I was introduced to two of my favourite bands, My Morning Jacket and Sleater-Kinney, by seeing them open for Pearl Jam. I'm with you: I love having an opener. (I'm also in what it'd imagine is the extreme minority in preferring slightly shorter Pearl Jam shows to marathon Pearl Jam shows, which is partly why I preferred Wrigley II to Wrigley I in 2018, but that's a whole other discussion...)
Minneapolis 1998 | Jones Beach I & II, Montreal, and Toronto 2000 | Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal and Hershey 2003 | Boston I & II 2004 | Thunder Bay, Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto 2005 | Toronto I & II 2006 | The Vic and Lollapalooza 2007 | Calgary and Toronto 2009 | PJ20 I & II, Toronto I & II, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton 2011 | London, Chicago, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle 2013 | Ottawa and Toronto I & II 2016 | Chicago I & II 2018 | Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto 2022
2018 Fenway was WAY too long a wait. I've liked one opener in 25 years, Band of Horses.
My Morning Jacket would like a word.
Not a fan.
Right there with you
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Another thing to mention regarding the ticket lottery is that if you strike out, you'll have an opportunity in the general sale and potentially another ticket drop after that. For Fenway '18 TM dropped a ton of late tickets with much better seating than many of the 10C tickets already purchased. Then people were grabbing the seat upgrade via TM and abandoning their "worse" 10C seating. There will be opportunities for tickets. Not sure why there's so much hand-wringing already.
Again I think those stadium shows were much different in terms of how many fan club tickets were available. I wouldn't count on any pre-show drops happening for NYC or any other high-demand show.
Nah, they always drop. Even for MSG, although those are more cutthroat than most. IIRC last time around people were lining up at the box office first thing in the morning in order to catch a mid afternoon ticket drop.
Last MSG show I think a total of 12 tickets were released to people on line waiting outside the venue...
Another thing to mention regarding the ticket lottery is that if you strike out, you'll have an opportunity in the general sale and potentially another ticket drop after that. For Fenway '18 TM dropped a ton of late tickets with much better seating than many of the 10C tickets already purchased. Then people were grabbing the seat upgrade via TM and abandoning their "worse" 10C seating. There will be opportunities for tickets. Not sure why there's so much hand-wringing already.
Again I think those stadium shows were much different in terms of how many fan club tickets were available. I wouldn't count on any pre-show drops happening for NYC or any other high-demand show.
Nah, they always drop. Even for MSG, although those are more cutthroat than most. IIRC last time around people were lining up at the box office first thing in the morning in order to catch a mid afternoon ticket drop.
Last MSG show I think a total of 12 tickets were released to people on line waiting outside the venue...
Another thing to mention regarding the ticket lottery is that if you strike out, you'll have an opportunity in the general sale and potentially another ticket drop after that. For Fenway '18 TM dropped a ton of late tickets with much better seating than many of the 10C tickets already purchased. Then people were grabbing the seat upgrade via TM and abandoning their "worse" 10C seating. There will be opportunities for tickets. Not sure why there's so much hand-wringing already.
Again I think those stadium shows were much different in terms of how many fan club tickets were available. I wouldn't count on any pre-show drops happening for NYC or any other high-demand show.
Nah, they always drop. Even for MSG, although those are more cutthroat than most. IIRC last time around people were lining up at the box office first thing in the morning in order to catch a mid afternoon ticket drop.
Last MSG show I think a total of 12 tickets were released to people on line waiting outside the venue...
Sarcasm?
Not at all. People lined up for hours and they released 12 pairs of tix.
Wrigley has some openings, could do August 8th & 10th, the Cubs have a decent stretch of away games around then. I'm not crazy about more Wrigley shows, but I don't mind a 3 hour drive and it'll be a nice birthday gift to myself.
Another thing to mention regarding the ticket lottery is that if you strike out, you'll have an opportunity in the general sale and potentially another ticket drop after that. For Fenway '18 TM dropped a ton of late tickets with much better seating than many of the 10C tickets already purchased. Then people were grabbing the seat upgrade via TM and abandoning their "worse" 10C seating. There will be opportunities for tickets. Not sure why there's so much hand-wringing already.
Again I think those stadium shows were much different in terms of how many fan club tickets were available. I wouldn't count on any pre-show drops happening for NYC or any other high-demand show.
Nah, they always drop. Even for MSG, although those are more cutthroat than most. IIRC last time around people were lining up at the box office first thing in the morning in order to catch a mid afternoon ticket drop.
Last MSG show I think a total of 12 tickets were released to people on line waiting outside the venue...
Sarcasm?
Not at all. People lined up for hours and they released 12 pairs of tix.
I've enjoyed most of the opening bands through the years...who didn't LOVE Mudhoney?? or Iggy Pop?? Kings of Leon.....Band of Horses was fun. ....whatever makes Pearl Jam happy....if PJ gets PUMPED by the opening band, they 're already having fun....Happy Pearl Jam = Happy show! ....however, there's one condition.... if there's an opening band, it should be at a curfew-free venue.....there's my 2 cents
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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
Anyone else find it odd that they would start the tour in Toronto, go east to Ottawa/QC, then back west to Hamilton (which is basically just outside of Toronto)?
Anyone else find it odd that they would start the tour in Toronto, go east to Ottawa/QC, then back west to Hamilton (which is basically just outside of Toronto)?
On January 2, 1992 I went to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers play in Salem, Oregon at the Salem Armory. They had a couple of openers....
Meh.
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1996- Charleston, SC
1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN
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
2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY
2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2
2020- Nashville, TN
2022- Smashville
2023- Austin, TX x2
2024- Baltimore
Meh.
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