*** Toronto, ON Fanviews Here 5/10/16 ***

NWOntario

By the way: tonight was also the ten-year anniversary of Pearl Jam's second 2006 show at the ACC, which remains firmly entrenched as my second all-time favourite concert (after Buffalo 2003, which will never be topped). I left that show in 2006 wanting to run through the night. I left tonight's show wanting to start a band and change the world. Potato, potato.

jessebasi

bigbiggzy said:

Wait...did they not play Grievance?

They played Grievance, they just forgot it.

uninnocent-

How do they do it? The shows keep getting better and better. Holy Hell these Canadian shows have been so fun to attend.

andrew68

NWOntario said:

Tonight was an all-timer. There was a moment during (I think) "Comfortably Numb" when it really occurred to me that we were in the midst of something special. I'm not sure I'd have felt that way if, for instance, I'd never heard a song off Binaural till this evening...but the performance was stunning, and I say that as someone who generally doesn't like the album all that much. I spent a lot of the show ruminating over the band and how big a role its music's played in my life (tonight was PJ40 for me btw), and it's astonishing that they're still doing what they do and, really, they're the only band on the planet that's doing it at this level on this scale.

PJ41 on Thursday outta be special, too: I'm taking my partner to her first-ever Pearl Jam show. We'll be in GA. We'll be deliriously happy.

Well said sir

foodboy

what a show. if you check my comment that i made to some flack on this board which is not surprising to the loud and uninformed minority, i specifically asked for a special show for toronto. an album , rarities and put us in a league with philly and new york. it was about time. all of this from a musicologists point of view. after binaural it didn't matter what they played. this show was epic! best show ever played in toronto in my opinion ..... so far. there is still thursday. anyone complaining i don't get it. i don't like all the hits either but they have to play them. this show was over the top sensational. one i will never forget.

BF89905

Incredible show.... Got to be up for work in 4+ hours..... So looking forward to Thursday night..... Be well, everyone

gibbits

Maybe the greatest show I have seen. Wasn't happy my section was full of pussies who didn't seem to understand or care Binaural was being played! Most of them sat down and sent texts through songs like Sleight of Hand. Sad considering how many diehards were shut out.

All that being said, an unparalleled performance from the boys tonight!

TPATURK

Yes Bi awesome but everything else too streamed lines. I came from Tampa - I hear RTFW in Miami and Toronto this was show # 30

cheney50mc

I'm a life long fan, have played guitar for 25 years, I am aware that they have played full albums recently, and I truly did not know that they were doing Binaural until after 'Of the Girl'. I thought it was cool that they were playing an 'opener' like Of the Girl mid-set like they had done with HTI, Long Road and Release recently. Insignificance is one of my dream songs, so to be surprised by it instead of knowing it was coming was an amazing moment. People around me in Sec 115 didn't seem to know what was going on but everyone was cool. Didn't think the encores were that great, but that's what Thursday is for... thanks for a cool night though.

Hawk123

What a great show! Binaural was incredible to hear and once the album finished and they went right into corduroy, it was perfect! Encores were solid, need to play the hits to balance out the binaural rarities. Comfortably numb and the real me were amazing too! Thank you to the band for such an awesome experience

HughFreakingDillon

People bitching about Binaural show? Are you out of your minds??? Id be on cloud fucking 9 right now.

jonsey30

Disappointing show for me. Aside from NAIS, Light Years, and Of the Girl, I don't like Binaural. As soon as I heard Breakerfall, I was worried that this was happening, and the rest of the album took a lot of steam out of the night for me and most around me. Everyone was itching for a something to sing along too, but had to wait a looooong time.

I know the "hard core" fans were making puddles over this, but I believe you are the minority at the shows. Most people want to hear songs they know. I at least know these songs, I just don't like them.

After the first 5 albums, there are 2-3 great songs on the rest of the albums. Say what you want about me, but this was my least favorite show out of 5. They really need to stop reading these boards or else they'll be playing nothing but obscure songs for the "collectors."

hinsey21

Legendary...The reason I've seen the band 23 times and the reason I'll be there Thursday.

Chrisilein

Red Lukin said:

Plus I'm tired after waiting 5 hours for a jersey. The 'boring' songs just didn't do it for me tonight.

Really hope they skip all the boring **** on Thursday.

It would be nice to see "your setlist" but you have to keep in mind that 80 % of the audience are not "die hards" like you!

TL170678

Wow it`s so awesome. I just do not get why people care if the people around them enjoy it or not...

Sarah

I HAVE NO WORDS.

lotsalemon

HughFreakingDillon said:

People bitching about Binaural show? Are you out of your minds??? Id be on cloud fucking 9 right now.

Exactly.
Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but sometime I don't get it. What songs would make these people happy??

DarthMaeglin

Just got home after seeing the band for the first time in (almost) 25 years. This time I knew who the band was (hadn't yet heard of them when I saw them open for the RHCP, lol).

Wow, what a show. When they opened the way they did I wondered if we were in for a full album, but I'll admit it wasn't until the uke came out that it occurred to me that we were getting Binaural (bad fan, slaps my own hands, lol).

As for the "standards," it didn't bother me one bit, since I hadn't heard most of the catalogue in person, and the band was on point tonight.

Highlights for me: NAIS, the Corduroy breakdown, Comfortably Numb (haven't heard it that good since the Floyd in '94), Even Flow rocked more than it did in '91, Rockin' was, well, ROCKING (I'll be looking into Grantis' work now).

And Let Me Sleep appearing out of nowhere was possibly my favourite moment of the show.

Thanks to the band for making this twit happy, and Ten Club for some more than decent seats, and also the crowd for bringing it as well.

If I have any complaint, it was that I couldn't hear Boom much, not sure if that was the acoustics of my seat, or the mix. More Boom, please!

Can't wait for Thursday now, kind of glad for the day off to recover, lol.

Jam on, everyone!

maynardsux

With all the complaining going on, how has no one stated how on fire Mike McFuckinCready was tonight?......watching him tonight was worth the price of admission alone....that being said ....BINAURAL BITCHES!!!!

jonsey30

maynardsux said:

With all the complaining going on, how has no one stated how on fire Mike McFuckinCready was tonight?......watching him tonight was worth the price of admission alone....that being said ....BINAURAL BITCHES!!!!

Mike was crazy tonight. His solos were intense, and definitely the highlight of the night for me