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Origins of this Shirt?

mschostokmschostok Posts: 858
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Hey guys, does anyone know the origins of this Vitalogy tour shirt? It’s a bootleg (unofficial) correct? Were they selling them in the parking lot, etc.? Thanks!
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  • fookiefookie Posts: 300
    edited September 2020
    Post deleted. Bootlegged items are not for sale/trade on the forum. Please see the rules. Thank you. - Sea
    Post edited by Sea on
  • Ukuleddie VeggerUkuleddie Vegger Posts: 508
    I’d like one too. I don’t remember seeing that shirt being sold at Soldier Field.
  • mschostokmschostok Posts: 858
    I got it off eBay, seller had fantastic reviews and seems legit. Just wondering if anyone remembers seeing this shirt anywhere on the Vitalogy tour. 
    Milwaukee 2014
    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Posts: 1,770
    Album covers on the back?  No way it was official in 1995, today absolutely. 
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  • mschostokmschostok Posts: 858
    Foriginal Sin said:
    Album covers on the back?  No way it was official in 1995, today absolutely. 
    Right, I'm thinking it was a bootleg shirt sold in parking lots or something outside of a stadium. Just wondering if anyone who went to the Vitalogy tour remembers seeing it anywhere. Just curious.
    Milwaukee 2014
    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • RS65573RS65573 Posts: 2,465
    I never saw it. Love the bug from the tickets.
    While I think its cool, AND WANT ONE I think its unlikely from then if we've all never seen it.
  • NM70698NM70698 Posts: 76
    I saw a show in 95, and honestly I’m not sure if they even produced and sold an official tour shirt.  Official merchandise was very sparse that year.  Regardless, that particular shirt screams of bootleg.  
  • RS65573RS65573 Posts: 2,465
    Right but is it a bootleg shirt from 95, or now?

    I've got the infamous Randall's island bootleg shirt from the parking lot, but I mean it was at the show, its a real shirt from the show.
  • NM70698NM70698 Posts: 76
    Oh I see.  Never heard of people making replicas of old bootleg shirts.  Is that a thing???
  • RS65573RS65573 Posts: 2,465
    If none of us have ever seen this shirt, it might just now be a thing...new to me...
  • NM70698NM70698 Posts: 76
    edited September 2020
    I don’t doubt it is vintage from 95.  The bug design was used on tickets for multiple June and July 95 shows, including shows originally scheduled for July but cancelled and rescheduled for later dates.  Anyone who had a ticket could have designed the bootleg shirt.   It was probably sold at one location and in limited quantities.  
    Post edited by NM70698 on
  • mschostokmschostok Posts: 858
    edited September 2020
    NM70698 said:
    I don’t doubt it is vintage from 95.  The bug design was used on tickets for multiple June and July 95 shows, including shows originally scheduled for July but cancelled and rescheduled for later dates.  Anyone who had a ticket could have designed the bootleg shirt.   It was probably sold at one location and in limited quantities.  
    Thank you, I'm sure that's what happened. The wording and colors are becoming faded and the tag is messed up with a very small hole on the upper back neck. If it isn't vintage 95', this person did an incredible job at making a fake. 
    Post edited by mschostok on
    Milwaukee 2014
    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
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