is Pearl Jam 2005.10.03 Philadelphia, PA a top 5 ever?

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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    I Loved 10-03-2005,( horrible poster ! )

    but it was difficult
    in the first few minutes
    to "downshift" from The Borgata ( the previous 2 shows ) down to Wachovia Center.
    There were just 3 x the amount of fans there,
    and alltho not as crazy-intimate, still a great night of Pearl Jam .
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  • 63schoefflin
    63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    Hearing all this talk kills me because for these 05 shows I was a senior in HS but it was during football season so we couldn't make it. This was right around the time when we tried going to see concerts other than OAR and Dave in Camden on the lawn every summer :lol:

    But my first PJ show would have to wait for another 3 years. Boy did I miss out on some good ones. :fp:
    '08- Camden 1-2   '09- Chicago 2; Spectrum 1-4
    '10- MSG 1-2   '11- PJ20
    '12- MIA; DeLuna '13- Wrigley; Pitt; Brooklyn 1-2; Philly 1-2; Baltimore; Seattle
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  • MANKIND
    MANKIND Posts: 218
    maybe not top 5 ever but top 5 for me. im so lucky to live in PA.
    Va Beach 08-03-00, Pittsburgh 04-28-03, State College 05-03-03, Hershey 07-12-03, Boston 09-29-04, Reading 10-01-04, Philly 10-03-05, Camden 05-27-06, Pittsburgh 06-23-06, Va Beach 06-17-08, Philly 10-30-09, Philly 10-31-09, Bristow 05-13-10
  • Bubba
    Bubba Posts: 635
    For me, ranking the "proper" Philly shows, so that excludes Camden, they would rank as follows:

    1 - 4/28/2003
    2 - Night 3 of the closing of the Spectrum
    3 - 10/3/2005 Wachovia

    Thos would be my top 3 in Philly. The 2003 show was one of my all time favorites, for me the experience was amazing.
    1996: 9/28 Randalls Island, 9/29 Randalls Island
    1998: 8/28 Camden, 8/29 Camden 
    2000: 9/01 Camden, 9/02 Camden
    2003: 4/28 Philadelphia. 7/05 Camden. 7/06 Camden, 7/08 New York, 7/09 New York, 7/12 Hershey
    2005: 10/03 Philadelphia
    2006: 5/12 Albany, 5/13 Hartford, 5/27 Camden, 5/28 Camden, 6/01 East Rutherford, 6/03 East Rutherford, 7/06 Las Vegas, 7/22 Gorge, 7/23 Gorge
    2008: 6/19 Camden, 6/20 Camden, 6/22 Washington, D.C., 6/24 New York, 6/25 New York, 7/01 New York
    2009: 10/27 Philadelphia, 10/28 Philadelphia, 10/30 Philadelphia, 10/31 Philadelphia
    2010: 5/18 Newark
    2011: 9/03 East Troy, 9/04 East Troy
    2013: 7/19 Chicago, 10/19 Brooklyn, 10/21 Philadelphia, 10/22 Philadelphia
    2016: 4/28 Philadelphia, 5/1 New York
    2024: 9/09 Philadelphia
    2025: 5/18 Pittsburgh

  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    my2hands wrote:
    I have been lucky enough to attend most of the "epic" shows of the last decade and there is no doubt that Philly 05 is right up there...

    It was a special one time show added to accommodate area fans that got screwed in the borgata ticket sale and post sale ticket flipping frenzy that ensued... How many times do you see a last minute add on to close a tour? The rocky theme playing on the site all week leading up to the announcement... Actually playing Philly and not over at urine soaked Camden... The perfect weather for the show... The Canadian whiskey I brought back from touring in Canada a few weeks earlier... Last real show of the tour... The long setlist which is right up there with any setlist I have witnessed... The great mix of covers... The rarities... Wash opening... Around the bend, harvest moon, breath, and crown of thorns in the 1st encore... Once, bleed for me, blood closing the 1st set... An Elvis cover... This is why I love non album tours and shows, the set is totally varied... The atmosphere... Everything about that show was top notch

    Absolutely an amazing concert that I would relive in a second... Hope they play there in the fall


    Couldn't agree more! I can't compare against the '03 show but for the shows I've been to this is by far one of my favorites, and I've been to a couple of good ones. If I need a PJ bootleg fix this is the one I reach for.

    And I was at the Night 2 Borgata, while that show had the once in a lifetime intimate show (currently), the Wachovia show just topped it for me. And to top it off I met some great PJ friends at the Borgata show, so that is definitely saying something!!
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  • meveret
    meveret Posts: 110
    63schoefflin wrote:
    Hearing all this talk kills me because for these 05 shows I was a senior in HS but it was during football season so we couldn't make it. This was right around the time when we tried going to see concerts other than OAR and Dave in Camden on the lawn every summer :lol:

    But my first PJ show would have to wait for another 3 years. Boy did I miss out on some good ones. :fp:

    Its cool I missed an epic show in Buffalo 2003 that was supposed to be my first show but wasn't cuz I was a broke high school kid.
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