer... cos one things for sure.. London is fucking expensive once you get here! :-P

And that goes for everyone... big meet up for the Hammersmith Apollo in Feb!!

Zoso

I would have though they woud have played atleast 1 more show.. in 2000 they played in Berlin and Hanburg yes? Prolly deserve a show in Hanburg or Stuugart (sp) but what can yah do... pay some money and invest some time and travel outside of Germany and see a few shows.

Pegasus

London_Jam wrote:

And that goes for everyone... big meet up for the Hammersmith Apollo in Feb!!

dream on! (I wish, I can cycle there in like just over 10 minutes!)
I'll be content if they do Wembley...or anywhere in the country for that matter!

strilo

London_Jam that's really nice of you. Thanks! But I will be returning to America in October, so I would not be coming to London in February.

Rat wrote:

those comments about portugal are starting to become a little annoiyng!!!

we have like 18 people an we have already sold out the two dates ah?

by the way we are also the only country were pearl jam stayed in the 1st place for two weeks!!!

Now now, my comment was tongue in cheek. I know Portugal has a solid PJ fanbase. I own the 2000 Lisbon boot. I am just frustrated because I think Germany has a good fanbase too and there is one show.

Zoso wrote:

I would have though they woud have played atleast 1 more show.. in 2000 they played in Berlin and Hanburg yes? Prolly deserve a show in Hanburg or Stuugart (sp) but what can yah do... pay some money and invest some time and travel outside of Germany and see a few shows.

They did play Hamburg and Berlin in 2000. They also played Salzburg, which is somewhere I could easily get to. Stuttgart would be kinda weird if they played here. I would say Frankfurt and Munich would be good choices. Both are huge cities and transportation hubs that loads of people could get to. The problem is not time or traveling outside of Germany. The problem is money. I am a college student. I cannot afford too much.

ellroy

well i think maybe we are a small country, but were a f*cking great country!
tell me in what other country you can smoke al the weed you want?
only for that they should play 365 days in our small but beautifull holland

Final Bow

I'm disappointed that they won't play in Hamburg this time, too, but I take the opportunity to travel cross europe next to Berlin. I can't wait that I will taste the atmosphere of verona, vienna and athens.
Keep in mind that fans from Poland or Scandinavia will be disappointed as well, because no date are announced.
Let's keep fingers crossed that PJ will come next year back to europe/germany.

By the way, the current world cup is the biggest party ever in germany ( one month long, lots of music, football, lots of people from all over the world) ->> Unforgetable
It's maybe a small compensation for this summer/year..

ellroy

yeah but were lost from portugal so no worldcup for holland any longer hahaha