***Highlight of the year***
Zoso
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So the tour is almost over with only Perth and Hawaii to go.. What a year it has been seemed like the world tour was been going for ages and ages. The guys must be so tired after months and months of making us proud.
For me I have so many memories of PJ from 2006. The highlights included;
- Tim Robbins w/ I must not think bad thoughts at LA 2
- Entire Acoustic set at Santa Barbara (Hard To Imagine, Lowlight to name a few)
- The Gorge camping experience. Something I will NEVER forget
- Dirty Frank/Wash at Gorge 1
- Daughter/It's Ok at Gorge 1
- Immortality, DGNL at Adelaide 1
- Thin Air, Nothing As It Seems and Present Tense at Adelaide 2
Number 1 high was meeting so many awesome Pearl Jammers from America and Australia. What a year I have had..
This can be a thread to post your thoughts on tour 06' and your personal highs and lows. go nuts...
For me I have so many memories of PJ from 2006. The highlights included;
- Tim Robbins w/ I must not think bad thoughts at LA 2
- Entire Acoustic set at Santa Barbara (Hard To Imagine, Lowlight to name a few)
- The Gorge camping experience. Something I will NEVER forget
- Dirty Frank/Wash at Gorge 1
- Daughter/It's Ok at Gorge 1
- Immortality, DGNL at Adelaide 1
- Thin Air, Nothing As It Seems and Present Tense at Adelaide 2
Number 1 high was meeting so many awesome Pearl Jammers from America and Australia. What a year I have had..
This can be a thread to post your thoughts on tour 06' and your personal highs and lows. go nuts...
I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
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hehehe..........
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Highlight of the tour is looking to be Newcastle... seemed to be a very special one to be at.
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Bridge second night - Dedication and congratulations to Maricore, acoustic Lukin
Pearl Jam fans raising a lot of money for CCFA during US pre-show parties.
Here's one highlight that could have been - Bonowall kicking DMB fans ass on the lawn at Bridge 1.
Dublin - great gig, crowd, Boys Are Back In Town ffs!!!
Reading - triumphant return and got to take both my boys, outstanding and seeing Ed's reaction to the crowd.
great great year
Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
Katowice, Wembley 07
SBE, Manchester, O2 09
Hyde Park 10
Manchester 1&2 12
This is just g'bye for now...
I don't know you yet, but I first saw you posting during Gorge 1. It was fuck cincy then and it's still fuck cincy now. I guess things never change.
- the Acoustic set at Camden II
- Come Back and Present Tense at Camden I
- Best seats I've ever had I Pittsburgh and Ed making eye contact with me the whole time :eek: (Ok maybe it was only in my head...but a girl can dream)
- Ed's joint speech at Pittsburgh - he was hysterical that night
-Finally meeting people who love PJ as much as I do. Where have u all been my whole life? haha
ahhh I can't wait for more!!!
2. Leash at Dublin
3. Pre-set at Pistoia 'Throw your arms around me'.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
boot wise: the first 7 songs from Bern. i got tired listening to that, i can't imagine what it would have been like to be there
as well as Leash and Dirty Frank!!!
And then, Eddie takes the stage 'This is the time... this is the place' in his old, earthy drawl before ripping into Interstallar Overdrive/Corduroy - an entire farmers field full of people screaming at the top of their lungs 'THE WAITING DROVE ME MAD'
Amazing..... I felt funny after that night. Elated but flat - like i was on the biggest drug comedown. I couldnt possibly see how it could ever be topped.
Then, of course the next week in Barcelona - a different experience but almost better in many ways. Not as many people but a fiery, urgent gig of only 24 songs and Ed and McReady going nuts with Wolfmother. Black, Crazy Mary... In My Tree... and who can forget Hungerstrike... an INCREDIBLE gig that doesnt get as much respect on this board that it should do.
And to think I nearly didnt go to Marseille the week after due to work commitments... I actually thought it wouldnt be that good anyway and I didnt want to taint my memories of the most amazing to nights of my life. But oh my god - this was arguably the pick of the bunch! A room of only about 7,000 people and a setlist to die for...
Long Road to open with, Fatal, Off He Goes and without doubt the best version of Black i have ever heard both live or on boots. The tag 'I'd be lying/if i said i dont love you/dont love/ no more.... noooooo more/we dont belong together... together....' the tu tu tu tu tututu carried by the crowd long after the song has finished. And then, in the last encore, Dirty Frank and Leash....
Simply incredible.
And all the people I met - I had no idea there were others out there like me. And soooo many of you. Lining up with the 10 Club for hours on end was as much fun as I have had in a long time!
I love you all. I love the music. I love this band of ours.
What a fucking amazing end to the summer.
Not only a highlight of this year but a highlight of my entire life. Nights this special do not come along very often and I've never smiled from ear to ear at a show for two hours straight like I did that evening.
If Elderly Woman didn;t move you to tears that night then you must have a heart of stone.
The double whammy of Indifference and Black at Dublin was kinda special too, as well as hanging out with the group we met the night before....you guys made our trip and you know who you are
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
London - 18/6/2018
I'm with Jim. Some may say not the best setlist (though first time ANY song from the avocado was played. Some may say it was a short show BUT.......
it was the most magical moment ever! My first PJ show (after having tickets for two but not able to attend or show cancelled), a tiny venue, fanclub tickets, the energy, the emotions.... I was too stunned to do much after the show... I was in my little heaven! I want Astoria back again (failing that.. can we have a proper boot, please??)
That's also when I met a great group of people from the board and we met up again in Dublin, and we still try to meet up anywhere when we can....
crown of thorns Chicago II
The amazing Milano setlist and the crowd, esp Black, a special version, the tururu end when the crowd is singing for like a minute after they quit playing.
Also Unemployable, my fav from the new album and Faithfull, always amazing to hear some rare Yield.
The *Unemployable>You Are>Sad* trio of the Prague show, I absolutely love these songs and Ive never dreamed Id hear them in one show, not to mention in a combo like this :eek: Plus, also, the acoustic *MAN* set, that was a sweet surprise
Hearing Present Tense for the first time ever in Berlin...:eek: and another :eek: SHOCK when I heard first notes to Footsteps.
Vienna was another great show, but I Got Id and SOLAT prolly my highlights. also when Ed went out and sang Last Kiss in the crowd.
Also, (yeah, theres more), Wishlist was pretty special, with the mirrorball and all, from front row I had a great view and also got myself a few sweet pics to cherish that memory
Oh yeah, one more from Vienna, when I threw to Ed a shirt I got for Stone (we had 5 shirts we were gonna throw on stage by Zagreb show, for each of them, the one in Vienna was for Stone). Anyways, I was gonna throw it, hastitated a lil bit anf Ed gave me a sign to thow it to him, so I did
But, Zagreb was def the best of all. The entire show was a highlight. Starting hard, rocking out to Severed Hand, and when Ed spoke Croatian for the first time ever: just wow! :eek: we were all in awe! Is this that really happening?
The crowd was amazing, so was the band, of course, but the bond that night was def something special, and im sure those of you who were there will agree. Being in front row certainly gave a special touch to the whole thing, plus gettting way too emotional during Unemployable>>In Hiding, just bawling during those two cause it was too effing good
And Porch! Omg, if that isnt a highlight, than I dunno what it is! That was unbelievable and i seriously thought I was dreaming
The same when Ed went in the crowd, ran around a lil bit and during ALIVE pulled out MY flag (that ended up on stage in Vienna, and my other flag eneded up there in ZG when I winked Mike), haha. So many highlights, should I say more? The constant smiling towards Mike and him smiling back and pointing to us, me, and throwing pics, even a shirt and a watter bottle to me at the end of the show. simply amazing! Those guys are the real thing!
My words cant even describe how I felt after the tour, but esp after this show. This entire show was amazing and a highlight itself!
Ok, im done.
but not forgeting
-The live debut of Inside Job in Toronto, complete with lasers and all
-Dropping the Leash at Boston II
-Playing Corduroy with the legendary Benmont Tench in Denver
-The moving story of Long Road in San Diego
-Fucking up Sometimes in San Fran, funnier than watching Bush sweat in November...
-Dirty Frank at the Gorge
-Playing The Boys Are Back In Town in Dublin
-Dublin speech 'Nothing against America, but I couldn't wait to get over here and actually hear people singing'
-'This is the time, this is the place' at Reading
-*That* encore in Marseille
-Playing in Pistoia, perhaps the most haunting place PJ ever played??
-Ed paying his respects to the Campione de Mundo in Milan
-Newcastle
and hopefully more. This has probably been the best year of Pearl Jam's existence.
the shirt was definitely for me though
but The Astoria..first show after all these years of waiting..and what a show! all the new songs played for the VERY FIRST TIME! the crowd response..and the guys reaction to it.. the stupid smile I sported for 2 days (with hardly any sleep) straight after comes back on my face just thinking about it (and that same smile I got after Zagreb..that's telling!)
Madison Square Garden 6/25/08
i still cant understand why the abstance of lisbon in everyones highlights , we were the only city with 2 shows in the entire tour , theres gotta be a reason for that right?
- Favourite moment of the tour for me BAR NONE - Drinking from Eds wine bottle in Grand Rapids.
- 4th Row tickets in my hometown (Toronto). Closed I've ever been to the boys at home. Thank you again BJ!!
- Seeing Garden live for the first time...also here in TO.
- 2nd Row seats in Grand Rapids. (Thank you again Whodat!...and Thank you tenclub!)
- First Encore of Grand Rapids - Sleight of Hand, Off He Goes, Around the Bend, Parting Ways, Hard to Imagine (my first time for this one too!!), Crazy Mary, Alive. Best first encore EVER! (despite Ed fucking up Parting Ways at first)
- Finding 2 Ed picks on the back of the Grand Rapids setlist I got. (Thanks to K*Rock for pointing them out to me before someone else grabbed them).
-Partying at the HOB after the Cleveland show. Best b-day EVER for K*Rock! Love ya girl!
- FINALLY seeing the RRHOF. The Dylan Exhibit was AWESOME!
- The Post party in Pittsburgh. Having a limo drive us to that party (totally unplanned...sooo awesome tho).
- Getting a Jeff pick in Detroit.
- Hanging in Pittsburgh and Cincy with Thunderclap.
- Cincy pre and post parties
- Watching SVT in Fanch's basement with him, Jeninthebx, and Yieldinhiding.
- Getting into the Fonda show.
- Getting Oceans for the FIRST TIME in Santa Barbara
- The Accoustic set in Santa Barbara
- The Stoney G Fanclub experience at the holy Trio in SF. (Front row 2 of 3 nights..Rocking the balcony on night 2)
- Eddie waving at me on night 2 and ALMOST throwing me a tambourine. He decided it was too far and through it behind Matt instead. (nobody got the one that was meant for me)
- Meeting Jeff and Mike after night 2
- sharing in Vedhead27's first time getting Light Years
- Stone taking the mic and asking people to stop pushing. (protecting his fan club! You rule Stoney!)
- Being used for Target practice by Stone during Ledbetter on night 3.
- Being shown around San Fran by Andrea (brazilian fan who now lives in SF). ameoba KICKS ASS!! Twin Peaks is unbelievable.
- Shopping on Height Street with PJPixie
- Doing Easy Street with Sigh_Eternally and Yield2pearljam.
- Both Gorge shows. My God its breathtaking there. Front Row both nights! Thank you Dave for the tix...you ROCK. Thank you Jake...you're THE MAN! Thank you to the supervisor at the Gorge.
- FINALLY meeting Pjammin', Chiquimonkey and Russty Cat. Still need to have that drink tho B.
- Getting the setlist from Gorge 1
and so many many more. What a fantastic year it has been.
I can't WAIT for Hawaii!!
- all 6 corduroys i saw
-I got SHIT in sydney 1.
-DEAD MAN in melbourne 1
-Leash in melb 3
-The last few minutes of melbourne 3, with eds 50c in cup game..
-getting the kings of leon setlist!!
-all the new kings songs..
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
-The entire Astoria experience. From winning the tickets to seeing the guys arrive to hearing soundcheck to the amazing show itself I was on cloud nine and could hardly believe it wasn't all a dream.
-Shaking hands with Ed after Lisbon 1. Just very cool.
-Satan's Bed and Little Wing in Bern. Ed giving his pick to me after "Severed Hand". Awesome show as well and Jeff throwing picks to me to see if I could manage to catch one. Completing my set of PJ picks.
-Meeting Jeff in Milano the day after the gig. Good, good time.
-The entire Avocado and Tremor Christ in Torino as well as Jeff throwing me his wristband after Baba. Also, catching Mike's encore setlist. An amazing way to end my tour and leave me wanting more and more...
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2005 - Sept 1 George, Sept 8 Winnipeg
2006 - May 9/10 Toronto, June 26/27 St. Paul, July 22/23 George, Oct 21/22 Mountain View
2007 - Aug 2/5 Chicago
2008 - June 22 Washington, June 24/25 New York
2009 - Aug 21 Toronto, Aug 23/24 Chicago, Sept 21/22 Seattle, Oct 27/28/30/31 Philadelphia
2010 - May 15 Hartford, May 17 Boston, Oct 23/24 Mountain View
2011 - Sept 3/4 Alpine Valley, Sept 11/12 Toronto, Sept 17 Winnipeg, Sept 19 Saskatoon
2012 - Sept 30 Missoula
2013 - July 16 London, July 19 Chicago, Oct 12 Buffalo, Dec 2 Calgary, Dec 4 Vancouver, Dec 6 Seattle
2014 - Oct 16 Detroit, Oct 19 St. Paul, Oct 20 Milwaukee
2015 - Sept 23 (Colbert)/Sept 26, New York
2016 - Apr 28/29 Philadelphia, May 10/12 Toronto, Aug 20/22 Chicago
No its not sad. I had a blast hanging with you and Red Lukin listening to the Pittsburgh soundcheck. I just wish you had gotten that song at a show. I was praying for u man.
ohh and Lowlight in Toronto....I was in SHOCK. Was NOT expecting to hear that one AT ALL that night.
*Roadtrip Vegas to SF with KaddiKat (seven?)
*Fonda (the wait and all of the wonderful people we met in line made that night all the more amazing!)
*SB... just because.
*Bridge. Thank you guys - how did I ever roll without you? Being that cool is exhausting. :cool:
*(Hawaii!)
I have hopefully another HIGHLIGHT but I need to see if it happened. I will let you know