2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
I just went back and looked at all my pictures from these shows. I cant believe it was 9 years ago. Amazing times. Mikes pick from the 31st is one of my prized possessions.
Honestly, its been a shit 9 years...both my mother in law and dad died of cancer too young. This is one of those moments in life id give anything in the world to go back to.
I still think night 3 was better than night 4. Night three was that fucking good and I was in the rafters. Night four I was 7 or 8 rows in front of stone on the floor.
For the closing show I took my older brother to his 1st PJ show. he had been a Flyers season ticket holder at the Spectrum at one time and had probably seen over 200 concerts at the Spectrum in his day. I knew he had to be there for the closing night and as soon as I heard PJ was closing it out he was the one who I was going to take with my 10C tickets. It was a great night to share with him. Was a really good show but the atmosphere and the moment was almost bigger than the show for us locals. Especially with the World Series next door. I have been down in the complex for many events and other than Championship parades have never seen so many people down there at one time. It was and electric evening. And agree with annabellaqueen above. Wells Fargo lot was insane trying to get out of that night. I think it took over and hour to exit it.
As for the show highlights of that night of course was the opening with Eddie and the Boxing gloves during Why Go and of course the ending with the confetti and Rocking in the Free World. Also loved the versions of Amongst the Waves, Inside Job and of course Bugs that night.
I had Ten Club tickets but me and my buddy decided not to drive down from boston day of show. We thought because world series was going on next door it would be a mess of traffic to get there.What a bad decision we made still regret it.
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We took our kids (then 10 and 13) to all four shows. The "little" guy was pre-growth spurt (he's now 6'4") and the concourse was a terrifying experience for him. He also got a great "don't do drugs!" education, since a guy sitting a row or two behind us night 1 was tripping on way too much acid.. My son still talks about that -- "Everything's covered with moss!" But other fans were really nice to him, and he had a great time. I got him tickets to Fenway 1 this year.
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I had to post for this great thread, I went to nights 3 and 4, and yes 3>4 but the build up to 4 was unreal. I live in the Baltimore area but was born in the Philly area and never miss a philly show, it is an event and the tailgating is unreal. We got up there around noon and decided after a few drinks to catch the flyers matinee game. Went back to tailgating and although we weren’t on the floor had a blast. The concert was more of an event and the Rockin isn’t the free world closer was perfect. Loved the opening with boxing gloves on, Devo and of course mentioning all of the rumored guests. Still spin this every Halloween with a smile on my face.
It was a great tour. Normally I just followed Pearl Jam on the West Coast as I am in Reno. Had already seen them at Outside Lands and the 4 shows in Universal City (LA) and San Diego. When they announced the Spectrum shows I had to figure out how to make it work. Since I had already taken a bunch of time off for the shows I had seen I was only able to see the one show on Halloween, which I had to do as I had seen the other 2 Halloween shows. I convinced my brother to make the trip as well.
I flew out of Reno to Las Vegas, met up with my brother and off to Philly on a Red Eye. Made it to the hotel and headed straight to the Spectrum. Go to 10 Club will call and hit the lottery, 9th row. We knew the night would be amazing. The show was off the charts, my favorite up until Seattle 2 Home Show. I received a text message from my younger brother at some point during the show as Joe Buck, who was calling the World Series Game, commented on how loud it was over at the Spectrum. After the show got out we went across the street to a bar to watch and celebrate the end of the Phillies-Yankees game.
Flew back home.
Flight Time 13 hours time in Philly 10 hours.
To top it off my wife was 7 months pregnant with our first born.
Sorry not a lot of show details, but it was my top show at the time show 71 (now at 73) because how crazy it was to fly longer than be on the ground and my wife was so accommodating.
I have other experiences if you want to follow up. My favorite part of this tour were the sports shirts that were tied to the shows. I still wear my taking down the Spectrum shirt.
close to 50 shows and night 3 was the best concert I've witnessed both crowd & setlist wise. The energy in the spectrum was on another level that night. great memories for unbelievable run.
I’ve been to 30+ shows and night #3 is probably still the best show I’ve seen. (Go back and forth with the philly ten album show)
I’ve been lucky to catch some amazing shows that top many people’s all time lists, but philly 3 probably had the best set list and the crowd was insane. Couldn’t believe it when they played Hold On for the first time that night.
I’ve been to 30+ shows and night #3 is probably still the best show I’ve seen. (Go back and forth with the philly ten album show)
I’ve been lucky to catch some amazing shows that top many people’s all time lists, but philly 3 probably had the best set list and the crowd was insane. Couldn’t believe it when they played Hold On for the first time that night.
Also... opening bands that week were awesome... Social Distortion and Bad Religion. And I grabbed my all time favorite piece of PJ merch - the original Safe Travels keychain.
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I went to all 4 shows that week. I too agree night 3 was the best. My PJ ticket buddy won the lottery on
Halloween night and we were 2nd row in front of Mike. It would have been ideal if not for the fan
in the front row who brought her young child, maybe 3 years old. She proceeded to ignore this child to the
point where even Mike pointed from the stage and said, is he ok? Those of us in the first 4 rows or so directly
behind her were more concerned about her child than she was. That is the only negative memory I have of
that night. I still have a piece of the
confetti.
If you want something to podcast about this show or any show
that week, you must speak to Elwayvedder.
I went to all 4 shows that week. I too agree night 3 was the best. My PJ ticket buddy won the lottery on
Halloween night and we were 2nd row in front of Mike. It would have been ideal if not for the fan
in the front row who brought her young child, maybe 3 years old. She proceeded to ignore this child to the
point where even Mike pointed from the stage and said, is he ok? Those of us in the first 4 rows or so directly
behind her were more concerned about her child than she was. That is the only negative memory I have of
that night. I still have a piece of the
confetti.
If you want something to podcast about this show or any show
that week, you must speak to Elwayvedder.
As a parent of small children, it’s borderline insanity to put your three year old through that process just to get rail ...then there’s the show.
Amazing show. I won the PJ lottery and was like 6 rows back, almost dead center. Met up with a friend of mine and his wife who have been PJ fans forever and the guy who had my other ticket and I took turns sharing our awesome seats with them during the show. My friend is from Maryland, and I wanted to give him a little Philly flavor so instead of Geno's or Pat's - which I knew would be packed - we brought a tomato pie from an Italian deli in Norristown to tailgate with and he loved it. To this day whenever we talk he mentions that show and the tomato pie.
Lots of great Spectrum memories for me. From sneaking out of the house and taking the train to the city with friends in junior high to see Ozzy (my first concert), to the 'Angus Bucks' falling from the ceiling during an AC/DC show on the Razor's Edge tour when they recorded their Money Talks video, to the Pelle Lindburgh dedication before a Flyers vs. Oilers game shortly after he passed. The place was old and dirty, but felt like grandma's living room if that makes sense. Just a place that you remember fondly because you knew you felt good any time you were there - even though it was dated and smelled like mothballs.
I went to all 4, got sick show 2. My wife got it BAD for show 4, I carried her out of the 10th row soaked during the confetti. Crazy.
H1N1....
I've always assumed that someone in the box office was spreading it, since we didn't buy any food/drink didn't go to any pre-parties, and I, the person picking up the tickets, got sick on the 29th, between shows. The rest of the family succumbed Nov. 1st. I think most of the people who went to the shows got sick.
I think its because by night 4 the bathrooms were basically a trashed, inoperable mess. That place looked like it had been ransacked by 10-31, looked to me like they didn't even bother to clean it, knowing it was coming down...
I went to all 4, got sick show 2. My wife got it BAD for show 4, I carried her out of the 10th row soaked during the confetti. Crazy.
H1N1....
I've always assumed that someone in the box office was spreading it, since we didn't buy any food/drink didn't go to any pre-parties, and I, the person picking up the tickets, got sick on the 29th, between shows. The rest of the family succumbed Nov. 1st. I think most of the people who went to the shows got sick.
I think its because by night 4 the bathrooms were basically a trashed, inoperable mess. That place looked like it had been ransacked by 10-31, looked to me like they didn't even bother to clean it, knowing it was coming down...
I feel it was going around the parking lot. Remember, two of those shows coincided with the Yankees/Phillies World Series. So that parking lot was packed, and the porta johns were just about overflowing.
The show had a special community feel, notable in particular due to the size of the venue. 10Cers everywhere. I drove up from DC, having traveled there from WA State for work reasons, and brought my younger brother. I talked with many strangers, inside the Spectrum, and outside in the parking lot. The World Series was going on next door, which was strange and cool, all at the same time. The end of the Spectrum was a big deal too--the Spectrum was a big deal in sports, especially growing up in the 1970s and the 1980s. They played and played and played. The set list was incredible. And the Devo thing was very cool--sharpens the memories and laughs.
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I went to all 4, got sick show 2. My wife got it BAD for show 4, I carried her out of the 10th row soaked during the confetti. Crazy.
H1N1....
I've always assumed that someone in the box office was spreading it, since we didn't buy any food/drink didn't go to any pre-parties, and I, the person picking up the tickets, got sick on the 29th, between shows. The rest of the family succumbed Nov. 1st. I think most of the people who went to the shows got sick.
I think its because by night 4 the bathrooms were basically a trashed, inoperable mess. That place looked like it had been ransacked by 10-31, looked to me like they didn't even bother to clean it, knowing it was coming down...
I feel it was going around the parking lot. Remember, two of those shows coincided with the Yankees/Phillies World Series. So that parking lot was packed, and the porta johns were just about overflowing.
I stayed in my seat the whole time, each night. No tailgating, no preparties.
Night 3 was the best show, but I was so sick I wasn't sure I was going to make it through.
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we were suppose to hook up with some fans/friends for a cannabis score but they bailed on me/us cause they said they were really sick and somehow couldn't pull it together. wtf i thought? and the mean people in our section were not friendly about sharing at all and burned pretty much the whole show..... the balloon drop was so kewl
I was at these shows and I would love to share a project that I am working on to keep the memory of the Spectrum alive: Philly Spectrum S (www.PhillySpectrumS.com - @PhillySpectrumS on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter). When they knocked down the Spectrum they had a large auction where you could bid on almost anything from the Spectrum. I bid on and won the 'S' that spelled SPECTRUM on the side of the arena. Since then I have made it my mission to use this to tell the story of the Spectrum by getting it signed by the Flyers (signatures in orange), Sixers (signatures in red), Musicians (signatures in gold), Executives (signatures in white) and Entertainers (signatures in silver) who performed at the Spectrum. To date, approximately 100 legends have signed the S including Mike McCready (https://www.phillyspectrums.com/mike-mccready) and Jeff Ament (https://www.phillyspectrums.com/jeff-ament). I would love to come on the podcast to talk about the project and my goal of adding Eddie, Stone, Matt and Boom one day.
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that fucker probably started the swine flu
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2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
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2020- Nashville, TN
2022- Smashville
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2024- Baltimore
Mikes pick from the 31st is one of my prized possessions.
Honestly, its been a shit 9 years...both my mother in law and dad died of cancer too young. This is one of those moments in life id give anything in the world to go back to.
As for the show highlights of that night of course was the opening with Eddie and the Boxing gloves during Why Go and of course the ending with the confetti and Rocking in the Free World. Also loved the versions of Amongst the Waves, Inside Job and of course Bugs that night.
I flew out of Reno to Las Vegas, met up with my brother and off to Philly on a Red Eye. Made it to the hotel and headed straight to the Spectrum. Go to 10 Club will call and hit the lottery, 9th row. We knew the night would be amazing. The show was off the charts, my favorite up until Seattle 2 Home Show. I received a text message from my younger brother at some point during the show as Joe Buck, who was calling the World Series Game, commented on how loud it was over at the Spectrum. After the show got out we went across the street to a bar to watch and celebrate the end of the Phillies-Yankees game.
Flew back home.
Flight Time 13 hours time in Philly 10 hours.
To top it off my wife was 7 months pregnant with our first born.
Sorry not a lot of show details, but it was my top show at the time show 71 (now at 73) because how crazy it was to fly longer than be on the ground and my wife was so accommodating.
I have other experiences if you want to follow up. My favorite part of this tour were the sports shirts that were tied to the shows. I still wear my taking down the Spectrum shirt.
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I’ve been lucky to catch some amazing shows that top many people’s all time lists, but philly 3 probably had the best set list and the crowd was insane. Couldn’t believe it when they played Hold On for the first time that night.
I went to all 4 shows that week. I too agree night 3 was the best. My PJ ticket buddy won the lottery on Halloween night and we were 2nd row in front of Mike. It would have been ideal if not for the fan in the front row who brought her young child, maybe 3 years old. She proceeded to ignore this child to the point where even Mike pointed from the stage and said, is he ok? Those of us in the first 4 rows or so directly behind her were more concerned about her child than she was. That is the only negative memory I have of that night. I still have a piece of the confetti.
If you want something to podcast about this show or any show that week, you must speak to Elwayvedder.
Lots of great Spectrum memories for me. From sneaking out of the house and taking the train to the city with friends in junior high to see Ozzy (my first concert), to the 'Angus Bucks' falling from the ceiling during an AC/DC show on the Razor's Edge tour when they recorded their Money Talks video, to the Pelle Lindburgh dedication before a Flyers vs. Oilers game shortly after he passed. The place was old and dirty, but felt like grandma's living room if that makes sense. Just a place that you remember fondly because you knew you felt good any time you were there - even though it was dated and smelled like mothballs.
RIP Spectrum.
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I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
and the mean people in our section were not friendly about sharing at all and burned pretty much the whole show.....
the balloon drop was so kewl