Pearl Jam to Headline Global Citizen Festival

megslovesstone

Anyone from past experience know if it's possible to hang on the perimeter of Central Park and hear the concert? We live in Brooklyn and I just want to know whether to try to randomly hang out there or just try to watch it on MSNBC at home. I did everything possible to get tickets. It's been a really, really tough year after two miscarriages, and my husband and I just want to hear our favorite band, --whose music can make it all feel okay. After all these years in NYC I actually don't know if you can hear anything from the outside during a concert.....

samjam

Don't know if this has been posted, but got an e-mail and saw an FB post saying:

"PSSST! This just in: Doors to the Global Citizen Festival will open as soon as there's enough people in the park! Get there between 12-2 to be the first one in."

Suziemay

samjam said:

Don't know if this has been posted, but got an e-mail and saw an FB post saying:

"PSSST! This just in: Doors to the Global Citizen Festival will open as soon as there's enough people in the park! Get there between 12-2 to be the first one in."

Email source?

OK, nevermind. Just saw the post on Facebook from Global Citizen

Between 12-2? They have significantly underestimated music fans. Especially Pearl Jam fans.

samjam

Suziemay said:

samjam said:

Don't know if this has been posted, but got an e-mail and saw an FB post saying:

"PSSST! This just in: Doors to the Global Citizen Festival will open as soon as there's enough people in the park! Get there between 12-2 to be the first one in."

Email source?

OK, nevermind. Just saw the post on Facebook from Global Citizen

Between 12-2? They have significantly underestimated music fans. Especially Pearl Jam fans.

Looking back now, that e-mail was a notification of a post from Global Citizen in their event page...saw it last night right after I turned on my phone after Colbert, and as you can imagine, my mind wasn't quite straight yet

Did get an e-mail last night from Global Citizen (Tom Blake) saying, "I can't stress this enough: you'll really want to open all the emails you received from us until the Festival."

Guess lots more admin/logistics-type e-mails to come for more info!

nothinasitseems

2 days and not much longer...

jjflash

Daron Oshay said:

I have this weird feeling Springsteen is joining PJ

Bono

jjflash

tayzor33 said:

What is everyone hoping they will play?
Here is my wishlist (pun completely intended)
Present tense
pendulum
unthought known
crown of thorns
I am mine
amongst the waves
In my tree

I predict they cover Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift

JamIsGood

I'm taking my girlfriend with me to GCF and have a few questions for those who have been to the festival in the past. For starters, how tightly do they pack people into the GA pens? Are you standing shoulder to shoulder with everyone or can you find places where you have a little more space? Also, I read that you can't bring in chairs but are they really strict about the no blankets thing? Is it realistic to find places on the lawn or elsewhere to sit down if we don't feel like standing for several hours?

Sprunkn7

JamIsGood said:

I'm taking my girlfriend with me to GCF and have a few questions for those who have been to the festival in the past. For starters, how tightly do they pack people into the GA pens? Are you standing shoulder to shoulder with everyone or can you find places where you have a little more space? Also, I read that you can't bring in chairs but are they really strict about the no blankets thing? Is it realistic to find places on the lawn or elsewhere to sit down if we don't feel like standing for several hours?

As long as you don't press yourself against the rail of the pen there is plenty of room to chill and sit. I always bring a beach towel for fear they will take a blanket away but I have seen plenty of blankets.

stlhawk

Get_Right said:

Yes, no alcohol except for VIP 1. I have heard the same from people that went in past years.
Time for the ole flexible flask taped to the taint LOL
http://www.hideyourbooze.com/sneakyshorts.html

Eddie better throw me a bottle of juice in VIP 3! Total BS they are not providing alcohol for the attendees. How the hell are we going to get through the load of speakers?

JamIsGood

Thanks for the helpful information, Sprunkn7. My girlfriend will hopefully feel a little bit better about things now.

marcos

How tough is security as far as once you're in the crowd and smoking???

Left Porch

Show starts at 4 correct? If im not wild about the other performers (which I'm not) showing up around 330 for VIP3 won't be terrible right?

iamloco724

People who have vip2, what time do you plan to get on line or arrive at the park?

JDjr

Thanks Sprunkn7 for the info...

JDjr

Question for anyone. We have 4 tickets - two were bought thru ten club and are VIP2 GA3, and two were just bought thru ticket master and are VIP2 GA4. My husband and I are taking our two kids - do they have "different" GA pens within the VIP2 section? Very pumped!

nycrats

JDjr said:

Question for anyone. We have 4 tickets - two were bought thru ten club and are VIP2 GA3, and two were just bought thru ticket master and are VIP2 GA4. My husband and I are taking our two kids - do they have "different" GA pens within the VIP2 section? Very pumped!

no, you will all be together in the same pen. the pen itself is VIP2.. the "ga2, ga3, ga4" etc is just for ticketmaster and it means nothing. ga3 is the same as ga4, its just how they generate a seat number for the ga tickets.

youre good to go..

nicknyr15

iamloco724 said:

People who have vip2, what time do you plan to get on line or arrive at the park?

As close to 8:20 as possible lol.

nycrats

nicknyr15 said:

iamloco724 said:

People who have vip2, what time do you plan to get on line or arrive at the park?

As close to 8:20 as possible lol.

same probably a 7 ish entrance just in case of lines/hassles etc..

samjam

My +1 is my younger sister who is a fan of Beyonce, Coldplay, and Ed Sheeran...sent her Small Town, and the task of memorizing it so she can at least sing along to 1 song with her big sis! Hopefully she's got it down by Saturday!

EdsonNascimento

nycrats said:

nicknyr15 said:

iamloco724 said:

People who have vip2, what time do you plan to get on line or arrive at the park?

As close to 8:20 as possible lol.

same probably a 7 ish entrance just in case of lines/hassles etc..

Yeah. Other than people going with mistresses or girlfriends they need to impress why would you suffer the rest?

nicknyr15

EdsonNascimento said:

nycrats said:

nicknyr15 said:

iamloco724 said:

People who have vip2, what time do you plan to get on line or arrive at the park?

As close to 8:20 as possible lol.

same probably a 7 ish entrance just in case of lines/hassles etc..

Yeah. Other than people going with mistresses or girlfriends they need to impress why would you suffer the rest?

Exactly! Hopefully I'll be coming in as all the Beyoncé fans are heading out and we could turn this thing into a proper rock concert at 8:20!! I'm amped!!!

lolobugg

EdsonNascimento said:

nycrats said:

nicknyr15 said:

iamloco724 said:

People who have vip2, what time do you plan to get on line or arrive at the park?

As close to 8:20 as possible lol.

same probably a 7 ish entrance just in case of lines/hassles etc..

Yeah. Other than people going with mistresses or girlfriends they need to impress why would you suffer the rest?

I am bringing my whole stable, son.
I am ready for Jay-Z.

jt4266

For those of you with the normal GA tix what time are you planning on going in. I really don't want to spend the entire day sitting through speeches and Coldplay but then again don't want to be standing at the back for the show....

lolobugg

1pm at the latest

samjam

lolobugg said:

1pm at the latest

My thinking too, get on line by 1PM. I'd like to go earlier, but my sister isn't too on board. Gonna be a challenge to convince her to do 1PM, but that's my plan.

dankind

stlhawk said:

Get_Right said:

Yes, no alcohol except for VIP 1. I have heard the same from people that went in past years.
Time for the ole flexible flask taped to the taint LOL
http://www.hideyourbooze.com/sneakyshorts.html

Eddie better throw me a bottle of juice in VIP 3! Total BS they are not providing alcohol for the attendees. How the hell are we going to get through the load of speakers?

Well, you could -- oh, I don't know -- LISTEN TO THEM!!!

mcgruff10

Probably getting there at six. Ga tickets

joehawkeye

joehawkeye said:

Coldplay starts at 4pm which is the first performance per this link:

https://globalcitizen.org/en/content/get-to-the-2015-global-citizen-festival-early-and/

I plan to arrive around 6pm as well. GA tix. Can...not...wait!!!!!!

Sprunkn7

mcgruff10 said:

Probably getting there at six. Ga tickets

Thats really late to go for GA tickets