I've been to some good ones, and I must say Hartford is right up there. I saw 4 shows in 08' (not including Beacon) and Hartford tops them all.
96' Randalls island II
98' NJ, MSG II
00' Jones Beach I,II,III
03' Nassau, MSG I, II
05' Montreal, Ottawa, Borgata II
06' NJ I, II
08' Camden II, MSG II, Hartford, Beacon NY, Ed Ved NYC I
09' Philly 4
10' MSG I,II
11' Ed Ved Hartford
13' Chicago, Brooklyn II
15' GCF NY
16' Philly II, MSG I
Went to MSGs, Camden I, Hartford, and Mansfield II and Hartford was by far and away the best for me. Not even close.
SLC 11/2/95, Park City 6/21/98, Boise 11/3/00, Seattle 12/9/02, Vancouver 5/30/03, Gorge 9/1/05, Vancouver 9/2/05, Gorge 7/22/06, Gorge 7/23/06, Camden I 6/19/08, MSG I 6/24/08, MSG II 6/25/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield II 6/30/08; Eddie Albany 6/8/09, 6/9/09; Philly 10/30/09, 10/31/09; Boston 5/17/10
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
Went to MSGs, Camden I, Hartford, and Mansfield II and Hartford was by far and away the best for me. Not even close.
I went to the same as you sans Mansfield and I agree that Hartford was the best. Experience wise, who knows, show wise set list wise hartford took the cake. JMHO!!
Tell the Captain the boats not safe were drowning, turns out he's the one making waves.
saw the last 4 and all of them were great, BUT...hartford was THE night for me. amazing setlist and played to perfection. atomic dog before blood? c'mon...i dare you to find a moment quite like that elsehwere...
(doesn't include betterman night 1 in mansfield...wow...)
While it may not be "the" show of the 08 tour, Virginia Beach is very underrated right now. The boots sounds great and band sounds pretty damn tight. The setlist isn't nearly as bad as a few have noted. Long Road, All Night, Low Light, Evacuation, Sleight of Hand(my fav PJ song), and Guaranteed. Shit, that aint too bad to me. Ed sounded good too.
My first PJ show to witness was at Bonnaroo. How is that for lucky?
I went to 9 of 13 (beacon not included) and my votes go to Hartford as the tops for sure, then Columbia, DC, and Mansfield 2 all right up there as next best.
While it may not be "the" show of the 08 tour, Virginia Beach is very underrated right now. The boots sounds great and band sounds pretty damn tight. The setlist isn't nearly as bad as a few have noted. Long Road, All Night, Low Light, Evacuation, Sleight of Hand(my fav PJ song), and Guaranteed. Shit, that aint too bad to me. Ed sounded good too.
I really dig this boot too, somehow I really like the flow of the songs.
Never the less I´m looking forward to the Hartford, Roo and Msg I boots.
As beeing from Denmark and not able to go to any of the shows, I have to judge the shows by the bootleg/setlist.
Setlist wise Hartford is a sure winner just in ahead of Bonaroo and Columbia. And The setlist is my main factor when i buy bootlegs. You guys´ fanviews and reviews are great to read and they play a role too. Thanx
San Fran 92, San Fran 93, Berkeley 93, Indio 93, Fairfax 94, DC 95, San Fran 95, DC 95, Va Beach 98, Columbia 98, Dc 98, Va Beach 00, Columbia 00, Philly 03, Bristow 03, Chicago 06, Chicago 06, Dc 06, DC 08
Bonnaroo slightly beats out Hartford and yes i'm fuckin bias
but Bonnaroo had the return of WMA, Who You Are, Hard to Imagine, Love Reign O' Me, Watchtower, Encore of Release, 1st ever All Night, Down, Animal,
Which Hartford had none of these except All Night, They did have Sad, Can't Keep, Smile, Immortality,In Hiding, Blood, Leash
Actually now I've changed my mind, The Roo fuckin blew away Hartford
Nashville 2000
Nashville 2003
Cincy 2006
The ROO 2008
Camden 2 was a real good show. It had a good mix of hits for the non-diehard and non-hits for the die-hards. The crowd was really into the show. The band was into it and they sounded great. Even the mistake of the night was good (Ed screwed up Love boat captain which was funny). The weather was perfect.
It may not have been "epic" but it was a really good show.
I can only comment on the two shows that I went to:
VIRGINIA BEACH was an awesome setlist. Nothing crazy but I think they played at least 3 songs from every CD
-They opened with Long Road
-played All Night
-We saw Guaranteed for the only time other that Eddie solo
-Faithfull was very emotional for the grass passers (I am one)
-RITFW was great, KOL finished their part of the tour on stage w/ PJ
-They didn't rush at all. Felt like they were on stage for 3 hours
-It was a FULL MOON!
I thought the crowd in the back could have gotten more wild but it was pretty good by the end of the show.
MANSFIELD II was an even better setlist. A lot of rare stuff, a lot of surprises for me at least.
-Wash to open
-MFC, Satan's Bed, Whipping, Glorified G, Bee Girl, Who You Are, Garden, Once... can't say they are all that rare but I was loving every minute of those songs.
-Again, RITFW was nice and loud with Ted Leo on stage
The Crowd was maybe the best grass crowd I have ever seen for any show. I mean we were going crazy back there. I even saw a few guys climb the wall and dance on the top!! Not to mention the crazy fuckers who got kicked out, and then climbed back over the wall to get back into the show. They only missed two songs!!! Sean and Steve you guys are nuts!!
The best Pearl Jam shows are the ones I get to see!! As quoted by many musicians on stage with them: "The best band in the world!"
why not include the beacon? it wasn't even in the top three for me.
1. Roo
2. Hartford
3. Columbia
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1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 &05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01& 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18& 09/19/23: Austin I & II
EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08 ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
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the main set was outstanding
garden, smile, fuckin up in the encores
MSG 1 was great as was Camden 1
but hartford had that perfect mix of songs and energy
98' NJ, MSG II
00' Jones Beach I,II,III
03' Nassau, MSG I, II
05' Montreal, Ottawa, Borgata II
06' NJ I, II
08' Camden II, MSG II, Hartford, Beacon NY, Ed Ved NYC I
09' Philly 4
10' MSG I,II
11' Ed Ved Hartford
13' Chicago, Brooklyn II
15' GCF NY
16' Philly II, MSG I
For real Bee Girl is awesome. And no, I'm not just saying that.
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
I went to the same as you sans Mansfield and I agree that Hartford was the best. Experience wise, who knows, show wise set list wise hartford took the cake. JMHO!!
9/29/96~9/10/98~9/11/98~8/24/00~8/25/00~4/30/03~7/08/03~7/09/03~9/15/05~9/16/05~10/1/05~5/5/06~5/12/06~5/13/06~5/27/06~5/28/06~6/1/06~6/3/06~6~19/08~6/24/08~6/25/08~6/27/08~8/5/08~10/30/09~10/31/09~5/20/10~5/21/10
(doesn't include betterman night 1 in mansfield...wow...)
7-6-2006 Las Vegas. 7-20-2006 Portland. 7-22-2006 Gorge. 9-21-2009 Seattle. 9-22-2009 Seattle. 9-26-2009 Ridgefield. 9-25-2011 Vancouver.
11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula.
I really dig this boot too, somehow I really like the flow of the songs.
Never the less I´m looking forward to the Hartford, Roo and Msg I boots.
As beeing from Denmark and not able to go to any of the shows, I have to judge the shows by the bootleg/setlist.
Setlist wise Hartford is a sure winner just in ahead of Bonaroo and Columbia. And The setlist is my main factor when i buy bootlegs. You guys´ fanviews and reviews are great to read and they play a role too. Thanx
MTL 9/15/05
HRTFD 5/13/06
BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
VEGAS 7/6/06
CHI 8/5/07
NJ 6/19/08
NYC 6/25/08
HRTFD 6/27/08
MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
E.V. BOS 8/1/08
CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
BOS 5/17/10
CHI 7/19/13
WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HRTFD 10/25/13
BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18
(not saying mans 2 was bad just went to greater shows. )
but Bonnaroo had the return of WMA, Who You Are, Hard to Imagine, Love Reign O' Me, Watchtower, Encore of Release, 1st ever All Night, Down, Animal,
Which Hartford had none of these except All Night, They did have Sad, Can't Keep, Smile, Immortality,In Hiding, Blood, Leash
Actually now I've changed my mind, The Roo fuckin blew away Hartford
Nashville 2003
Cincy 2006
The ROO 2008
It may not have been "epic" but it was a really good show.
VIRGINIA BEACH was an awesome setlist. Nothing crazy but I think they played at least 3 songs from every CD
-They opened with Long Road
-played All Night
-We saw Guaranteed for the only time other that Eddie solo
-Faithfull was very emotional for the grass passers (I am one)
-RITFW was great, KOL finished their part of the tour on stage w/ PJ
-They didn't rush at all. Felt like they were on stage for 3 hours
-It was a FULL MOON!
I thought the crowd in the back could have gotten more wild but it was pretty good by the end of the show.
MANSFIELD II was an even better setlist. A lot of rare stuff, a lot of surprises for me at least.
-Wash to open
-MFC, Satan's Bed, Whipping, Glorified G, Bee Girl, Who You Are, Garden, Once... can't say they are all that rare but I was loving every minute of those songs.
-Again, RITFW was nice and loud with Ted Leo on stage
The Crowd was maybe the best grass crowd I have ever seen for any show. I mean we were going crazy back there. I even saw a few guys climb the wall and dance on the top!! Not to mention the crazy fuckers who got kicked out, and then climbed back over the wall to get back into the show. They only missed two songs!!! Sean and Steve you guys are nuts!!
The best Pearl Jam shows are the ones I get to see!! As quoted by many musicians on stage with them: "The best band in the world!"
1. Roo
2. Hartford
3. Columbia
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
1. Hartford
2. Roo
3. Tampa
Hartford trumps all.
Hartford drinks your milkshake. It drinks it up!
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
I wasn't even routing for the Hartford show (being from Boston) but it just kind of "randy mossed" the frigging crown..!
Kind of like the Buffalo 2003 show..
who would've thought?
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
MTL 9/15/05
HRTFD 5/13/06
BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
VEGAS 7/6/06
CHI 8/5/07
NJ 6/19/08
NYC 6/25/08
HRTFD 6/27/08
MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
E.V. BOS 8/1/08
CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
BOS 5/17/10
CHI 7/19/13
WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HRTFD 10/25/13
BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18