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Travel a long way for a bad show?

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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?
Where'd you come from, date/location of the show and other details?
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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.
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.
Glad you are apparently okay!
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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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.
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
2006 flew out to Perth for an average show and then drove 45hrs home.
Toronto, CA (September 19, 2005)
Quebec City, CA (September 20, 2005)
Halifax, CA (September 22, 2005)
St. Johns, CA (September 24, 2005)
St. Johns, CA (September 25, 2005)
Washington,US (May 30, 2006)
E. Rutherford, US (June 01, 2006)
E. Rutherford, US (June 03, 2006)
George, US (July 22, 2006)
George, US (July 23, 2006)
Dublin, IR (August 23, 2006)
Reading, UK (August 27, 2006)
Sydney, AU (November 07, 2006)
Sydney, AU (November 08, 2006)
Melbourne, AU (November 13, 2006)
Melbourne, AU (November 14, 2006)
Melbourne, AU (November 16, 2006)
Sydney, AU (November 18, 2006)
Newcastle, AU (November 19, 2006)
Adelaide, AU (November 21, 2006)
Adelaide, AU (November 22, 2006)
Perth, AU (November 25, 2006)
London, UK (August 18, 2009)
Perth, Australia (November 14, 2009)
Adelaide, AU (November 17, 2009)
Melbourne, AU (November 20, 2009)
Sydney, AU (November 22, 2009)
Brisbane, AU (November 25, 2009)
Auckland, NZ (November 27, 2009)
Christchurch, NZ (November 29, 2009)
Los Angeles, US (November 23, 2013)
Los Angeles, US (November 24, 2013)
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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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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.
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
that said, I met some great people for the first time!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
East Troy, WI - 9.3.11
East Troy, WI - 9.4.11
Atlanta, GA - 9.22.12
Las Vegas, NV - 10.31.12 (EV)
Las Vegas, NV - 11.1.12 (EV)
Chicago, IL - 7.19.13
Dallas, TX - 11.15.13
Oklahoma City, OK - 11.16.13
Seattle, WA - 12.6.13
Lincoln, NE - 10.9.14
Moline, IL - 10.17.14
St. Paul, MN - 10.19.14
Milwaukee, WI - 10.20.14
New York, NY - 5.1.16
New York, NY - 5.2.16
Boston, MA - 8.5.16
Boston, MA - 8.7.16
Chicago, IL - 8.20.16
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.