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Your First Show...
As I look back on my PJ years, I am still blown away by that first experience... I stumbled across this review today and wanted to share it... Memorial Stadium 10-4-96 (excellent set and show if you can get a copy)... what was your first show?
http://www.examiner.com/article/concert-flashback-pearl-jam-at-memorial-stadium-charlotte-nc-on-10-4-96
Sound check: Throw Your Arms Around Me, Better Man
set: Long Road, Last Exit, Animal, Spin the Black Circle, Hail Hail, In My Tree, Corduroy, Lukin, Not for You, Jeremy, Better Man, Red Mosquito, Black, State of Love and Trust, (MFC riffs), Habit, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Alive, Porch
enc 1:Who You Are, Even Flow, Whipping, I Got Shit, Leaving Here, Daughter
enc 2:Yellow Ledbetter
http://www.examiner.com/article/concert-flashback-pearl-jam-at-memorial-stadium-charlotte-nc-on-10-4-96
Sound check: Throw Your Arms Around Me, Better Man
set: Long Road, Last Exit, Animal, Spin the Black Circle, Hail Hail, In My Tree, Corduroy, Lukin, Not for You, Jeremy, Better Man, Red Mosquito, Black, State of Love and Trust, (MFC riffs), Habit, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Alive, Porch
enc 1:Who You Are, Even Flow, Whipping, I Got Shit, Leaving Here, Daughter
enc 2:Yellow Ledbetter
Charlotte 10/4/96 Raleigh 8/31/98 Charlotte 8/4/00 Raleigh 4/15/03 Asheville 10/6/04
Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
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First PJ shows and seen them 5 times in a week, was pretty cool, had to make up for lost time.
EV - Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney 2011; Sydney 2014.
SET 1
Sometimes
Last Exit
Brain Of J.
Hail, Hail
Faithfull
Even Flow
Corduroy
I Got Id
Pilate
Noise of Carpet
Daughter
MFC
Lukin
Wishlist
Mankind
All Those Yesterdays
Black
Alive
ENCORE 1
Do The Evolution
Given To Fly
Leatherman
Better Man
Leaving Here
My Generation
Porch
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
One of the greatest "Release" 's of all time. Mercy!!!
attendance: 30,000
support act: Ben Harper, The Fastbacks
set: Sometimes, Go, Spin the Black Circle, Hail Hail, Animal, Tremor Christ, Who You Are, Corduroy, Lukin, Better Man, Not for You, Jeremy (new), Once, Rats, Last Exit, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Whipping, I Got Shit, Black, Alive, Porch
enc 1: In My Tree, Even Flow, Daughter/(The Real Me)/(ABitW)/(WMA), Mankind, Long Road, Leaving Here
enc 2: Off He Goes, Present Tense, Yellow Ledbetter
notes: A nearly three-hour show with a raging pit. The band stops playing several times in an effort to get the crowd to settle down. During ‘Porch,’ Ed duct-tapes his *entire* body and jumps into the pit. (Thought we’d never see that again!) Just before the first encore, someone throws an “Eddie Vedder for President” t-shirt up on stage. Ed looks at it and says, “Well I’ll tell you the truth … I smoke pot! I didn’t exhale though!” Stone asks for a chant of “Stone, Stone, Stone!” before singing ‘Mankind.’ During the encore, Mike starts playing ‘Yellow Ledbetter’ after ‘Leaving Here,’ Ed stops him and they go into ‘Off He Goes’ followed by ‘Present Tense!’ Incredible setlist.
I remember checking the mailbox everyday until I had the tickets in my hand.
Going to school to use teh interwebs to see if MSG had a seating chart and scaring the computer lab when I screamed with joy and amazement that I had 8th row seats thanks to the 10club!
The day of the show might as well have not even happened. I was so excited the entire day that there was no way I was able to focus on anything but the specific train I planned to catch with my buddy to head to NYC.
Though it was my first PJ show, I could tell that I was witnessing something special.
I still get shivers down my spine thinking about that day=p
Its definitely in my top 3 shows I've ever seen. The others being APC opening for NIN @MSG and Marilyn Manson coming out during Starf**kers~ and seeing Tool on the Lateralus tour
CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION
The Woodlands, Texas
Sat 14 October, 2000
SET 1
Long Road
Breakerfall
Corduroy
Whipping
Hail, Hail
Animal
Dissident
Nothing As it Seems
Given To Fly
Untitled
MFC
Habit
Wishlist
Better Man
Evacuation
Mankind
Jeremy
Black
Porch
ENCORE 1
Last Exit
State Of Love And Trust
Sleight Of Hand
Even Flow
improv
Last Kiss
Rearviewmirror
ENCORE 2
Soon Forget
Yellow Ledbetter
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
BRAD- April 27, 2012 Seattle, WA
Pearl Jam- September 30, 2012 Missoula, MT
Pearl Jam- November 30, 2013 Spokane, WA
Pearl Jam- December 6, 2013 Seattle WA
Big Green Country
Act of Love
Downtown
Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield song)
Scenery
Throw Your Hatred Down
The Needle and the Damage Done
Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
After the Gold Rush
I'm the Ocean
Cortez the Killer
Powderfinger
Encore:
Peace and Love
Like a Hurricane
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo
-16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2
-17, EV Amsterdam 2+3
-18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2
-19, EV Brussels
The most rockin' intro - Go, Save You, Animal, DTE, RVM!
A BLACK of pure greatness, a beautiful venue, great weather and amazing Crowd!
Thank you all!
Dn't forget Ed climbing the lighting rig... Awesome show
Not a bad 1st show!
Pearl Jam at their very Best!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
+1
Even Flow/Once/Deep /Jeremy/Dissident/Across The Universe/Daughter/Instant Karma/Go/Animal/State Of Love And Trust/Tremor Christ/Black/Blood/Alive
ENCORE 1
Rearviewmirror/Whipping/Leash/Tearing/Porch
ENCORE 2
Swallow My Pride/Ain't Nothing to Do
Went for free w/ a buddy from UNLV who's friend backed out...really liked TEN, but it was a tad played out for me...stayed in line @ midnight to buy Vs. at the Warehouse in Vegas a month earlier. Wasn't a fan club member, yet. Vs. became my fave (still is) so I was psyched to go...
Big fan of MLB, Green River scene - liked the Dead Boys...shocked to see those tunes and some Lennon tossed in there...a week later was Lennon's death anniversary (13 yrs)
This show stayed with me and made me a raging fan. The $60 bootleg at the time was worth every penny and started my infatuation with these guys. Still up there with one of the best shows - period - I have ever experienced.
Vitalogy wouldn't come out for almost a year - and when it did I couldn't understand why Whipping and Tremor Christ sounded like I knew them already
Tried to get a ticket & sneak in the next night. Was extremely pissed to hear they played a Who cover (Real Me) and a Neil Young cover (RITFW)...
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My first concert of ANY type was Pink Floyd - Giants Stadium - June 1988 - the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. Pretty great show.
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
04/04/92 – Concert Hall: Toronto, Ontario
set: Oceans, Even Flow, Why Go, Jeremy, Deep, Alive, Black, State of Love and Trust, Once, Porch, Breath, Happy Birthday, Leash
notes: During ‘Porch,’ Ed climbs up onto the balcony and starts working his way all the way around the venue on the edge of the balcony. About 3/4 of the way around, two security guards grab him and pull him off the edge. They don’t realize who he is, thinking he is a fan climbing. When they realize their error, they let him go. Ed stands on the edge of the balcony and then drops down onto the crowd below – quite a drop but they catch him! Then he “swims” to the stage, picks up the mic and says, “I can do … whatever the fuck I want!” ‘Happy Birthday’ is sung to Mike. Ed introduces Henry Rollins and someone (tour manager, Eric Johnson) looking and dressing very much like Henry comes on stage. “Henry” has a huge happy face drawn on his back with magic marker.
Release
Animal
Hail Hail
Given To Fly
Corduroy
MFC
I Got Id
Even Flow
Jeremy
Daughter
Suck You Dry (Mudhoney cover) (Tag)W.M.A. (Tag)
Off He Goes
Immortality
Rearviewmirror
Brain Of J.
Black
Better Man
Alive
Encore:
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover) (Intro)
Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John cover) (Snippet)
Hard To Imagine
Wishlist
Last Exit
Go
Leaving Here (Edward Holland, Jr. cover)
Once
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Encore 2:
Porch
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
www.cluthelee.com
www.cluthe.com
Vancouver, BC
Release
Go
Animal
Save You
Given To Fly
Corduroy
Love Boat Captain
Even Flow
Better Man
1/2 Full
Daughter (W.M.A)
Wishlist
Lukin
Grievance
Immortality
Nothingman
Down
Do The Evolution
Blood
Encore 1
Footsteps
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter in a Small Town
U
Alive
Encore 2:
Bee Girl
Black
Porch
Encore 3:
I Believe in Miracles
Baba O'Riley
Yellow Ledbetter
Not too shabby
Vancouver, BC - 2009
Vancouver, BC - 2011
Vancouver, BC - 2013
Mountain View, CA - 2014
Mountain View, CA - 2014
Quebec City, QC - 2016
Ottawa, ON - 2016
Pemberton, BC - 2016
Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
That wasn't my first show but those 2 '98 Camden shows probably remain my personal favorites. PJ hadn't played in Philly for like 5+ years, and you could tell they were both excited to be there and also wanted to make up for lost time. 2 fantastic shows.
Seattle, Washington
Fri 18 March, 2005
The Kids Are Alright
(Eddie & Boom)
Porch
(1st jazzy intro that I know of)
Save You
Given To Fly
1/2 Full
Comatose
(Different Lyrics, then known as "Crapshoot Rapture")
Daughter
Happy Birthday to Jeff
Crazy Mary
(with Bill Frisell)
Parting Ways
(With student cellist Eli)
All Along the Watchtower
(with members of The Presidents of the USA and Heart)
Won the 10c lottery, smallest venue I've seen them in. I also won the 10c lottery for Missoula, the 2nd smallest venue I've seen them in.
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
...my friends don't call...my friends don't... *cough*.... call me doctor... (as Ed was getting over a cold)
....if you start me up...start me up I'll never stop...if you rub me up... rub me up, I'll blow my top...you'll make a dead man cum....make a dead man cum...
All that's sacred comes from youth
06/24/03 – Germain Amphitheater: Columbus, OH
support act: Buzzcocks
set: Can’t Keep, Daughter, 1/2 Full, Go, Save You, Ghost, Better Man, Grievance, Evacuation, Even Flow, In Hiding, Cropduster, Corduroy, Elderly Woman, Red Mosquito, improv, Rearviewmirror
enc 1: Given To Fly, Wishlist, Not For You/(Start Me Up), Footsteps, Do The Evolution, Jeremy
enc 2: Fuckin’ Up
enc 3: Yellow Ledbetter
notes: Ed thanks the people in the back after ‘Elderly Woman’ and makes a quip about the 17-year locusts. He mentions a request for Mike, leading to a bit bit of Zep riffing (‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine’) between Matt and Mike before ‘Red Mosquito.’ Ed talks about being ready to do the song if he “… can just shift himself” (Robert Plant reference). The improv is about Ohio and “Me oh my oh, lost in Ohio … I’m in Ohio high oh … just making my way through Ohio where the sky is and the roads are long … went back to Ohio and my city was gone” (nod to Pretenders). At the start of the encore, Ed thanks the Buzzcocks and talks about watching a video where a band was pretending to be a punk band and he thanks the “real thing,” the Buzzcocks. “Buzzcocks were opening for the Sex Pistols before I was fondling my first erection,” and he talks of how he met them a long time ago when he was a crew guy carrying their gear. “You never know how things will turn out.” ‘Wishlist’ has an extended instrumental ending with additional lyrics:”I wish I was this, I wish I was that; I wish I could do this, I wish I could do that … they don’t care about you, they don’t care about me; they just care about money money money money money … there ain’t no love in Washington DC anymore, but there’s love here, in your houses and your homes … when you’re singing alone … use it like a weapon, a weapon of mass construction.” This leads to a ‘Not For You’ intro: “… so it’s not for you, its for them.” Ed tags a little of “Start Me Up” in the middle, asking for a little background (“if you start me up, I’ll never stop … you make a dead man cum”). Ed says, “Threw in a a song by the Folksmen, there …” (joking about the Spinal Tap spin off band known for performing a sanitized, folk version of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Start Me Up’). “Don’t know if you recognized it. Don’t know if you’ll understand this next one, too. It goes early early early as we go … certainly not one raped on the radio or anything,” leading to Footsteps. During ‘DTE,’ “I am the first man to act like Elvis” as he is wearing the crazy Elvis sunglasses. Ed introduces the band and says they will be doing a song written by Mr. Neil Young, adding “This is George W’s favorite song, leading to ‘Fuckin’ Up.’ They return for a surprising third encore with Ed noting, “You can thank Mr. Stone Gossard for this one,” and they close with ‘YL.’
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People were LEAVING before Ledbetter! I told my buddy that I didn't think they were done and we should stay. I was right.
For one of the encores, Ed came back onto the stage via skateboard.
Oceans
Even Flow
Why Go
Jeremy
Deep
Alive
Black
State Of Love And Trust
Once
Porch
Garden
Leash
Rockin' In The Free World
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better"
Johan Cruijff
1) I got to hear Ed talking about his boner (if even tongue-in-cheek) during my first show. :shock:
2) And Ed carrying the Sex Pistol's gear? Joking about that, any truth to it?
Great article. I've had that shows poster on every computer I've owned since 1998!
Assembly Hall-Apr 23 2003 Alpine Valley-Jun 21 2003
Grant Park-Aug 5 2007 United Center-Aug 23 2009
United Center-Aug 24 2009 Alpine Valley-Sep 3 2011
Alpine Valley-Sep 4 2011 Wrigley Field-Jul 19 2013
CIVIC CENTER AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, MAINE
Thu 26 September, 1996
SET 1
Sometimes
Hail, Hail
Animal
Spin The Black Circle
Tremor Christ
In My Tree
Lukin
Not For You
Better Man/Save it For Later
Corduroy
Jeremy
Red Mosquito
State Of Love And Trust
Black
Habit
Rearviewmirror
Alive
ENCORE 1
Who You Are
Even Flow
Daughter/Black Red Yellow/Noise of Carpet/Fame
Blood
Leaving Here
ENCORE 2
I Am A Patriot
notes: The English Beat's 'Save it for Later' snippet tossed into 'Better Man' sound great! Ed pays homage to Josh Ling during a quiet part of 'State:' "I recognize you. You were in the front row just the other night. I recognize you ... how you doin'?"
Such an amazing show. I had been a fan since Ten. This show moved me beyond belief
Next tour in 2000 I saw them 4 times. Phoenix, Vegas, Seattle 1 and 2.
2 shows in 2002 in Seattle in December
5 shows in 2003 LA 1 and 2 SD PHX and Benaroya Hall
1 Gorge show in 2005
2 shows in LA in 2006 and 2 shows at the Gorge.
2 Vedder shows in SD 2008
1 PJ Show in SD in 2009
1 Vedder show in Phoenix in 2012
More to come...