The Official 2023 Tour Rumor Thread

Lerxst1992

evenflow82 said:

PJ will probably do stadiums. There's too much money to be made for such little work. At this point in their career the band is a massive capitalist venture and the guys are old. 

Still love them more than just about any other band, but call it what it is.

Painful to say but will they fill stadiums outside of their 2 hometowns and the 3 major markets in the northeast, without excessive traveling by fan club members? Maybe? 

If the goal is to draw fans from around the US to travel to fill a handful of stadiums, maybe they should be considering the environmental impact of all that travel, and wait to tour the US when they can do a proper tour that fairly hits all the major markets in 2 or 3 legs.

At least one more "old fashioned" full US Tour please before calling it quits. Its been ten years. If they need to charge a little more to make the economics work so be it, worth every dollar to see them at a 360 arena show.

Douglas12373

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

nicknyr15

Douglas12373 said:

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

Everyone’s different. I love LB and that gets dragged through the mud here. I just can’t get into gigaton. I’m glad it was kept to minimum during my two shows and forever grateful that I didn’t get Buckle Up, Alright and River Cross. Just my opinion. 

JimmyV

Douglas12373 said:

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

Yeah, I wish I had gotten to hear more of it. Only four songs in two shows - Alright, Who Ever Said, DOTC twice and 7 O'clock twice. Don't really have a feel for any of these songs live yet. 

jdopj

JimmyV said:

Douglas12373 said:

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

Yeah, I wish I had gotten to hear more of it. Only four songs in two shows - Alright, Who Ever Said, DOTC twice and 7 O'clock twice. Don't really have a feel for any of these songs live yet. 

I really like the album but I don’t think most of the songs play well live. DOTC and 7 o’clock just seem to kill the vibe even though they are great songs 

biz999

I'm still thinking it will be a close-to-home year. Seattle, Gorge, Portland, Vancouver maybe.

darwinstheory

Give me Telluride and/or Red Rocks and the Gorge please. 

droptheleash9

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

I'm in the opposite boat. I can't wait for the Gigaton era to be over. I actually dig the album and have listened to it a lot. For me, I just associate the gigaton era with the pandemic, canceled shows, the shorter sets, the craze in getting tickets to certain shows (Baltimore, Nashville, MSG), etc... I said to a friend at one point during the first leg of the tour that this tour seemed to have been cursed from the get go. Ready for a reset even if that means fewer (and stadium) shows in 2023 but I'm sure that will be a very unpopular opinion around here.

Falling Down

Seeing Pearl Jam at least once a year should be a constitutional right. 

jimjam1982

droptheleash9 said:

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

I'm in the opposite boat. I can't wait for the Gigaton era to be over. I actually dig the album and have listened to it a lot. For me, I just associate the gigaton era with the pandemic, canceled shows, the shorter sets, the craze in getting tickets to certain shows (Baltimore, Nashville, MSG), etc... I said to a friend at one point during the first leg of the tour that this tour seemed to have been cursed from the get go. Ready for a reset even if that means fewer (and stadium) shows in 2023 but I'm sure that will be a very unpopular opinion around here.

All of this. Love the album but it's a cursed thing.

Let's get back to shows that are less static where anything can happen and longer sets. A new album and stadiums is the way to proceed.

Lost In Ohio

Pearl Jam fans are the home of hype and false hope.

Oh! They're in NYC on 9/11! It's gonna be an epic 3.5 hour show with all sorts of guests and tributes and rarities and...

Anyone who thinks a new album means the return of three hour shows... don't get your hopes up.

biz999

Lost In Ohio said:

Pearl Jam fans are the home of hype and false hope.

Oh! They're in NYC on 9/11! It's gonna be an epic 3.5 hour show with all sorts of guests and tributes and rarities and...

Anyone who thinks a new album means the return of three hour shows... don't get your hopes up.

What if the album is 3 hours long?

BrainofBGA

Not holding much hope for an Australian tour for Feb March. Time is getting on and there is literally zero rumour / speculation. I’m thinking at best it could be Oct Nov 23. 

aurelgugus

The USD is so strong against most of the currencies that I cannot see them touring outside of the USA in 2023…

Comatose Pilate

“Come back to Maine! 

Comatose Pilate

Hankj25

JimmyV said:

Douglas12373 said:

OceansJenny said:

jimjam1982 said:

The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!

Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 

100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

Yeah, I wish I had gotten to hear more of it. Only four songs in two shows - Alright, Who Ever Said, DOTC twice and 7 O'clock twice. Don't really have a feel for any of these songs live yet. 

The songs that I thought would sound great live (Who Ever Said, Never Destination and SBWM) have disappointed me in listening to all the bootlegs.  Ed has really struggled with the lyrics which throws the songs off too.  I like the album but not much translates to the live stage well. Retrograde sounds good live, but that’s about it.  I knew DOTC would be tough, 

hihobibo

Lerxst1992 said:

evenflow82 said:

PJ will probably do stadiums. There's too much money to be made for such little work. At this point in their career the band is a massive capitalist venture and the guys are old. 

Still love them more than just about any other band, but call it what it is.

Painful to say but will they fill stadiums outside of their 2 hometowns and the 3 major markets in the northeast, without excessive traveling by fan club members? Maybe? 

If the goal is to draw fans from around the US to travel to fill a handful of stadiums, maybe they should be considering the environmental impact of all that travel, and wait to tour the US when they can do a proper tour that fairly hits all the major markets in 2 or 3 legs.

At least one more "old fashioned" full US Tour please before calling it quits. Its been ten years. If they need to charge a little more to make the economics work so be it, worth every dollar to see them at a 360 arena show.

I wouldn't think Coldplay could fill a stadium, but they did. No doubt PJ could do the same. 

droptheleash9

^ I remember thinking the same thing. Coldplay is gonna sell out Gillette Stadium? No way. Then they did…

iwasatpj20

Hopefully Indianapolis and Milwaukee, I’m over Wrigley Field shows