Spring NA Tour Officially Postponed

RS65573

mace1229 said:

pbultimate said:

My wife just said...dont cancel yet. Wait a week. Maybe they’ll unpostphone 🤦‍♂️

Yeah, 0% that happens. They know people are canceling flights and hotels right now. Would be even worse to say “just kidding, back on” at this point than to reschedule.

Agreed. I'm on a cancel spree now. :(
It is for the best tho, and i'm glad I had more time.

on2legs

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

He said “our government.”  Democrats are part of the government... 

mace1229

Ledbetterman10 said:

I have tickets to Baltimore. 

Looking on the bright side
1) I'll get to be more familiar with the Gigaton songs when the show comes. My first listen to the album would have been on the drive to Baltimore on Friday.

2) It adds something PJ-related to look forward to. The album and the show were going to be a package deal, now I can look forward to the album, and later, the show. 

3) It sucks that the show was in March in the first place. Concerts are the best in the summer. Hopefully that's when it's rescheduled for. 

4) I had (foolishly) booked our Airbnb in what I was later told by friends is the most dangerous part of Baltimore. That would place it high in the running for most dangerous part of the planet. So I've cancelled that and will get something better for the rescheduled date.


Being a negative nancy
1) Maybe the virus will spread even more and the show is postponed all the way until next year.

2) I chose Baltimore over MSG based solely on the day of the week. Baltimore was a Saturday, and MSG was a Monday or Tuesday. There's no guarantee that the show will be on the same day it was originally slated for. In fact, it's unlikely. 

I imagine summer is unlikely. I would think logisitcallynthey would have to start booking and planning now for a summer tour. And I don’t see anyone doing that with the uncertainty still out there and risk postponing again. 

That’s also wishful thinking, I’ve already made summer travel plans and will be pissed if I miss a home show

pjsteelerfan

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

Black1991 said:

So why are sporting events not postponed or cancelled.... Rangers Knicks still playing.... millions on the subway but stopping concerts is gonna make a difference 

Black1991 said:

So why are sporting events not postponed or cancelled.... Rangers Knicks still playing.... millions on the subway but stopping concerts is gonna make a difference 

San Jose sharks are not playing with fans and more teams to follow. 

This is not true, they have not decided what they are doing yet. 

HesCalledDyer

Tim Simmons said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

Link?

Heard it on the news in the doctor's office this morning.

Ledbetterman10

mace1229 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

I have tickets to Baltimore. 

Looking on the bright side
1) I'll get to be more familiar with the Gigaton songs when the show comes. My first listen to the album would have been on the drive to Baltimore on Friday.

2) It adds something PJ-related to look forward to. The album and the show were going to be a package deal, now I can look forward to the album, and later, the show. 

3) It sucks that the show was in March in the first place. Concerts are the best in the summer. Hopefully that's when it's rescheduled for. 

4) I had (foolishly) booked our Airbnb in what I was later told by friends is the most dangerous part of Baltimore. That would place it high in the running for most dangerous part of the planet. So I've cancelled that and will get something better for the rescheduled date.


Being a negative nancy
1) Maybe the virus will spread even more and the show is postponed all the way until next year.

2) I chose Baltimore over MSG based solely on the day of the week. Baltimore was a Saturday, and MSG was a Monday or Tuesday. There's no guarantee that the show will be on the same day it was originally slated for. In fact, it's unlikely. 

I imagine summer is unlikely. I would think logisitcallynthey would have to start booking and planning now for a summer tour. And I don’t see anyone doing that with the uncertainty still out there and risk postponing again. 

That’s also wishful thinking, I’ve already made summer travel plans and will be pissed if I miss a home show

Yeah, I know. All wishful thinking. Frankly, the virus hasn't even spread that much right now compared to how much it might spread. Hate to say it, but it's looking like the shows might not happen until 2021. 

HesCalledDyer

on2legs said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

He said “our government.”  Democrats are part of the government... 

I think we all know what he meant by that blanket term.

nicknyr15

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

Black1991 said:

So why are sporting events not postponed or cancelled.... Rangers Knicks still playing.... millions on the subway but stopping concerts is gonna make a difference 

Black1991 said:

So why are sporting events not postponed or cancelled.... Rangers Knicks still playing.... millions on the subway but stopping concerts is gonna make a difference 

San Jose sharks are not playing with fans and more teams to follow. 

Lol

mshnayder

HesCalledDyer said:

Tim Simmons said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

Link?

Heard it on the news in the doctor's office this morning.

Sounds legit

RS65573

Huge Thank You to Mariott for canceling my non-refundable nights since I dont think ill be able to get across the border by then. Just mentioned corona, no issue. Hope this helps someone.

DM282158

FYI - for those who booked flights on Porter Air. Spoke with them this morning. Representative said they have three options:

1) Change the flight with no fee. But we don’t know when we’d change to...

2) cancel it. Would be a $200+ fee and you’d have the balance as a credit for a year. Would only be about $100 towards changes flight. 

3) Full credit but you need to rebook within 6 months of booking. So late-July for me.  That’s what I did. 

on2legs

HesCalledDyer said:

on2legs said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

He said “our government.”  Democrats are part of the government... 

I think we all know what he meant by that blanket term.

If you say so. 

Swordo

God, what a bunch of entitled fucking babies up in here.

It's life - shit happens.  It's a rock concert, not life saving surgery that is being postponed (that's right, not cancelled). Wipe up your tears and move on.

on2legs

mshnayder said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Tim Simmons said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

Link?

Heard it on the news in the doctor's office this morning.

Sounds legit

Lol.

RockMama

JimmyV said:

Baltimore Holiday Inn reservation cancelled. Sucks. Not the way I wanted to start the day but there are plenty of people having a worse morning.

Maryland has declared a state of emergency. Tell them to look on the Internet.

Tim Simmons

HesCalledDyer said:

Tim Simmons said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Hate to break it to Pearl Jam, but it was democrats who blocked a stimulus bill ensuring health professionals would have the proper equipment.

Link?

Heard it on the news in the doctor's office this morning.

fair. I'll keep looking for more info, but we know how these bills work. Maybe there was stimulus in there, but I'm sure there was a tacked on amendment for more money to prisons to beat inmates to death with sacks of pennies or something. Bills are rarely straightforward and they politicians leave room to spin based on failure or success of the bill.

Ledbetterman10

RockMama said:

JimmyV said:

Baltimore Holiday Inn reservation cancelled. Sucks. Not the way I wanted to start the day but there are plenty of people having a worse morning.

Maryland has declared a state of emergency. Tell them to look on the Internet.

Yeah someone said in an earlier post that their Baltimore hotel said they'd refund only if Maryland declares a state of emergency. Hopefully that person is aware that it's been declared so they can get their money back. 

kosteva2

Disappointed that this is happening but agree it's the right move.  Things with COVID-19 are going to get worse before it gets better.  Given the amount of planning that goes into stuff like a tour from both the band side and the travelling fan side better to get ahead of it sooner rather than later for less disruption.
I'm a physician with a pretty large, well-respected university/health system in the northeast.  We just got an email this morning that the university is shutting down any university-related travel and large group activities through 4/17 and strongly discouraging personal travel until that time as well.  Not making it political but since government not setting the tone for stuff like that this is the tip of the iceberg and will see more universities, organizations, corporations, sports leagues do something similar in the next few days to get ahead of it.  I have to give the band credit for getting ahead of it relative to nearly everyone else.
All the quarantining isn't necessarily going to eradicate COVID-19 but it makes a big difference in how quickly things spread and the stress on the health system etc.  Limiting travel/large group activities will slow things down and allow limited things like testing kits, hospital/ICU beds to be better rationed and meet the demand.  The more time they can buy to create more test kits, work on vaccine, etc. the better.

THEBIBLEISTEN

Black1991 said:

So why are sporting events not postponed or cancelled.... Rangers Knicks still playing.... millions on the subway but stopping concerts is gonna make a difference 

No, it’s been decided. You will see today. People, your lives will go on. They will reschedule. You can’t be shocked by this decision as it was being discussed for weeks. They will play again

Lerxst1992

DewieCox said:

EarlWelsh said:

PJINFLA said:

Nice job blaming the government

They definitely didn’t BLAME the government, only pointed out the less than stellar job Dr. Don is doing of handling the situation.

It didn’t need mentioned. Only serves to further the divide.

The key word there is further.

Crisis like these demand quality leadership. Every American has every right to demand it.

What we dont need is a president more concerned about "how the numbers hurt him" and not the families dealing with this illness.

If someone like Vedder is bullied into silence then who speaks up?