Amsterdam GA - How was your experience?

osborne16

Your thoughts on the GA experience at Ziggo?

leekstokie

Really enjoyed it both nights.

Night 1 - about 15/20 rows back in the front pit, mikes side. Crowded but I've been in much worse. Crowd seemed energetic for most of the set. No issues at all.

Night 2 - amazing GA experience. I was on the rail, Stone's side. Sure it was packed but everybody got along and made the show a special one. Went crazy for a couple of songs but again not so mad that It was uncomfortable.

Great experience in GA and Amsterdam in general.

TigaSefi

Was on Mike side rail night 1 and it was great there. Really comfortable and lots of clapping from everyone. Did really lose it amongst everyone with RVM and Jeremy was intense. Great! won't be so far forward for Leeds though. I have a suspicion that will be rough as heck.

dimitrispearljam

PERFECT.....HAD A BLAST!!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

So were there any ignorant Americans there, trying to start a "Line and List?"

Popmartijn

Don't know about the first night (as we only arrived around 16:30 when there was already a big crowd), but for the second show there was a numbering system in place. It worked fairly well. It wasn't like people got there numbers early and then dropped off for the rest of the day only to get back 5 minutes before doors opened.
It was especially fun when somewhere in the afternoon a couple (Italian?) arrived, tried to get to the front of the line (with their 225+ number) and started arguing with the people at the front that they belonged there. They were sent to the back of the line again. (Later, inside the venue they also tried to push themselves to the rail on Stone's side, but security spotted them and told them off for trying something like that)

I general, I thought the GA experience was OK. The setup was weird, with the front section being completely open on the sides. This made it more crowded than usual (like for instance in 2012). They should've used a closed barricaded section instead.
For the second show we were near the front (2nd/3rd row) on Stone's side and during the second encore there was this surge from the back. Suddenly everyone wanted to be front row. But apart from that, it was OK.
Maybe not the best Dutch crowd ever (at a Pearl Jam show), but I've witnessed less lively crowds for other PJ shows.

nigel

The second night was much better than the first for me. For a start off the endless queuing night one to get the wrist band then in the Ten Club queue to get in was a pain (and I know we did much less than a lot of people!). Night Two we had some beers in town in the afternoon (Amsterdam is such a beautiful City - even without the bins being emptied!), rocked up got straight in and stood Stone's side near the front.
Night one was also the first time I have experienced a bit of the infamous Ten Club stand offishness down the front. People were super protective of their "spots" - and I thought the general vibe was a bit flat - which we definitely didn't get at all on night two.
Plus second night syndrome was very much in evidence, whilst the band were great on Monday, they were AMAZING on Tuesday night. You know when Ed crashes a mike stand into the stage early in the set that you are in for a great night! Plus we got All or None...
Anyway overall I loved the city and it was great to meet up with my PJ buddies again - roll on Leeds!

joanmarie

I was in GA on night 1, about 10 rows back, on Stone's side intitially, but migrated leftwards as people around me moved, and was opposite Eddie during the encores. I had a great time. There was just one obnoxious guy slam dancing and nearly knocking people over, but mostly it was a good balance between great energy and not threatening each other's safety.

I had a seat for night 2 because I couldn't get a GA ticket. I'm disappointed about that because it looked like there was a great party atmosphere on the GA floor and, as others have said in the fan view threads, not much of one in the seats.

TigaSefi

If you were one of those lucky fuckers that went to all 4 Ziggo Dome shows, then you would have heard 82 different songs. That's insane! http://www.livefootsteps.org/venue/?venue_id=605 (still no oceans though)

nycrats

i had a great time night 1, i feel like most people were pretty cool. id see a few people that were annoying and push their way forward, i feel like the people that waited all day to be 3rd or 4th row mainly had to deal with the idiot pushers, which sucks. i dont understand that venue though why theyd have a floor barricaded but not cap the amount of people in there. i feel like looking down at the floor night 2 they sell way, WAY too many tickets and they should sell about 10% less tickets. Also, maybe I just got in very early, but I don't remember anyone looking to check to see if you had GA floor once inside, seems liek anyone could have walked in,

But the show was great, the people were great near us and I decided to skip having more than a drink or two because it was not worth it to leave if you had to pee. You had to commit to be in there for the night since i left once pre show and that was a nightmare. people were total a-holes. just move 4 inches over for 3 seconds, youll see me walk far away from you and then you dont have to worry.

i liked how they had the beer girl walking around in the crowd tho. was refreshing to get one with the concert almost over. ed was calling them out at one point, but i saw them quite a bit, and on night 2 i saw a lot of the little heineken signs walking around the floor.

if i was stuck around serial talkers, people who take way too many pictures and or videos, it would have been a different story. id be complaining a lot more about the ga. if they go back again, id probably do it the same way, one night GA and one night reserved. i like the energy of ga, but i cant stand waiting in a line all day, especially in a great city liek amsterdam. its annoying not being able to go to the bathroom or have a few drinks, but i have no interest in sitting in a reserved seat all night either..