Was your first pearl jam show an infamous one?

nautical_disaster
nautical_disaster Posts: 348
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I just happened to be looking at a recent thread, and saw one user, @HailHailVitalogy , had the Uniondale show as their first one, which I think would be a hell of an introduction to pearl jam shows! I’d love to hear your stories if you’ve been to one of these shows. Obviously, the Long Island one would be perceived as a “negative” infamous example, but I’m all about the positive so crazy setlists, surprise guests - my definition of infamous can stretch to encompass lots of shows 😊 For example Halifax would def qualify as it’s the only time pearl jam were in the Maritimes, and that’s where Ed discovered our Alexander Keith’s 8 pack of beer.


(2000) Mansfield I, Mansfield II (2003) Montreal (2005) Montreal, Ottawa (2006) Albany (2008) Montreal I + II (EV) (2022) Québec City


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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,201
    i brought 2 friends as their 1st PJ Shows......they were blown away that night, great show regardless of People who were proven WRONG over time.....they find those WMD's yet?  ;)
  • jwhjr17
    jwhjr17 Posts: 2,086
    Mine was not, but brought a friend to his first show that just happened to be Moline :open_mouth:
    1998-06-30 Mpls | 2006-07-06 Las Vegas
    2010-05-03 Kansas City | 2011-07-01 St. Louis EV
    2011-07-02 Mpls EV | 2011-09-03 PJ20
    2011-09-04 PJ20 | 2011-09-17 Winnipeg
    2012-09-30 Missoula | 2012-11-18 Tulsa EV
    2013-07-19 Chicago | 2013-11-15 Dallas
    2013-11-16 OKC | 2014-10-09 Lincoln
    2014-10-17 Moline | 2014-10-19 St. Paul
    2014-10-20 Milwaukee | 2016-08-20 Chicago
    2016-08-22 Chicago | 2018-08-18 Chicago
    2018-08-20 Chicago | 2022-05-09 Phoenix
    2022-05-20 Las Vegas | 2022-09-18 St. Louis 
    2022-09-20 OKC | 2023-08-31 St. Paul
    2023-09-02 St. Paul | 2024-05-16 Las Vegas
    2024-05-18 Las Vegas | 2024-08-31 Chicago
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Mine was Hartford 1996 when a barricade got tipped over. It was the year that they had the bumper sticker tickets instead of Ticketmaster tix due to the feud. Saw a burning car on the way home.
  • seanwon
    seanwon Posts: 647
    Yep. Randall's Island 2.
    1996: 9/29 Randall's Island 2,  10/1 Buffalo                  2000: 8/27 Saratoga Springs
    2003: 4/29 Albany,  5/2 Buffalo,  7/9 MSG 2                   2006: 5/12 Albany,  6/3 East Rutherford 2
    2008: 6/27 Hartford                 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1              2010: 5/15 Hartford,   5/21 MSG 2
    2013: 10/15 Worcester 1,  10/25 Hartford                       2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
    2016: 5/2 MSG 2,   8/5 Fenway 1,  11/7 Temple of the Dog MSG
    2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
    2020: 3/30 MSG             2022: 9/11 MSG            2023: 9/10 Noblesville
    2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 348
    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    Mine was Hartford 1996 when a barricade got tipped over. It was the year that they had the bumper sticker tickets instead of Ticketmaster tix due to the feud. Saw a burning car on the way home.
    My first pearl jam bootleg! I still laugh at the hilarious banter from Ed when he sings "That's what you get when you push and shove"

    (2000) Mansfield I, Mansfield II (2003) Montreal (2005) Montreal, Ottawa (2006) Albany (2008) Montreal I + II (EV) (2022) Québec City


  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,201
    mine was 9/11/98 MSG
  • yosi
    yosi NYC Posts: 3,198
    Uniondale was my first show. Listening to that boot on repeat all summer is what turned me into an obsessive. The band was incredible. The moment at the end was one more confirmation that Long Island does not agree with me…
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane

  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 348
    That's the Breath one right? 

    (2000) Mansfield I, Mansfield II (2003) Montreal (2005) Montreal, Ottawa (2006) Albany (2008) Montreal I + II (EV) (2022) Québec City


  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,378
    No but my 2nd & 3rd were the Let’s Play Two shows at Wrigley. Ran into Jeremy Allen White at a dive bar after the first show. Quite a legendary night for me. 
    Dallas, TX (November 15, 2013)
    Chicago 1 (August 20, 2016)
    Chicago 2 (August 22, 2016)
    Ft. Worth 1 (September 13, 2023)
    Ft. Worth 2 (September 15, 2023)
  • bigbiggzy
    bigbiggzy Posts: 845
    Show #1: Columbia, MD 09/18/1998 (Merriweather)

    Show #2: Washington DC 09/19/1998 (DAR Constitution Hall)

    They used one or two of those songs on Live on 2 Legs (Daughter…I believe a few others).
  • bigbiggzy
    bigbiggzy Posts: 845
    That Yield Tour…. 🤯🫠
  • RD81760
    RD81760 Posts: 130
    Randalls Island 1 96, followed by 9/11/98 MSG
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,514
    Got kicked in the head by Ed while he was crowd surfing.  

    https://youtu.be/aLFhcpTEdYk?si=IoEFpbEjBW2DFkZX

    Good times.
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • bigbiggzy
    bigbiggzy Posts: 845
    Sweet
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,022
    Yes because it was the first time EV wore shorts in many years :lol:

    It was like 100 degrees
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • Benz
    Benz Posts: 123
    Berlin 96 because of the radio/recording Ed interview afterwards i`d say yes!
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 3,000
    edited April 2024
    Infamous is a bad word to describe this one I guess, but does Mansfield III 2003 count? Acoustic Pearl Jam before Sleater-Kenney before Electric Pearl Jam? Maybe infamous because I believe they paid some curfew fines for these (non-repeated-songs) shows.
    2003 Mansfield III 
    2004 Boston I 
    2006 Boston I 
    2008 Bonnaroo, Hartford, Mansfield I 
    2010 Hartford 
    2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford 
    2016 Bonnaroo, Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2018 Fenway I, Fenway II 
    2021 Sea.Hear.Now
    2022 Camden
    2024 MSG I, Fenway I, Fenway II
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,217
    seanwon said:
    Yep. Randall's Island 2.
    Same! Still my top show along with msg 2 98.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • pbultimate
    pbultimate Posts: 621
    Toledo 96. Obtaining tickets was infamous!
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,566
    Chicago 98 - the poster is a big one. I still want it.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory

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