Pearl Jam to Headline Global Citizen Festival

Saltzy23

Also, VIP 1 was let out earlier than everyone else. They had their own private fucking exit, while VIP 2 and 3 were herded like cattle for a good 15-20 minutes while they cleared out to the right of us. This at a festival dedicated to how we are all one people, and we need to be good to each other. The entire goddamn event was basically one humongous caste system with the people paying the most getting priority access and exit, food, and bathrooms, while the peons had to wait 3 hours to get in and fend for themselves the whole time.

I apologize if I see a LOT of this event as hypocritical horse poopy.

a5pj

Saltzy23 said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

dankind said:

Suziemay said:

Stop fighting. Pearl Jam played in Central Park. We got to see it, whether in person, delayed live steam (lol) or I'm sure the full show is on YouTube somewhere. The band sounded great and Redemption Song was the cherry on top. So happy

Su May, I give up. It could've been a great night, but I let the bastards grind me down.

My section actually booed Malala. Malala! One lady tried to drown them out by yelling "thank you" during Malala's pauses, but then she was told to STFU. No biggie to Malala; she's been through a lot worse. But still awful.

Oh, and also there was the teenage girl who walked back after Beyoncé to regroup with her parents. At first, I thought she was crying tears of joy after seeing her favorite performer, but then I overheard her tell her mom, "They were so mean! They kept shouting 'fuck Beyoncé! Eddie Vedder!' at me." I'm pretty sure she wasn't allowed to say "fuck" in front of her folks, so, in addition to her tears, that's how upset she was due to the words and actions of classless Pearl Jam fans.

And the CEOs weren't so much patting each other on the back as much as informing the crowd about the actions that their corporations were taking toward achieving the Global Goals and eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 and what their customers could do to help. I'm skeptical of some of these actions and the corporate-arm foundations that back them, but hearing an explanation of the measurable differences that are being made in populations of extreme poverty certainly has me opening my mind a bit and looking into them more.

And these suits aren't empty; they're actually doing something -- bigger than we (or most of us) can do -- toward achieving the Global Goals and eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. They should be applauded for that, not booed. They could do jackshit like most of the other corporations out there, but they see the global economic importance of tackling these issues and are acting to address them.

Anyway, if I weren't so upset by the belligerent bastards who surrounded me, my highlights would've been "Given to Fly" (for Malala) and "Redemption Song" with Bey (and Mandela). But, like I said, I let the bastards grind me down.

As I sat home watching the Web cast, I couldn't believe people were booing the speakers. Pretty damned embarrassing.

Jesus F'ing Christ. Read the last few pages.

The booing (at least where I was) started at 9 when PJ was scheduled to go on, but instead were preempted by the richest people on the planet talking about income inequality (HAHAHAHA), and updates from the motherfucking 'Action Center' to hear Hugh Jackman give updates on how many new actions had been completed. Again this is after SEVEN HOURS of hearing the same message being delivered from many, many people already. How many times can people be expected to hear that they need to be Global Citizens before they say, 'OK, I get it already. Can I please hear PJ play now?'

Anyone near where I was that booed or screamed for PJ from 8:30-9 was told to pipe down. After 9 however, it was totally valid and justified, and that is when I joined in as well.

I think a lot of ppl agree with u but just aren't posting, if you look back in the forum from 9 to 930 a lot if ppl were flipping out here. I was rolling my eyes as to how ridiculous the billionaires were being. I think a few boos were called for.

on2legs

The booing was embarrassing. I get that people were thinking that every minute one of these guys talks is one minute less Pearl Jam plays, but it was not our fan base's finest moment.

I loved the show. It was a long time to wait for the band but totally worth it. Very happy I had a chance to see them play Central Park. The rest of the acts were entertaining, although Beyoncé's act got stale after 20 minutes or so.

Also... Mike totally killed it on guitar!

fugawzi

Thanks dankind thanks speedy and every other reasonable poster here. I'm not saying i wasn't getting anxious for PJ to come on. I'm not saying that the message wasn't redundant after about 5 hours. But because I'm an adult who knew what he was getting into I just sat there patiently and waited for PJ to come on without embarrassing myself by booing like a retard.

Anyone who was tired of the same message after hours and hours CHOSE to sit there and listen, myself included. You could have waited until let's say 8 to get there and you would have heard less than an hour of the speakers. Again we all knew this wasn't gonna be just a PJ show. I had heard PJ was coming on at 915 which they did but even if you expected them at 9 you only waited an extra 15 minutes. Waaaahhh.

Last thing I'm gonna say on this. There are some philanthropists that actually do give money away like Warren Buffet and even Bill Gates who was there and got booed last night of course. That doesn't solve the issue and neither does simple awareness. As I said before it will take people as a whole to eradicate poverty by taking action, getting involved, demanding policy changes, VOTING and on and on. I'm not the most articulate when it comes to this issue but the video with the quote from Mandela that was played during Ed and Beyoncé's duet on Redmeption Song pretty much nailed it and nowhere did it say billionaires should just give their money away. Here are some quotes from it:

"Overcoming poverty is NOT A TASK OF CHARITY, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the ACTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom."

That's just a piece of it but it sums it up well.

HesCalledDyer

Honest question... So when your Evening with Pearl Jam ticket says 8:00pm and they dont take stage until 8:27, do you boo?? That seems to be one half of the complaint here - that they didnt go on at the very strike of 9 - right? 9:15 instead of 9, big freakin deal!!! I've waited longer than that to go thru the line at Chipotle.

Sprunkn7

I almost cried wile Malala was speaking. She is AMAZING and IMO Highly Respected. US in the pen right behind VIP 3 were cheering for her...loudly! Everyone around us was anyway.

PJammin'

HesCalledDyer said:

Honest question... So when your Evening with Pearl Jam ticket says 8:00pm and they dont take stage until 8:27, do you boo?? That seems to be one half of the complaint here - that they didnt go on at the very strike of 9 - right? 9:15 instead of 9, big freakin deal!!! I've waited longer than that to go thru the line at Chipotle.

Good thing these people didn't see Guns-N-Roses back in the day.

Sprunkn7

This is probably why they never released a Festival Schedule....I never saw an official Global Citizen Festival Schedule.

javis el errante

reading the last two pages, man, some people had a bad hangover, hard to read what I have read...

my2hands

Not sure why you would have anyone speak after The First Lady and Malala... let alone a bunch of white ceo's aND billionaires... I thought that was in poor taste and very poorly planned

And then to take as long as they did, with pushing that stupid red button and literally acting as if that was actually making a difference and saving lives??? lol, I thought it was pretty bad

Anyone booing Malala is a fucking moron... out of all the world leaders and billionaires, that girl was the only speaker that mattered in my opinion... that girl is a hero... it's no surprise our boy EV recognized that and gave her a shout

njnancy

fugawzi said:

Thanks dankind thanks speedy and every other reasonable poster here. I'm not saying i wasn't getting anxious for PJ to come on. I'm not saying that the message wasn't redundant after about 5 hours. But because I'm an adult who knew what he was getting into I just sat there patiently and waited for PJ to come on without embarrassing myself by booing like a retard.

Anyone who was tired of the same message after hours and hours CHOSE to sit there and listen, myself included. You could have waited until let's say 8 to get there and you would have heard less than an hour of the speakers. Again we all knew this wasn't gonna be just a PJ show. I had heard PJ was coming on at 915 which they did but even if you expected them at 9 you only waited an extra 15 minutes. Waaaahhh.

Last thing I'm gonna say on this. There are some philanthropists that actually do give money away like Warren Buffet and even Bill Gates who was there and got booed last night of course. That doesn't solve the issue and neither does simple awareness. As I said before it will take people as a whole to eradicate poverty by taking action, getting involved, demanding policy changes, VOTING and on and on. I'm not the most articulate when it comes to this issue but the video with the quote from Mandela that was played during Ed and Beyoncé's duet on Redmeption Song pretty much nailed it and nowhere did it say billionaires should just give their money away. Here are some quotes from it:

"Overcoming poverty is NOT A TASK OF CHARITY, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the ACTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom."

That's just a piece of it but it sums it up well.

Imagine followed by Redemption song was the epitome of what the Festival was all about. Pearl Jam was invited by Hugh Evans to perform. The whole reason for the Festival was about the Global Goals and each of the people that spoke between performances were active in one or more of the initiatives. Most of the people in the park got GA tickets after taking actions to help make each of the goals possible. The head of Norway got involved after Stephen Colbert pushed a Twitter campaign to her and she finally said what can I do to make a difference (and stop the barrage of Tweets). The people on stage have been involved in the campaign on a daily basis for, in some cases, years. They should be recognized. That was the reason that the Festival was able to occur in the first place. Without all of the people that were booed; there would be no Global Poverty Project and there would have been no concert and no opportunity to even see Pearl Jam last night.
You could see how uncomfortable the people who are the backbone of the entire movement that allowed us to see Pearl Jam were and to boo the people who organized the event and have made a difference is rude and not in keeping with the entire spirit of the event. Big picture - people living without sanitation, girls being killed for wanting an education, clean water, saving our planet and the people who are living with no ability to even view or know that this was occurring is FAR more important than having to wait to see your favorite band. Booing them was the same as booing Pearl Jam for being involved with the project. Annoying, boring - perhaps, but to boo ANYONE involved in this lofty goal is ignorant. We have to be an example as adults. It was The Global Poverty Festival, not a Pearl Jam concert. If you were working your ass off to make a difference and were booed as you had 5 minutes on stage to thank those people taking action and explain how much people's actions matter, how would you feel? Did anyone who booed do any of the actions that were requested of them during the festival?
Booing was beneath the respect that Pearl Jam should get as an activist band and some fans did not represent the band's intentions. They gave a negative vibe to the band's participation, especially to those who were fans of other bands or just there to be part of the movement. I'm not hating on anyone and I don't always do the right thing by any means. I just don't comprehend how you boo another human being for doing the right thing. It's mean and hurtful.

OMGkatwoman

njnancy said:

fugawzi said:

Thanks dankind thanks speedy and every other reasonable poster here. I'm not saying i wasn't getting anxious for PJ to come on. I'm not saying that the message wasn't redundant after about 5 hours. But because I'm an adult who knew what he was getting into I just sat there patiently and waited for PJ to come on without embarrassing myself by booing like a retard.

Anyone who was tired of the same message after hours and hours CHOSE to sit there and listen, myself included. You could have waited until let's say 8 to get there and you would have heard less than an hour of the speakers. Again we all knew this wasn't gonna be just a PJ show. I had heard PJ was coming on at 915 which they did but even if you expected them at 9 you only waited an extra 15 minutes. Waaaahhh.

Last thing I'm gonna say on this. There are some philanthropists that actually do give money away like Warren Buffet and even Bill Gates who was there and got booed last night of course. That doesn't solve the issue and neither does simple awareness. As I said before it will take people as a whole to eradicate poverty by taking action, getting involved, demanding policy changes, VOTING and on and on. I'm not the most articulate when it comes to this issue but the video with the quote from Mandela that was played during Ed and Beyoncé's duet on Redmeption Song pretty much nailed it and nowhere did it say billionaires should just give their money away. Here are some quotes from it:

"Overcoming poverty is NOT A TASK OF CHARITY, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the ACTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom."

That's just a piece of it but it sums it up well.

Imagine followed by Redemption song was the epitome of what the Festival was all about. Pearl Jam was invited by Hugh Evans to perform. The whole reason for the Festival was about the Global Goals and each of the people that spoke between performances were active in one or more of the initiatives. Most of the people in the park got GA tickets after taking actions to help make each of the goals possible. The head of Norway got involved after Stephen Colbert pushed a Twitter campaign to her and she finally said what can I do to make a difference (and stop the barrage of Tweets). The people on stage have been involved in the campaign on a daily basis for, in some cases, years. They should be recognized. That was the reason that the Festival was able to occur in the first place. Without all of the people that were booed; there would be no Global Poverty Project and there would have been no concert and no opportunity to even see Pearl Jam last night.
You could see how uncomfortable the people who are the backbone of the entire movement that allowed us to see Pearl Jam were and to boo the people who organized the event and have made a difference is rude and not in keeping with the entire spirit of the event. Big picture - people living without sanitation, girls being killed for wanting an education, clean water, saving our planet and the people who are living with no ability to even view or know that this was occurring is FAR more important than having to wait to see your favorite band. Booing them was the same as booing Pearl Jam for being involved with the project. Annoying, boring - perhaps, but to boo ANYONE involved in this lofty goal is ignorant. We have to be an example as adults. It was The Global Poverty Festival, not a Pearl Jam concert. If you were working your ass off to make a difference and were booed as you had 5 minutes on stage to thank those people taking action and explain how much people's actions matter, how would you feel? Did anyone who booed do any of the actions that were requested of them during the festival?
Booing was beneath the respect that Pearl Jam should get as an activist band and some fans did not represent the band's intentions. They gave a negative vibe to the band's participation, especially to those who were fans of other bands or just there to be part of the movement. I'm not hating on anyone and I don't always do the right thing by any means. I just don't comprehend how you boo another human being for doing the right thing. It's mean and hurtful.</blockquote

Well stated njnancy!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

njnancy said:

fugawzi said:

Thanks dankind thanks speedy and every other reasonable poster here. I'm not saying i wasn't getting anxious for PJ to come on. I'm not saying that the message wasn't redundant after about 5 hours. But because I'm an adult who knew what he was getting into I just sat there patiently and waited for PJ to come on without embarrassing myself by booing like a retard.

Anyone who was tired of the same message after hours and hours CHOSE to sit there and listen, myself included. You could have waited until let's say 8 to get there and you would have heard less than an hour of the speakers. Again we all knew this wasn't gonna be just a PJ show. I had heard PJ was coming on at 915 which they did but even if you expected them at 9 you only waited an extra 15 minutes. Waaaahhh.

Last thing I'm gonna say on this. There are some philanthropists that actually do give money away like Warren Buffet and even Bill Gates who was there and got booed last night of course. That doesn't solve the issue and neither does simple awareness. As I said before it will take people as a whole to eradicate poverty by taking action, getting involved, demanding policy changes, VOTING and on and on. I'm not the most articulate when it comes to this issue but the video with the quote from Mandela that was played during Ed and Beyoncé's duet on Redmeption Song pretty much nailed it and nowhere did it say billionaires should just give their money away. Here are some quotes from it:

"Overcoming poverty is NOT A TASK OF CHARITY, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the ACTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom."

That's just a piece of it but it sums it up well.

Imagine followed by Redemption song was the epitome of what the Festival was all about. Pearl Jam was invited by Hugh Evans to perform. The whole reason for the Festival was about the Global Goals and each of the people that spoke between performances were active in one or more of the initiatives. Most of the people in the park got GA tickets after taking actions to help make each of the goals possible. The head of Norway got involved after Stephen Colbert pushed a Twitter campaign to her and she finally said what can I do to make a difference (and stop the barrage of Tweets). The people on stage have been involved in the campaign on a daily basis for, in some cases, years. They should be recognized. That was the reason that the Festival was able to occur in the first place. Without all of the people that were booed; there would be no Global Poverty Project and there would have been no concert and no opportunity to even see Pearl Jam last night.
You could see how uncomfortable the people who are the backbone of the entire movement that allowed us to see Pearl Jam were and to boo the people who organized the event and have made a difference is rude and not in keeping with the entire spirit of the event. Big picture - people living without sanitation, girls being killed for wanting an education, clean water, saving our planet and the people who are living with no ability to even view or know that this was occurring is FAR more important than having to wait to see your favorite band. Booing them was the same as booing Pearl Jam for being involved with the project. Annoying, boring - perhaps, but to boo ANYONE involved in this lofty goal is ignorant. We have to be an example as adults. It was The Global Poverty Festival, not a Pearl Jam concert. If you were working your ass off to make a difference and were booed as you had 5 minutes on stage to thank those people taking action and explain how much people's actions matter, how would you feel? Did anyone who booed do any of the actions that were requested of them during the festival?
Booing was beneath the respect that Pearl Jam should get as an activist band and some fans did not represent the band's intentions. They gave a negative vibe to the band's participation, especially to those who were fans of other bands or just there to be part of the movement. I'm not hating on anyone and I don't always do the right thing by any means. I just don't comprehend how you boo another human being for doing the right thing. It's mean and hurtful.

RIGHT ON!

mcgruff10

my2hands said:

Not sure why you would have anyone speak after The First Lady and Malala... let alone a bunch of white ceo's aND billionaires... I thought that was in poor taste and very poorly planned

And then to take as long as they did, with pushing that stupid red button and literally acting as if that was actually making a difference and saving lives??? lol, I thought it was pretty bad

Anyone booing Malala is a fucking moron... out of all the world leaders and billionaires, that girl was the only speaker that mattered in my opinion... that girl is a hero... it's no surprise our boy EV recognized that and gave her a shout

Bingo. And one ceo was booed for like five seconds by the vast minority of people. Not really a big deal.

demetrios

Mike McCready and Jason Sudeikis attend 2015 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park on September 26, 2015 in New York City.

EdsonNascimento

SNL absolutely has to do a skit of the last 15 min heading into PJ. Bill Gates while his wife was speaking was hysterical. Then the fact they got these CEOs to push a stupid fake red lit button to set a Close Encounters of The Third Kind special effect was an all time goof. Then to top it off with Bill Nye the Science Guy fanning Stone's playing with a card(?). My god. I know I had some help, but how any of the SNL guys watching that could not make a total spoof of it would be an actual crime.

Why folks are worried about booing, talking, yelling. Who cares? It's a festival with 60,000 people If you've ever been around more than 2 people at once, you'll understand that everyone acts differently.

PJ sounded great to me. What a blast. Mike put his freaking stamp on the place. Lightning Bolt and Betterman will never be the same for me. Hope he keeps doing that on tour. Eddie sounded better than I've heard him in a while. Jeff and Matt drove hard and tight (ha, ha) and Stone was Stone. Imagine in Central Park. John would be proud.

jjflash

EdsonNascimento said:

SNL absolutely has to do a skit of the last 15 min heading into PJ. Bill Gates while his wife was speaking was hysterical. Then the fact they got these CEOs to push a stupid fake red lit button to set a Close Encounters of The Third Kind special effect was an all time goof. Then to top it off with Bill Nye the Science Guy fanning Stone's playing with a card(?). My god. I know I had some help, but how any of the SNL guys watching that could not make a total spoof of it would be an actual crime.

Why folks are worried about booing, talking, yelling. Who cares? It's a festival with 60,000 people If you've ever been around more than 2 people at once, you'll understand that everyone acts differently.

PJ sounded great to me. What a blast. Mike put his freaking stamp on the place. Lightning Bolt and Betterman will never be the same for me. Hope he keeps doing that on tour. Eddie sounded better than I've heard him in a while. Jeff and Matt drove hard and tight (ha, ha) and Stone was Stone. Imagine in Central Park. John would be proud.

Well said, my friend. LB was incredible....def one of my highlights. Sublime weather spent in Central Park w Pearl Jam and fans from around the world = a little slice of bliss

october22

The boo's came from people annoyed with the heads of organizations like the fucking World Bank, the UN, Citi Bank and others suggesting that we, the audience, "do more." They're pieces of shit the likes of which I believe Eddie himself would have booed back in the day.

I didn't hear or see anyone booing Malala. That's totally unacceptable and I can't believe that was more than just a couple of people. It didn't register on TV at all.

buck502000

We have the best fans of any band - anywhere

jjflash

buck502000 said:

We have the best fans of any band - anywhere

+1