*** Buffalo Fanviews Here 10/12/13 ***

Gibson72

Amazing show. I took my 12 year old son & got GA tickets. We were so close Mike threw a pick at for my son. His 1st Pearl Jam show & it won't be his last.
Thanks to all the cool fan club members we met in line & in the GA section.
Especially the lady from Burlington & Jamie from Toronto & the lady with 4 kids from Windsor.

nevmiles

awilkins wrote:

What was the GA line-up/door/early-entrance/designated entrance situation like??

Crazy. We showed up at the box office/entrance side at 4pm. My buddy stood in line while I got our tix. We were maybe 100th in line or so. When I got back to him he was chatting with some women who said there apparently was another GA line on the opposite side of the pavilion. They had just sent their husbands to check. A bit later they got the word that there was hardly anyone in line on the other side (with the construction of the parking garage at the pavilion, it was impossible to see/get to the other side very easily). So we joined them and walked all the way around the venue to the other side. We were 15th in line. Amazing. We were there just after 4pm.

Around 6:00, they opened the doors to let us file in. We got through security check and then everyone (Both sets of doors for the GA lines were opened) and everyone was forced to gather in the pavilion in front of a line of "gates" which would allow us in. There were 100's of people in the pavilion at this point. Luckily, we were able to be 3rd/4th in line behind two guys, right at a gate where they would scan our tickets. It was nuts. We all stood there, crammed into the pavilion until 6:30 when they opened all the "gates" and just let people go.... Not many people got their tickets officially scanned as everyone booted in through the big and only set of doors leading to the floor.

Then,inexplicably, they had TWO, count 'me, TWO staff members trying to mark EVERYONE 's tickets with an "X" who was heading to the floor. So stupid. It caused a major bottle neck and panic as everyone was holding their tickets to get marked.... We got through relatively quickly, but then there were two more check points to show your marked ticket and wristband before you could get to the back of the floor and then go up the aisle to the back of the pit. We booked it and luckily got 2nd row right in front of Jeff's stand. It was really stupid in ways.

While lining up early helped us get to the front of a ticket scanning gate, it really served no purpose to get there super early. I don't understand the marking of the tickets, plus he two other checkpoints for wristband. Caused unnecessary bottlenecks and panic. We were probably ahead of those how had been there at 8 in the end.

I would recommend getting there at least 1.5 hours ahead of time just to be safe, but it certainly was a mess......

hipfan1

I thought last night was great! The highlights for me were Sometimes, Immortality, Once and Go. The new songs sounded really good too. There were great jams for Even Flow and Rearviewmirror.

The only downside was the mix and the lighting; they sounded terrible at the start, way too much kick drum and bass. Mike was burried throughout the night, except when he was soloing, and that was a bit disappointing. It seemed like the lighting was really random at times too, and didn't match the music. I'm sure they will clear that up as the tour goes along though.

All in all it was a great night and well worth the 5+ hour drive

juniorcarp

Really came into the show hesitant and skeptical of the new album. Went with a friend that has attended a lot of shows with me and we left very happy. New material sounded great live and Porch was as good as 09 Toronto if not better. Highlight of the show was hearing baba finally and it was worth the $$$ in its self. People of Buffalo were very kind and helpful. Really hoping for a Canadian tour next year really hoping to travel to a few shows.

5$ for parking are you kidding me wow !

Rosewood

marc34 wrote:

Just got back to Boston and wanted to check in. I thought the show was very loud from where I was behind the soundboard. Not sure if that's the acoustics of the building or how the instruments were set up. It just seemed like Ed was struggling to sing over the instruments. Playing that many new songs and not as popular songs was tough on casual fans. The crown was wild for alive, dte, evenflow etc but was very quiet during the new stuff, and some of the not as main stream stuff. Overall I have seen PJ around 30 times and this was a show that I felt was average. They had a few miscues since it is the start of the tour but they will work out the kinks. As a fairly knowledgeable fan I liked the set list, but if I was the band and was going to play 9 out of 13 new songs, I would mix in more staples like Black, Jeremy, Daughter etc

This was show #66 for me. It was a solidly good-but-not-amazingly great show. I expected some sloppy enthusiasm this early into the tour, especially playing a large amount of new songs so early in the tour, and that's what I feel like I got. From my spot further back, it wasn't clear Ed was having vocal problems, but Ed's audio seemed too low a few times that seemed like the sound, not his voice. Jeff's bass was way too prominent on Off He Goes and Yellow Moon. Father's Son had a very messy start - it really was 6 guys pulling in 6 different directions. LOL. It was nice to see the guys aren't... infallible. Speaking of which, Infallible is an early favorite of mine off the new album, and it sounded great live. That song was the highlight for me. I hope once more folks hear it and get familiar with the lyrics that more people are going to be singing along to this one.

I do agree they needed a few more familiar songs mixed in early to engage the crowd. A GTF, or The Fixer, MFC, or a Not For You earlier on would have helped draw in the crowd faster. Pendulum is a great opener, but few people know the song yet. Lowlight and Sometimes after that was just a bit too much slow and not-widely-known stuff to start. I did like the amount of Vitalogy and No Code on the setlist, and the crowd was into it too, so it wasn't a crowd that only wanted "hits" but the setlist and the energy didn't really build momentum until Once, imo. Rats, Immortality, and Go were welcome surprises when they arrived. Loved Ed's story about how I Go Sh*t came along.

Pendulum as the opener was another great surprise, and another song on the new album that I love already. I assumed since they opened with it for Pittsburgh, it wouldn't be up again so fast. Sirens is beautiful. Mind Your Manners kicked butt, which I already knew from hearing it at Wrigley. Lightning Bolt is good, but doesn't make as much impact live as I'd think it would. I liked it more at Wrigley than I do now after hearing it quite a few times on the iTunes streaming, and now the second time live. It's a song that should be right in my wheelhouse, but I can't put my finger on why it doesn't grab me more???

Near the end of the show, Ed picked up the mic stand and was swinging it sort of like a bat. I really thought he was considering smashing one of the swinging lights. Please just swing on them Ed.

I didn't have 10C for this show - I was 6 rows up from floor on the Mike side just past the sound board, so I had a good view of the whole venue. About half of the GA section was rocking out, and the rest was standing/swaying. Folks do realize that most people are only vaguely familiar with Mind Your Manners and Sirens, right? The thing that impressed me was that nobody was racing out for beers or bathroom breaks during the new and slow songs - anywhere. And folks seemed to like the new songs overall.

I've seen 3 other shows in Buffalo, and prior shows had much louder crowds than this time out, but this show overall had a "slow groovy" vibe to it, so I don't take lack of pogo-ing for lack of interest or enthusiasm by the crowd. Everybody was singing along to I Got Id, Present Tense, Immortality, Small Town, etc. and rocking out for songs like DTE, SOLAT, Once, Got Some, RVM. The folks around me were definitely fans, but most were unfamiliar with the new album other than Mind Your Manners.

The floor people did start leaving right after Baba, and I don't know why, since the band clearly wasn't exiting the stage. I loved Baba followed by Indifference to close. Mike and Stone were on fire with the guitar work. Loved what they were trying with DTE to extend that jam, though the crowd didn't quite get what Ed was trying to do with getting folks to sing along to the solo. I can't wait until that gets smoothed out, since the crowd was really into DTE. It's always one of my favorite songs at a show; I never tire of hearing it, though I do like it later in the setlist generally. Great versions of Present Tense, Porch and RVM.

Other stuff:
I was unpleasantly surprised at the number of drunk dudes trying to crowd surf popping up. I have GA for some upcoming shows and I am concerned that some drunk lunk will ruin a show experience by injuring me.

PJ really needs to reassess the merchandise situation - they have too few people working - and they need to separate the payment process from the service to speed things up overall. The women's shirts continue to be lackluster. Hire a woman to design them, or just make the same shirts as for men, but on shirts sized and cut appropriately for women.

Love the Buffalo poster!

mickeyrat

you guys should have been there.

That is all.

Fuck me running was that awesome.

smarchee

mickeyrat wrote:

you guys should have been there.

That is all.

Fuck me running was that awesome.

simple, but effective review

mjb

BeerBaron wrote:

Red Lukin wrote:

- free parking - wtf?

Did you park in the lot right across from the baseball field? We couldn't believe that parking was free in that lot. Score!

Anyone else see monthly parking was $30 in some lots. They wanted $20 for the event. I wanted a month just in case I needed to come back my lot in downtown Toronto was $190 a month

mookieblalock

Show number 23 for me.

Quite frankly, I was disappointed. Average show for pearl jam. I do think playing 9 new songs subdued a crowd that was ready to rock. I thought when sometimes was played 3rd, "this could be an interesting night." Oh well. Onto Worcester.

Ryan

I pulled up seats in 106 row 5 at about 4pm and sat in those for the show. Probably better than most of the 10c seats. I see there are some complaints about the sound/sloppy playing. The sound was really good in my section (probably better than 20 rows back on the floor in London this summer) and I've certainly seen much sloppier shows (Alpine 1 2011 and Toronto 2 2011 come to mind). I was happy to see some many LB songs. The band seems really excited about this record, a feeling I never really got from the Backspacer shows. It's also nice how they've changed the setlist structure as I felt the tours from 2009-2012 were really getting really stagnant.

jdesantis1983

Drove over 6 hours from New Jersey on Friday night and it was well worth the trip. Went to Duff's for some wings and to Niagara Falls during the day Saturday and it was cool spotting everyone out in their PJ gear. After picking up my tickets at will call on Saturday afternoon, I got to meet Mike out of pure luck when I was walking back to my car and walked past right as he came out to see everyone who was waiting behind the arena...all because I decided not to wait in the merch line He handed out autographed Tectonics singles and PJ stickers and took time out to take pictures with fans and sign more autographs.

Great show, all the new songs sounded awesome, and Ed seemed to really feed into the crowd's energy. Next stop Hartford in 2 weeks!

Leezestarr313

mickeyrat wrote:

you guys should have been there.

That is all.

Fuck me running was that awesome.

Too bad we didn't meet, but it sounds like you had an awesome time too

WHAT A FREAKING SHOW! When Ed started talking about Mirror Ball, I sort of knew what was coming and flipped out I GOT SHIT - whoa!!! Rats! Immortality! Present Tense! Small town to the back of the stage! So much fantastic stuff! I loved this show even more than the first night, which I thought was already fantastic. The new songs are awesome live and the boys are on fire!

On a side note, I loved meeting everyone and that we were able to have our fan portraits taken at the pre-party I had a freaking awesome wonderful overall weekend!


Thank you, Pearl Jam!!!

CAVSTARR313

Leezestarr313 wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

you guys should have been there.

That is all.

Fuck me running was that awesome.

Too bad we didn't meet, but it sounds like you had an awesome time too

WHAT A FREAKING SHOW!

Thank you, Pearl Jam!!!

It was really great!! thank you to the band for working so hard.. we brought my brother to both shows this weekend.. He had a fucking blast! it was his first times seeing PJ.. definitely thought Buffalo was a better show, as he got more songs that he was wanting.. The section was good. The cat sitting to my right accidentally spilled my beer and almost immediately bought me a replacement. I know this isnt important for a review of a show to most, but to me it shows that you are sitting next to good hearted people. not an asshole.. anyhow, the set was great, the company in section 115 was great, and the event leading up to the show were great as well.. Got to meet some great people again and for the first time and had a fucking kick ass sandwich and great IPA from the basement deli at Pearl Street..

I know my brother was thoroughly impressed with the band, the setlists, but also with the fans.. All of you 10c folks are just sooo fucking cool!! and I look forward to seeing all my friends on here and I REALLY like meeting people for for the first time! everone is just so nice and cool.. too many to recall at the moment, but I know I was geeked to meet Justam and Smarchee finally!! Oh, and the Anthrax fan! cant remember your name at the moment!! OH, and lazoblue!! many more.. You all.. you are all just so great! I feel safe to be myself around you all! This place, the 10c, like I have said before, after all drama on here at times, once it is showtime it ALL goes away and we are all in it together as one . as a family. a great family... thank you all for showing Leeze and I that love, but mostly thank you all for showing my brother what this whole thing is all about! I love you all! thank you again!!

dumper

Ryan wrote:

I pulled up seats in 106 row 5 at about 4pm and sat in those for the show. Probably better than most of the 10c seats. I see there are some complaints about the sound/sloppy playing. The sound was really good in my section (probably better than 20 rows back on the floor in London this summer) and I've certainly seen much sloppier shows (Alpine 1 2011 and Toronto 2 2011 come to mind). I was happy to see some many LB songs. The band seems really excited about this record, a feeling I never really got from the Backspacer shows. It's also nice how they've changed the setlist structure as I felt the tours from 2009-2012 were really getting really stagnant.

Yes. Agree with you! Was a bit slower but loved hearing new stuff. I also think there was no excitement with Backspacer. They seem much more optimistic and pumped with this album.

Ledbetterman10

Audience Recording:

http://wegotshit.blogspot.com/2013/10/b ... ience.html

justam

It was an excellent concert! The band played a lot of great songs and the audience was enthusiastic. From where I was sitting I could see the entire arena and I noticed even the people waaaayyyy up at the top were singing and clapping along and pumping their fists. It was amazing to see!

I was really happy to hear so many of the new songs that I wanted to hear as well as some of my favorite old ones. Looking at the list, it's pretty incredible! In one show we got: Rats, Present Tense, Immortality, Once, Lowlight, Sometimes, Corduroy, Off he Goes, I Got Shit, State of Love and Trust, Do the Evolution!

Plus, a lot of the new ones I've wanted to hear: Pendulum (which worked really quite well as an opener!), Infallible (I love this one), Yellow Moon (Beautiful!), Swallowed Whole, Lightning Bolt, MYM, Sirens, Future Days . They were so good!

There were a few awkward sounds here and there, maybe because they're just starting the tour? I wondered about the end of Immortality for example, (wasn't that keyboard part a bit off?) and My Father's Son had a bit of a bump and a restart but, once they moved on they got into a good space. And, the crowd was loving them!!!!!!!! Elderly Woman got a loud-crowd sing-along with the lights up and then there was a joyful Rats, Got Some and Rearview Mirror. The energy in the room at that point was excellent.

I was so happy I could be there and hear them at the beginning of this tour. I like the colorful new lights, the chaos bird overhead, and I think the new songs are really fantastic!!!!!!!

CAVSTARR313

justam wrote:

It was an excellent concert! The band played a lot of great songs and the audience was enthusiastic. From where I was sitting I could see the entire arena and I noticed even the people waaaayyyy up at the top were singing and clapping along and pumping their fists. It was amazing to see!

I was really happy to hear so many of the new songs that I wanted to hear as well as some of my favorite old ones. Looking at the list, it's pretty incredible! In one show we got: Rats, Present Tense, Immortality, Once, Lowlight, Sometimes, Corduroy, Off he Goes, I Got Shit, State of Love and Trust, Do the Evolution!

Plus, a lot of the new ones I've wanted to hear: Pendulum (which worked really quite well as an opener!), Infallible (I love this one), Yellow Moon (Beautiful!), Swallowed Whole, Lightning Bolt, MYM, Sirens, Future Days . They were so good!

There were a few awkward sounds here and there, maybe because they're just starting the tour? I wondered about the end of Immortality for example, (wasn't that keyboard part a bit off?) and My Father's Son had a bit of a bump and a restart but, once they moved on they got into a good space. And, the crowd was loving them!!!!!!!! Elderly Woman got a loud-crowd sing-along with the lights up and then there was a joyful Rats, Got Some and Rearview Mirror. The energy in the room at that point was excellent.

I was so happy I could be there and hear them at the beginning of this tour. I like the colorful new lights, the chaos bird overhead, and I think the new songs are really fantastic!!!!!!!

What the hell?? I mentioned you in my review! Great to finally meet my only friend

justam

Caveeze wrote:

What the hell?? I mentioned you in my review! Great to finally meet my only friend

If I had mentioned the pre-party I would have said that meeting you and your lovely new wife was one of the highlights of my night too Caveeze. You two are such an adorable couple!

Leezestarr313

justam wrote:

Caveeze wrote:

What the hell?? I mentioned you in my review! Great to finally meet my only friend

If I had mentioned the pre-party I would have said that meeting you and your lovely new wife was one of the highlights of my night too Caveeze. You two are such an adorable couple!

Awwww .... It was wonderful meeting you too It's so great to bump into people at these pre-parties!

FitPearl

mjb wrote:

Came on around 8:20 (so much for the 7:30 call mentioned in the email from 10c) and played until 11:00. I thought the crowd was really loud. Very happy vibe in the building and in the City. Such a beautiful fall nite. I appear to be in the minority but some songs fell a little flat on the setlist, mainly the new material that didn't seem to excite the entire arena. After Wrigley and tonight, I feel like Ed is losing his hold on setlist flow. Can't put my finger on it, but I feel like the shows have had far worse natural progression, especially from the loud to midtempo material. Hard to get into a zone and stay there. Also haven't seen it mentioned that the boys were sloppy last night. Miscues, missed verses, stopped starts (happened for about 5 songs in a row in the middle of the set). Ed also had problems with his monitors all night and tore them out of his ear twice. So...a fun night, but not one I am betting the boys consider for a marquee DVD release Thanks for hosting all the Canadians Buffalo, and nice to see the development going on in the downtown core. Oh and the best slice of arena pizza I have ever had.

this.

It was a very wonderful night, but i dont get why people keep saying it was a perfect night.... because it wasn't. A lot of sound problem, guys looked a little bit stressed out, for exemple, just before Immortality... Ed even "called" his soundman during a song. Between 2 lines, litteraly..........