Pearl Jam tour plans!!!

brianlux

gotthebottle said:

Jimmy124 said:

I know, but chances are I won't see them again for at least two years, maybe three. Sorry, was a little drunk when I posted, lol. The thing that set me off was my friend told me she was going to see DMB for the second time this year, and I know she sees them locally EVERY year, and I was thinking, damn, now why can't it be like that with Pearl Jam.

OMG...boo fucking hoo....whining about seeing a band more often when EV in SA trying to get the world to pay attention to people who need food, clean water, education, health care.

I salute Vedder's efforts that way.   Very commendable.

But Pearl Jam is a band and the band's first job (and even Neil Young said this a few years back about his own work) is to make music, not save the world.  Their first responsibility is to the fans that made them so huge and those fans, especially at the outset, were here on this continent, particularly in the greater Seattle area.  So yeah, they might consider playing their own country more often. 

Not that my saying so is going to make a damn bit of difference, of course. 

kaseylily

Crew said:

Pearl Jam every 3 years >> DMB every year. 


YES

njnancy

brianlux said:

gotthebottle said:

Jimmy124 said:

I know, but chances are I won't see them again for at least two years, maybe three. Sorry, was a little drunk when I posted, lol. The thing that set me off was my friend told me she was going to see DMB for the second time this year, and I know she sees them locally EVERY year, and I was thinking, damn, now why can't it be like that with Pearl Jam.

OMG...boo fucking hoo....whining about seeing a band more often when EV in SA trying to get the world to pay attention to people who need food, clean water, education, health care.

I salute Vedder's efforts that way.   Very commendable.

But Pearl Jam is a band and the band's first job (and even Neil Young said this a few years back about his own work) is to make music, not save the world.  Their first responsibility is to the fans that made them so huge and those fans, especially at the outset, were here on this continent, particularly in the greater Seattle area.  So yeah, they might consider playing their own country more often. 

Not that my saying so is going to make a damn bit of difference, of course. 

Celebrating Mandela's 100th birthday with a special Global Citizen festival that will never happen again because the man's 100th birthday can only happen once and Eddie Vedder, along with many other artists, are going there to celebrate a great human being. 

How does this have anything to do with Pearl Jam touring more in the United States? He lived in South Africa.

I don't understand why there is condemnation of the band every time another artist tours. They are not the Dave Matthews Band, they are not U2, they are not 1000 other artists that are out there constantly touring. Or 1000 of other artists out there who tour when they can. 

A lot of the time, the people who are the most upset about Pearl Jam's touring schedule are those who go to most of the shows & are up close - you know, the people who go take a piss when they play Black. 

I'd love to see Pearl Jam as much as possible, but I will see them when it is feasible. I couldn't afford this past tour. Hope I can see a show when next they tour. 

In the meantime - go see other bands. There is a world of music out there to rejoice, discover and enjoy. 

Eddie Vedder has always and will always play at benefit concerts. It's who he is. That's part of what makes him so great.

And they are live streaming his performance at 7am tomorrow. 

I don't understand why people who love a band so much as to belong to their fan club have so much they dislike about them. 

Lerxst1992

njnancy said:

brianlux said:

gotthebottle said:

Jimmy124 said:

I know, but chances are I won't see them again for at least two years, maybe three. Sorry, was a little drunk when I posted, lol. The thing that set me off was my friend told me she was going to see DMB for the second time this year, and I know she sees them locally EVERY year, and I was thinking, damn, now why can't it be like that with Pearl Jam.

OMG...boo fucking hoo....whining about seeing a band more often when EV in SA trying to get the world to pay attention to people who need food, clean water, education, health care.

I salute Vedder's efforts that way.   Very commendable.

But Pearl Jam is a band and the band's first job (and even Neil Young said this a few years back about his own work) is to make music, not save the world.  Their first responsibility is to the fans that made them so huge and those fans, especially at the outset, were here on this continent, particularly in the greater Seattle area.  So yeah, they might consider playing their own country more often. 

Not that my saying so is going to make a damn bit of difference, of course. 

Celebrating Mandela's 100th birthday with a special Global Citizen festival that will never happen again because the man's 100th birthday can only happen once and Eddie Vedder, along with many other artists, are going there to celebrate a great human being. 

How does this have anything to do with Pearl Jam touring more in the United States? He lived in South Africa.

I don't understand why there is condemnation of the band every time another artist tours. They are not the Dave Matthews Band, they are not U2, they are not 1000 other artists that are out there constantly touring. Or 1000 of other artists out there who tour when they can. 

A lot of the time, the people who are the most upset about Pearl Jam's touring schedule are those who go to most of the shows & are up close - you know, the people who go take a piss when they play Black. 

I'd love to see Pearl Jam as much as possible, but I will see them when it is feasible. I couldn't afford this past tour. Hope I can see a show when next they tour. 

In the meantime - go see other bands. There is a world of music out there to rejoice, discover and enjoy. 

Eddie Vedder has always and will always play at benefit concerts. It's who he is. That's part of what makes him so great.

And they are live streaming his performance at 7am tomorrow. 

I don't understand why people who love a band so much as to belong to their fan club have so much they dislike about them. 

It sucks because the greatest rock band out and still able to tour squeaks out an average of 16 shows per year. 

Assuming no US dates the next six months, they will have travelled to 3 American cities as a band over a 36 month period.

3.

Age 60 ain't that far off. Soon these decisions will be made for them.

I believe this minimal level of activity is unprecedented for a healthy band. I can't think of another band I've wanted to see over the years and having almost no opportunity to do so. Oh well. Enjoy it DMB fans. Weezer fans too. Another tour with Pixies just announced.

But when PJ decides to play, the same ten thousand fans will get the best seats for their 30th show with great seats. The 5 or 10  quality seats  on stub hub will cost four digits. That's one more than the number of  US cities they've traveled to in 3 years. So why do I want them to tour anyway?

Their new album was "forthcoming"  9 months ago and they've been off the road 3 months and zero news. I thought the goal in life was to be a rock star? Even a part time one?

PJNB

Lerxst1992 said:

njnancy said:

brianlux said:

gotthebottle said:

Jimmy124 said:

I know, but chances are I won't see them again for at least two years, maybe three. Sorry, was a little drunk when I posted, lol. The thing that set me off was my friend told me she was going to see DMB for the second time this year, and I know she sees them locally EVERY year, and I was thinking, damn, now why can't it be like that with Pearl Jam.

OMG...boo fucking hoo....whining about seeing a band more often when EV in SA trying to get the world to pay attention to people who need food, clean water, education, health care.

I salute Vedder's efforts that way.   Very commendable.

But Pearl Jam is a band and the band's first job (and even Neil Young said this a few years back about his own work) is to make music, not save the world.  Their first responsibility is to the fans that made them so huge and those fans, especially at the outset, were here on this continent, particularly in the greater Seattle area.  So yeah, they might consider playing their own country more often. 

Not that my saying so is going to make a damn bit of difference, of course. 

Celebrating Mandela's 100th birthday with a special Global Citizen festival that will never happen again because the man's 100th birthday can only happen once and Eddie Vedder, along with many other artists, are going there to celebrate a great human being. 

How does this have anything to do with Pearl Jam touring more in the United States? He lived in South Africa.

I don't understand why there is condemnation of the band every time another artist tours. They are not the Dave Matthews Band, they are not U2, they are not 1000 other artists that are out there constantly touring. Or 1000 of other artists out there who tour when they can. 

A lot of the time, the people who are the most upset about Pearl Jam's touring schedule are those who go to most of the shows & are up close - you know, the people who go take a piss when they play Black. 

I'd love to see Pearl Jam as much as possible, but I will see them when it is feasible. I couldn't afford this past tour. Hope I can see a show when next they tour. 

In the meantime - go see other bands. There is a world of music out there to rejoice, discover and enjoy. 

Eddie Vedder has always and will always play at benefit concerts. It's who he is. That's part of what makes him so great.

And they are live streaming his performance at 7am tomorrow. 

I don't understand why people who love a band so much as to belong to their fan club have so much they dislike about them. 

It sucks because the greatest rock band out and still able to tour squeaks out an average of 16 shows per year. 

Assuming no US dates the next six months, they will have travelled to 3 American cities as a band over a 36 month period.

3.

Age 60 ain't that far off. Soon these decisions will be made for them.

I believe this minimal level of activity is unprecedented for a healthy band. I can't think of another band I've wanted to see over the years and having almost no opportunity to do so. Oh well. Enjoy it DMB fans. Weezer fans too. Another tour with Pixies just announced.

But when PJ decides to play, the same ten thousand fans will get the best seats for their 30th show with great seats. The 5 or 10  quality seats  on stub hub will cost four digits. That's one more than the number of  US cities they've traveled to in 3 years. So why do I want them to tour anyway?

Their new album was "forthcoming"  9 months ago and they've been off the road 3 months and zero news. I thought the goal in life was to be a rock star? Even a part time one?

Man I really hope you are not a Tool fan too. I would hate to see what you think of them lol. 

njnancy

Lerxst1992 said:

njnancy said:

brianlux said:

gotthebottle said:

Jimmy124 said:

I know, but chances are I won't see them again for at least two years, maybe three. Sorry, was a little drunk when I posted, lol. The thing that set me off was my friend told me she was going to see DMB for the second time this year, and I know she sees them locally EVERY year, and I was thinking, damn, now why can't it be like that with Pearl Jam.

OMG...boo fucking hoo....whining about seeing a band more often when EV in SA trying to get the world to pay attention to people who need food, clean water, education, health care.

I salute Vedder's efforts that way.   Very commendable.

But Pearl Jam is a band and the band's first job (and even Neil Young said this a few years back about his own work) is to make music, not save the world.  Their first responsibility is to the fans that made them so huge and those fans, especially at the outset, were here on this continent, particularly in the greater Seattle area.  So yeah, they might consider playing their own country more often. 

Not that my saying so is going to make a damn bit of difference, of course. 

Celebrating Mandela's 100th birthday with a special Global Citizen festival that will never happen again because the man's 100th birthday can only happen once and Eddie Vedder, along with many other artists, are going there to celebrate a great human being. 

How does this have anything to do with Pearl Jam touring more in the United States? He lived in South Africa.

I don't understand why there is condemnation of the band every time another artist tours. They are not the Dave Matthews Band, they are not U2, they are not 1000 other artists that are out there constantly touring. Or 1000 of other artists out there who tour when they can. 

A lot of the time, the people who are the most upset about Pearl Jam's touring schedule are those who go to most of the shows & are up close - you know, the people who go take a piss when they play Black. 

I'd love to see Pearl Jam as much as possible, but I will see them when it is feasible. I couldn't afford this past tour. Hope I can see a show when next they tour. 

In the meantime - go see other bands. There is a world of music out there to rejoice, discover and enjoy. 

Eddie Vedder has always and will always play at benefit concerts. It's who he is. That's part of what makes him so great.

And they are live streaming his performance at 7am tomorrow. 

I don't understand why people who love a band so much as to belong to their fan club have so much they dislike about them. 

It sucks because the greatest rock band out and still able to tour squeaks out an average of 16 shows per year. 

Assuming no US dates the next six months, they will have travelled to 3 American cities as a band over a 36 month period.

3.

Age 60 ain't that far off. Soon these decisions will be made for them.

I believe this minimal level of activity is unprecedented for a healthy band. I can't think of another band I've wanted to see over the years and having almost no opportunity to do so. Oh well. Enjoy it DMB fans. Weezer fans too. Another tour with Pixies just announced.

But when PJ decides to play, the same ten thousand fans will get the best seats for their 30th show with great seats. The 5 or 10  quality seats  on stub hub will cost four digits. That's one more than the number of  US cities they've traveled to in 3 years. So why do I want them to tour anyway?

Their new album was "forthcoming"  9 months ago and they've been off the road 3 months and zero news. I thought the goal in life was to be a rock star? Even a part time one?

I understand the desire for them to have more consistent tours. And they played 4 cities to be precise (Missoula). 

I wouldn't worry about them turning 60 over the next 4 - 9 years to be a problem. The Stones are in their 70's, Bruce is 69. All bands are getting older along with them. 50 and 60 is not old. 

 Eddie seems to be 'touring' pretty consistently around the world and doing benefits, so he's up for touring. Don't know what is up with them as a unit. Mike is always talking about his side projects with other artists. I don't know. I predict that there will be an album and a tour in 2019. They are not working it every night like other bands, for sure, but they do have tours of varying lengths in varying places for every year. I wish I was well off enough to go see them wherever they play, but I can't, so I wait till I can see them.   

Those of us with higher numbers are given a good chance at fairly priced tickets, but the seats are not close by any means. They are far. And I am not interested in GA since I go alone.  I got a third party ticket for Hampton in 2016 (to bridge my travel from NJ to the Raleigh tickets I had won but would never be used). Besides it being a fantastic venue and crowd, the seat was first row side back stage on Mike's side and was much better than my 10C tickets. I even got a pick.

At least they are still together. There are a lot of bands that I wish had stayed together and I can no longer see them at all. 

I don't think they wanted to be rock stars. Mike did for a bit, but it bit him. I think they want to be a band that has longevity and hopefully remains creative, writing, producing records and touring for a long time to come. This may just be their short tour phase, who knows?

NewJPage

No reason to get upset. It's a new reality. PJ is essentially the Stones at this point. New album every 5-10 years, tour behind it (although stones play more), tour sporadically in between, and sell merch. This is how it is.
Years back I thought they were gonna be more like Neil and stay super active constantly but seems they have other interests. Oh well. I've still seen them live in the US every year since 2002 cept for 2, so it's not impossible to see them

njnancy

I just googled major bands tour schedules to get an idea of how often bands tour, how long the bands have been together, if they have gone through periods in their careers where they ebbed and flowed, etc. 

TOO MUCH INFORMATION. 

I'll just go with what's been said here. 

bootlegger10

For someone who can travel easily I love the way they tour (other than not very often). 

curmudgeoness

This is your semi-regular reminder that "Pearl Jam" is the entity that makes it possible for Ed, Matt, Mike, Stone, and Jeff to live their lives as they please. They are financially secure (or they should be). They have families. It's pretty clear to me that they don't like being away from their families for extended periods, which seems pretty normal to me for men their age. "Pearl Jam" has given them the freedom to do what they want to do, and they are smart enough to go do just that. Good for them.  If you were (or are) financially secure enough to go do all the things you really want to do in life, wouldn't you? I would.

Life is short. These guys have lost enough people who are close to them to be keenly aware of that fact. They've made it pretty clear, for quite a while now, that they are determined to do things their way, on their terms. You can go along for the ride, or you can hop off the bus, but you aren't going to change the way things are going.

vedpunk

You are spot on.  I really don’t blame them either as a father of two.  However....no disrespect but I wish they toured 1/3 the amount of time  that other successful bands tour.  Maybe if they didn’t make so much money off us from merchandise they’d have more motivation to tour more cities.  So stop buying merch!

Zod

Jimmy124 said:

Ok, maybe this has been said before, I don't know, I don't care. But why, for the grace of God, can't they play major U.S. cities once a year. Fuck South America, fuck Asia, this is pissing me off. Why can U2 and DMB be here every year but Pearl Jam be here every 2-3 years. And if I have plans....something I can't change, it means I have to go maybe 4-6 years between shows. Guys,  get your priorities fucking straight, you are an American band, play America first, then tour the fucking world later.

Don't they usually do both.  A handful of international dates and a handful of US dates?  The tours are small and not comprehensive.   We all get shafted equally.  It's part of PJ fandom now.  They don't play many places, not in N.A, and no internationally.    If most of us want to see them play, we have to travel :(

I think last years tour was a sign of things to come.  They don't like being on the road.  Play some bigass venues in the biggest cities and have the fans come to them.   Play to as many fans as possible with the least amount of dates.  

Sea

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