The Official 2024 TOUR Thread

eboweddie

Is the Royal Hospital at kilmainham a possible venue for any Dublin show.  

halloweenhead95

HailHailVitalogy said:

I’m hoping Europe gets weird like Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Zagreb, non-Berlin German date, Bilbao/San Sebastian, Lisbon 

Well, we know for certain that Hipodrom Zagreb is booked on July 2024! Local music press have their money on the Rolling Stones… but who knows!

It’s a huge place and only handful of bands played there in the last 30 years: Bowie, Stones, Metallica, RHCP… I think that the last concert there was RHCP in 2012 (35000 people).

Pearl Jam played in Zagreb in 2006 (8000 people).

Kearn5y

eboweddie said:

Is the Royal Hospital at kilmainham a possible venue for any Dublin show.  

Yeah, why not. Its another 20k capacity venue and not a bad one at that. 

lastexitlondon

It will be 02 in London for sure

mikeyb107

Could have Foo fighters, Pearl jam and smashing pumpkins in the space of two weeks in Dublin in June which would be great

Gravey1975

lastexitlondon said:

It will be 02 in London for sure

100%. Shame, as it's shit.

Kearn5y

Gravey1975 said:

lastexitlondon said:

It will be 02 in London for sure

100%. Shame, as it's shit.

Better than Wembley Arena though

drfox

Kearn5y said:

Gravey1975 said:

lastexitlondon said:

It will be 02 in London for sure

100%. Shame, as it's shit.

Better than Wembley Arena though

Exactly. Wembley is terrible. I actually don’t think the O2 is that bad. The sound is better than the majority of arenas

JPPJ84

Kearn5y said:

eboweddie said:

Is the Royal Hospital at kilmainham a possible venue for any Dublin show.  

Yeah, why not. Its another 20k capacity venue and not a bad one at that. 

I saw The Frames there in May, it’s a nice enough venue

Zen23

Gravey1975 said:

lastexitlondon said:

It will be 02 in London for sure

100%. Shame, as it's shit.

Why? A little more content.

Gravey1975

Zen23 said:

Gravey1975 said:

lastexitlondon said:

It will be 02 in London for sure

100%. Shame, as it's shit.

Why? A little more content.

Pain in the ass to get to if you live outside of London. 
Exceptionally poor public transport after the show (huge queues for the underground station in particular).
Poor sound (though better than Wembley Arena for sure), particularly if you're in the back half of the arena.

Basically it's a bun fight and a stress unless you have a hotel in walking distance, and even then the sound quality is pretty crappy in the main. The whole place was lambasted when it was first being used as a music venue but these days folks just grin and bear it cos of the lack of decent alternatives. 

lastexitlondon

Gravey1975 said:

Zen23 said:

Gravey1975 said:

lastexitlondon said:

It will be 02 in London for sure

100%. Shame, as it's shit.

Why? A little more content.

Pain in the ass to get to if you live outside of London. 
Exceptionally poor public transport after the show (huge queues for the underground station in particular).
Poor sound (though better than Wembley Arena for sure), particularly if you're in the back half of the arena.

Basically it's a bun fight and a stress unless you have a hotel in walking distance, and even then the sound quality is pretty crappy in the main. The whole place was lambasted when it was first being used as a music venue but these days folks just grin and bear it cos of the lack of decent alternatives. 

This is all true from my experience. I do like the sound but I've only ever been first few rows g.a

Zen23

Is it a fundamental problem with the acoustics of the venue? Or can good sound engineers get something good out of it? After all these years and all the experience with the venue. After all, this is not an unknown, insignificant venue.

RatherStarved

The one and only time I was at the O2 in London, the post show transit hack was to grab a double decker bus and take that to another station.  

Muffin The Mule

O2 is the same as Ziggo Dome, if you're over 6 feet tall you're OK! 

Anywhere is better than Wembley Arena though.

Gravey1975

Earls Court sound was also super dodgy but at least it was easy access.

Gravey1975

Roundhouse is the dream venue but sadly way too small for PJ.

Zen23

Muffin The Mule said:

O2 is the same as Ziggo Dome, if you're over 6 feet tall you're OK! 

Anywhere is better than Wembley Arena though.

I am under 6 feet tall. Went to Ziggo Dome 2022 and it was great.

rummy

Gravey1975 said:

Roundhouse is the dream venue but sadly way too small for PJ.

You never know. Radiohead played a few shows there in 2016.

ilockyer

Zen23 said:

Is it a fundamental problem with the acoustics of the venue? Or can good sound engineers get something good out of it? After all these years and all the experience with the venue. After all, this is not an unknown, insignificant venue.

A good sound engineer who takes the time can get very good to excellent sound in either Wembley or The o2. 
Saw Porcupine Tree at Wembley Arena last year and they had the best sound of any arena show I saw that year. Granted, they did apparently spend a long time working on it, but for the price of tickets, that should be the norm for all... not the usual half an hour, we can hear a noise from the instrument, next... approach a lot take. 
The o2 has good sound for an arena of its shape and size, can quite often get an echo off the back of it though. Thought PJ sound was good for the 2009 and 2018 shows.

mrk2

I've been to the O2 in London once, Queen last year. I remember the sound being really good. Had great lower section seats. Well, this was the 9th show during their run at the venue, so they had had plenty of time to dial the sound just right.

Gravey1975

rummy said:

Gravey1975 said:

Roundhouse is the dream venue but sadly way too small for PJ.

You never know. Radiohead played a few shows there in 2016.

I was at those shows and the Atoms For Peace shows there too. The sound quality and visibility and atmosphere was fabulous. O2 isn't unlistenable, but the poor transport links definitely make it a supremely poor venue all things considered. 

YourDirtisMyfood

mikeyb107 said:

Could have Foo fighters, Pearl jam and smashing pumpkins in the space of two weeks in Dublin in June which would be great

I was in Marshalls and TJ Maxx over the weekend and they are now selling Foo Fighters and Smashing Pumpkin T-shirts for like $10.  I got a SP one as it was on sale for $8.  I wonder if Pearl Jam will have concert/T shirts at Marshalls soon.

JojoRice

YourDirtisMyfood said:

mikeyb107 said:

Could have Foo fighters, Pearl jam and smashing pumpkins in the space of two weeks in Dublin in June which would be great

I was in Marshalls and TJ Maxx over the weekend and they are now selling Foo Fighters and Smashing Pumpkin T-shirts for like $10.  I got a SP one as it was on sale for $8.  I wonder if Pearl Jam will have concert/T shirts at Marshalls soon.

Highly doubtful. PJ usually keeps all their merch in house. 

RatherStarved

Um, things are really slow in rumorland with the last two posts.  

IJustWantedLukin

Bunting10 said:

SA ruled out.  Similar posts for Europe and Australia not ruled out by Dimi!  No posts for the US but I assume their will be something.

This corroborates current rumours that we got going i.e. australia. theyve never done SA and Australia in the same year 

matt84

RatherStarved said:

Um, things are really slow in rumorland with the last two posts.  

Yeah I don’t think there’s actually any strong rumours floating about. Just people’s expectations.

JojoRice

Creed just announced tour.  Where you at PJ!!??

darwinstheory

JojoRice said:

Creed just announced tour.  Where you at PJ!!??

You deserve to be banned for 30 days. And a UGA loss. That is all.

JojoRice

Go Dawgs!!