The Official 2025 Tour Rumor Thread

Go Animal

Weston1283 said:

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

This^

Still holding out for a Florida, Carolinas and up to Ohio and Michigan run for next year, though 

Don't make me start up another a spec thread😅

Go Animal

on2legs said:

Weston1283 said:

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

This^

Still holding out for a Florida, Carolinas and up to Ohio and Michigan run for next year, though 

Also hoping NY and Philly get some love next time around! 

 Gotta represent the small markets!

Kwieneke

not expecting much for the US next year unfortunately

Go Animal

Also, side note:

Go Animal

Go Animal said:

Also, side note:

👀

Go Animal

(Posted here because I desperately want the boys to return to the Southeast, and playing a gig in Georgia with even one of the guys from REM would be stellar & amazing. Isbell, too!)

MikeDigs

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

I think this is true and agree.  The Sphere would be a bonus, and also a Pearl Jam Day (Week) type concert.

kmcmanus

on2legs said:

Weston1283 said:

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

This^

Still holding out for a Florida, Carolinas and up to Ohio and Michigan run for next year, though 

Also hoping NY and Philly get some love next time around! 

Weird way to spell California 

demetrios

Kwieneke said:

not expecting much for the US next year unfortunately

CarryTheZero

Go Animal said:

(Posted here because I desperately want the boys to return to the Southeast, and playing a gig in Georgia with even one of the guys from REM would be stellar & amazing. Isbell, too!)

Yes! I brought this up in the Atlanta thread. How amazing would that be? Back in 2019, I saw 3 out of 4 members (no Stipe) play 3 R.E.M. songs at a fundraiser at the Fox.

They still pop up in Atlanta from time to time. Mills still lives in Georgia.

on2legs

Go Animal said:

on2legs said:

Weston1283 said:

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

This^

Still holding out for a Florida, Carolinas and up to Ohio and Michigan run for next year, though 

Also hoping NY and Philly get some love next time around! 

 Gotta represent the small markets!

Amen!

HughFreakingDillon

it's been 13 years since the last *real* canadian tour. COME ON. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBDG-kBBPew

Lerxst1992

MikeDigs said:

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

I think this is true and agree.  The Sphere would be a bonus, and also a Pearl Jam Day (Week) type concert.

Jimmy is making my point for me. A 34 show tour to promote a new album is tiny by most standards, as they are apparently not hitting the road much next year. There are only so many cards left in their touring deck. To those jumping on planes anyway to see shows, a Vegas residency is no big deal, to those hoping they get  shows in their hometown, perhaps it is. Sphere is more about practicing what you preach. We are asked to recycle, turn down the AC, turn off the lights, whatever tiny impact one individual might have, but people who impact 18,000 per day don’t have influence.

It’s hysterical the “liberal” music industry is going crazy for this place…They’re going to start building these Dolan bubbles everywhere, transforming a once local concert industry to one that involves a jet fuel. That’s impact. And the bands on stage are laughably teeny tiny, they should just use holograms and let the musicians stay home.

BF25394

Lerxst1992 said:

MikeDigs said:

JimmyV said:

I strongly suspect there weren't many U.S. shows planned for next year anyway. The Sphere would likely be a bonus, not something that prevented them from playing elsewhere. 

I think this is true and agree.  The Sphere would be a bonus, and also a Pearl Jam Day (Week) type concert.

Jimmy is making my point for me. A 34 show tour to promote a new album is tiny by most standards, as they are apparently not hitting the road much next year. There are only so many cards left in their touring deck. To those jumping on planes anyway to see shows, a Vegas residency is no big deal, to those hoping they get  shows in their hometown, perhaps it is. Sphere is more about practicing what you preach. We are asked to recycle, turn down the AC, turn off the lights, whatever tiny impact one individual might have, but people who impact 18,000 per day don’t have influence.

It’s hysterical the “liberal” music industry is going crazy for this place…They’re going to start building these Dolan bubbles everywhere, transforming a once local concert industry to one that involves a jet fuel. That’s impact. And the bands on stage are laughably teeny tiny, they should just use holograms and let the musicians stay home.

You keep making this point about jet fuel, so I'll repeat: fans who are traveling to Las Vegas to see shows at Sphere are traveling on commercial airplanes that would be flying there anyway.

pjl44

There are 45,000 flights per day in the US. The only way Sphere is contributing to higher ocean levels is if we roll it in.

drfox

HughFreakingDillon said:

it's been 13 years since the last *real* canadian tour. COME ON. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBDG-kBBPew

Can’t see that happening anytime soon. Same in the U.K. - yes we get 2 shows each time but it’s not a standard 6-10 date UK tour like other bands do. Our last standard tour was in 2000. They haven’t played Wales and Scotland or Birmingham etc since then 

Williston

marumaruko said:

Little bit of southern east coast in the US, St. Louis, Nashville, Oklahoma,United Center in Chicago for the midwest, Camden, an extended Canada tour (Winnipeg, Toronto, Quebec/Montreal, Halifx perhaps?), South America (Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo) and Europe (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Vienna, Paris, Milano, Roma, Cologne/Hamburg, ?Munich?) would be my guess

For midwest i would rather have Milwaukee over Chicago. We got UC in 2023, Wrigley in 24, i think it’s Wisconsin’s turn.

Williston

Lerxst1992 said:

schaefferlax said:

They wouldn't buy a giant new screen for this tour if they were going to go to the Sphere anytime soon. Please just do an east coast tour and call it a day

Nah they’d rather not maximize their revenue 

Incredible Ed needed to ask audience who traveled to show, talk about a self fulfilling prophecy. They’ve played a limited tour schedule for a decade, play the same places over and over, only have heard of four east coast cities, their most popular region, and now think since fans since traveled to a festival, maybe it justifies expecting everyone to get on a plane into the desert, truck in food and supplies, burn tons of carbon, if they want to see a show. 

Developing video for the sphere is extremely expensive and specialized and to do it right like D&C did, and it requires a lot of shows to cover the overhead (phish was not cost effective, and DC videos were significantly better than phish and u2). 

It’s one thing if they toured alot over the years like phish and DC, but they’ve repeatedly skipped so many places, and have created a ticketing nightmare for their largest throng of their fans. Do they like posting tickets for only $400 - $2000? 

 Most seats at sphere are on a very steep slope and are a mile from the stage , which is tiny for most fans. Cool video yes, but is that what a concert is about? Why do they even need the band to show up at the sphere if it’s about futuristic video? It’s more like going to the planetarium or riding Epcot Soarin than a rock concert.

As much as how cool the screen is at The Sphere, saw U2 there twice and Dead there the day between LV shows, i think the thing that most impressed me about The Sphere was THE SOUND. 

Would love to see PJ play there just off that alone.

Williston

YAKIMATSU said:

Imagine the variety.  They could have generic visuals and play anything in the catalog.  Obviously get Alive and probably EF and DTE, but everything else would be on the table every night.  It would be a non-album tour.  People will travel for the 3 show weekends from everywhere and the regular Vegas crowd will fill the Sphere.  I would prefer a real tour, I think, but this seems easier for them.
The only REAL issue I see with a Sphere residency is Merch.  How does that work?  Would that be just the same for every show?  I fuck hope not.  We all appreciate OUR show merch specific items.

So far EVERY Dead & Co. show at The Sphere has had a different Show specific poster and shirt. They hired a different artist for every show. I imagine PJ would do the same.

Williston

schaefferlax said:

Might be in the minority here but a PJ stint in the sphere would be super lame IMO... I go to PJ shows for the music, not so much the visuals I saw clips from the dead and co concerts and it looked corny as hell. We get it, you're a psychedelic rock band.

Seen U2 there twice and Dead & Co. once, and as cool as the screen is, the thing that impressed me more than anything is The Sound. I would see a PJ Sphere show just for the sound experience alone.