If they're going to play St. John then it would be amazing to see a show on the complete opposite side of the country in Victoria.
I still think we're too small market for it to happen, but I would crap my pants if they played here. I think our Arena only holds about 7000 people if you sell the entire floor and side/behind stage tickets.
With a band that plays small tours.. I'm not sure what the odds are of them play a venue that small.
I still haven't gotten over the fact Foo Fighters were booked to play here before Taylor Hawkins passed away. I never expected them to play our small Arena, I was so stoked we were getting a show here, and we had floor tickets. Then the double whammy of him passing away, and the show getting cancelled :(
you never know. The Hip could sell out $15,000 seaters and they played there.
That's true, but the hip had limited options. They weren't that big outside Canada, so playing a 7000 seat Arena in Victoria was better than playing a theatre in Seattle or a bar in Illinois If they stuck to 15000+ seaters they would of only every played Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, and Quebec City? They sort of had to go smaller to have some other places to play. PJ doesn't really need to do that, they can play venues that size in North America, Europe, Australia, South America, even bigger venues in many of those places.
In regards to PJ, and the slim chance they play here one day, I used to think we'd make a good warm up show city. Sort of like the London 2013 show. We're 130km/80miles from Seattle, it's nice here, our Arena is small but decent, and we love a good live show It's too bad they don't really do warmup shows anymore :(
FAN CLUB SHOW IN VICTORIA!!!
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Yup! The only reason I went to only two shows is the fact that I was a broke student at the time lol. I would have gone to those St. John's shows in a second if it would have been a possibility
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obviously WINNIPEG, where Neil Young spent his formative years, MUST BE INCLUDED. BLASPHEMY JIMMY V
OOF! You are right, my bad.
St. John's
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto x2
Thunder Bay
Regina/Saskatoon WINNIPEG
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver x2
ya gotta keep Saskatoon on there.
and add Victoria for a Fan Club acoustic show!
Thanks, why do people keep forgetting about Victoria? We're bigger than St. John's, St. John, Halifax, Moncton, Thunder Bay, Saskatoon and Regina. I always felt like 2005 might of been our best bet at getting show as we're bigger than the capital cities of the Atlantic provinces
Also, to be unbiased I would add Halifax onto the list. St John's on the edge of Canada. It's a long way to go without doing another show in Atlantic Canada.
I think feasibly I'd do:
St. John's, Halifax Quebec City Montreal Ottawa Torontox2 Winnipeg Saskatoon (it's bigger than Regina) Edmonton (Has a nicer arena than Calgary) Vancouver Victoria.
Didn't put St. John, Thunder Bay or Penticton on my list because they have less than 100k people If New Brunswick needs representation, maybe Moncton, but Moncton isn't that big
Kelowna is bigger than 100,000 and deserves a show. Tool is playing there soon, but I skipped it because of the ticket prices
You should take another look. Ticket prices for Calgary have completely collapsed and they're slowly but surely releasing the ridiculous VIP seats for normal (not Platinum) pricing (snagged 4th row floor last night after realizing it and it looks to be happening for Kelowna too). Sorry to side track things. Except screw Edmonton (and if PJ is going to schlep all the way up there, there's no reason not to do a Calgary show since they need to pass through either way).
Kelowna is bigger than 100,000 and deserves a show. Tool is playing there soon, but I skipped it because of the ticket prices
You should take another look. Ticket prices for Calgary have completely collapsed and they're slowly but surely releasing the ridiculous VIP seats for normal (not Platinum) pricing (snagged 4th row floor last night after realizing it and it looks to be happening for Kelowna too). Sorry to side track things. Except screw Edmonton (and if PJ is going to schlep all the way up there, there's no reason not to do a Calgary show since they need to pass through either way).
I grew up in central Alberta (near Jasper) and still say fuck Edmonton lol. The Saddledumb is a horrible venue, it’s gawd awful.
Thanks for the heads up! I’m going to take a look at the Tool tickets for Kelowna and see if I can grab a few. They were outlandish when I saw the announcement
obviously WINNIPEG, where Neil Young spent his formative years, MUST BE INCLUDED. BLASPHEMY JIMMY V
OOF! You are right, my bad.
St. John's
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto x2
Thunder Bay
Regina/Saskatoon WINNIPEG
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver x2
ya gotta keep Saskatoon on there.
and add Victoria for a Fan Club acoustic show!
Thanks, why do people keep forgetting about Victoria? We're bigger than St. John's, St. John, Halifax, Moncton, Thunder Bay, Saskatoon and Regina. I always felt like 2005 might of been our best bet at getting show as we're bigger than the capital cities of the Atlantic provinces
Also, to be unbiased I would add Halifax onto the list. St John's on the edge of Canada. It's a long way to go without doing another show in Atlantic Canada.
I think feasibly I'd do:
St. John's, Halifax Quebec City Montreal Ottawa Torontox2 Winnipeg Saskatoon (it's bigger than Regina) Edmonton (Has a nicer arena than Calgary) Vancouver Victoria.
Didn't put St. John, Thunder Bay or Penticton on my list because they have less than 100k people If New Brunswick needs representation, maybe Moncton, but Moncton isn't that big
I think "forgetting about Victoria" is just a fact of being so close to Vancouver. People just assume Victorians would just head to Van for the show. Big bands rarely hit Regina either because it's so close to Saskatoon.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Would just like to point out that Thunder Bay a, is the greatest city in the world, and b, once hosted a Pearl Jam concert. I'm sitting next to the poster, and every so often I look at it and remind myself, "They really did play the arena where you learned how to skate."
Minneapolis 1998 | Jones Beach I & II, Montreal, and Toronto 2000 | Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal and Hershey 2003 | Boston I & II 2004 | Thunder Bay, Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto 2005 | Toronto I & II 2006 | The Vic and Lollapalooza 2007 | Calgary and Toronto 2009 | PJ20 I & II, Toronto I & II, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton 2011 | London, Chicago, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle 2013 | Ottawa and Toronto I & II 2016 | Chicago I & II 2018 | Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto 2022
I really wish I had done a few dates on both the 2005/2011 tours. 2011 I had two very young children, but 2005 I was childless. Should have really done at least 4 shows or so. All I did was Winnipeg.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Would just like to point out that Thunder Bay a, is the greatest city in the world, and b, once hosted a Pearl Jam concert. I'm sitting next to the poster, and every so often I look at it and remind myself, "They really did play the arena where you learned how to skate."
I concur, but we really do need a new arena/convention center to draw more shows.
1996: Toronto 2003: St. Paul 2005: Thunder Bay 2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa 2009: Chicago I, Chicago II 2010: Boston 2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg 2012: Missoula 2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo 2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee 2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II 2022: Hamilton, Toronto 2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II 2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
obviously WINNIPEG, where Neil Young spent his formative years, MUST BE INCLUDED. BLASPHEMY JIMMY V
OOF! You are right, my bad.
St. John's
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto x2
Thunder Bay
Regina/Saskatoon WINNIPEG
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver x2
ya gotta keep Saskatoon on there.
and add Victoria for a Fan Club acoustic show!
Thanks, why do people keep forgetting about Victoria? We're bigger than St. John's, St. John, Halifax, Moncton, Thunder Bay, Saskatoon and Regina. I always felt like 2005 might of been our best bet at getting show as we're bigger than the capital cities of the Atlantic provinces
Also, to be unbiased I would add Halifax onto the list. St John's on the edge of Canada. It's a long way to go without doing another show in Atlantic Canada.
I think feasibly I'd do:
St. John's, Halifax Quebec City Montreal Ottawa Torontox2 Winnipeg Saskatoon (it's bigger than Regina) Edmonton (Has a nicer arena than Calgary) Vancouver Victoria.
Didn't put St. John, Thunder Bay or Penticton on my list because they have less than 100k people If New Brunswick needs representation, maybe Moncton, but Moncton isn't that big
I think "forgetting about Victoria" is just a fact of being so close to Vancouver. People just assume Victorians would just head to Van for the show. Big bands rarely hit Regina either because it's so close to Saskatoon.
I do, but a local show would be amazing. When you think about it, it's about a 3.5 hour trip from Victoria to Vancouver or 5-6 hours to Seattle to see big shows. The 5 hour drive from Saskatoon to Edmonton isn't that much different, if we use the, there's something close argument
The only time I've ever slept in my own bed after a PJ show was Calgary 2009. I was living in Edmonton at the time, so we drove the 3 hours back after the show. Not an option when you live on an Island :(
Kelowna is bigger than 100,000 and deserves a show. Tool is playing there soon, but I skipped it because of the ticket prices
Kelowna is just over 100,000, kind of like Nanaimo here on Vancouver Island. That's not a super big market. When I was working on my list, I was mostly trying to think of places that have over 250,000 people.
It's all moot though, because so much of Canada is small market. There's a reason most bands dip in from US tours to play the bigger markets only :(
When they’re only playing 9-12 dates over a three week leg, you’re never going to see a tour like 2005 again. A 2005 itinerary now would take like two months for the band to complete with how many days off they take (one between each show, at least one or two days off between cities). In 2005 they play six shows in seven nights going from Saskatoon to southern Ontario. That would never happen now.
I think the itinerary we saw in 2011 is best-case, but as I mentioned before, Canadian dates sprinkled in with US dates, like 2013, 2016, 2022 is most likely.
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2003 - June 15 Fargo 2005 - Sept 1 George, Sept 8 Winnipeg 2006 - May 9/10 Toronto, June 26/27 St. Paul, July 22/23 George, Oct 21/22 Mountain View 2007 - Aug 2/5 Chicago 2008 - June 22 Washington, June 24/25 New York 2009 - Aug 21 Toronto, Aug 23/24 Chicago, Sept 21/22 Seattle, Oct 27/28/30/31 Philadelphia 2010 - May 15 Hartford, May 17 Boston, Oct 23/24 Mountain View 2011 - Sept 3/4 Alpine Valley, Sept 11/12 Toronto, Sept 17 Winnipeg, Sept 19 Saskatoon 2012 - Sept 30 Missoula 2013 - July 16 London, July 19 Chicago, Oct 12 Buffalo, Dec 2 Calgary, Dec 4 Vancouver, Dec 6 Seattle 2014 - Oct 16 Detroit, Oct 19 St. Paul, Oct 20 Milwaukee 2015 - Sept 23 (Colbert)/Sept 26, New York 2016 - Apr 28/29 Philadelphia, May 10/12 Toronto, Aug 20/22 Chicago
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-EV 8/14/93
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
-EV 8/14/93
You should be impressed I didn't try to sneak in a few New England shows.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
-EV 8/14/93
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
can’t eliminate the Paris of the prairies either
and add Victoria for a Fan Club acoustic show!
-EV 8/14/93
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
Also, to be unbiased I would add Halifax onto the list. St John's on the edge of Canada. It's a long way to go without doing another show in Atlantic Canada.
I think feasibly I'd do:
St. John's,
Halifax
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Torontox2
Winnipeg
Saskatoon (it's bigger than Regina)
Edmonton (Has a nicer arena than Calgary)
Vancouver
Victoria.
Didn't put St. John, Thunder Bay or Penticton on my list because they have less than 100k people
-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93
2003: St. Paul
2005: Thunder Bay
2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
2010: Boston
2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
2012: Missoula
2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
2022: Hamilton, Toronto
2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
The only time I've ever slept in my own bed after a PJ show was Calgary 2009. I was living in Edmonton at the time, so we drove the 3 hours back after the show. Not an option when you live on an Island :(
It's all moot though, because so much of Canada is small market. There's a reason most bands dip in from US tours to play the bigger markets only :(
I think the itinerary we saw in 2011 is best-case, but as I mentioned before, Canadian dates sprinkled in with US dates, like 2013, 2016, 2022 is most likely.
2005 - Sept 1 George, Sept 8 Winnipeg
2006 - May 9/10 Toronto, June 26/27 St. Paul, July 22/23 George, Oct 21/22 Mountain View
2007 - Aug 2/5 Chicago
2008 - June 22 Washington, June 24/25 New York
2009 - Aug 21 Toronto, Aug 23/24 Chicago, Sept 21/22 Seattle, Oct 27/28/30/31 Philadelphia
2010 - May 15 Hartford, May 17 Boston, Oct 23/24 Mountain View
2011 - Sept 3/4 Alpine Valley, Sept 11/12 Toronto, Sept 17 Winnipeg, Sept 19 Saskatoon
2012 - Sept 30 Missoula
2013 - July 16 London, July 19 Chicago, Oct 12 Buffalo, Dec 2 Calgary, Dec 4 Vancouver, Dec 6 Seattle
2014 - Oct 16 Detroit, Oct 19 St. Paul, Oct 20 Milwaukee
2015 - Sept 23 (Colbert)/Sept 26, New York
2016 - Apr 28/29 Philadelphia, May 10/12 Toronto, Aug 20/22 Chicago