*** New York, NY Fanviews Here 5/2/16 ***

tempo_n_groove

I had rail for MSG 1(Thank you Dionne for scooching over) and had a GREAT time!!!

For MSG 2 I was in section 219. A fight broke out BEFORE the show even started... Some EvenBro (love that term now, lol) was yelling at some guy with his computer. No idea why but one guy didn't like it. Bad mojo right off the bat...

Decided to move around and dance in the back of the curtains instead. More drunk and loud people... People yelling and stumbling...

My vibe wasn't that great for this show.

Great crowd energy though. To feel the floor move underneath you like an earthquake is a really cool feeling!

Sound cutting out was odd. I've noticed some feedback on the guitars at every show I've gone to.

Loved seeing Cheaptrick and Sting perform. That was something I'd never expect exept for an encore!

All or None is really growing on me too. I'm really starting to enjoy that song.

The "Man" trio was nice. I got the Pas,t present and future trio at Barclays!

eeriepadave

I thought night 2 was fantastic. Loved the set list the covers and speical guests, Seeing Sting was a great surprise! Highlights- Surrender, driven to tears, Breath!, Garden (at the Garden), The "Man" trilogy, and Present Tense. Surprised the show ended earlier than previous shows. Also the technical difficulties during Porch was a little odd.

and this happened as well before the show
http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/254558

pjalive21

brianwilson said:

They should play the same set (w/ a couple changes every other night) like 95% of the bands that tour regularly.

I'll bet every member of the band or their crew has, once or twice, said to one another, "That show was fuckin' tight, we killed it tonight! Let's see if the fans heard what we heard from the stage."

Then they just laugh their asses off when they read a standard like, "Quite a few repeats tonight," etc. etc. etc.

It's embarrassing.

Amen

NY crowd is being harsh on the band with the setlist, I can understand your frustrations with sound issues, but jeezus I cant believe how many people are ripping them on the setlist

belthook

Was lucky enough to get tickets to both shows. 10C nights in section 106 and picked up a single in section 214 for night 2. Had a blast at both shows. Don't care about the repeats I will sing along to anything the band plays. Was hoping to finally hear Getaway live but no worries. I have to say section 214 was jumping last night. And big props to the girls from Long Island that were next to me. It was their first show since the 90's and they were into every song with tons of energy.

vitodacat

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

JC38557

Man, listening to people complain about 'repeats' because they were lucky enough to see both shows makes me pretty ill. Entitled, ridiculous fans. And it isn't the hard core fans PJ makes its money on. The hard cores will be there regardless. It's the bottom 85% of the fans PJ needs to sell out all these places.

A ridiculous, entitled, selfish fanbase. Meanwhile, I've been in the fanclub since 1996 and I lost the lotto and had to pay 600 bucks to go to the show on Sunday. Which was awesome. No complaints. But some of you are just awful.

MayDay10

vitodacat said:

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

Looking forward to the boot

Suziemay

Stop complaining about the complainers, please, especially if you weren't at the show. You're runing my happy vibes. Thank you.

Gary Carter

Really truly shits me people are complaining bout the setlist, have you've become that much of a setlist snob where you have to dissect every show? Maybe don't go anymore and let someone else who doesn't give a shit bout seeing evenflow for the 20th or alive for the 15th time. Better yet you can take a break and get food and merch and piss during a song like black or porch or Jeremy. You got 10 repeats out of 64 songs and you got the guitar player and bass player from cheap trick playing no surrender and then you just randomly get Sting doing driven to tears with the band, are you fucking kidding me, wow that's awesome. I am truly so so glad I separated myself from this fanbase. With that being said it's time for me to go back to in hiding.

abulr

pjalive21 said:

NY crowd is being harsh on the band with the setlist, I can understand your frustrations with sound issues, but jeezus I cant believe how many people are ripping them on the setlist

100% agree - how do you rip on a setlist that has the Singles Soundtrack, DTT, Sonic Reducer, Baba... and like half of Ten

i get it - maybe it's your 100th show, and you managed/finagled/traded your way to both Philly and both NYC nights, and from past experiences you thought you would hear half their catalog over the four nights and be thrilled to finally add [insert obscure song only played 2x before here] to your list... sorry that didn't work out for you

so quit your setlist/checklist b-tching or just give the tickets to someone else

oddly enough, the three-digit-show people i met are exactly the opposite, no expectations, no "list-checking"... maybe cause their lists are already checked - haha)

i for one never got to see them during the Ten tour since it was pre-10C pre-stubhub and tickets were much harder to come by back then...

so i'm glad i'm finally getting to see the Ten tour

dimitrispearljam

on2legs said:

My wife and I drove in from NJ and headed right to the box office to get her tickets after parking. She let her 190xxx membership lapse years ago and only rejoined this year so we weren't expecting anything too close. We were just happy to be in the building. Needless to say, we were blown away when she got her tickets and saw they were front row center floor seats directly behind GA. We were smiling ear to ear.

We found our seats and had a blast being so close. It was cool to have the rail to lean on and I was hoping Mike might pass in front of us during Alive like I saw him do from the 200 level the night before. The crowd in our section was extremely energetic and nobody was acting like an idiot. I thought the band and the crowd were on fire. After seeing the two Philly shows and the first MSG show, I wouldn't have minded them mixing it up a little more but I was glad my wife got to hear many of her favorites.

The night went from great to amazing during Porch. We watched Ed make his way off the stage and I assumed he was going to wade into the GA crowd up front like he usually does to finish the song. But he kept walking and ended up making the turn into the walkway that separated GA from the floor seats. People were slapping hands with him as he walked by and me and my wife were leaning forward ready to take our turn. I got confused when he stopped right in front of us and I wasn't sure what was going on. But then Ed proceeded to climb up the rail directly in front of us. We were holding his arms as he climbed onto the rail and then one of the security guys from the band told us to hold his legs as he stepped onto the top of the rail. Ed belted out the rest of the song standing over us as we braced his legs. I was little concerned he was going to fall at one point. And then he hopped off and headed back to the stage to finish it up. It all happened so fast that it didn't seem real. I never expected him to make his way halfway out across the floor and never in a million years did we expect Ed to end up singing in front of our faces. Amazing. We even got Mike walking right in front of us later during his Alive solo too. Still riding the high from the show and so thankful to the ten club for hooking us up with great seats.

how awesome is that man!!congrats!!happy for u!!

mcgruff10

Gary Carter said:

Really truly shits me people are complaining bout the setlist, have you've become that much of a setlist snob where you have to dissect every show? Maybe don't go anymore and let someone else who doesn't give a shit bout seeing evenflow for the 20th or alive for the 15th time. Better yet you can take a break and get food and merch and piss during a song like black or porch or Jeremy. You got 10 repeats out of 64 songs and you got the guitar player and bass player from cheap trick playing no surrender and then you just randomly get Sting doing driven to tears with the band, are you fucking kidding me, wow that's awesome. I am truly so so glad I separated myself from this fanbase. With that being said it's time for me to go back to in hiding.

Christ some of you act like we are making fun of your first born. Relax, It s a show. Some people thought last night was the best thing since sliced bread and others didn't like the repeats/set list. It s all good because opinions are like you know what.

1rogeraspain2

vitodacat said:

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

vitodacat said:

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

Lol! I liked that too. "..., Ya fuck!"

OceansJenny

Great show!! No it wasn't "epic" but a damn solid show. The band really looked like they were having a good time and feeding off the crowd. Eddie went into the front twice to share the mic, around between the GA and seated floor (watching the GA crowd follow him like bees from my seats up top was funny), Mike around through the same area too. Mike tossed his shirt at the end!! I've seen some great setlists but band ENERGY makes a different. They can plow through a mixed setlist, which I love, but when they're not feeling the crowd it makes a distinctive difference.

4 shows in 5 days from 5 guys in/near their 50s is damn impressive. Yes Eddie's voice is going to give out. The other option is to not play as many. Count your blessings they still tour decently heavy schedules.

Shout out to Section 227 - they were killing it! The whole arena was standing! I don't think that's been the case for most shows I go to.

Why no mention of Eddie thanking the securities guards? "We're not Billy Joel, we're just a bunch of punks compared to him and security has treated us so nice" - something to that extent. Also a portion of the GA pit linked arms and swayed to YLB, which was cool to see from up above.

If you're bored by the setlist don't go to as many shows. Then you'll be more thankful. I did 3 in a row in '06 and noticed myself getting a bit bored (and that was a GREAT tour) so now I try to do only 2 per tour, or space them out.

what dreams

shetellsherself said:

slobberdog68 said:

on2legs said:

We watched Ed make his way off the stage and I assumed he was going to wade into the GA crowd up front like he usually does to finish the song. But he kept walking and ended up making the turn into the walkway that separated GA from the floor seats. People were slapping hands with him as he walked by and me and my wife were leaning forward ready to take our turn. I got confused when he stopped right in front of us and I wasn't sure what was going on. But then Ed proceeded to climb up the rail directly in front of us. We were holding his arms as he climbed onto the rail and then one of the security guys from the band told us to hold his legs as he stepped onto the top of the rail. Ed belted out the rest of the song standing over us as we braced his legs. I was little concerned he was going to fall at one point. And then he hopped off and headed back to the stage to finish it up. It all happened so fast that it didn't seem real.

That's Awesome!

So glad you got that experience!!

I don't know if I could be responsible for holding Ed's legs. That's a lot to ask. Hahaha

vitodacat

Finished my 5 show run for this tour and I think my 40th overall somewhere in there. I don't care what this band plays, I always walk out of a show happy ( and exhausted) The way this band interacts with the crowd is second to none. Ed hitting the rail between GA and the floor seats, handing the mic to people on the rail now as well. Mike just absolutely going frickin crazy every single night. A Pearl Jam show is just my happy place, always will be, always leave there satisfied ( like the risotto ( seinfeld reference in case you didn't know)).

There's no better feeling for me as a fan as knowing someone who went Sunday night for the first time texting me Monday morning saying " what have I been missing the last 25 years", and then goes and proceeds to go back last night.

See ya'll at Fenway

nycrats

MayDay10 said:

vitodacat said:

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

Looking forward to the boot

but you wont be able to see ed give him the finger too.. the look on his face was priceless

RE4790

nycrats said:

MayDay10 said:

vitodacat said:

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

Looking forward to the boot

but you wont be able to see ed give him the finger too.. the look on his face was priceless

Me often thinks all the kids at shows now are really just "tambourine bait" laid out by diabolical parents.

vitodacat

nycrats said:

MayDay10 said:

vitodacat said:

"Give it to the kid ya fuck"

Looking forward to the boot

but you wont be able to see ed give him the finger too.. the look on his face was priceless

He was pissed

nycrats

was that vinyl that got tossed at the end of surrender? any idea what it was?
is that a thing cheap trick does live?