*** Pearl Jam New York, NY Fanviews 9/11/22 ***

cameronwu

Excellent show. Only seen PJ 4-5 times.  

Hopped on NJTransit sans ticket. Went straight to will call at 8pm and stuck finger in air. Got $200 nosebleed after 15min. Headed straight to lower level sec106. Had half a row to ourselves the whole night. Met blonde Alaskan beauty (also there solo) and grooved the whole evening. Again, excellent show….

I particularly enjoyed Release opener and Evolution. McCready Star Spangled Banner solo closer a la Woodstock Jimi was great for 9/11…..

never miss a Sunday show

JPPJ84

cameronwu said:

Excellent show. Only seen PJ 4-5 times.  

Hopped on NJTransit sans ticket. Went straight to will call at 8pm and stuck finger in air. Got $200 nosebleed after 15min. Headed straight to lower level sec106. Had half a row to ourselves the whole night. Met blonde Alaskan beauty (also there solo) and grooved the whole evening. Again, excellent show….

I particularly enjoyed Release opener and Evolution. McCready Star Spangled Banner solo closer a la Woodstock Jimi was great for 9/11…..

never miss a Sunday show

Tickets at will call and empty seats?? That’s crazy considering how many people were looking for tickets!

paulstraub

In from the west coast, first show at the Garden and just amazing, positive energy in the pit. About 10 feet back and the entire GA section was just moving. Seen dozens of shows, this is top 3 I’ve seen for both for energy, set list and sound. Second Seattle home show 8/10/18 and April 8, 1994 (day all learned Kurt was gone) were the only two that would rival this for me. Thought they might open with Release and it was one of the best live versions I’ve seen.

xavier mcdaniel

JPPJ84 said:

cameronwu said:

Excellent show. Only seen PJ 4-5 times.  

Hopped on NJTransit sans ticket. Went straight to will call at 8pm and stuck finger in air. Got $200 nosebleed after 15min. Headed straight to lower level sec106. Had half a row to ourselves the whole night. Met blonde Alaskan beauty (also there solo) and grooved the whole evening. Again, excellent show….

I particularly enjoyed Release opener and Evolution. McCready Star Spangled Banner solo closer a la Woodstock Jimi was great for 9/11…..

never miss a Sunday show

Tickets at will call and empty seats?? That’s crazy considering how many people were looking for tickets!

that's wild and that's a decent section, kind of an underrated view. I was in 104 and this show was really good. We were joking about how much the union was going to get extra since it's 10 grand for every minute a band goes over curfew.

cameronwu

JPPJ84 said:

cameronwu said:

Excellent show. Only seen PJ 4-5 times.  

Hopped on NJTransit sans ticket. Went straight to will call at 8pm and stuck finger in air. Got $200 nosebleed after 15min. Headed straight to lower level sec106. Had half a row to ourselves the whole night. Met blonde Alaskan beauty (also there solo) and grooved the whole evening. Again, excellent show….

I particularly enjoyed Release opener and Evolution. McCready Star Spangled Banner solo closer a la Woodstock Jimi was great for 9/11…..

never miss a Sunday show

Tickets at will call and empty seats?? That’s crazy considering how many people were looking for tickets!

Yes got very lucky.  To be clear, I camped out I will call just in case anyone had extras after pickup.  Didn’t even sit in our nosebleeds, and hardly anyone showed up to the lower level row we snuck into….. schwing!

JPPJ84

cameronwu said:

JPPJ84 said:

cameronwu said:

Excellent show. Only seen PJ 4-5 times.  

Hopped on NJTransit sans ticket. Went straight to will call at 8pm and stuck finger in air. Got $200 nosebleed after 15min. Headed straight to lower level sec106. Had half a row to ourselves the whole night. Met blonde Alaskan beauty (also there solo) and grooved the whole evening. Again, excellent show….

I particularly enjoyed Release opener and Evolution. McCready Star Spangled Banner solo closer a la Woodstock Jimi was great for 9/11…..

never miss a Sunday show

Tickets at will call and empty seats?? That’s crazy considering how many people were looking for tickets!

Yes got very lucky.  To be clear, I camped out I will call just in case anyone had extras after pickup.  Didn’t even sit in our nosebleeds, and hardly anyone showed up to the lower level row we snuck into….. schwing!

Cool, happy for you 😊

Pearlybaker

Some of the best energy I’ve ever felt at a show for the first 30 minutes or so including one of the best Release I’ve ever heard.

Unfortunately the crown tapped out with the Gigaton stuff - a couple good energy moments after but certainly not the greatest MSG show I’ve seen. 

cbbjr

This was my 18th show, first time at MSG, and first time seeing them since 2018. Seats were near the very top behind the stage on Mike’s side.

Best version of Release I have heard, and then straight into a kick ass version of Garden. Other highlights were Present Tense, getting Porch early in the set, Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns, Sonic Reducer, and feeling the entire building shake during RITFW. Nice shoutout to John Feal on 9/11. In seeing the set list, it is too bad they crossed out River Cross and the three alternates - Sad, Corduroy, and Faithful - would have been great additions, but I’m not complaining.

Given my seat location, it was interesting to watch Josh. I wondered what he did the entire show, but that guy stays busy - it was interesting to watch him work given the range of skills he brings to the band. And for anyone who complains about the shorter set lists this year, the guys are giving it their all.

rett1448

3+ hours pAst mSG …. 

brains - jammed
…
pearl jammed

Jeremys Spoken

The floor…was….MOVING.

We showed up as a crowd tonight.

Best crowd energy in a loooongggg time..

2-feign-reluctance

I love all these post-sex reviews, haha!! Can’t wait to hear the bootleg! 

mcgruff10

Sounds like the only garden show I've ever missed was straight fire!!!!  Glad to hear you guys got a kick ass show.  See you in Camden. 

on2legs

I’ve managed to make every MSG concert over the years and this one was as good as any of them.  I left pretty blown away with their energy and how good the music sounded.   The setlist was fantastic and the Gigaton songs were amazing.  They sounded like really great setlist staples and vintage Pearl jam as opposed to when I saw them played at SHN.  

We were one section over and a few rows behind Venus and Serena Williams.  It was cool to see Venus singing along… she’s clearly a fan of the music as she knew the words.  

Loved getting Porch early in the set.  Sonic Reducer would have been my number one cover request and it was brilliant.  

Overall it was an amazing show.  We brought our 16 year old and 18 year old and they had such a great time.  It wasn’t their first show but I think seeing the energy at MSG made them get what Dad loves about Pearl Jam.  

On to Camden and Nashville!

danlee1095

on2legs said:

I’ve managed to make every MSG concert over the years and this one was as good as any of them.  I left pretty blown away with their energy and how good the music sounded.   The setlist was fantastic and the Gigaton songs were amazing.  They sounded like really great setlist staples and vintage Pearl jam as opposed to when I saw them played at SHN.  

We were one section over and a few rows behind Venus and Serena Williams.  It was cool to see Venus singing along… she’s clearly a fan of the music as she knew the words.  

Loved getting Porch early in the set.  Sonic Reducer would have been my number one cover request and it was brilliant.  

Overall it was an amazing show.  We brought our 16 year old and 18 year old and they had such a great time.  It wasn’t their first show but I think seeing the energy at MSG made them get what Dad loves about Pearl Jam.  

On to Camden and Nashville!

Well said and can’t wait to have this moment with my kids (now 14 / 12) only issue is we may never get a show like that one again!  Unbelievable night!!

JimmyV

My first MSG show in the books. What an incredible night. The band was on fire. Release to start is always awesome. My second Garden in 8 days after not getting it since 1994. Comeback, Present Tense into Porch...what an incredible start. Chloe/Crown I never expected. Purple Rain is fun live. That and Who Ever Said were my only firsts this show, but we did get a scratched River Cross which was fine by me. Moving Porch and Betterman around meant we knew RVM was coming and couldn't be happier. The room was packed and the energy was so good all night. Great night in NY. 

JoeyP21

on2legs said:

Loved getting Porch early in the set.  Sonic Reducer would have been my number one cover request and it was brilliant.  

Said the same thing to my buddy about an early Porch. Really set the tone for where the rest of the night went!

Didn’t have the best seats, but this was my first time sitting behind the stage. I’ve heard it before from people before in the past, but you really get a new appreciation for how fucking incredible Matt Cameron is on the drum kit from behind the stage! Still buzzing from this one - see everyone at Camden! 🙌🏻

CROJAM95

Oh man, found out right after the show I had to be up at 430am after getting home around 130am 🤦🏻To Long Island, just drove by msg @ 615am after being there not too long ago 🤦🏻🤦🏻

But I’m running on the juice from last night, I thought it was an amazing night… I’m past over analyzing this year msg vs another year etc etc… just living in the moment, and that was a wonderful one. Felt the emotion of that heart wrenching day…release/ come back got me good. Early Porch was intense, sonic reducer was a jolt.

thank you Pearl Jam for an amazing NY weekend from the baseball game Thursday, being able to attend Apollo & being in GA last night… I’ll never forget it. It’s those moments that make it all worth while, worth working hard for… to have that FEELING

just a fun day being at mustang Harry’s watching the games… lined up in GA around 530, had fun In the lounge area on msg floor…. Came up about 5 people short on license plate & blue hat…. Didn’t push for ga spot, rolled in around 820… got about 12-15 people back from ED & Mike

see u in Camden

please play marker in the sand 😉

brookelily

I’m not from NYC, but was lucky enough to be in the building last night.  That was my 16th show, so no expert either, but there’s Pearl Jam in NYC and PJ everywhere else.

From Release to Mike putting the finishing touches on the SSB, the crowd was just electric.

The shorter sets, and I’ve seen 2-3 shows at 2:50 and up that were very good, seem to have the band in excellent form,

What a night 

Karts

My 7th Garden show. Good times but the weakest. Too many hits, seen it all before. Not enough of Gigaton; long gone are the days of challenging the crowd. 

The band is also not as tight as they were a decade ago. I just felt Stone and/or Matt not as into it, and there were plenty of mistakes and miscues. The amazing crowd were ahead of them and helping out. 

Has Stone been masked all tour? Haven't been following. Not sure I saw him on a microphone as a result. 

Where I was (223), Mike seemed low in the mix the first hour, but it may have just been everything a half step down. Sludgy stuff. 

Finally, following up the first responders speech with RVM was just a dumb choice. It used to be talking to the crowd would set the tone for the music. I guess as a primarily greatest hits band now this is to be expected. 

kosteva2

Great show!  Definitely top 5 of my 30+ shows; maybe top 2.  
The MSG Factor is real.  You can take same band playing the same set in MSG or other arena and the MSG one going to be a better experience.  Just a different energy than any other venue I've been to and it shows.  Great sound all around.  The way the venue shaped it feels like you're in an old Roman Coliseum looking at the sections stacked vertically on each other.  Always seems to be a symbiotic relationship between the band/fans there that makes everything better.  Way different experience than the Apollo show the night before.  
Of the 4 MSG shows I've been to this seemed to have the best crowd/energy/vibe.  Maybe since it was all just waiting to bust out after all the Ten Club fans finally got to use the tickets they'd been holding onto for two and a half years.
Very well constructed setlist.  No duds.  No down moments where people started looking to sit down.  Gigaton songs sounded great live and were nicely spaced in between the classic sing alongs (unlike Apollo night before).  Release opener never a bad thing.  Garden, Present Tense, Porch all in the first 5 songs awesome.  Chloe/Crown for the early 90's rarity.  Sonic Reducer always great (of the favorite shows I've been to this seems to be an unexpected common denominator).  First time seeing Purple Rain and that sounded great with Josh/Eddie trading verses.  Mike throwing in Star Spangled Banner at the end reminded me of the Philly 2016 Ten show where they all new they killed it up there and wanted to put the coda on it to cap it all off.
MSG/NYC shows always seem to have unrealistic expectations/hype.  There always seems to be some expectation of special guests or one of a kind covers.  This show didn't need it (except for Chad Smith from RHCP showing up partway through RITFW) and still lived up to the hype.