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http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2017/06/its-official-no-bridge-school-benefit.html?m=1
6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/16

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  • whoanelly15whoanelly15 Posts: 740
    I would assume that others would take up the mantle. After all, Neil and Pegi couldn't do it forever. Hope that the benefit survives in some form. Still very important work to be done. 
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,309
    whoanelly15 said:
    I would assume that others would take up the mantle. After all, Neil and Pegi couldn't do it forever. Hope that the benefit survives in some form. Still very important work to be done. 
    Would be nice (Eddie!), but I'm guessing it's over.
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  • Daron OshayDaron Oshay Posts: 2,550
    Sad to see this hope it come back 

    Hope Neil is ok too. This is his second big cancellation this year 
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,309
    Daron Oshay said:
    Sad to see this hope it come back 

    Hope Neil is ok too. This is his second big cancellation this year 
    Farm aid is still on, and he has been recording, so it seems he is ok
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    30 yrs is a long time. The man deserves to rest
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,309
    cp3iverson said:
    30 yrs is a long time. The man deserves to rest
    He doesn't rest. Recording right now. Released an album in December 
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    Im just talking about running a festival.  
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,412
    damn
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  • darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,557
    This is awful news. I went to my first Bridge in 1999 because Pearl Jam was playing. I kept going back because the event was larger than any one single band that played it. I will miss this late October reaffirmation of life.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,845
    I am sad I never got to attend a bridge school benefit.  It would be neat if some artists picked up the mantel and kept it going.  
  • mwplummwplum Posts: 1,531
    Saddened to hear this news. I was only able to attend once, in 2014. I really wish I had the opportunity to attend more of them as it was so unique and intimate. Music aside, the joy on the faces of the children was worth attending alone. Hope that the school continues to thrive and that the kids get the support they need.
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  • alexross42alexross42 Posts: 374
    edited June 2017
    I think at least some of the concerts were recorded professionally - if they wanted to maintain some form of income stream for the school then releasing some of these seems an obvious move, either as compilations of concerts by year, by band/artist or full artist sets? I  can think of one band in particular whose performances would sell particularly well if they were officially released...
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  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,309
    alexross42 said:
    I think at least some of the concerts were recorded professionally - if they wanted to maintain some form of income stream for the school then releasing some of these seems an obvious move, either as compilations of concerts by year, by band/artist or full artist sets? I  can think of one band in particular whose performances would sell particularly well if they were officially released...
    They have done this before. Hopefully they will do it again 
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  • dlymnflddlymnfld Posts: 918
    Neil is at the age of retirement. Pearl Jam should take over this endeavor and it would be a win win. We would know they would play at least once a year and all the proceeds go to a worthy cause. 
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  • ryph raphryph raph Posts: 887
    dlymnfld said:
    Neil is at the age of retirement. Pearl Jam should take over this endeavor and it would be a win win. We would know they would play at least once a year and all the proceeds go to a worthy cause. 

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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    dlymnfld said:
    Neil is at the age of retirement. Pearl Jam should take over this endeavor and it would be a win win. We would know they would play at least once a year and all the proceeds go to a worthy cause. 
    Good call.  And the shows could be at the gorge every year.  
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  • PB11041PB11041 Posts: 2,805
    PJ has their own endeavors to support.  Things come and go, this was Neil and Pegi's, and now it was time for them to take a bow.  It is not easy to pull something like this off.  Neil is 71, and clearly, despite a lack of details, these types of appearances are not something that he is going to be able to keep up.  I would expect Farm Aid is the next axe to fall.
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • sheckyshecky Posts: 1,774
    edited June 2017
    Wow, this is big news.
    I had wondered how awkward the whole Bridge School Benefit weekends must have become for Neil and Pegi after their divorce in 2014.
    They would always host a huge BBQ at Neil's ranch (now Pegi's ranch) the weekend of the benefit with all of that year's musicians.
    I went to quite a few of the shows as I only lived 20 minutes away from Shoreline Amphitheatre (the concerts' venue) but I moved after the 2014 shows so that was it for me.
    And what a lineup it was for Bridge School 2014! Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog (!), Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Tom Jones, Norah Jones, Florence + The Machine++++
    I'm sorry it is over now but many great memories and lasting good came out of the concerts, for countless speech impaired youngsters.
    Thank you to Neil and Pegi.
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  • ItIsAllAboutPJItIsAllAboutPJ Posts: 829
    I am so grateful for the weekends my son and I spent at this wonderful event.  
    Every performance was amazing, the ppl who perform and ppl who attend are so much fun and have nothing but love for this event and the kids!
    There has always been great anticipation for the announcement of the line up each year -- I was not expecting this. 
    I truly hope the show will go on in some shape or form, it's hard to believe it will just end. 
    This is a bummer... 
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    Every other year they had a killer lineup.  Hard to say that about most festivals.  

  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    Sad to see this come to an end....I was lucky enough to attend several shows....always a fun time for a great cause!
  • PP193448PP193448 Posts: 4,281
    Hoping to rock out to NY at Farm Aid this year.  About 10 min drive from where my parents live in my hometown.
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  • nuzzer1nuzzer1 Posts: 1,437
    I waited and waited and waited every year and never went. Bumming!
  • eyecanwalkeyecanwalk Posts: 711
    ryph raph said:
    dlymnfld said:
    Neil is at the age of retirement. Pearl Jam should take over this endeavor and it would be a win win. We would know they would play at least once a year and all the proceeds go to a worthy cause. 

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    Neil is recording, that is great news but thats not in public eye like HOF intro for PJ .that could be another reason for no tour, to much mental shit going is going on, 
    Ed touring now is great for him to grieve but 5 people on stage is a lot to keep together all the time, so heal up boys & blow our minds nextjan,2,2018 with a 50 state tour, that would be worth the wait
  • PJForceofNaturePJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    So grateful I attended in 2010 and '11. Wonderful concerts, wonderful memories. Sorry to see it end. :(
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    neil cancelling the HoF induction which i thought was extremely strange, and now this. if neil never gave us anything more ever then i would still be happy because he has given soo much to all of us. how lucky we all are. blessed even!
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