*** Chicago, IL, Fanviews Here 8/20/18 ***

jniko

Thanks tbergs

JF157715

SandyRavage said:

Stone absolutely killed Throw Your Hatred Down. flames were literally coming off his hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrZgjn65_Xw 

I could not agree more with this. That's one of my very favorite PJ covers and I never thought I'd be lucky enough to hear it in person. That was a HUGE highlight for me. I'm disappointed that Ed didn't give Stone a shoutout afterwards because he definitely earned one. Aw hell, it's 20 hours late, but I'll do the honors: "Stone Gossard on guitar!!" Stone, we love you, buddy.  

With regard to the talk of stare downs and possible animosity among the band members, I suppose that could be. However, I do wonder if what looks like anger on the big screen is really just intense, telepathic-style concentration between musicians. I'm thinking specifically of the very noticeable Jeff-Ed stare down during "Patriot". I'm never aware of it but apparently I often frown at work when I'm problem-solving and people sometimes ask me if anything is wrong. Nope. Just thinkin'. If "work" involved getting a song that's jumped the rails in front of 40,000 people back on track I'd probably look pretty intense, too (and let's face it, a few of those songs were really jumping tonight, LOL!). Also, I'm sure that "three hour show in two and a half hours" mentality heightened everyone's emotions. In my view, the show really benefited from it. That might have been the best first set I've ever experienced, rail-jumpers and all. However, they didn't have the luxury of having time to laugh off the mistakes and start again as they've often done in the past.

Anyway, I hope everything's OK among the boys.

Fantastic show. 

Chasing Footsteps

cmalisze said:

Chasing Footsteps said:

DPAtty said:

shmap said:

What a show! #33 for me and #23 for my mom. I predicted that if there was a rain delay they’d go high-intensity for the first 5-6 songs, and my god did they deliver. It’s OK, Smile -> Goat -> Leash, UGH. So good. 

Great crowd around us in Section L. Special mention to the kiddo with the Leash sign, and the dad-daughter combo right in front of us. She was maybe 10-11, knew most of the words, danced and played air guitar all night. I saw my first PJ show with my mom when I was 14, and it’s great to see this younger generation keeping it going.

Show #3 and he's already a savvy vet, trolling Ed from Saturday's show. We tried four different days to get a train poster, to no avail, but he's got this one as a consolation prize. Thanks to all of you around us in Section L who made him feel special all night, especially when they actually played Leash. I love this band, and I love the family of people I meet at every show. My apologies if we bothered anyone holding the sign aloft.  Thanks to 10C for the seats. As for the show itself...it was smokin' with a consistent energy, unlike Saturday that seemed to be up and down. Hearing U and Come Back were highlights, and Daughter + tag was one of my all time favorite versions. And like always happens for me, I have new mental associations with old songs since the last time I could be at a show. So songs like Smile, GTF, Black, Immortality, and Lightning Bolt held new meaning, with a different listening experience. I'm driving home today, with little man sound asleep, so thankful that I still have the chance to see these guys at the peak of their musical powers, almost 20 years to the date from my first show, and to pass along my passion to my son in real time.

Dude, you guys were awesome! I was sitting next to you (well, there was one guy between us), I was wearing a red shirt. Thank you and your little guy for adding to my awesome night!

Ha! I was the guy in the floppy hat in front of you. Kudos!

Awesome time! Great meeting you! 

smarchee

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

THe band pissed at ed? What show were you at because I didn’t pick up on that at all.

we'll hear about it soon on altnation. 

RS151862

Except for our flight being canceled and having to rent a car to drive back th Pittsburgh, it was a great time. Chicago is such a fun city. Only went to Monday’s show and wasn’t disappointed at all. Even the delay wasn’t that bad, started in the back of the GA pit and returned to the same spot. Given to Fly as an opener was great, and I always love hearing In My Tree and Immortality. Now let’s get a new album out and some more tour dates. 

releasemedc

oona left said:

Awesome night, awesome show.  

One quick bitch:  I could not believe how many people, with Ed calling out the members of the band one by one and thanking us for sticking it out, just turned and started meandering towards the exits.  Couldn't even be bothered to make any fucking noise for these guys.  The entitlement of that attitude pisses me off.  They don't have to do this for us, you know?  The least you could do is fucking clap.  Fuck.  

YES, thank you, this makes me so fucking pissed. Show some respect and appreciation; the band can see and hear you. The crowd needs to show up just as much as the band does, whether it's PJ in a huge stadium or a folk singer in a club.

releasemedc

CP218430 said:

In My Tree into Immortality into Daughter was amazing. Now that might not look great but taht version of daughter is only topped by the one at the Gorge in 06 (I believe). That daughter is the best I will ever hear. Still liked Night 1 better but man did they bring it! Throw Your Hatred Down rocked way more than I thought it would. And U sounded as if they played it all the time. 

Yes! Agreed. And Ed's speech between Daughter and the It's OK tag was heartfelt and meaningful.

DSTRUB

So happy with how much concert we got! Such a mixed emotions day worrying about the weather and scared we wouldn’t get a show at all. Had fun with my boys in the Ga line drinking some beers. By 7pm I was on the floor fucking pumped, thought we were in the clear. Then that EPIC storm happened. With how hard It was raining and lightning, I really didn’t think we would get back on the field. 

Watching people running back into GA was fucking crazy. I waited till it calmed down but people were just running by those security guards raising their arms to show the purple band, for sure people got through, but good for them!

I was right in the middle of GA, straight shot to Eddie mayyybe 15-20 rows back?. Had a great group of guys around me that didn’t care if I was jumping, dancing, singing aloud, it was awesome. Very positive and fun people all around me.

Opening with GTF while it was still raining was amazing. The first 6 songs I felt like the crowd had so much passion and fucking stress to get out, It seemed like the entire stadium was charged up and appreciative they were playing! Concert in the rain was truely an awesome experience, I didn’t want it to end at all. 

We still got 29 songs?! Holy shit! I didn’t want the concert to end. Setlist top to bottom was awesome, we needed to hear the hard rockers, needed the hits, got a couple rare deep cuts. Unthought Known was a dark horse favorite of mine played. I had LEASH stuck in my head the entire night after the show, chanting it in the bathrooms and the walk out of the stadium. I had so much fun and always met awesome people.

LePep1

mcgruff10 said:

Did anyone else beside me mistake the beginning drums of in my tree for who you are?
i know some people are tired of them but porch and rvm in a single show is mind blowing. 

Yes, same thing happened to me, I even turned to my body and said Who you are!

Olds44272

Saturday and Monday were show one and two for me and my wife. The Monday show started out bad for us but then turned out great. Our fan club seats were section 412, row 3 seat 3 and 4. Once we got to the seats, seat 4 was right behind a large tv camera. We got advice that customer service would exchange seats with obstructed views. We got our tickets exchanged and move down to the area behind home plate. Everybody we meet were super cool.
highlight of the show was Black. The tempo of the set list and the energy  of the crowd just capped off the weekend. Seemed like our whole section was singing and rocking to Jeremy.
i am trying to work out the time and budget to make one of the Boston shows.

klusterfuk

Finally got to see a show at Wrigley. It was worth the wait. Except the 2 super hammered broads trying to run me out of my seat the experience was perfect.

HailHailVitalogy

Two things I just remembered:

1. Ed fucking up Even Flow and changing the lyrics to “ohhh feeeelin sucking my dick nanananana” lololol

2. Everyone chanting DIRTY FRANK 

kid canada

40th show and finally got to hear Leash!

cp3iverson

Did Mcgruff meet the band???

nycrats

releasemedc said:

oona left said:

Awesome night, awesome show.  

One quick bitch:  I could not believe how many people, with Ed calling out the members of the band one by one and thanking us for sticking it out, just turned and started meandering towards the exits.  Couldn't even be bothered to make any fucking noise for these guys.  The entitlement of that attitude pisses me off.  They don't have to do this for us, you know?  The least you could do is fucking clap.  Fuck.  

YES, thank you, this makes me so fucking pissed. Show some respect and appreciation; the band can see and hear you. The crowd needs to show up just as much as the band does, whether it's PJ in a huge stadium or a folk singer in a club.

Relax guys. It was a Monday night and the show did end an hour later. Pj fans are old, have families, jobs etc. I’m sure boom was ok with 2 percent of the crowd hauling out to beat the rush instead of getting a wave from edvedhead6969

tschav

nycrats said:

releasemedc said:

oona left said:

Awesome night, awesome show.  

One quick bitch:  I could not believe how many people, with Ed calling out the members of the band one by one and thanking us for sticking it out, just turned and started meandering towards the exits.  Couldn't even be bothered to make any fucking noise for these guys.  The entitlement of that attitude pisses me off.  They don't have to do this for us, you know?  The least you could do is fucking clap.  Fuck.  

YES, thank you, this makes me so fucking pissed. Show some respect and appreciation; the band can see and hear you. The crowd needs to show up just as much as the band does, whether it's PJ in a huge stadium or a folk singer in a club.

Relax guys. It was a Monday night and the show did end an hour later. Pj fans are old, have families, jobs etc. I’m sure boom was ok with 2 percent of the crowd hauling out to beat the rush instead of getting a wave from edvedhead6969

Those that didn't clap also probably saved $75 on their Uber before surge pricing kicked in... 

Waves4to6ft

Another amazing night! Phew. Sooooo good.
my take on the “riff” was Eddie forgot lyrics to like 3/4 songs. Then during Even flow Jeff and Stone broke ed’s Balls by acting like they forgot the music to even flow. Fucking hilarious. Thx again boys! And the “play Leash Fukwad” sign was A+.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

cp3iverson said:

Did Mcgruff meet the band???

Nope.

Scruffy ate deep dish pizza at Lou's and ended up shitting his pants.

He was buying some Russell PJ sweats when the band came to meet the VIPs. 

RiotZact

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

cp3iverson said:

Did Mcgruff meet the band???

Nope.

Scruffy ate deep dish pizza at Lou's and ended up shitting his pants.

He was buying some Russell PJ sweats when the band came to meet the VIPs. 

 

lastexitlondon

tbergs said:

Was a great show to periscope besides the brawl the scoper got involved in during MYM, of all songs . I wasn't there, but they didn't seem as tight musically, which may have been due to the weather. There were miscues on lyrics and guitars, but nothing major. That said GTF sounded the best I have ever heard, especially to open the show. Ed was dead on. Ed also seemed to have forgotten or drifted off during Evenflow, but if I wasn't mistaken it sounded like the old school start and even a bit of a yell from Ed at the beginning, maybe that was just a fan though. The solo killed as usual.

I was on that feed watching pooner get whacked. Very surreal and great banter