2020 United States & Canada Tour Rumors

jdizzle8291

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

Based on past lotteries, 50% for this show is better than we had any right to expect. By a country mile.

kaw753

jimfish said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Saltzy23 said:

JP218404 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimacy threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

What was your first show? Love your passion 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2003/pnc-bank-arts-center-holmdel-nj-6bd626be.html

I was kind of a late bloomer.

I like to say that I dated a bunch of bands before I realized that PJ was really my true soulmate.

pearl jam and i were high school sweethearts, love at first sight. 

then she changed a bit, we drifted apart, i experimented with other bands, and then finally found our way back to each other, finally realizing how much i actually loved the band she was during the time we were apart, only i was too immature at the time to understand it fully. 

Same.   Saw them way back in Ann Arbor, and also a big follower of AIC.   Around No Code time I decided to heavier stuff, Metallica and the like.  Then had kids and years go by and I find myself seeing them in Milton Keynes in 2014 (hadn't seen them since '93).   I stood there and cried - tears of nostalgia, happiness and "rediscovering", tears of sadness (what have I been doing with my musical interests for theast 20 years).  Let's say I've been making up for lost time since.    

There was a Bushleaguer show in Toronto and some (in my view) mediocre albums where they lost me. I ended up row 3 or 4 center at Outside Lands in 2009 for an insane show and have hit 3 or 4 shows every tour since. Part of it is realizing that there is not much left of your childhood (especially since Chris Cornell died).

Melzombie

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

Based on past lotteries, 50% for this show is better than we had any right to expect. By a country mile.

oh really? this is my first 10 club lottery experience, can't you tell? lol 
what were the numbers from past tours?? just curious. I know they have opened up more seats this tour. 

Melzombie

jdizzle8291 said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

What priority do you have it at?

jdizzle8291 said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

What priority do you have it at?

what do you mean? I put in for "best available" 

jdizzle8291

Melzombie said:

jdizzle8291 said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

What priority do you have it at?

jdizzle8291 said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

What priority do you have it at?

what do you mean? I put in for "best available" 

It Baltimore the only show you entered in the drawing?

tdawe

Melzombie said:

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

Based on past lotteries, 50% for this show is better than we had any right to expect. By a country mile.

oh really? this is my first 10 club lottery experience, can't you tell? lol 
what were the numbers from past tours?? just curious. I know they have opened up more seats this tour. 

Someone posted the 2016 odds over the NA Tour Odds thread, but basically for the 2 MSG shows that year the GA odds were mid-single digits and reserved was high teens. 

Saltzy23

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

Based on past lotteries, 50% for this show is better than we had any right to expect. By a country mile.

oh really? this is my first 10 club lottery experience, can't you tell? lol 
what were the numbers from past tours?? just curious. I know they have opened up more seats this tour. 

Someone posted the 2016 odds over the NA Tour Odds thread, but basically for the 2 MSG shows that year the GA odds were mid-single digits and reserved was high teens. 

Hitting the 6% at GA in MSG 2016 was probably a top 5 life moment for me.

People in my office honestly thought I was having a medical emergency.

tdawe

Saltzy23 said:

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

Based on past lotteries, 50% for this show is better than we had any right to expect. By a country mile.

oh really? this is my first 10 club lottery experience, can't you tell? lol 
what were the numbers from past tours?? just curious. I know they have opened up more seats this tour. 

Someone posted the 2016 odds over the NA Tour Odds thread, but basically for the 2 MSG shows that year the GA odds were mid-single digits and reserved was high teens. 

Hitting the 6% at GA in MSG 2016 was probably a top 5 life moment for me.

People in my office honestly thought I was having a medical emergency.

Was winning the lottery better than the show itself? Honest question.

Saltzy23

These are the SOLD listings for MSG on StubHub so far.

Holy fucking fuck.

So much stupid.

LOL at $1,515 BEFORE FEES each for a 100 level seat.

estarr31

Saltzy23 said:

These are the SOLD listings for MSG on StubHub so far.

Holy fucking fuck.

So much stupid.

LOL at $1,515 BEFORE FEES each for a 100 level seat.

These people are getting scammed, no?

Saltzy23

tdawe said:

Saltzy23 said:

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

tdawe said:

Melzombie said:

last time I checked, Baltimore RES was down to 74%. 
lawd. keeping fingers crossed it doesn't get down to 50% by the cut off. 

Based on past lotteries, 50% for this show is better than we had any right to expect. By a country mile.

oh really? this is my first 10 club lottery experience, can't you tell? lol 
what were the numbers from past tours?? just curious. I know they have opened up more seats this tour. 

Someone posted the 2016 odds over the NA Tour Odds thread, but basically for the 2 MSG shows that year the GA odds were mid-single digits and reserved was high teens. 

Hitting the 6% at GA in MSG 2016 was probably a top 5 life moment for me.

People in my office honestly thought I was having a medical emergency.

Was winning the lottery better than the show itself? Honest question.

The singular moment of opening the email and seeing that I won was beyond description. 

We had (we've moved since and I have an office now) an open work space and all I remember was jumping up and screaming 'Holy FUCK!!!'

People seriously thought I was having a heart attack.

The show was magic, but yeah, that 3 seconds was euphoric. 

I needed to take a walk around the block just to calm down.

CP218430

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimately threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

I had the same moment when I missed Moline and Milwaukee (3 hours and 1 hour).....sure my daughter was five months old and I was getting no sleep but I go to great lengths now. Drive places by myself, attend shows solo....maybe I'm weird but I love it! I get friends to go see the band that never have and always treat them to a ticket. As I get older I realize I have few hobbies, this is my legit hobby. 

Saltzy23

CP218430 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimately threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

I had the same moment when I missed Moline and Milwaukee (3 hours and 1 hour).....sure my daughter was five months old and I was getting no sleep but I go to great lengths now. Drive places by myself, attend shows solo....maybe I'm weird but I love it! I get friends to go see the band that never have and always treat them to a ticket. As I get older I realize I have few hobbies, this is my legit hobby. 

People that don't understand passion think people like us are weird.

Fuck those people.

JP218404

Saltzy23 said:

CP218430 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimately threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

I had the same moment when I missed Moline and Milwaukee (3 hours and 1 hour).....sure my daughter was five months old and I was getting no sleep but I go to great lengths now. Drive places by myself, attend shows solo....maybe I'm weird but I love it! I get friends to go see the band that never have and always treat them to a ticket. As I get older I realize I have few hobbies, this is my legit hobby. 

People that don't understand passion think people like us are weird.

Fuck those people.

😂😂. I really need to meet ya. We never hooked up in Boston after our tix trade 

millerfam2

With the first leg of the tour starting in Canada and the artist who was used for the new album cover, any thoughts to something interesting happening in Canada between the Hamilton and Baltimore shows?  I know the thought is Sirius show East Coast/NY, but what if  . . . 

HughFreakingDillon

jimfish said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Saltzy23 said:

JP218404 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimacy threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

What was your first show? Love your passion 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2003/pnc-bank-arts-center-holmdel-nj-6bd626be.html

I was kind of a late bloomer.

I like to say that I dated a bunch of bands before I realized that PJ was really my true soulmate.

pearl jam and i were high school sweethearts, love at first sight. 

then she changed a bit, we drifted apart, i experimented with other bands, and then finally found our way back to each other, finally realizing how much i actually loved the band she was during the time we were apart, only i was too immature at the time to understand it fully. 

Same.   Saw them way back in Ann Arbor, and also a big follower of AIC.   Around No Code time I decided to heavier stuff, Metallica and the like.  Then had kids and years go by and I find myself seeing them in Milton Keynes in 2014 (hadn't seen them since '93).   I stood there and cried - tears of nostalgia, happiness and "rediscovering", tears of sadness (what have I been doing with my musical interests for theast 20 years).  Let's say I've been making up for lost time since.    

my PJ live break was a decade. 1993, next show in Fargo 2003. As soon as Ed started into Arc, I started welling up. It was such an emotional moment for me. 

Too bad none of my friends would consider travelling for any shows back then, much less for PJ. 

Gern Blansten

HughFreakingDillon said:

jimfish said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Saltzy23 said:

JP218404 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimacy threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

What was your first show? Love your passion 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2003/pnc-bank-arts-center-holmdel-nj-6bd626be.html

I was kind of a late bloomer.

I like to say that I dated a bunch of bands before I realized that PJ was really my true soulmate.

pearl jam and i were high school sweethearts, love at first sight. 

then she changed a bit, we drifted apart, i experimented with other bands, and then finally found our way back to each other, finally realizing how much i actually loved the band she was during the time we were apart, only i was too immature at the time to understand it fully. 

Same.   Saw them way back in Ann Arbor, and also a big follower of AIC.   Around No Code time I decided to heavier stuff, Metallica and the like.  Then had kids and years go by and I find myself seeing them in Milton Keynes in 2014 (hadn't seen them since '93).   I stood there and cried - tears of nostalgia, happiness and "rediscovering", tears of sadness (what have I been doing with my musical interests for theast 20 years).  Let's say I've been making up for lost time since.    

my PJ live break was a decade. 1993, next show in Fargo 2003. As soon as Ed started into Arc, I started welling up. It was such an emotional moment for me. 

Too bad none of my friends would consider travelling for any shows back then, much less for PJ. 

Yeah my first show was 1998 and for 10 years I just let them come to me.  Looking back I could have had a hell of a time travelling to nearby shows.  Of course we had young kids in that time period so that might have been what kept us tied down a bit.

CP218430

HughFreakingDillon said:

jimfish said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Saltzy23 said:

JP218404 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimacy threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

What was your first show? Love your passion 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2003/pnc-bank-arts-center-holmdel-nj-6bd626be.html

I was kind of a late bloomer.

I like to say that I dated a bunch of bands before I realized that PJ was really my true soulmate.

pearl jam and i were high school sweethearts, love at first sight. 

then she changed a bit, we drifted apart, i experimented with other bands, and then finally found our way back to each other, finally realizing how much i actually loved the band she was during the time we were apart, only i was too immature at the time to understand it fully. 

Same.   Saw them way back in Ann Arbor, and also a big follower of AIC.   Around No Code time I decided to heavier stuff, Metallica and the like.  Then had kids and years go by and I find myself seeing them in Milton Keynes in 2014 (hadn't seen them since '93).   I stood there and cried - tears of nostalgia, happiness and "rediscovering", tears of sadness (what have I been doing with my musical interests for theast 20 years).  Let's say I've been making up for lost time since.    

my PJ live break was a decade. 1993, next show in Fargo 2003. As soon as Ed started into Arc, I started welling up. It was such an emotional moment for me. 

Too bad none of my friends would consider travelling for any shows back then, much less for PJ. 

My breaks never occurred long enough to miss a tour but I used to think one show was enough, just take in what I could and move on with the memory (my first show in 98 was such an experience that I can't describe it) but in 06, I ditched that and I hit everything I can. I realized as time passed that we're lucky, our band is still playing, still loved, still in prime touring condition and that is something you have to take hold of and run with as long as they tour and record. 

ponytd

Saltzy23 said:

CP218430 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimately threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

I had the same moment when I missed Moline and Milwaukee (3 hours and 1 hour).....sure my daughter was five months old and I was getting no sleep but I go to great lengths now. Drive places by myself, attend shows solo....maybe I'm weird but I love it! I get friends to go see the band that never have and always treat them to a ticket. As I get older I realize I have few hobbies, this is my legit hobby. 

People that don't understand passion think people like us are weird.

Fuck those people.

Very true. Me and one of my good friends usually always go to the show together. We've known each other since 1st grade. He went to college in Chattanooga and I stayed in Nashville. I worked a lot during high school and college so I only saw them 4 times from 94-03 with 3 of those in Nashville. Wanted to go travel and see them more, but he came back into town one night in 2009 and we met up and talked about PJ and that we should go to some shows in the future. So since PJ20, I've been to 25 shows and I think he's done 26 or 27 and we've done at least 20 of those together. I've got to see some awesome places and visit some cities that I might not have gone to if it weren't for the band. It is about the moment and the memories and I'm not gonna stop if I don't have to. 

HughFreakingDillon

Gern Blansten said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

jimfish said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Saltzy23 said:

JP218404 said:

Saltzy23 said:

JimmyV said:

Saltzy23 said:

chukdotcom said:

Saltzy23 said:

OceansJenny said:

Saltzy23 said:

Not to sound douchy, but I cannot stand being in the 200's or 400' (or really any upper deck or level) at any stadium or arena.  I hate heights/having to walk up stairs (specifically when I am drinking and/or fucked up on drugs)....so, as much as I am 100% in favor of this new ticketing system knowing that if I don't win GA means I am probably gonna be in the rafters at MSG is a double edged sword.

#FirstWorldProblems

Just pay your way to a better seat. That’s the only other option.

I’m sure no one loves being in the back.

I'm also going to Baltimore, Krakow, Budapest, Zurich and Amsterdam X 2, so if I win the lotto I will take what I get.

I have met and exceeded my PJ budget for 2020 already, and there still might be an entire other leg of the US tour later in the year.

It sounds like you already won the lotto...

I have just reached the point in life where I make enough to do what I want to do, and seeing this band play is #1 on that list.  I'm gonna go to every possible show I can go to before either I drop dead or they stop playing.

Since 2018 I have done Madrid, Lisbon, Missoula, Chicago X 2, Boston X2....Eddie solo last year in Tempe, Dublin, and the UK....and the shows above this year.

Not like I need to explain it to this group, but seeing this band play is a fucking drug for me and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

More!!!

Good for you. When we look back we will regret the shows we didn't go to, not the ones we did. 

Missing 'The Ten show' in Philly (when I am in NYC no less) in 2016 was my breaking point.

I legitimacy threw my laptop across the room when I woke up the next day and saw the set list.  I said right then and there, 'Never again!'

Also, it's been INCREDIBLE seeing shows with 1 friend, a bunch of friends, solo....friends that are into PJ, friends that (thought) they weren't, making friends at the shows, etc.

The shows in EU this year I am going with my best friend from high school who is in the middle of a divorce that has only been to 1 show in his life.  It's gonna be something we remember for the rest of our lives.

By the end of this tour I would have gone to at least one PJ show with anyone I consider a 'close friend' in my life.  I'll remember this era as the best years of my life.  Fuck money, that is what life is all about.

What was your first show? Love your passion 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2003/pnc-bank-arts-center-holmdel-nj-6bd626be.html

I was kind of a late bloomer.

I like to say that I dated a bunch of bands before I realized that PJ was really my true soulmate.

pearl jam and i were high school sweethearts, love at first sight. 

then she changed a bit, we drifted apart, i experimented with other bands, and then finally found our way back to each other, finally realizing how much i actually loved the band she was during the time we were apart, only i was too immature at the time to understand it fully. 

Same.   Saw them way back in Ann Arbor, and also a big follower of AIC.   Around No Code time I decided to heavier stuff, Metallica and the like.  Then had kids and years go by and I find myself seeing them in Milton Keynes in 2014 (hadn't seen them since '93).   I stood there and cried - tears of nostalgia, happiness and "rediscovering", tears of sadness (what have I been doing with my musical interests for theast 20 years).  Let's say I've been making up for lost time since.    

my PJ live break was a decade. 1993, next show in Fargo 2003. As soon as Ed started into Arc, I started welling up. It was such an emotional moment for me. 

Too bad none of my friends would consider travelling for any shows back then, much less for PJ. 

Yeah my first show was 1998 and for 10 years I just let them come to me.  Looking back I could have had a hell of a time travelling to nearby shows.  Of course we had young kids in that time period so that might have been what kept us tied down a bit.

they never came close to me in canada during that time, but i easily could have hit minneapolis in 98.