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

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  • 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).
  • rmwigham 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
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,771
    Zod said:
    JimmyV 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. 
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  • I'd love to Via Rail around the country and see as many shows as possible, if not all, this would be awesome!
  • NWOntario
    NWOntario Toronto Posts: 831
    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 | Philadelphia I & II 2024
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,771
    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. 
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  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 619
    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.
    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
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,914
    Zod said:
    JimmyV 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
    Zod Posts: 10,914
    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
    Ryan Posts: 1,233
    edited September 2023
    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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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,771
    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!
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,604
    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. 
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  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,992
    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 
    1996.....Toronto
    2005.....Hamilton
    2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
    2013.....London, Buffalo
    2014.....Detroit
    2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston  N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
    2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
    2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  
    2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
    2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,814
    mcgruff10 said:
    We need Pearl Jam to do an Under Great White Northern Lights part two.  

    Yes please.
  • SM187650
    SM187650 Canada Posts: 847
    Scratch Thunder Bay for Winnipeg 
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,914
    edited September 2023
    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
    demetrios Posts: 97,814
    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. 
  • Zod 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. 
  • 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
    jefft Posts: 678
    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.