Hi everybody ...It was a "it will never happen again" for me. I met Mike the night before the show ... I was eating in the centre sitting outside and I saw him looking at a shop window ... I reached him and I had a nice talk ... He was so kind that I couldn't believe he was the rockstar I'm used to see on stage! He gave me a pick and kissed me. When I said that I am from Rome he said oh we definitely have to come back ... we haven't been in Rome for a very long time ... I went back to my sit shaking lika a teen age... So touching!! During the show I was in the second row in front of Mike ... he recognized me ... pointed at me several times like "hey you're the one I met yesterday ... I see you!" ... I asked him smile and he said with his lips "no, I'm sorry ... we can't".... The show was great ... I loved the connection they had with people ... I loved the way they were having fun ... like Milan ... they were just having a party ... the setlist was great ... something went wrong during even flow because the sound became very bad ... Mother was unbelievable Oceans made me cry and last time I had indifference closing the show it was such a long time ago that I really appreciated it a lot ... Lot of ten .. Eddie was so funny ... and I loved the way he played with the globes ... So ... great show. I was given to fly. Thank you guys thank you
Great show and the golden circle behaved nicely with plenty of room to move. Sound was pretty good all night but during Red Mosquito it became a little thin. The setlist was a bit 'greatest hits' but some nice surprises thrown in. Only downer for me was the bathroom facilities. Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006,
Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin
2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012,
Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012,
Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes
2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
Below the seating area opposite the stage there were plenty of porta potties (?) where queues probably were shorter. But then again, Friends Arena is the shittiest and least service minded arena ever built on this planet. I even wrote PJ (Eddie) a letter a year ago where I said that when you come to Stockholm next time, DON'T play at Friends Arena, whatever you do. Guess they never saw the letter.
Stockholm 1992-02-07
Stockholm 1992-06-25
Stockholm 1995-08-12
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Lisbon 2010-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
Below the seating area opposite the stage there were plenty of porta potties (?) where queues probably were shorter. But then again, Friends Arena is the shittiest and least service minded arena ever built on this planet. I even wrote PJ (Eddie) a letter a year ago where I said that when you come to Stockholm next time, DON'T play at Friends Arena, whatever you do. Guess they never saw the letter.
Yeah. I'm sure we were the place you mention but the line was just not moving and it was pretty close to showtime. Was a drag. However the sound was not as bad as I had heard it could be
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006,
Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin
2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012,
Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012,
Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes
2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
he looks miles away from being attractive. Lately he is miles away from that anyway :( Glad I am not seeing it happen live!
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.
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Yesterday's attendance would have made it sold out.
It was roughly 10.000 more people at the show than what would have sold out Globen. And Globen was sold out last time, with it's 14.000 (?) people in attendance.
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
Great show and the golden circle behaved nicely with plenty of room to move. Sound was pretty good all night but during Red Mosquito it became a little thin. The setlist was a bit 'greatest hits' but some nice surprises thrown in. Only downer for me was the bathroom facilities. Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
I agree on Red Mosquito.
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
This was our first concert in Sweden and fourth in total. We liked the venue but the atmosphere really wasn't the best possible because of the people. We we're in first row at normal standing area behind golden circle at far left of the stage, we've been to first rows & 10c areas before so it wasn't so important to us but it's weird to see so energetic show and still didn't see many people dance, jump or sing. Lot of people were just constantly walking back and forth with beer's - in golden circle. It would've been great to see that area full of enthusiasthic fans, not just hanging around.
Setlist was awesome! It's amazing that after three shows (2006 Berlin and 2007+2012 Copenhagen) you still get to hear 14 new songs! When we where driving to airport before our departure i said that maybe we hear Oceans today. And when the acoustic encore started, i wished that maybe this is the moment.. And it was! So emotional moment, what a privilege to hear that song in european concert. This was the second time after 1993, right? Wow!
First time also for us to hear Indifference, Mother, My Father's Son, Red Mosquito, Release, Sometimes, Sonic Reducer + Supersonic, U, off course all the Lightning Bolt tracks.. and Spin the Black Circle!! Vitalogy is most important album for me because it's the album i've bought first when i was like ten years old
There were so many first times for us. First time Porch didn't close the first set, after epic version of Rearviewmirror i was just numbed that they are gone First time not to hear Yellow Ledbetter. Maybe that was the reason people were still chanting and quite amused when band left the stage without YL. Indifference was a really great way to seal the night, very touching moment.
Alive, Do the Evolution, EWBTCIAST, Given to Fly, Porch, Why Go, six songs still on the list we've heard every time.
There's so many things about saturdays concert that i would like to point out. Powerful part which started with Go + Animal reminded us of our first concert in Wuhlheide 2006 when they started with epic handful of Go + Save You + Animal + Do the Evolution + Rearviewmirror.
With Pearl Jam you feel everytime that you get everything that music can possibly offer. But when you go home, you still crave for more. See you again on next euro tour!
Berlin 2006 * Copenhagen 2007 * Copenhagen 2012 * Stockholm 2014 * 4 concerts and 73 different songs in total!
Great show - fantastic way to end my stay in Europe.
Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.
Nazım Hikmet
Hi everybody ...It was a "it will never happen again" for me. I met Mike the night before the show ... I was eating in the centre sitting outside and I saw him looking at a shop window ... I reached him and I had a nice talk ... He was so kind that I couldn't believe he was the rockstar I'm used to see on stage! He gave me a pick and kissed me. When I said that I am from Rome he said oh we definitely have to come back ... we haven't been in Rome for a very long time ... I went back to my sit shaking lika a teen age... So touching!! During the show I was in the second row in front of Mike ... he recognized me ... pointed at me several times like "hey you're the one I met yesterday ... I see you!" ... I asked him smile and he said with his lips "no, I'm sorry ... we can't".... The show was great ... I loved the connection they had with people ... I loved the way they were having fun ... like Milan ... they were just having a party ... the setlist was great ... something went wrong during even flow because the sound became very bad ... Mother was unbelievable Oceans made me cry and last time I had indifference closing the show it was such a long time ago that I really appreciated it a lot ... Lot of ten .. Eddie was so funny ... and I loved the way he played with the globes ... So ... great show. I was given to fly. Thank you guys thank you
:-bd
"...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."
Great show and the golden circle behaved nicely with plenty of room to move. Sound was pretty good all night but during Red Mosquito it became a little thin. The setlist was a bit 'greatest hits' but some nice surprises thrown in. Only downer for me was the bathroom facilities. Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
Friends arena simply isn't the best arena around. Next time they come here I hope it will be the Tele2 arena.
Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
Great show and the golden circle behaved nicely with plenty of room to move. Sound was pretty good all night but during Red Mosquito it became a little thin. The setlist was a bit 'greatest hits' but some nice surprises thrown in. Only downer for me was the bathroom facilities. Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
Friends arena simply isn't the best arena around. Next time they come here I hope it will be the Tele2 arena.
I would be happy even with Globen, 15.000 people on fire!! :-D
She holds the hand that holds her down...
She will... rise above...
Hi everybody ...It was a "it will never happen again" for me. I met Mike the night before the show ... I was eating in the centre sitting outside and I saw him looking at a shop window ... I reached him and I had a nice talk ... He was so kind that I couldn't believe he was the rockstar I'm used to see on stage! He gave me a pick and kissed me. When I said that I am from Rome he said oh we definitely have to come back ... we haven't been in Rome for a very long time ... I went back to my sit shaking lika a teen age... So touching!! During the show I was in the second row in front of Mike ... he recognized me ... pointed at me several times like "hey you're the one I met yesterday ... I see you!" ... I asked him smile and he said with his lips "no, I'm sorry ... we can't".... The show was great ... I loved the connection they had with people ... I loved the way they were having fun ... like Milan ... they were just having a party ... the setlist was great ... something went wrong during even flow because the sound became very bad ... Mother was unbelievable Oceans made me cry and last time I had indifference closing the show it was such a long time ago that I really appreciated it a lot ... Lot of ten .. Eddie was so funny ... and I loved the way he played with the globes ... So ... great show. I was given to fly. Thank you guys thank you
Bello!! Thanks for sharing!! :-)
She holds the hand that holds her down...
She will... rise above...
Great show! Fun night, setlist was nice. What can I say it´s always a blast to see PJ live! Thanks for coming back! Cheers.! (with a glass for me though...)
Stockholm 1992-06-25
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Boston 2004-09-28
Arnhem 2006-08-29
Berlin 2006-09-23
Copenhagen 2007-06-26
Dublin 2010-06-22
Berlin 2010-06-30
Copenhagen 2012-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
My wife and I travelled from Northern California for this show. Thought the encores were tremendous. The acoustic version of Oceans was awesome! To make this trip even better we met Mike this morning walking along the Stockholm shoreline. He was super cool, we chatted for a few minutes and got a picture. First time ever meeting a member of the band and I'm going on 40 shows so it was really special.
I really liked your story, thanks for sharing and I hope you had a nice time in Sweden.
Great show and the golden circle behaved nicely with plenty of room to move. Sound was pretty good all night but during Red Mosquito it became a little thin. The setlist was a bit 'greatest hits' but some nice surprises thrown in. Only downer for me was the bathroom facilities. Only having like 10 toilet stands in the back of the arena for a 20000+ strong crowd is just not good enough. We were in the line for 1 hour. You can't treat people like this
Friends arena simply isn't the best arena around. Next time they come here I hope it will be the Tele2 arena.
No. They should play the west coast. Two nights at scandinavium, or an intimate show at trädgårdsföreningen
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
Some interesting facts about this show. They played Stockholm 21 years to the day in 1993. If you look at that setlist they played each and every song they played that night this year. Hard to imagine this was just a coincidence.
bluegrace, har du last artikeln i DN? hur var den? tack!!
Nej, de har "låst in" den, det är plusmaterial och jag prenumererar inte just nu. Grrrrrrrr Men jag läste Svd:s artikel, den var positiv, fast handlade annars mest om skribentens egna tonårsminnen kring PJ.
Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
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I met Mike the night before the show ... I was eating in the centre sitting outside and I saw him looking at a shop window ... I reached him and I had a nice talk ... He was so kind that I couldn't believe he was the rockstar I'm used to see on stage! He gave me a pick and kissed me. When I said that I am from Rome he said oh we definitely have to come back ... we haven't been in Rome for a very long time ... I went back to my sit shaking lika a teen age... So touching!!
During the show I was in the second row in front of Mike ... he recognized me ... pointed at me several times like "hey you're the one I met yesterday ... I see you!" ... I asked him smile and he said with his lips "no, I'm sorry ... we can't"....
The show was great ... I loved the connection they had with people ... I loved the way they were having fun ... like Milan ... they were just having a party ... the setlist was great ... something went wrong during even flow because the sound became very bad ...
Mother was unbelievable
Oceans made me cry
and last time I had indifference closing the show it was such a long time ago that I really appreciated it a lot ...
Lot of ten ..
Eddie was so funny ... and I loved the way he played with the globes ...
So ... great show. I was given to fly.
Thank you guys
thank you
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Stockholm 1992-06-25
Stockholm 1995-08-12
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Lisbon 2010-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
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Stockholm 1992-06-25
Stockholm 1995-08-12
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Lisbon 2010-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
https://artbyjoachim.wordpress.com/
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Nazım Hikmet
Setlist was awesome! It's amazing that after three shows (2006 Berlin and 2007+2012 Copenhagen) you still get to hear 14 new songs! When we where driving to airport before our departure i said that maybe we hear Oceans today. And when the acoustic encore started, i wished that maybe this is the moment.. And it was! So emotional moment, what a privilege to hear that song in european concert. This was the second time after 1993, right? Wow!
First time also for us to hear Indifference, Mother, My Father's Son, Red Mosquito, Release, Sometimes, Sonic Reducer + Supersonic, U, off course all the Lightning Bolt tracks.. and Spin the Black Circle!! Vitalogy is most important album for me because it's the album i've bought first when i was like ten years old
There were so many first times for us. First time Porch didn't close the first set, after epic version of Rearviewmirror i was just numbed that they are gone
Alive, Do the Evolution, EWBTCIAST, Given to Fly, Porch, Why Go, six songs still on the list we've heard every time.
There's so many things about saturdays concert that i would like to point out. Powerful part which started with Go + Animal reminded us of our first concert in Wuhlheide 2006 when they started with epic handful of Go + Save You + Animal + Do the Evolution + Rearviewmirror.
With Pearl Jam you feel everytime that you get everything that music can possibly offer. But when you go home, you still crave for more. See you again on next euro tour!
Nazım Hikmet
:-bd
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She will... rise above...
She will... rise above...
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Boston 2004-09-28
Arnhem 2006-08-29
Berlin 2006-09-23
Copenhagen 2007-06-26
Dublin 2010-06-22
Berlin 2010-06-30
Copenhagen 2012-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
1) Friends Arena is just too much space for a rock concert.
2) The band seende to be in a good mood. Shoe thing was hilarious. SIGN HER SHOE!
3) Great Main set! RM and MFS seemed kind of off though.
4) Golden Circle was awesome! Great people and atmosphere! Only problem for me was i could hardly hear the band cause people were screaming so loud!
5) Oceans, Sometimes, Mother, Green Disease, Release, RVM, Baba...all were great!
6) So glad I got tickets to Leeds, will be good to see them in a smaller venue as well!
(yes, i truly want to be wrong)
She will... rise above...
She will... rise above...
She will... rise above...
Men jag läste Svd:s artikel, den var positiv, fast handlade annars mest om skribentens egna tonårsminnen kring PJ.