When did you first see Pearl Jam live?

2001ALLSTAREDDIE

12/7/1993 - Seattle Center - lost my shit at a rock 'n roll concert like never before or since

SVRDhand13

2006- WAY too late

jened10

8/25/98 Pittsburgh-Starlake Amphitheater

When Eddie came out to sing "Throw Your Arms Around Me" I cried. I was 15, and I never thought I would get to see them!

jacobheyman

August 6, 2000 Greensboro Coliseum

jbarbian

August 29th 1992 Lollapalooza at Alpine Valley

Wobbie

'93

Kraven

April 29th 2003 in Albany, NY.

Blind3

April 10, 1992 at The Trocadero in Philly.

ponytd

March 26 1994 Murfreesboro, TN

Electro_UK

Bought tickets to Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park June 25th 2010 to see Wolfmother. They pulled out but I decided I'd still go to see these Pearl Jam guys that I'd heard were alright.

Best concert of my entire life and the birth of an obsession then and there

PJCubs

Soldier Field, 95
Show was the day after Jerry Garcia's last show. Shakedown Street was still in full effect. 90 degree plus day. Almost died due to heat, dehydration, crushing crowd pressure up front. Remember them hosing the crowd down to keep them cool. Almost died but it was the best show of my life at that time.

Oh and still have my stub to be framed with the Ames poster when I finally pick it up.

See you in the GA Pit (sure to be more civilized) at Wrigley!

cmm6734

08/14/2000 - New Orleans, LA

I remember it like it was yesterday. They opened with Long Road, changed my life.

Hard2IMAGINE2007VIC

July 18 1992 Lollapalooza. Shoreline Amp. Mt. View, California

PorchgirlCO

First, 4/24/92 at The Edge in Orlando then again 4 mths later at Lollapalooza at Central Florida Fairgrounds. Was very lucky to see them twice in the same town in one year!

fall by the wayside

Merkin Baller wrote:

9/13/98, the poster for this show is also my avatar.

my first show too!

Choccoloccotide

9/3/1998 at the Civic Center in Birmingham.

Lifted

Hershey 2003. wish I had seen them sooner, but that was the year they became my favorite band. something with riot act, the way I was feeling at the time, the political climate; 9/11 and the Iraq war. it all just came together for me that summer. it was a pissed off time, and pj was playin some pissed off music, and I loved it.

that show always gets a bad rep, but I think it was more due to the venue. which does suck. I had a great time, and if you listen to the boot, it was actually a very solid show. the band was tight that night.

IcemanDorval

Montreal, August 19, 1993

A great setlist, indeed:
SET 1
Oceans, Go, Animal, Why Go, Jeremy, Rearviewmirror, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Even Flow, Glorified G, Daughter, State Of Love And Trust, Alive, Black, Whipping, Porch, Across The Universe, Tearing, Once, Garden, Fuckin' Up, The Kids Are Alright
ENCORE 1
Sonic Reducer, Rockin' In The Free World,Indifference

Merkin Baller

fall by the wayside wrote:

Merkin Baller wrote:

9/13/98, the poster for this show is also my avatar.

my first show too!

Nice!

kenny olav

9/16/98 - Mansfield, MA... when the venue was still officially called Great Woods.

When the band opened with Release and everyone around me was singing along... it was an unforgettable experience... like heaven had come down to earth... and the rest of the show was incredibly energetic, way more than expected... I was 22 at the time, and had previously been too busy with college and shit to see Pearl Jam or any other band that didn't come to my college town (Ithaca, NY)... but that year I was home in MA and Pearl Jam was playing their first show near me in years, so finally I had a chance to see them (had been following them since '92). I would have put in more of an effort to see them earlier if I had known they were THAT good live.

If I had known then, what I know now...

electronblue

a few days after the '03 Denver incident...


Pearl Jam ~

Mydear

June 1995....outside Cal Expo...inside..July 16,18,2006....

pilatesdog

April 13th 1992 Ritchie Coliseum University of Maryland. Changed my musical life.

pilatesdog

Also saw them at Lolla a few months later. Ed was late to the show, Cornell was ready to fill in, then Ed comes through the crowd gets pulled up onstage. A roadie literally duct taped his pants up and off they went. That was the first maybe second time Hunger Strike was ever performed live with Cornell. Also saw them the night Kurt Cobain was found dead. That was an eerie show, no one knew if it would happen or how long it would last. I am thinking July 19th will take the cake. Counting the days.

driowa

Alpine Valley - East Troy - June 27, 1998

-Buru-

Saratoga show in 2000. I was in the lawn. Almost in another state.

SheilaD

IcemanDorval wrote:

Montreal, August 19, 1993

A great setlist, indeed:
SET 1
Oceans, Go, Animal, Why Go, Jeremy, Rearviewmirror, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Even Flow, Glorified G, Daughter, State Of Love And Trust, Alive, Black, Whipping, Porch, Across The Universe, Tearing, Once, Garden, Fuckin' Up, The Kids Are Alright
ENCORE 1
Sonic Reducer, Rockin' In The Free World,Indifference

My first show, too.

markl

Tonight. 19yrs ago
4/8/1994

KC138045

Columbus - 2000

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PorchgirlCO wrote:

First, 4/24/92 at The Edge in Orlando then again 4 mths later at Lollapalooza at Central Florida Fairgrounds. Was very lucky to see them twice in the same town in one year!

Cool avatar pic.....that's when he got off the bus in Jax! He's so chill!