2022 North American rumour thread take 2

CO278952

RiotAct10 said:

CO278952 said:

vedpunk said:

The new Andrew Watt produced PJ album is almost finished.  Tour dates will soon follow.

Is this true?

No

Thought the Can’t Deny me album was coming 

bootlegger10

So Foo Fighters played Australia.  They are going to MX and South America.  Then play the US in May.  

Yet PJ can't land the plane on scheduling shows that were already booked and paid for long ago.   This can't be that difficult.   Let's go already.  

shetellsherself

At this point the announcement has to be held up by some festival line up announcement and they want to drop all of the dates at once. 

I’m personally hoping for MSG to be fall and a bunch more east coast dates added in around that date.  I’ve got 3 kids and all are graduating this May/June (8th grade, 12th grade and college).  

HailHailVitalogy

We should be good by Tuesday. Don’t think it’s a coincidence that the announcement is “imminent” and SHN is announcing their lineup Tuesday. 

PJNB

Not much on ballpark rumours right now. I find that very odd. Also 4 major cities have very little info on them aside from the assumption they will be ballparks. 

Seattle
Chicago 
Boston
Philly

How is there nothing on these cities yet with leaks but there have been drips with NY?

Ryan

HailHailVitalogy said:

We should be good by Tuesday. Don’t think it’s a coincidence that the announcement is “imminent” and SHN is announcing their lineup Tuesday. 

SHN has nothing to do with a Pearl Jam announcement.  Pearl Jam doesn’t play festivals two years in a row, and Green Day is their big headliner this year.

bbiggs

bootlegger10 said:

So Foo Fighters played Australia.  They are going to MX and South America.  Then play the US in May.  

Yet PJ can't land the plane on scheduling shows that were already booked and paid for long ago.   This can't be that difficult.   Let's go already.  

Priceless.  And really puts it in perspective with some folks defending the delay due to the logistical challenges of scheduling during covid, insurance excuses, etc.  Others have figured it out and executed very well.  The PJ camp has not.

2-feign-reluctance

bbiggs said:

bootlegger10 said:

So Foo Fighters played Australia.  They are going to MX and South America.  Then play the US in May.  

Yet PJ can't land the plane on scheduling shows that were already booked and paid for long ago.   This can't be that difficult.   Let's go already.  

Priceless.  And really puts it in perspective with some folks defending the delay due to the logistical challenges of scheduling during covid, insurance excuses, etc.  Others have figured it out and executed very well.  The PJ camp has not.

Must be a personal FU by that logic then. Just has to be. 

link93

The difference is the FF absolutely love playing live and touring. PJ not so much. FF opening back up MSG last June was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. And going to see them in n Big Sky Montana will be awesome this summer. 

Can only dream of PJ doing cool stuff like that. That being said the variety of setlists for PJ shows make seeing multiple shows a must and I like PJ music better. Hope next week is the week. 

bbiggs

2-feign-reluctance said:

bbiggs said:

bootlegger10 said:

So Foo Fighters played Australia.  They are going to MX and South America.  Then play the US in May.  

Yet PJ can't land the plane on scheduling shows that were already booked and paid for long ago.   This can't be that difficult.   Let's go already.  

Priceless.  And really puts it in perspective with some folks defending the delay due to the logistical challenges of scheduling during covid, insurance excuses, etc.  Others have figured it out and executed very well.  The PJ camp has not.

Must be a personal FU by that logic then. Just has to be. 

Not at all.  I wasn't implying the band is waving the middle finger at their fans.  I couldn't begin to say what the cause of it is, but the fact is they have kicked the can down the road for a very long time and there have been several reasons (excuses?) mentioned as to why this could be.  The fact is that other bands (see the above post about Foo Fighters) have been able to pull touring off despite the same environment and challenges.  I'm not mad; not in the slightest.  I'll get to the shows when they happen or I won't.  It is just an observation and stating facts.

JimmyV

The announcement has been "imminent" for at least a month. My bet is that it will come on Monday, but I would have made the same bet last Monday. 

bbiggs

JimmyV said:

The announcement has been "imminent" for at least a month. My bet is that it will come on Monday, but I would have made the same bet last Monday. 

Let's hope.  It really just boils down to having ample time to plan vacation, time off work, etc.  Having less than 2 months notice is less than ideal, even if they've done it this way for 30 years.  This is a unique situation.

Given to...

March 1st come and gone...

Making seniority picks for vacation started 5 days ago. 

I realize its not a big deal in the scheme of the world right now, but we fans have hoops to jump through and bills to pay also.  Giving us a decent idea of when we can make our plans isnt whining, its making plans.  

Time to shit or get off the pot PJ.

RatherStarved

Ryan said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

We should be good by Tuesday. Don’t think it’s a coincidence that the announcement is “imminent” and SHN is announcing their lineup Tuesday. 

SHN has nothing to do with a Pearl Jam announcement.  Pearl Jam doesn’t play festivals two years in a row, and Green Day is their big headliner this year.

In a way I think it does.  If we assume there’s no PJ at SHN, nonetheless SHN may be trying a bluff technique by saying lineup Tuesday and buy now for best prices.  Knowing a PJ announcement is imminent, even if SHN isn’t in the tour they might get some people to buy SHN thinking they will be and beat the price increase.  I wouldn’t bet against that type of a marketing ploy.  

bootlegger10

A lot of problems and issues that we experience in life start or get worse as a product of poor communication.  This thread is a good example.  People are excited.  January comes and goes without any update.  February comes and goes without any update.  Fans start to get frustrated and start venting.  Speaking for myself I start to think they are selfish and trying to maximize their cash flows and risk by waiting as long as possible to commit to the detriment of their fans.   There may be a perfectly valid reason it is taking this long, but their lack of communication allows negativity to grow.

dmbolp

Nobody buy tickets when they finally do announce, and get refunds for tickets you do have

Let's show them who's boss!!

RatherStarved

dmbolp said:

Nobody buy tickets when they finally do announce, and get refunds for tickets you do have

Let's show them who's boss!!

Everyone follow that advice for 24 hours after the announcement please.  I could really use the time to optimize.  Thanks in advance

JeBurkhardt

dmbolp said:

Nobody buy tickets when they finally do announce, and get refunds for tickets you do have

Let's show them who's boss!!

😆

dmbolp

JeBurkhardt

dmbolp said:

Classic movie!