Home› Given To Fly (live)

Astoria 20/04/06

i_luv_piesi_luv_pies Posts: 46
edited January 2007 in Given To Fly (live)
Its been a while lets bring back the love!!!!
Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    OH HELL YEAH!

    This was my first ever show. I spent an hour on the phone the night before trying to win a pair of the free tickets, and when that didn't work i stayed up all night because i was so excited about possibly buying a pair.

    After a few minutes of refreshing the page, they appeared at about 8.55am and i quickly got a pair! I ran outside barefoot in the rain screaming and dancing around campus, probably waking people up! I've never been so excited!

    It was an amazing show,very intense. Started off up front about two or three rows back, right in front of Eddie. Had to move during Severed Hand because it was just a bit too squased. Found a more comfortable spot next to this heavily-built guy who kept wrapping his arms around me and making me jump up and down with him. He was a bit annoying because all he'd shout in between songs was 'Alive! Fuckin' play Alive!!'...and then, to top it all of, when they finally played Alive at the end of the night, he started screaming for Black! Some people are never happy!
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • jack_bass_playerjack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    is the only word that can describe it


    best. gig. ever.

    :cool:
    2006 - Astoria, Dublin, Leeds
    2007 - London
    2009 - London, Manchester, London
    2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London
    2011 - Alpine Valley x2
    2012 - Isle of Wight, Manchester x2
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    my first show too

    was immense.!!!!!

    come back for 2007 pleeasee!!!!!

    I dont get it why Vedder says all this shit about England and only plays two really bad festivals and just one secret small show - was good for me but not for the many who didn't get in
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    i_luv_pies wrote:
    Its been a while lets bring back the love!!!!

    The love was never gone! Best show ever.... :D I want it again :D As one has it in her sig... orgazmic!!!!
  • little_wishlittle_wish Posts: 532
    I was there too! Got ||Release_Me||'s other ticket, such a kick ass show. I had an amazing time and every time I hear WWS, it takes me right back to that night, 2 rows back, screaming, jumping and having the night of my life!
    20-04-2006 04-09-2006 05-09-2006 11-09-2006 16-09-2006 17-09-2006 18-06-2007 21-06-2007 26-06-2007 28-06-2007 17-08-2009 20-05-2010 21-05-2010

    "The live shows? Well, that's church on Sundays"
  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    Inside|The|Well wrote:
    I was there too! Got ||Release_Me||'s other ticket, such a kick ass show. I had an amazing time and every time I hear WWS, it takes me right back to that night, 2 rows back, screaming, jumping and having the night of my life!

    Yeah me too everytime I hear WWS im taken back to being up front screaming and jumping with DemonCleaner, what a night
    Pearl Jam - London Astoria 20/4/06....One hell of a night :)

    Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!

    Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing

    Wembley 2007 :D
  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    first show for me too, FINALLY!

    and the biggest grin stuck on my face for 2 days after, literally.. :D
  • V VV V Posts: 5,191
    redrock wrote:
    The love was never gone! Best show ever.... :D I want it again :D As one has it in her sig... orgazmic!!!!

    would I be one of thoes ? tho. i have changed it a little :D

    OOOh my 1st time too and wowwwwwwwwww well worth the umpteen years of wait truely amazing :D

    i was right at Ed's feet for 90% (till i went under) but even seeing the last of the encore nr the back and the extra ALIVE was still perfect , such a small venue impossible to have a bad view :D

    THank you Thank You Pearl Jam XXXXXXXXXX
    ~~~~~~~~~~ PINK FLUFFY LOVE PSYCHO~~~~~~~~~~
    Astoria,Dublin,Reading 06,Wembley 07,Sheapards Bush & o2 09 thats multiple Jamgasms!
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Amazing gig. I was about 3 rows back right in front of Ed Ved. It all seemd a bit surreal.
  • i_luv_piesi_luv_pies Posts: 46
    it was amazing...just shocked i got tickets had 5 family members trying to get me tickets when i got them myself..... i had to have a few beers to celebrate...waited 6 six years to see them again... and I thought the Wembley Arena gigs in 96 was a long wait to 2000
  • Housing JimHousing Jim Posts: 644
    we will never see a show this good again
    A democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos.

    Manchester - 4/6/2000
    London - 20/4/2006
    Dublin - 23/8/2006
    London - 18/6/2007
    New York City - 24/6/2008
    New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
    Manchester - 18/8/2009
    Manchester - 20/6/2012
    Leeds - 6/7/2014
    London - 18/6/2018
  • xnothingmanxxnothingmanx Posts: 194
    It was indeed, amazing.

    I was one of the lucky ten club winners in our special enclosure thing upstairs. Would have liked to have been up close down the front too, but as someone else said, there wasnt a bad view in the whole place. And we did get to walk around with "Pearl Jam VIP" Stickers on, which was cool.

    Ive seen them 5 times between 2000 and 2006 and this was easily the best.
    Wembley 00 (Night 1)Cardiff 00 Astoria 06 Jools Holland Recording 06 (I met Ed!)Reading 06 Katowice 07 Wembley 07 Shepherds Bush 09 O2 London 09 Hard Rock Calling 10 Manchester 12 Night 1 and 2
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    My first show too (after parting with £200) ! It was aalll too surreal. I couldn't believe there was such a big PJ fanbase in the UK...and everyone was in london to see the show.

    It did feel like we were in a small dingy club in Seattle in 1992 experiencing a great band that no one had heard of!
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    What a night, the show was amazing I enjouyed every single minute, was right up front between Mike and Ed. Words can not describe how fucking good this was and to top it all off I got a hug of Eddie afterwards and would not shut up about it for weeks :D still makes me smile
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Another first for me, I sure miss that night...
    I desire peace where I live
    https://www.facebook.com/Bring.Pearl.Jam.To.Israel
  • JimNasticsJimNastics Posts: 679
    I was about to find and bump the old / original thread until I found this one!

    Astoria was the first time myself and my girlfriend had ever seen Pearl Jam, and I can safely say with certainty that it was the best day of our lives together so far, and probably will be until either a) we get hitched or b) we have kids. Dublin was great, but it wasn't Astoria. What an absolutely incredible night, makes me all choked a bit just thinking about it, I'd do anything to go back and relive it.
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    :eek: What happened to the other thread?!! It didn't get deleted did it? :(
    20/04/06 ~ 23/08/06 ~ 09/09/06

    14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour

    18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing

    04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~

    Rockin' out to Creadles
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    As much as I'd love to relive the whole experience, I doubt I'll ever go to a gig like that again in my life. I could see PJ from the barrier a hundred times, but it wouldn't come close. Not the energy, the form, the set-list, the crowd, the run-up to it, the smell, the volume and of course, the second best music venue in the whole world.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    True Rob.. unique experience. What's the first best venue then?
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    redrock wrote:
    True Rob.. unique experience. What's the first best venue then?
    100 Club ;)
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Oh my... haven't been there in.. years I guess! Yep.. great place! Petition for PJ to play in the 100 Club! :D
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    100 Club ;)

    What's the 100 Club?
    20/04/06 ~ 23/08/06 ~ 09/09/06

    14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour

    18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing

    04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~

    Rockin' out to Creadles
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    redrock wrote:
    Oh my... haven't been there in.. years I guess! Yep.. great place! Petition for PJ to play in the 100 Club! :D
    Now THAT'S a petition I'd actually sign... none of this "play Scotland" or "Play the South" nonsense! :D:D
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    stonesgstring wrote:
    What's the 100 Club?
    It's on Oxford Street (if my memory serves me right!). Lots of bands played there before being famous and even after. Lots of different genres too. Hubby saw the sex pistols there... I remember seeing Nico... It's been around for ever! A bit like the marquee was...
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    redrock wrote:
    It's on Oxford Street (if my memory serves me right!). Lots of bands played there before being famous and even after. Lots of different genres too. Hubby saw the sex pistols there... I remember seeing Nico... It's been around for ever! A bit like the marquee was...

    Ah it sounds cool. I love places like that :)
    20/04/06 ~ 23/08/06 ~ 09/09/06

    14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour

    18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing

    04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~

    Rockin' out to Creadles
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    stonesgstring wrote:
    Ah it sounds cool. I love places like that :)
    I think that was GN'R's first UK show if I'm not mistaken..
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    redrock wrote:
    It's on Oxford Street (if my memory serves me right!). Lots of bands played there before being famous and even after. Lots of different genres too. Hubby saw the sex pistols there... I remember seeing Nico... It's been around for ever! A bit like the marquee was...
    YOU SAW NICO?!?!? :eek: With the Velvets?
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    I think that was GN'R's first UK show if I'm not mistaken..

    Really, you are a mind of knowledge ;):D
    20/04/06 ~ 23/08/06 ~ 09/09/06

    14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour

    18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing

    04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~

    Rockin' out to Creadles
  • I Scot IDI Scot ID Posts: 275
    Aye the Astoria wasn't bad.... :)
Sign In or Register to comment.