Whichever you were at. All 4 shows were amazing and special in their own right. I was at the Wrigley shows, but would have loved to catch Fenway. Never been there. And to get Grievance, Down, Strangest Tribe, Society, Yellow Moon, Smile... incredible shows.
Now, that said, Fenway was just a warm-up for Wrigley, so the Friendly Confines is where you want to be.
I was lucky enough to be at all 4 shows and all of them were great. I don't believe that Fenway was a warm up for anything, those 2 shows can hold their own against most of the shows over the past few years. The only reason I enjoyed Wrigley a bit more was because they had GA, I hated the seats on the field at Fenway. I felt like it drained a bit of the energy compared to all the shows that did have GA.
I would go Fenway 1 over Wrigley 1. Those were the only two I attended.
2000: Noblesville, IN 2010: Noblesville, IN 2011: PJ20 Night 1 2013: Wrigley Field, Baltimore 2014: St. Louis 2016: Lexington, Fenway I, Wrigley I, Temple of the Dog - NYC 2017: EV solo - Louisville 2018: Wrigley 1 2022: St. Louis 2023: Austin 1 & 2 2024: Vegas 1, Noblesville, IN
I only attended the Wrigley shows so I'll say Wrigley as my opinion is complete biased because I wasn't at the Fenway shows.
Looking back on it though. The only other show I saw in 2016 was Pemberton and that was balls out amazing too. It might have been 20ish minutes shorter than the current 3 hour setlists... but the setlist was awesome and the wierd mix of youth and veteran concert goers gave it crazy energy.
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Now, that said, Fenway was just a warm-up for Wrigley, so the Friendly Confines is where you want to be.
Looking forward to hearing the Wrigley boots in November.
I'm sure they're all great, I just wondered if there was any kind of forum consensus as to which stadium shows were better performance wise.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
2010: Noblesville, IN
2011: PJ20 Night 1
2013: Wrigley Field, Baltimore
2014: St. Louis
2016: Lexington, Fenway I, Wrigley I, Temple of the Dog - NYC
2017: EV solo - Louisville
2018: Wrigley 1
2022: St. Louis
2023: Austin 1 & 2
2024: Vegas 1, Noblesville, IN
Looking back on it though. The only other show I saw in 2016 was Pemberton and that was balls out amazing too. It might have been 20ish minutes shorter than the current 3 hour setlists... but the setlist was awesome and the wierd mix of youth and veteran concert goers gave it crazy energy.