An Evening Celebrating The Who with Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder Thursday, May 14, 2015

milan

Roger loves Ed. Roger left his seat at Hammersmith Apollo to surprise Ed and join him on stage for Blue Red & Grey and Naked Eye a few years back. Ed was really chuffed.

demetrios

http://pearljam.com/news/0/1/22627/celebrating_the_who_with_pete_townshend_and_eddie_vedder

CELEBRATING THE WHO WITH PETE TOWNSHEND AND EDDIE VEDDER
April 14 2015

Celebrate The Who with Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, Simon Townshend and friends on May 14 at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Proceeds to benefit the Teen Center America programs for teenagers & young adults with cancer at the The University of Chicago Medicine, and other local children’s charities.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 21 at 10:00am local time. Find ticket info and more here.
http://www.rosemont.com/theatre/events/an-evening-celebrating-the-who-with-pete-townshend-eddie-vedder/

PureandEasy

Yeah Hedo, Ed has always supported Roger's teen cancer efforts, he'd be fine with it. Pete's the arrogant one, and I say that with complete honesty. I love Pete, but he doesn't like to be outshined. Unless he's mellowed with age, but I doubt it. One of the things I've always loved about him, he's brilliant and he knows it. .

Eddieshometown

Any idea how many $250 seats there will be? I heard a rumor that the balcony would be $100 and $250 which wouldn't be bad. Anything over $250 is out of my price range. Guess I will be going to fewer Cubs games this year

cmalisze

I'd trade 2 Grateful Dead tickets in Section 119 for Friday July 3 show at Soldier Field for 2 good seats to Rosemont Theater.

Empty Glass

This show would give me a tingling feeling inside

jerparker20

Eddieshometown said:

Any idea how many $250 seats there will be? I heard a rumor that the balcony would be $100 and $250 which wouldn't be bad. Anything over $250 is out of my price range. Guess I will be going to fewer Cubs games this year

I'm going to say that less than a 1/4 of the seats will be under $250. As for the $100 seats there will probably be 100-150 of these available and will be in the ass end of the venue, probably behind a pole.

hedonist

PureandEasy said:

Yeah Hedo, Ed has always supported Roger's teen cancer efforts, he'd be fine with it. Pete's the arrogant one, and I say that with complete honesty. I love Pete, but he doesn't like to be outshined. Unless he's mellowed with age, but I doubt it. One of the things I've always loved about him, he's brilliant and he knows it. .

Howdy, sister! Great talent and voices for a great cause.

(and Empty, me too on that tingle)

shecky

gb277849 said:

Hmmmm, cost of ticket $1000, cost of flight $500, hotel $300, car rental $50, Memories... Priceless... Yeah I'm going for it, against all better judgment.

You should buy a second ticket to light your cigar with.

PureandEasy

It's a dream come true for me. Haven't completely ruled it out.

InBetweenIsMne

jerparker20 said:

Eddieshometown said:

Any idea how many $250 seats there will be? I heard a rumor that the balcony would be $100 and $250 which wouldn't be bad. Anything over $250 is out of my price range. Guess I will be going to fewer Cubs games this year

I'm going to say that less than a 1/4 of the seats will be under $250. As for the $100 seats there will probably be 100-150 of these available and will be in the ass end of the venue, probably behind a pole.

Ummmm, there are no poles to sit behind at the Rosemont Theater. You could possibly sit next to a column in this venue but it should not obstruct a view if you have a neck that works in the slightest of function.

Love the pessimism that permeates from some on this board.

It's a smaller venue that will be a hot ticket...tickets haven't even gone on sale yet and people are already complaining.

DewieCox

Would love to go, but I wish they said what they'd be performing.

Saw Gilmour at the venue, with my back against back wall and the view was fine and the sound was great.

Who Princess

DewieCox said:

Would love to go, but I wish they said what they'd be performing.

For a chance to hear those 2 together, I don't think I'd care if they did extended jams of Squeeze Box and You Better You Bet.

parintachin73

I simply cannot afford to do it. This is literally my DREAM show but I just can't do it. The only thing that could possibly make this show any better, for me, would be a Michael Stipe sit-in for a few tunes.
All that being said, this shit NEEEEEEDS to be released in some format.

samjam

It is one hell of a bill for sure--two of my heroes! And very cool it's for a great cause. Just don't think I can afford the trip. Stinks, as it's definitely drivable. I hope there's a boot! Good luck to all those trying!

bbison

Eddieshometown said:

Any idea how many $250 seats there will be? I heard a rumor that the balcony would be $100 and $250 which wouldn't be bad. Anything over $250 is out of my price range. Guess I will be going to fewer Cubs games this year

Until we see a detailed seating chart, it's just guessing--but there's 5 ticket prices, and the venue has 5 "tiers" of seating:





I haven't been there in 20 years, but I recall great sightlines and acoustics, even upstairs.

It is a little weird to have all of the (current touring) Who sans Roger playing Who songs the night after the actual Who plays on the other side of town.

Jason P

It looks like the stage is up and close with the fans per this photo ...

Empty Glass

backseatLover12

What I want to know is, what happened to Ed?

weddingparade

Who Princess said:

DewieCox said:

Would love to go, but I wish they said what they'd be performing.

For a chance to hear those 2 together, I don't think I'd care if they did extended jams of Squeeze Box and You Better You Bet.

the who princess is 100% right!

The Waiting Trophy Man

I'm going to be a Debbie downer/negative Nancy and just say it, but this doesn't really do anything for me. In fact, I got tired of the whole Eddie hearts the Who like 10, 15 years ago. Hasn't he already performed with Pete Townsend/The Who multiple times before?? An evening celebrating the Who? So what???

Flame on!

(I'm not coming back here to read any responses, lol)

Abe Froman

This is going to be one special performance. Two of my all time favorites together for an entire show? Fuck yeah.

As far as that picture of EV above... I wish some of you had to have your mug plastered all over the internet and scrutinized on a regular basis. Lets see how good every picture looked and see what people had to say.

High Fidelity 2000

parintachin73 said:

I simply cannot afford to do it. This is literally my DREAM show but I just can't do it. The only thing that could possibly make this show any better, for me, would be a Michael Stipe sit-in for a few tunes.
All that being said, this shit NEEEEEEDS to be released in some format.

Same for me. The Who is one of my favorite bands and I can't imagine a cooler show than Eddie singing with the Who for the entire set. I mean this is like 1000 times cooler than going to a "real" Who concert which is really just two guys anyway. I was lucky to see them twice when John was still alive, but this is just a dream show. I wish I could go. Cost plus weekday plus 1500 miles away makes it a no-go. I work in education and it's so close to the end of the year I just can't take 2-3 days off work to fly to a concert. If it was June 14th I'd be trying to get tickets like a fucking madman. Please release a CD or DVD or both, otherwise it will drive me insane till I die, knowing that this happened and I missed it.

Father Hubbard

Anyone "friends and family?"

FRIENDS & FAMILY PRESALE
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End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

RADIO/VENUE PRESALE
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ROSEMONT SPONSORS PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
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on2legs

shecky said:

gb277849 said:

Hmmmm, cost of ticket $1000, cost of flight $500, hotel $300, car rental $50, Memories... Priceless... Yeah I'm going for it, against all better judgment.

You should buy a second ticket to light your cigar with.

This made me laugh out loud. Haha. Thanks for the best laugh I had all day.

PureandEasy

Father Hubbard said:

Anyone "friends and family?"

FRIENDS & FAMILY PRESALE
Start: Fri, 04/17/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

RADIO/VENUE PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

ROSEMONT SPONSORS PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

Wtf does that mean? There will no tickets available come Tuesday??

PureandEasy

Father Hubbard said:

Anyone "friends and family?"

FRIENDS & FAMILY PRESALE
Start: Fri, 04/17/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

RADIO/VENUE PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

ROSEMONT SPONSORS PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

Wtf does that mean? There will no tickets available come Tuesday??

branscop

PureandEasy said:

Father Hubbard said:

Anyone "friends and family?"

FRIENDS & FAMILY PRESALE
Start: Fri, 04/17/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

RADIO/VENUE PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

ROSEMONT SPONSORS PRESALE
Start: Mon, 04/20/15 10:00 AM CDT
End: Mon, 04/20/15 11:45 PM CDT

Wtf does that mean? There will no tickets available come Tuesday??

yes

PureandEasy

I guess it's illegal to come right out and say, no regular fans wanted. Pisses me off. Pete is my favorite man in the world, so much a part of who I am, and I apparently have zero chance here.

JB23237

This sucks