ANY BAND MEMBER SIGHTINGS IN BEWTEEN SHOWS AT FENWAY?
just curious for the people who went to Fenway, did the band make any appearances anywhere on Saturday; Wishlist foundation? surprise shows? doubtful, but going to Wrigley so I am just wondering.
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9/26/96, 9/28/96, 10/2/96
6/14/98, 9/13/98, 9/15/98, 9/16/98
8/3/00, 8/29/00, 8/30/00
7/2/03, 7/3/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03
9/28/04, 9/29/04
5/24/06, 5/25/06
6/28/08, 6/30/08, 8/1/08, 8/2/08
5/17/10
10/15/13, 10/16/13
8/5/16, 8/7/16
9/4/18, 9/4/18
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Mike couldn't have been more gracious and friendly. He went out of his way to shake my hand and asked my name, and I told him how he shredded the solo on comfortably numb the night before. He was saying it has taken a long time to get it just where he wants it to be. I didn't ask for any photos or autographs, I just wanted to chat, and he was the nicest guy you could want to meet, for a guy who probably gets approached by people a dozen times a day. Saw him again on Sunday when we were checking out in the front of the hotel, shook his hand again and wished him luck for another great show. He graciously signed for several fans waiting around at the front of the hotel, before going off on foot like any average Joe on the street. That plus attending two great Pearl Jam shows, pretty much caps things for me.
It's amazing that with all the attention and praise the fellas get, they're just regular guys in person and I think that's outstanding.
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7/2/03, 7/3/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03
9/28/04, 9/29/04
5/24/06, 5/25/06
6/28/08, 6/30/08, 8/1/08, 8/2/08
5/17/10
10/15/13, 10/16/13
8/5/16, 8/7/16
9/4/18, 9/4/18
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It really did seem strange to me though that here they had 1,000 or so of their fan club members in a room and no one from the band came to acknowledge that. That is what I was thinking about until I started drinking more to get through the same show from the night before (and ended up having a great time).
EDITED, to add in also the contest hosted in which several fans won free tix to a PJ suite at Fenway for night two with the possibility to see sound check and have a meet & greet with members of the band which allegedly doesn't care about its fans.
That's all, end of rant now.
- Mr. Edward Vedder 7/11/03
Let me know when you do something physically and psychic-ly taxing and give it your ALL for 2 out of 3 days, and then spend a couple hours (because, as logistics go, it is a couple of hours to travel to HOB, hang out and say hi, and get back to your hotel, absolutely not any less time) going back to same group you were working for/with on that day off in between.
Fans like you want the amazing shows, the energy, the magic... and yet have zero clue what that takes out of them and what the idea of "re-charging your batteries" means so you can deliver again. Yet if they had swung by and hung out, then been that much more tired for Sunday, you'd be the first to complain that the show lacked energy.
Lastly, if your measure of whether they care or not about us fans is whether they show up for 1,000 lucky fans at a film screening in between 2 taxing long shows, AS OPPOSED TO measuring it by the shows they deliver, the music they deliver, and the way they try to look out for fans... you are shortsighted and I question why you value one film screening over all the rest of that magic they do. So I'll ask you: why? Why is them not showing up at HOB indication to you they don't care about us, compared to the shows they delivered Fri and Sun and for the rest of their careers?
Yeah, you do what they do, and then spend your day and night off doing more, and get back to us on what you did and how it went. Maybe you'll understand then?
I never claimed I was their biggest fan, but I would think if you are in the fan club you are big fans of the band.
My point wasn't that the band doesn't play energetic shows or aren't really great people off the stage (they all seem to be from what I read), but my point is that I am surprised that no one showed up to say thank you in person. The fans there would have loved it. I know the CEO of McDonald's doesn't show up and thank me every time I order a Big Mac, but I bet if there was a Big Mac festival somewhere a representative of McDonald's would have been there. If I arranged a thank you dinner for a group of my clients and didn't show it would be strange. I know this HOB was different, but to me the thoughtful thing to do if you were really sincere about how important you think the fans are that you would have taken the 20 minutes to say a few words before the screening of the video. So, I really was thinking how strange it is that we are all attending a replay of their concert together, and the band is in town but isn't there. It just made me wonder why we all care so much when the band couldn't care less about attending that event.
At the end of the day, they had a 1,000 of their fans in a room, and none of them thought it would be a nice thing to acknowledge the fans before the video started. I thought that was strange. Sue me.
Oh, and to answer your question, the band gets paid to play the shows at Fenway. If they don't show at Fenway they don't get paid. What you do with your time when you aren't paid is what really shows how much you care.
I don't care as much as you think I do, but I've never been one to worship the band like some on here (maybe 10 years ago I did). I would run as fast and far as I could over a three hour period and likely throw up to get a $300,000 check (or whatever each band members' share was each night in Boston). So at the end of the day I am grateful that Pearl Jam exists, but I don't think just because the band played a long 3 hour show that I've been given a gift. It is the other way around. Your comment about "a day off" is hilarious to me, because most days are day offs for them. But, I agree they give their all on stage so I have no problems with their concerts (I just don't believe they are doing it for free like a lot of people on here).
I never claimed I was their biggest fan, but I would think if you are in the fan club you are big fans of the band.
My point wasn't that the band doesn't play energetic shows or aren't really great people off the stage (they all seem to be from what I read), but my point is that I am surprised that no one showed up to say thank you in person. The fans there would have loved it. I know the CEO of McDonald's doesn't show up and thank me every time I order a Big Mac, but I bet if there was a Big Mac festival somewhere a representative of McDonald's would have been there. If I arranged a thank you dinner for a group of my clients and didn't show it would be strange. I know this HOB was different, but to me the thoughtful thing to do if you were really sincere about how important you think the fans are that you would have taken the 20 minutes to say a few words before the screening of the video. So, I really was thinking how strange it is that we are all attending a replay of their concert together, and the band is in town but isn't there. It just made me wonder why we all care so much when the band couldn't care less about attending that event.
I'll leave aside the majority of what could be said in response to a post like this, as it really just defies logic. This last part though is what really makes no sense. You state on one hand that you really "don't care" as much as I think you do, but then you state that you sat there on Saturday night "wondering why we all care so much", your words - which is it? Do you not care so much? Or do you care so much that you thought it strange the band did not attend HOB?
And for you to assume PJ "couldn't care less about attending the HOB event", simply because they were not present, is just a bald assertion without any basis. None of us have any idea if the band, its management, their tour manager, etc., discussed attending and ruled it out based on any infinite number of conflicts, either personal or professional, the band members may have had.
I don't care as much as you think I do, but I've never been one to worship the band like some on here (maybe 10 years ago I did). I would run as fast and far as I could over a three hour period and likely throw up to get a $300,000 check (or whatever each band members' share was each night in Boston). So at the end of the day I am grateful that Pearl Jam exists, but I don't think just because the band played a long 3 hour show that I've been given a gift. It is the other way around. Your comment about "a day off" is hilarious to me, because most days are day offs for them. But, I agree they give their all on stage so I have no problems with their concerts (I just don't believe they are doing it for free like a lot of people on here).
I never claimed I was their biggest fan, but I would think if you are in the fan club you are big fans of the band.
My point wasn't that the band doesn't play energetic shows or aren't really great people off the stage (they all seem to be from what I read), but my point is that I am surprised that no one showed up to say thank you in person. The fans there would have loved it. I know the CEO of McDonald's doesn't show up and thank me every time I order a Big Mac, but I bet if there was a Big Mac festival somewhere a representative of McDonald's would have been there. If I arranged a thank you dinner for a group of my clients and didn't show it would be strange. I know this HOB was different, but to me the thoughtful thing to do if you were really sincere about how important you think the fans are that you would have taken the 20 minutes to say a few words before the screening of the video. So, I really was thinking how strange it is that we are all attending a replay of their concert together, and the band is in town but isn't there. It just made me wonder why we all care so much when the band couldn't care less about attending that event.
Mr Hand's response (quoting messed up)
I'll leave aside the majority of what could be said in response to a post like this, as it really just defies logic. This last part though is what really makes no sense. You state on one hand that you really "don't care" as much as I think you do, but then you state that you sat there on Saturday night "wondering why we all care so much", your words - which is it? Do you not care so much? Or do you care so much that you thought it strange the band did not attend HOB?
And for you to assume PJ "couldn't care less about attending the HOB event", simply because they were not present, is just a bald assertion without any basis. None of us have any idea if the band, its management, their tour manager, etc., discussed attending and ruled it out based on any infinite number of conflicts, either personal or professional, the band members may have had.
Bootlegger's post:
We were all attending the event so we cared enough to be there. I didn't care that the band didn't show up (I didn't expect it) but what I found odd was they didn't. More from a business perspective really. Just thought it was really odd and that is why I was thinking about why we were all spending our evening in a hot theater watching the same show as the night before, but also why we buy all this merch and pay for all this travel. The shows are great, but to buy all this merch and spend all this time on message boards and Facebook isn't because they shows are so great but that we love the idea of Pearl Jam, and sometimes I wonder if we love it more than the band members do. That is probably a ludicrous statement but I do think we all get something different out of it.