It's irrelevant. They've given us 25-plus legendary years and they're still going. Let's just enjoy them ...
October 1, 1996 ... Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo-NY (USA)
October 12, 2013 ... First Niagara Center, Buffalo-NY (USA)
May 2, 2016 ... Madison Square Garden, New York-NY (USA)
May 8, 2016 ... Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa-Ontario (Canada)
May 10, 2016 ... Air Canada Centre, Toronto-Ontario (Canada)
May 12, 2016 ... Air Canada Centre, Toronto-Ontario (Canada)
August 5, 2016 ... Fenway Park, Boston-Mass. (USA)
August 7, 2016 ... Fenway Park, Boston-Mass. (USA)
November 7, 2016 ... TOTD, Madison Square Garden, New York-NY (USA) September 2, 2018 ... Fenway Park, Boston-Mass. (USA)
I severely doubt they retire in the next 4 years. What kind of poll is that? I imagine they keep playing until they can't or something completely diminished their ability to do so.
Hoping for an extended Las Vegas residency before they call it quits
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I don't think they'll ever really retire. Number of shows/frequency of albums will continue to decrease but they'll keep going until the wheels fall off. They know they have something special.
when they play a show with all the songs of their catalogue ,and eddie sing them all in Greek
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
when they play a show with all the songs of their catalogue ,and eddie sing them all in Greek
Well, then I'm happy that they keep on playing forever!
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I don't think they'd ever retire. They'd just go on "indefinite hiatus", and only their deaths would mark the actual end of the band (and that would still probably depend on who dies.... indelicately put, I know).
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I don't think they'd ever retire. They'd just go on "indefinite hiatus", and only their deaths would mark the actual end of the band (and that would still probably depend on who dies.... indelicately put, I know).
Yah they really don't seem like the kind of band to do a farewell tour. When they've gotten tired of touring they seem to take breaks. They seem to have found how much touring they like to do the past 5 or 6 years. If they get tired of playing again I assumed they take a break. They don't do any of the break up make up shit, they just tour when they feel like it.
So I would imagine at some point (hopefully decades from now) they get too old to tour.. but until then I kind of think they'll keep on trucking.
I'll be the D Bag here and say I still think this could be their last tour, so 2016 should be a poll option
I think they'll retire the same way REM did, and only let people know they're done after their last tour, but I think Wrigley could be it. I do agree with PJ_Soul and think they'll call it a hiatus.
I've felt that the entire tour, and only felt stronger about it after Toronto 2, when Eddie said something to the effect of "We're going to miss you guys that follow us around, and even better, we might even miss each other".
Ya he could have been talking about the end of the tour, but he also might not have been. They had shows scheduled not far from that date, Bonnaroo's already happened, and to me it felt like he was talking about something bigger than a month to their next show.
Maybe I'm wrong and they'll go forever, but that's just my thought.
Don't hate me, I didn't start the conversation haha.
I'll be the D Bag here and say I still think this could be their last tour, so 2016 should be a poll option
I think they'll retire the same way REM did, and only let people know they're done after their last tour, but I think Wrigley could be it. I do agree with PJ_Soul and think they'll call it a hiatus.
I've felt that the entire tour, and only felt stronger about it after Toronto 2, when Eddie said something to the effect of "We're going to miss you guys that follow us around, and even better, we might even miss each other".
Ya he could have been talking about the end of the tour, but he also might not have been. They had shows scheduled not far from that date, Bonnaroo's already happened, and to me it felt like he was talking about something bigger than a month to their next show.
Maybe I'm wrong and they'll go forever, but that's just my thought.
Don't hate me, I didn't start the conversation haha.
I talked about this shortly after the tour started. The walk out music being REMs "It Happened Today". A song Pearl Jam covered in Canada on the day they found out REM stopped. The crazy ass setlists, the insane amount of fan requests being answered. I love the band as much as you guys, but I think it's coming.
I'll be the D Bag here and say I still think this could be their last tour, so 2016 should be a poll option
I think they'll retire the same way REM did, and only let people know they're done after their last tour, but I think Wrigley could be it. I do agree with PJ_Soul and think they'll call it a hiatus.
I've felt that the entire tour, and only felt stronger about it after Toronto 2, when Eddie said something to the effect of "We're going to miss you guys that follow us around, and even better, we might even miss each other".
Ya he could have been talking about the end of the tour, but he also might not have been. They had shows scheduled not far from that date, Bonnaroo's already happened, and to me it felt like he was talking about something bigger than a month to their next show.
Maybe I'm wrong and they'll go forever, but that's just my thought.
Don't hate me, I didn't start the conversation haha.
Pretty sure they have every intention of making another album though, which they would ride for at least 3 years after release. I know from my own paranoid experience, lol, that Eddie manages to say stuff that we could easily interpret as hints about the band breaking up every single tour for the past 10 years, lol. I personally wouldn't take much of what Eddie says on stage to heart ever. He's a man who speaks from his emotions while he's completely in the moment on stage, as well as drunk.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
after reading some others opinions and a gut feeling since this tour was announced I think the end is near, but I hope I'm wrong because I didn't think things would be going this long
after reading some others opinions and a gut feeling since this tour was announced I think the end is near, but I hope I'm wrong
Well, the band has explicitly said that they plan on starting another album sooner rather than later, so I doubt it. I think we'll get a new album sometime around the end of 2017.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
after reading some others opinions and a gut feeling since this tour was announced I think the end is near, but I hope I'm wrong
Well, the band has explicitly said that they plan on starting another album sooner rather than later, so I doubt it. I think we'll get a new album sometime around the end of 2017.
I like your train of thought better trust me on that
I'll be the D Bag here and say I still think this could be their last tour, so 2016 should be a poll option
I think they'll retire the same way REM did, and only let people know they're done after their last tour, but I think Wrigley could be it. I do agree with PJ_Soul and think they'll call it a hiatus.
I've felt that the entire tour, and only felt stronger about it after Toronto 2, when Eddie said something to the effect of "We're going to miss you guys that follow us around, and even better, we might even miss each other".
Ya he could have been talking about the end of the tour, but he also might not have been. They had shows scheduled not far from that date, Bonnaroo's already happened, and to me it felt like he was talking about something bigger than a month to their next show.
Maybe I'm wrong and they'll go forever, but that's just my thought.
Don't hate me, I didn't start the conversation haha.
Pretty sure they have every intention of making another album though, which they would ride for at least 3 years after release. I know from my own paranoid experience, lol, that Eddie manages to say stuff that we could easily interpret as hints about the band breaking up every single tour for the past 10 years, lol. I personally wouldn't take much of what Eddie says on stage to heart ever. He's a man who speaks from his emotions while he's completely in the moment on stage, as well as drunk.
Yup. It is ridiculous to think that 2016 was their last tour. Especially since they completely neglected a big chunk of the country, including their hometown. They've still got years in them. I don't listen to anything Ed says, since I can't understand him most of the time. But listening to Mike and Jeff, they aren't done.
Hopefully people won't get too sucked into this trolling poll, either.
"I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
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October 12, 2013 ... First Niagara Center, Buffalo-NY (USA)
May 2, 2016 ... Madison Square Garden, New York-NY (USA)
May 8, 2016 ... Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa-Ontario (Canada)
May 10, 2016 ... Air Canada Centre, Toronto-Ontario (Canada)
May 12, 2016 ... Air Canada Centre, Toronto-Ontario (Canada)
August 5, 2016 ... Fenway Park, Boston-Mass. (USA)
August 7, 2016 ... Fenway Park, Boston-Mass. (USA)
November 7, 2016 ... TOTD, Madison Square Garden, New York-NY (USA)
September 2, 2018 ... Fenway Park, Boston-Mass. (USA)
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Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
Alpine Valley 10/8/00
Champaign 4/23/03
Alpine Valley 6/21/03
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Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
Tampa 6/12/08
Chicago 8/23/09
Indy 5/7/10
Alpine Valley x2 2011
Wrigley 2013
Milwaukee 14
Telluride 16
4/29/16- Philly 2
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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6-26-11 E.V. Detroit
10-11-13 Pittsburgh
10-12-13 Buffalo
10-29-13 Charlottesville
4-18-16 Hampton
8-22-16 Chicago
even if I look and act really crazy.
2006: Vienna 2009: Berlin 2010: London ~ Berlin 2012: Amsterdam 1+2 ~ Werchter ~ Arras ~ Berlin 1+2
2014: Milano ~ Trieste ~ Vienna ~ Berlin 2018: Padova ~ Rome 2022: Budapest ~ Vienna
EV London/Hammersmith 2012
EV Berlin/Zitadelle 2017
So I would imagine at some point (hopefully decades from now) they get too old to tour.. but until then I kind of think they'll keep on trucking.
I think they'll retire the same way REM did, and only let people know they're done after their last tour, but I think Wrigley could be it. I do agree with PJ_Soul and think they'll call it a hiatus.
I've felt that the entire tour, and only felt stronger about it after Toronto 2, when Eddie said something to the effect of "We're going to miss you guys that follow us around, and even better, we might even miss each other".
Ya he could have been talking about the end of the tour, but he also might not have been. They had shows scheduled not far from that date, Bonnaroo's already happened, and to me it felt like he was talking about something bigger than a month to their next show.
Maybe I'm wrong and they'll go forever, but that's just my thought.
Don't hate me, I didn't start the conversation haha.
It's can't mean nothing. I just can't. It's too coincidental. I don't want it to mean shit, but it adds up in my brain.
I know from my own paranoid experience, lol, that Eddie manages to say stuff that we could easily interpret as hints about the band breaking up every single tour for the past 10 years, lol. I personally wouldn't take much of what Eddie says on stage to heart ever. He's a man who speaks from his emotions while he's completely in the moment on stage, as well as drunk.
after reading some others opinions and a gut feeling since this tour was announced I think the end is near, but I hope I'm wrong because I didn't think things would be going this long
Hopefully people won't get too sucked into this trolling poll, either.