To the Band: a Cross-Country Tour & Voter Drive Initiative for October 2022, Ohana/Chicago/D.C. V.4
And another one...
Ohana to Vegas to SLC to Lincoln to Ames to Yieldwaukee to Chicago to Detroit to Cleveland to PITT to Baltimore to D.C.
Again, reminiscent of the 2004 Vote For Change tour, 2022 will be crucial for the band to help elect politicians who support their causes & interests.
"For this is no time for depression, or self-indulgent hesitance
This fucked-up situation calls for all hands, hands on deck"
This fucked-up situation calls for all hands, hands on deck"
1. Ohana Encore - Dana Point, CA Fri. 10/07 & Sat. 10/08 (Ed & Painted Shield)
2. Las Vegas, NV - Mon. 10/10, Tue. 10/11, or Wed. 10/12 (PJ, new venue - hit the road while the gear is still unpacked!)
- House
races that need a Blue win: Dina Titus (1st District), Susie Lee (3rd)
& Steven Horsford (4th). Also, to elect Elizabeth Mercedes Krause
(2nd district),
- to help Senator Catherine Masto hold her Senate seat
- to help Governor Stephen Sisolak hold the Governor's chair
- - possible venues:
5. Ames, Iowa - Sun. 10/16, Mon. 10/17, or Tue. 10/18 (voter reg. initiative; don't know if we could get 2 small towns, but we can dream...)- T-Mobile Arena (the reliable choice, as long as we check vaccine & test status) 20,000
- Cashman Field (baseball, outdoors AND Metallica & Jerry Cantrell played there in '98) 12,500 <----
- Michelob Ultra Arena (UFC) 12,000
3. Salt Lake City, UT - Wed. 10/12, Thu. 10/13, or Fri. 10/14 (hey, it's on the way)
- House
races that need a Blue win: Rick Jones (1st District), Nicholas Mitchell (2nd), Glenn J. Wright (3rd), and Darlene McDonald (4th). Long shots, but worth a try.
- ugh... so, it's gonna come down to Evan McMullin (Independent), and Ted Cruz's BFF, Mike Lee. There's no easy choice here, but Evan hits at least the conservation side of PJ's environmental causes. Other than that, if you live in Utah, this is purely strategic: stop the GOP. No matter what.
- no Governor's race, but the Great salt Lake is running dry. Utah could use a kick in the ass from PJ.
- - possible venues:
- Vivant Arena (formerly the Delta Center) 20,000
- USANA Amphitheatre (outdoors, coincidentally the home of the last Crue fest
) 18,000 - 25,000
4. Lincoln, NE - Fri. 10/14, Sat. 10/15, or Sun. 10/16 (voter reg. initiative)
- House
races that need a Blue win: Patty Pansing Brooks (1st District), Tony Vargas
(2nd), and David Else (3rd). Vargas has the best shot.
- no Senate race this year, but always good to get people motivated & registered. Hell of a show (and poster) in October 2014!
- to elect Carol Blood to the Governor's chair, and keep Jim Pillen from trying to tell women what to do with their bodies
- - possible venues:
- Pinewood Bowl Theater (outdoors, ASM Global) 5,500
- Pinnacle Bank Arena (ASM Global) 14,620
- Charles Schwab Field Omaha (baseball, a beautiful park) 24,000
- House
races that need a Blue win: Christina Bohannan (1st District), Liz Mathis (IA-2), Cindy Axne (IA-3), and Ryan Melton (IA-4)
- Mitch McConnell's BFF Chuck Grassley will be *89* by this time next year. 7 terms in the Senate (41, going on 42 years). When he runs, he'll serve ANOTHER term if a Democrat is elected Governor, or retire in 2023 & let the Republican Governor appoint a Republican Senator without an election. Iowa MUST step up & elect Michael Franken.
- to defeat Governor Kim Reynolds, and help the Deidre DeJear take the Governor's chair
- - possible venues
7. Chicago, or Moline, IL - Thu. 10/20, Fri. 10/21, Sat. 10/22 or Sun. 10/23 - Hilton Coliseum (basketball arena; check vaccine & test status) 14,384
- Hey Jeff, they have a skate park
- I mean... it's Ames! Who else would do the poster?? Also, PJ actually had a gig here in 1991, but it was cut short. Time to make things right! Ames is a very blue-ish purple town, and the home to ISU. Could be the next Moline show! Speaking of...
6. Milwaukee, WI - Tue. 10/18, Wed. 10/19, or Thu. 10/20
- House
races that need a Blue win: Ann Roe (1st District), Mark Pocan
(2nd), Rebecca Cooke, or Deb McGrath (3rd), Gwen Moore (4th), Mike Van Someren (5th), Amy Washburn (6th), Richard Ausman (7th), and Robin Kettleson (8th)
- to elect Sarah Godlewski to the Senate, and send Tr*mp-buttsniffer & Putin-apologist Ron Johnson to the unemployment line
- to re-elect Tony Evers to the Governor's chair
- FiServ Forum (ASM Global, the Bradley Center was demolished, sadly) 18,412
- American Family Insurance Amphitheater (formerly known as the Marcus Amphitheater) 23,000
- House
races that need a Blue win: Jonathan Jackson (1st District), Robin Kelly (2nd), Delia Ramirez (3rd), Jesus Garcia (4th), Mike Quigley (5th), Sean Casten (6th), Danny K. Davis (7th), Raja Krishnamoorthi (8th), Jan Schakowsky (9th), Brad Schneider (10th), Bill Foster (11th), Homer Markel (12th), Nikki Budzinski (13th), Lauren Underwood (14th), Paul Lange (15th), Bradley Horges Jr. (16th, Kinzinger's old seat), and Eric Sorenson (17th)
- hats off to Adam Kinzinger (R) for doing SOMETHING to defeat make Tr*mp be held accountable for attempting a self-preserving coup
- to help re-elect Senator Tammy Duckworth to the Senate
- to help re-elect Governor J.B. Pritzker to the Governor's chair
- The Return to Moline. Then Wrigley?! And if not the latter, then a little love for the ol' United Center??
- TaxSlayer Center (formerly iWireless Center, circa 2014 - the No Code show) 12,000
- WinTrust Arena (ASM Global) 10,400
- United Center (Home of the Bulls) 23,500
- Wrigley Field (I mean, c'mon) 42,000+
8. Detroit, MI - Sun. 10/23, Mon. 10/24, or Tue. 10/25 (voter reg. initiative)
- House
races that need a Blue win: Robert Lorinser (1st District), Jerry Hilliard
(2nd), Hillary Scholten (3rd, key race), Joseph Alfonso, or Chris Glasser (4th), Bart Goldberg (5th), Debbie Dingell (6th), Elissa Slotkin (7th), Dan Kildee (8th), Brian Steven Jaye (9th), Angela Rogensues, or Rhonda Powell (10th), Haley Stevens (11th), Rashida Tlaib (12th), and Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (13th)
- no Senate race this year, but plenty of time to focus on the water crisis in Flint that has taken YEARS to fix due to Republican sponsored deregulation
- to help re-elect Gretchen Whitmer to the Governor's chair. She's tough as nails, and faced down a legit kidnapping threat. Michigan needs strong women leaders.
- DTE Energy Music Theatre (originally Pine Knob Music Theatre, outdoors) 15,274
- Little Caesars Arena (basketball) 17,131
- Jolt Credit Union Event Park (ASM Global, outdoors) 5,500
- RIP Joe Louis Arena. The Motor City beckons! Side note: DTE?? Meant to be! Also, it's on BOB SEGER DR.
9. Cleveland, or Toledo, OH - Tue. 10/25, Wed. 10/26, or Thu. 10/27
- House
races that need a Blue win: Greg Landsman (1st District), Samantha Meadows
(2nd), Joyce Beatty (3rd), Tamie Wilson (4th disctrict, this is Jim Jordan's seat. This NEEDS to happen), Craig Swartz (5th), Lou Lyras (6th), Matthew Diemer (7th), Vanessa Enoch (8th), Marcy Kaptur (9th), David Esrati (10th), Shontel Brown (11th), Amy Rippel-Elton (12th), Emilia Sykes (13th), Matt Kilboy (14th), and Gary Josephson, or Elizabeth McKenzie (15th)
- to help elect Tim Ryan to the Senate, and send J.D. Vance back to his private golf course
- to help elect Nan Whaley to the Governor's chair, and send Mike Dewine packing
- Huntington Center (ASM Global) 8,900
- Savage Arena (Toledo) 10,000
- Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (multipurpose, indoors) 19,400+
- Progressive Field (Home of the Guardians/Indians) 35,000-45,000
10. Pittsburgh, or WilkesBarre, PA - Thu. 10/27, Fri. 10/28, or Sat. 10/29
- House
races that need a Blue win: Ashley Ehasz (1st District), Brendan Boyle
(2nd), Dwight Evans (3rd), Madeleine Dean (4th), Mary Gay Scanlon (5th), Chrissy Houlahan
(6th), Susan Wild (7th), Matt Cartwright (8th), Amanda Waldman (9th),
Shamaine Daniels(10th), Robert Hollister (11th), Summer Lee (12th), Ronnie Ray Jenkins (15th), Dan Pastore (16th), and Christopher Deluzio (17th),
- to help elect John Fetterman to the Senate, and send New Jersey resident Dr. Oz back to his gawdy mansion
- to help elect Josh Shapiro to the Governor's chair, and send Doug Mastriano packing
- Santander Arena (ASM Global) 8,800
- Mohegan Sun Arena @ Casey Plaza (ASM Global) 10,000
- PPG Paints Arena (multipurpose, formerly the 2013 venue, Consol Energy Center) 19,700+
- PNC Park (Home of the Pirates) 40,900
11. Baltimore, or Columbia, MD - Sun. 10/30, Mon. 10/31 or Tue. 11/01
- House
races that need a Blue win: Heather Mizeur, or Dave Harden (1st
District), Dutch Ruppersberger, or Liri Fusha (2nd), John Sarbanes
(3rd), Dem primary winner TBD
(4th), Steny Hoyer, or Mckayla Wilkes
(5th), David Trone, or the primary winner (6th), Kweisi Mfume, or Elihu
Eli El (7th), and actual hero & patriot Jamie Raskin (8th)
- to
help re-elect Chris Van Hollen to the Senate & defeat the GOP
nominee who will vote against the woman's right to choose, and do
nothing to stop gun violence
- to help defeat the GOP nominee and elect Wes Moore, or Tom Perez (yeah, I know he sucks, but a Republican would be worse) to the Governor's chair
- the Royals Farm renovation threw a real monkey wrench into the band's plans, so this is welcome & due
- - possible venues:
- Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD (another legendary ballpark) 45,971
- Merriweather Post Ampitheatre, Columbia, MD (would be legendary) 19,319
- Royal Farms Arena (the cancelled 2020/2022 show, yeah... it's a hornet's nest, but let's break the new arena in, yeah?) 14,000
- MECU Pavilion, Baltimore, MD (ASM Global, a bit low - maybe do the lottery thing) 4,600
12. Washington D.C. - Tue. 11/01, Wed. 11/02, Thu. 11/03, or Fri. 11/04
- - possible venues: - last ditch effort to keep voters motivated & empowered - possible live stream?
- advocate for D.C. to become the 51st State
- send a message to Washington D.C. elected officials that every woman has the right to choose, greater gun control measures are needed, and that planet needs our attention more than ever
- Nationals Park (outdoors, back to back ballparks would be sweet) 41,300
- National Sylvan Theater, (outdoors, on the National Mall) 10,000
- Capital One Arena (formerly the Verizon Center) 20,300
- Entertainment and Sports Arena, (ASM Global, a bit low - maybe do the lottery thing) 4,600-5,000
Any thoughts on outdoor venues welcome! (Indoor venues will be a fall back). Any candidates listed are not official endorsements of the band.
If you know of a Republican, or an Independent who has an actual chance
of winning who shares the band's views on women's rights, gun violence,
and environmental issues (all 3), by all means: mention them & I'll
give 'em a look. If any of the above mentioned Democrats don't reflect
the band's views, I'll gladly remove them.
At
the end of the day, this thread is a logistical pitch to the band to
travel the country one more time this year, play some more shows, work
with regular partners like HeadCount & Surfrider to promote causes
they are passionate about, and maybe, just maybe, elect officials who
will help enact policies that support those causes.
Regardless...
Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2022
PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 & 05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01 & 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18 & 09/19/23: Austin I & II, 05/16 & 05/18/24: Las Vegas I & II, 08/29 & 08/31/24: Wrigley Field I & II, 09/03 & 09/04/24: MSG I & II, 09/27 & 09/29/24: Ohana Festival I & II
EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Gremmie Out Of Control (BAM!), Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Whale Song (DOUBLE BAM!), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, Got to Give, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Gremmie Out Of Control (BAM!), Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Whale Song (DOUBLE BAM!), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, Got to Give, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08 ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
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Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Gremmie Out Of Control (BAM!), Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Whale Song (DOUBLE BAM!), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, Got to Give, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Gremmie Out Of Control (BAM!), Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Whale Song (DOUBLE BAM!), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, Got to Give, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Gremmie Out Of Control (BAM!), Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Whale Song (DOUBLE BAM!), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, Got to Give, and the Mamasan Trilogy.