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Travel a long way for a bad show?

Have you ever traveled a long way for a Pearl Jam show and that show just didn't live up to expectations? Maybe a shorter setlist, or not enough rarities or maybe something else afoot?

Where'd you come from, date/location of the show and other details?
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,556
    edited April 2015
    Well i traveled by plane to Missoula, and got the flu basically while I was in the air heading there. So that sucked. Still went to the show of course, and it was really great (though that probably would have been longer had Eddie not been sick himself)... but it and the whole trip would have been much better if I hadn't felt so horrible the whole time!

    And then the next show was Wrigley, which was even farther away, and, well.... it was amazing, but we all know it would have been even better without that storm delay, even if it did make it an incredibly memorable and unusual scene, being a show in the dead of night at Wrigley field. Which was pretty amazing. But also, the heat. My god, the heat! I'm really not good in that kind of weather.

    BUT I regret nothing!! The hardships were still well worth it. :)
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,081
    st. louis last year....not a bad show...just a good show. didn't really warrant the round trip air line tickets from nyc along with hotel. but it was a weekend away from the kids.
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,796
    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.
  • mrussel1 said:

    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.

    Holy shit.
  • mcgruff10 said:

    st. louis last year....not a bad show...just a good show. didn't really warrant the round trip air line tickets from nyc along with hotel. but it was a weekend away from the kids.

    And what could they have done to make it better for you that night?
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,556
    mrussel1 said:

    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.

    Wow! Now that is dedication! And i thought the flu was bad. :lol:
    Glad you are apparently okay!
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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,796

    mcgruff10 said:

    st. louis last year....not a bad show...just a good show. didn't really warrant the round trip air line tickets from nyc along with hotel. but it was a weekend away from the kids.

    And what could they have done to make it better for you that night?
    We're all spoiled to start, so let's get that out of the way. The energy was good. The crowd was really good. I just thought the set was okay. And then after what came out of moline and Milwaukee, it was like.. doh! There a few nice gems though.
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,796
    PJ_Soul said:

    mrussel1 said:

    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.

    Wow! Now that is dedication! And i thought the flu was bad. :lol:
    Glad you are apparently okay!
    Yeah, and we were smoking blunts so that didn't help. When I got home to Richmond the next day, my wife dragged me to the hospital. She wasn't at the show, so she was not amused. The "episode" actually started at the Foos the night before, so it was a 24 deal. Damn heredity. Makes for a good story though.
  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,218
    Oh wow...heart attack at a show. I'm sure we've all joked about having one when the rarities are brought out or something like 2-3 of them in a row, but wow...I'm glad you're still alive. It's certainly not the smartest decision to ignore the heart attack, but since you lived through it, it makes for one heck of a story.

    Thinking back on it, there was a story, maybe here, maybe elsewhere, where someone was at an outdoor show. It was raining and they were up near the front. Some chaos ensued and security pulled them over the rail, into the buffer zone. That show was in Europe 15 years ago this summer.
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  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    mrussel1 said:

    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.

    I think that we can all agree that though you weren't trying-- you win.
    ldent42 said:

    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.

    Bats in a park are normal up north, too. (Sorry, my husband is a park naturalist.) They were there enjoying eating all of the bugs to keep you from being eaten alive. See, it was actually a positive! Just look at it this way, they didn't play RATS, but you got BATS! :)
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Travelled overnight in 03 to Sydney & had my first ever 10 club tickets & the show was a bit flat & that had a lot to do with the crowd which was not in to it & especially the Riot Act songs. You can definitely tell on the boot that it wasn't a great show but hey any PJ show is still better than most. Went to the second show & it was much better.
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  • Mr BenjaminMr Benjamin Adelaide, Australia Posts: 89
    edited April 2015
    I briefly blacked out at Melbourne 2009, was on the barrier thankfully.

    2006 flew out to Perth for an average show and then drove 45hrs home.
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  • mikerlmikerl Posts: 580
    The VFC tour. I am from New England, but moved to Virginia Beach for a year. Flew home to see the second night of the VFC at the Garden in Boston. Pretty flat show.. Poor sound mix... To many covers. Got to see my family though.

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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    deadendp said:

    mrussel1 said:

    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.

    I think that we can all agree that though you weren't trying-- you win.
    ldent42 said:

    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.

    Bats in a park are normal up north, too. (Sorry, my husband is a park naturalist.) They were there enjoying eating all of the bugs to keep you from being eaten alive. See, it was actually a positive! Just look at it this way, they didn't play RATS, but you got BATS! :)
    Seriously? I the middle of the city? That's awful. I've never seen it and I'm at summerstage at LEAST once a year.

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  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,218
    deadendp said:

    mrussel1 said:

    Same thought on saint Louis. Wasn't great. I traveled from Richmond but fortunately my brother lives in stl and he went with me, so that was good.

    I had a heart attack at a show... Atlanta in 12. Literally. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that can claim that. I didn't leave though. Stood the whole time while having it. 12 hours. Pretty stupid.

    I think that we can all agree that though you weren't trying-- you win.
    ldent42 said:

    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.

    Bats in a park are normal up north, too. (Sorry, my husband is a park naturalist.) They were there enjoying eating all of the bugs to keep you from being eaten alive. See, it was actually a positive! Just look at it this way, they didn't play RATS, but you got BATS! :)

    I concur with the bats in a park thing. Living right across from a park and the bats that fly overhead just before sunset in the summer months...aye carumba!
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  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,218
    BALLBOY said:

    Travelled overnight in 03 to Sydney & had my first ever 10 club tickets & the show was a bit flat & that had a lot to do with the crowd which was not in to it & especially the Riot Act songs. You can definitely tell on the boot that it wasn't a great show but hey any PJ show is still better than most. Went to the second show & it was much better.

    Yeah, those 03 Australia/Japan shows are a bit famous for the lackluster crowds. I heard that much of the Japanese audience just sat there....From what I heard, this is part of the reason why the band didn't go back there for so long. It just isn't a money-maker for them.
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  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,218
    mikerl said:

    The VFC tour. I am from New England, but moved to Virginia Beach for a year. Flew home to see the second night of the VFC at the Garden in Boston. Pretty flat show.. Poor sound mix... To many covers. Got to see my family though.

    Yeah, the whole VFC thing was a whole separate beast entirely. Occasionally, they'll play the boots on SiriusXM and I don't know if those are all audience recordings or what, but they just sound like a big steaming pile of ick, compared to everything else...maybe that's why I'm not a big fan of audience recordings. (Some people swear by audience recordings...just not my thing.)

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    PJ_Soul said:

    Well i traveled by plane to Missoula, and got the flu basically while I was in the air heading there. So that sucked. Still went to the show of course, and it was really great (though that probably would have been longer had Eddie not been sick himself)... but it and the whole trip would have been much better if I hadn't felt so horrible the whole time!

    And then the next show was Wrigley, which was even farther away, and, well.... it was amazing, but we all know it would have been even better without that storm delay, even if it did make it an incredibly memorable and unusual scene, being a show in the dead of night at Wrigley field. Which was pretty amazing. But also, the heat. My god, the heat! I'm really not good in that kind of weather.

    BUT I regret nothing!! The hardships were still well worth it. :)

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    ldent42 said:

    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.

    Bats at dusk are normal here too, especially in the summer. What's not to love about bats- they're really cool creatures and they fly in such a crazy way, completely different than birds.
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  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851

    ldent42 said:

    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.

    Bats at dusk are normal here too, especially in the summer. What's not to love about bats- they're really cool creatures and they fly in such a crazy way, completely different than birds.
    I think bats are awesome and cool, but there is the rabies factor and I can see how something coming at you from the air in the dark might freak some people out.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,556

    PJ_Soul said:

    Well i traveled by plane to Missoula, and got the flu basically while I was in the air heading there. So that sucked. Still went to the show of course, and it was really great (though that probably would have been longer had Eddie not been sick himself)... but it and the whole trip would have been much better if I hadn't felt so horrible the whole time!

    And then the next show was Wrigley, which was even farther away, and, well.... it was amazing, but we all know it would have been even better without that storm delay, even if it did make it an incredibly memorable and unusual scene, being a show in the dead of night at Wrigley field. Which was pretty amazing. But also, the heat. My god, the heat! I'm really not good in that kind of weather.

    BUT I regret nothing!! The hardships were still well worth it. :)

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    PJ_Soul said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Well i traveled by plane to Missoula, and got the flu basically while I was in the air heading there. So that sucked. Still went to the show of course, and it was really great (though that probably would have been longer had Eddie not been sick himself)... but it and the whole trip would have been much better if I hadn't felt so horrible the whole time!

    And then the next show was Wrigley, which was even farther away, and, well.... it was amazing, but we all know it would have been even better without that storm delay, even if it did make it an incredibly memorable and unusual scene, being a show in the dead of night at Wrigley field. Which was pretty amazing. But also, the heat. My god, the heat! I'm really not good in that kind of weather.

    BUT I regret nothing!! The hardships were still well worth it. :)

    Shall we just call you Edith?
    :confused: Who's Edith?
    So your "I regret nothing" (je ne regrette rien) was just a fluke? Whoops.
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  • MT132914MT132914 Posts: 188
    I've seen 32 shows in 5 countries, none were what I would call bad.
  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    Wrigley field 2013. A disaster all around.
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  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    edited April 2015

    ldent42 said:

    Holy shit a heart attack!?!? Jesus!
    I had a similar thought about st Louis last year, again not that it was a bad show, just that it wasn't spectacularly special. though I could say the same about Wrigley considering the heat and rain and the debacle getting back to the hotel. Then again there's the scalp sunburn I got at BDO last year. Oh and the obnoxious teenage doushebags making fun of me for freaking out at the sight of bats at Atlanta '12 (cuz bats flying around a park in the middle of the city at dusk is such a NORMAL thing.... Fucking south)
    But no... I don't think I've ever had a bad show experience.

    Bats at dusk are normal here too, especially in the summer. What's not to love about bats- they're really cool creatures and they fly in such a crazy way, completely different than birds.
    I think bats are awesome and cool, but there is the rabies factor and I can see how something coming at you from the air in the dark might freak some people out.
    Bats having rabies is such an incredibly low risk problem. My husband (the park guy) hates when people perpetuate the bats-will-kill-you-with-rabies thing. (I'm not saying that you are doing this.) Bats are tiny. Pretty much when they have rabies, they are dead. Maybe there are different rabies issues in different areas of the world with bats that I don't know about. He teaches people about this all of the time. His other favorite is when people think that coyotes are evil. If we just let wildlife be wild . . . Bats are great! They eat the mosquitos and their flight is beautiful! Please enjoy them. I've talked for years about putting a bat house up in my little city plot backyard. Perhaps I should check into that again.

    Now, if we want to talk about a bat problem, the Little Brown Bat is being wiped out by White Nose Syndrome.

    Sorry for the derail OP. In keeping with topic integrity, I've not traveled a long way for a bad show for any band. They've all been great in their own ways.
    Post edited by deadendp on
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 31,169
    vancouver 2011 didn't seem great at the time and the venue was a concrete bowl..

    that said, I met some great people for the first time!
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    Wrigley field 2013. A disaster all around.

    Do you smoke crack?

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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,081

    mcgruff10 said:

    st. louis last year....not a bad show...just a good show. didn't really warrant the round trip air line tickets from nyc along with hotel. but it was a weekend away from the kids.

    And what could they have done to make it better for you that night?
    The crowd was great, the band was on, I loved the venue...but the set list was just ok. I needed an immortality, or an in hiding...a release maybe? long road....just something.
    my wife absolutely loved the set but like someone said before, we 're all spoiled.

    the weakest show I ever saw was a weekend trip to hershey....didn't spend a whole lot but it was a terrible show.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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