The 2nd time I saw them live was in Miwaukee (summerfest) when they played "Jeremy" they experimented with changing the music of it. The 3rd time was at Soldier Field in Chicago, at the time it was set during a record heat wave in Chicago ( broken in 2011) the 5th time, at Alpine Valley in Octrober 2000, it was 20 degrees at concert time, the next day was 70 degess outside
Athens 2006 The first and only time they've ever played in my country! That was the last show of the European leg of the world tour, and all the band members were in cheerful mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ITVy1JJQI
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
Sure did. Waited all night for rail. Scored a kapow pick. Plus tiny venue. Ev was sick...nice Jeff speech...ev talk about being in the sauna with a couple guys...funny. Great time. Plus, you know, just being in MT. My first time in missoula.
I was way up in the back where it was qbout 90 degrees but enjoyed every minute of it. The acoustic set was amazing and I still listen to that fortunate son often. Best version.
I got the flu literally on my way to the airport for that show, and was down on the GA floor. I remember Mudhoney was so loud that people started leaving the building, and it made me want to puke, lol. I don't know wtf that was about, but I was glad PJ didn't have the same problem. Once they came on I forget all about my flu... I feel bad though. I learned later that I was patient zero at that show. Sorry.
Mudhoney sounded horrible, too loud and too distorted. PJ sounded good though.
My first show was the second night (1/15/95) of the Rock for Choice shows in Washington DC at Constitution Hall with Neil Young and Crazy Horse and L7. While not infamous for anything that happened, if you are aware of the timetable you know these were the first proper shows the band had played since April 1994 (they did play the Bridge School benefit in October). This was at the peak of their anti-Ticketmaster crusade and so the hype and anticipation for these shows was off the charts. You had to send in postcards for the chance to get picked via lottery to buy a pair of tickets. I was literally offered a thousand dollars outside the venue for my tickets. People were there from all over the place. It's hard to explain this to younger generations but in a pre-internet world these shows were as hot as anything. I still can't believe that one of the nineteen postcards (that's all my post office had on the rack) I mailed in got selected.
Virginia Beach, 2000 I do not think we will ever know how close Pearl Jam was to never taking the stage again after Roskilde. So, for well-documented reasons - I believe it was one of the most important shows in the history of the band. Personally, it was a long time coming having been a fan since '91.
That was my first show too. Definitely not infamous, but special and I agree with your statement on the importance of it. Besides the birth of "I Am Mine" and them playing "It's Okay" for the first time (as it has come to be known, I think they tagged it once prior), "Rearviewmirror" into "Porch" was really fucking fantastic. Great show.
Virginia Beach 2000; Pittsburgh 2000; Columbus 2003; D.C. 2003; Pittsburgh 2006; Virginia Beach 2008; Cleveland 2010; PJ20 2011; Pittsburgh 2013; Baltimore 2013; Charlottesville 2013; Charlotte 2013; Lincoln 2014; Moline 2014; St. Paul 2014; Greenville 2016; Hampton 2016; Lexington 2016; Wrigley 2016; Prague 2018; Krakow 2018; Berlin 2018; Fenway 2018; Camden 2022; St. Paul 2023; MSG 1 2024; Baltimore 2024
My first show was the second night (1/15/95) of the Rock for Choice shows in Washington DC at Constitution Hall with Neil Young and Crazy Horse and L7. While not infamous for anything that happened, if you are aware of the timetable you know these were the first proper shows the band had played since April 1994 (they did play the Bridge School benefit in October). This was at the peak of their anti-Ticketmaster crusade and so the hype and anticipation for these shows was off the charts. You had to send in postcards for the chance to get picked via lottery to buy a pair of tickets. I was literally offered a thousand dollars outside the venue for my tickets. People were there from all over the place. It's hard to explain this to younger generations but in a pre-internet world these shows were as hot as anything. I still can't believe that one of the nineteen postcards (that's all my post office had on the rack) I mailed in got selected.
I was at that show. I remember going to the post office during my lunch break at work with a big stack of postcards my friend and I filled out. I couldn’t believe I got picked. I was so excited. That was my second show. I bought a tshirt but haven’t been able to find it for years.
Great stories. From my perspective, crazy how much changed in a 'short' time. Odd to think how things will be in 30 more years. PJ will be touring as holograms and won't take requests. I know that this happens already. ,an illusion of KISS on the road doing it soon? Maybe order a show to play on your rooftop? No autographs or picks.
Cool evolution. Just seems to be happening too fast for this old guy who never will grow up. ❤️
Not infamous but a pretty widely known bootleg. 3/29/94 St Pete, FL.
I forgot about that one! I had the bootleg til my mom threw it away cleaning out my room when I went to college. Need to go back and re-listen somehow, but from what I recall that had to be a great first show!
Virginia Beach 2000; Pittsburgh 2000; Columbus 2003; D.C. 2003; Pittsburgh 2006; Virginia Beach 2008; Cleveland 2010; PJ20 2011; Pittsburgh 2013; Baltimore 2013; Charlottesville 2013; Charlotte 2013; Lincoln 2014; Moline 2014; St. Paul 2014; Greenville 2016; Hampton 2016; Lexington 2016; Wrigley 2016; Prague 2018; Krakow 2018; Berlin 2018; Fenway 2018; Camden 2022; St. Paul 2023; MSG 1 2024; Baltimore 2024
Not infamous but a pretty widely known bootleg. 3/29/94 St Pete, FL.
one of the sickest porch jams ever. oh man i'm jealous of this one. I think the whole 94 tour with the exception of atlanta is overlooked yet one of their best.
Not infamous but a pretty widely known bootleg. 3/29/94 St Pete, FL.
one of the sickest porch jams ever. oh man i'm jealous of this one. I think the whole 94 tour with the exception of atlanta is overlooked yet one of their best.
3/28/94 Miami Fl was my 2nd show. Lollapalooza 92 my first. Agree this whole 94 tour was one of their best. Wish they would release official bootlegs from this tour.. On a side note I got to see Pink Floyd 3 days later in Miami I read somewhere years ago that Ed was at this show, not sure if that's true.
Not infamous but a pretty widely known bootleg. 3/29/94 St Pete, FL.
I forgot about that one! I had the bootleg til my mom threw it away cleaning out my room when I went to college. Need to go back and re-listen somehow, but from what I recall that had to be a great first show!
It was definitely a great first show. The intensity of that one hasn't been matched by any show since, not just PJ but almost anyone. Plus that was a smallish venue considering how huge they were at the time, so it felt kind of intimate.
Indeed my show was! It was October 6, 2009 at the Gibson Amphitheater in LA. The night that Chris Cornell came out and sang Hunger Strike with the band. The noise level told me that whoever this was ( I had listened to PJ only about a year at that point) it was indeed special. Had to ask my ticket buddy who it was lol. That said, once I heard his name I knew I had heard of him before. Super cool experience, even if it didn't hit me like it should have at the time!
Formerly Brew Crew Tix “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
Not infamous but a pretty widely known bootleg. 3/29/94 St Pete, FL.
one of the sickest porch jams ever. oh man i'm jealous of this one. I think the whole 94 tour with the exception of atlanta is overlooked yet one of their best.
3/28/94 Miami Fl was my 2nd show. Lollapalooza 92 my first. Agree this whole 94 tour was one of their best. Wish they would release official bootlegs from this tour.. On a side note I got to see Pink Floyd 3 days later in Miami I read somewhere years ago that Ed was at this show, not sure if that's true.
My 2nd and 3rd shows were more imfamous. 2.6.95 Moore Theater fan club only show with Neil as a guest, then 5.7.98 ARO Space secret club show, Matt Cameron's first show with the band.
Indeed my show was! It was October 6, 2009 at the Gibson Amphitheater in LA. The night that Chris Cornell came out and sang Hunger Strike with the band. The noise level told me that whoever this was ( I had listened to PJ only about a year at that point) it was indeed special. Had to ask my ticket buddy who it was lol. That said, once I heard his name I knew I had heard of him before. Super cool experience, even if it didn't hit me like it should have at the time!
What do you have for this tour? MSG only for me and bummed no Hartford!
Almost. My first show was the night before an infamous show. I first saw them April 10, 1994 (thirty years ago today!). The next night they debuted Immortality and Eddie smashed a hole in the floor of the original Boston Garden stage. And the following night was an even more famous show at the Orpheum.
Not the first but the second time, Philly 2005.. Awesome set list and during Crazy Mary the sound cut out and made this crazy sound. Freaked Eddie out and he was scared to start the song again. lol Still probably my top show.
Honorable mentions: Bonnaroo 2008 - WMA as a full song Albany 2006 - first Rats and Satan's Bed in a very long time MSG 2016 - Sting coming out and singing driven to tears Austin 2023 - Out Of My Mind
Not the first but the second time, Philly 2005.. Awesome set list and during Crazy Mary the sound cut out and made this crazy sound. Freaked Eddie out and he was scared to start the song again. lol Still probably my top show.
Honorable mentions: Bonnaroo 2008 - WMA as a full song Albany 2006 - first Rats and Satan's Bed in a very long time MSG 2016 - Sting coming out and singing driven to tears Austin 2023 - Out Of My Mind
so many memories coming up seeing everyone talk about their first shows, fuckin love it!
My first show was technically Randalls Island 1, 1996 but when they opened with Last Exit, a friend I was there with took a hit in the back of the head from someone surfing over the top. She ended up eating the railing in front of us and chipping some teeth. Took her over to first-aid area, which was basically a triage unit, and since we were 16 they put us in an ambulance and sent us off to some NYC hospital. I was bummed but the ER nurse gave me a copy of the paperwork and told me to try to use it to get in the next night. It worked and what an amazing first complete show for Randalls Island 2. Followed it up later that week with a bus ride up to Hartford. I've been lucky enough to see some amazing shows, hoping for another memorable one in Sacramento next month.
My 2nd show was just a few days after my first. #2 was the Golden Gate Park Neil Young show in 1995. Since I had just seen PJ and was a big NY fan, I was actually pretty stoked on the show. Of course it sucked Eddie was sick and lots of folks where disappointed, but I had a blast. I was also with people who had seen the Sacramento show with me and were also big Young fans.
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PJ will be touring as holograms and won't take requests. I know that this happens already. ,an illusion of KISS on the road doing it soon? Maybe order a show to play on your rooftop? No autographs or picks.
Cool evolution. Just seems to be happening too fast for this old guy who never will grow up.
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7/5/98 Dallas, 10/17/00 Dallas, 4/30/03 Uniondale, 7/8/03 MSG 1, 7/9/03 MSG 2, 9/28/04 Boston 1, 9/29/04 Boston 2, 10/03/05 Philly, 4/15/06 SNL, 5/5/06 Irving Plaza, 5/13/06 Hartford, 6/1/06 NJ 1, 6/3/06 NJ 2, 6/20/08 Camden, 6/27/08 Hartford, 7/1/08 The Beacon, 10/27/09 Philly, 10/28/09 Philly, 10/30/09 Philly, 10/31/09 Philly, 5/20/10 MSG, 5/21/10 MSG, 10/18/13 Brooklyn, 10/19/13, Brooklyn, 10/25/13 Hartford, 11/15/13 Dallas, 10/12/14 Austin 2, 5/1/16 MSG 1, 5/2/16 MSG 2, 8/5/15 Fenway 1, 4/7/17 RRHOF Induction, 8/8/18 Seattle 1, 8/10/18 Seattle 2, 9/2/18 Fenway 1, 9/13/23 Ft. Worth 1, 9/15/23 Ft. Worth 2, 5/16/24 Vegas 1, 5/18/24 Vegas 2, 9/17/24 Fenway 2
It was the night they shot the Even Flow video.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
My 2nd and 3rd shows were more imfamous. 2.6.95 Moore Theater fan club only show with Neil as a guest, then 5.7.98 ARO Space secret club show, Matt Cameron's first show with the band.
|11.6.00Seattle|6.6.03Vegas|6.7.03PHX|5.25.06Boston|7.22.06Gorge|7.23.06Gorge|9.21.09Seattle|9.22.09Seattle |10.6.09LA|11.19.13PHX|11.29.13Portland|12.6.13Seattle |10.22.14Denver| 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle
EV Solo |7.15.11 Benaroya|7.16.11 Benaroya|4.13.12PHX|10.30.14Redmond|
TOTD 11.11.16 San Fran
(2000) Mansfield I, Mansfield II (2003) Montreal (2005) Montreal, Ottawa (2006) Albany (2008) Montreal I + II (EV) (2022) Québec City
What do you have for this tour? MSG only for me and bummed no Hartford!
My first show was the night before an infamous show. I first saw them April 10, 1994 (thirty years ago today!). The next night they debuted Immortality and Eddie smashed a hole in the floor of the original Boston Garden stage. And the following night was an even more famous show at the Orpheum.
Honorable mentions:
Bonnaroo 2008 - WMA as a full song
Albany 2006 - first Rats and Satan's Bed in a very long time
MSG 2016 - Sting coming out and singing driven to tears
Austin 2023 - Out Of My Mind
2022 Ottawa 09/03
2016 MSG 1 & 2
2013 Brooklyn (10/18, 10/19) Philadelphia (10/21, 10/22)
2012 Atlanta 09/22
2009 Albany 06/08 (Eddie Solo)
2008 Bonnaroo 6/14
2006 Albany 05/12
2005 Philadelphia 10/03
2000 Saratoga Springs 08/27
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
Albany 2006 flies under the radar. Great show.
My first show was technically Randalls Island 1, 1996 but when they opened with Last Exit, a friend I was there with took a hit in the back of the head from someone surfing over the top. She ended up eating the railing in front of us and chipping some teeth. Took her over to first-aid area, which was basically a triage unit, and since we were 16 they put us in an ambulance and sent us off to some NYC hospital. I was bummed but the ER nurse gave me a copy of the paperwork and told me to try to use it to get in the next night. It worked and what an amazing first complete show for Randalls Island 2. Followed it up later that week with a bus ride up to Hartford. I've been lucky enough to see some amazing shows, hoping for another memorable one in Sacramento next month.