Time For A Proper Canadian Tour (like 2005/2011)

rmwigham

1ThoughtKnown said:

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).

1ThoughtKnown

rmwigham said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

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 

HughFreakingDillon

Zod said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

JimmyV said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

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. 

SweetDaddyLou

I'd love to Via Rail around the country and see as many shows as possible, if not all, this would be awesome!

NWOntario

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."

HughFreakingDillon

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. 

erebus

NWOntario said:

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.

Zod

HughFreakingDillon said:

Zod said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

JimmyV said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

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

Zod

1ThoughtKnown said:

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

Ryan

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. 

HughFreakingDillon

and it's just plain too expensive to tour cross canada. the distance between cities is often double or more what it is in bigger markets in the states. 

But I still hold out hope!

JimmyV

HughFreakingDillon said:

and it's just plain too expensive to tour cross canada. the distance between cities is often double or more what it is in bigger markets in the states. 

But I still hold out hope!

950 miles between Noblesville and Fort Worth. 

Know hope. 

D-Rod

JimmyV said:

St. John's

Quebec City

Montreal

Ottawa

Toronto x2

Thunder Bay

Regina/Saskatoon

Calgary

Edmonton

Vancouver x2

Hamilton and London must be included 

demetrios

mcgruff10 said:

We need Pearl Jam to do an Under Great White Northern Lights part two.  

Yes please.

SM187650

Scratch Thunder Bay for Winnipeg 

Zod

Ryan said:

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. 

yah, I feel like this thread is full of a lot of hope, but with the limited touring and short tours, I expect PJ will stick to larger markets while rules out large parts of Canada.  We only have so many cities over a million.  Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa?, Montreal.  It's pretty limited.

They haven't even been to Vancouver in 10 years (or 7 years if you count the Vancouver area).   It's really widdled down to Ontario and Quebec.

I think we're all just doing pie in the sky optimistic hoping here

demetrios

Our metro centre in Nova Scotia has finally been taken over by Ticketmaster. And in New Brunswick last year or so has their newest arena taken over by Ticketmaster. So both provinces are finally on ticketmaster.com's search engine. More hope that bigger bands will be coming to the Maritimes. 

Crossing fingers for another Halifax to the Max experience with Pearl Jam, in 2024. 

1ThoughtKnown

Zod said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

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

You aren’t counting West Kelowna (Westbank) which is another 40,000 or the 43,000 in Vernon all within a half hour of downtown Kelowna. The Thompson-Okanagan altogether is 631,000. It’s a bigger market than you are giving it credit for. 

1ThoughtKnown

NWOntario said:

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."

Love the hyperbole

jefft

HughFreakingDillon said:

and it's just plain too expensive to tour cross canada. the distance between cities is often double or more what it is in bigger markets in the states. 

But I still hold out hope!

Cmon they get a 35 percent discount when they come to Canada or 30 percent lol on hotels and food etc.