*** Las Vegas, NV 1 Fanviews Here 5.16.24 ***

Luckytwn1

Absolutely fantastic show. I was in Austin last September and I thought that was great but the band seems to have a burst of energy because of the new songs and the addition of the graphics. 

The first 15 minutes through Black was about as good a 15 minutes of music you’ll ever see.

The setlist and performance were both A+. Very happy to see Inside Job again (first time for me since 2010) and Andrew Watt’s appearance was amazing. Yes, he’s played with them before but last night it took on the feel of a victory celebration now that the album he produced is out. 

A big time show in every way. Looking forward to Saturday.

Gern Blansten

CROJAM95 said:

Holy shit, Ed Tossed me a tambourine 🤗

wow had a moment with him ‘& mike

Wow

nice

wiscojam

That was my first pit experience in many many shows. What a community 

wiscojam

wiscojam said:

That was my first pit experience in many many shows. What a community 

Deep Sea Diver. The opens I’ve seen with this band have been just incredible. What talent 

chadaw76

Incredible show last night. The band was on fire, new songs sounded great. HTI, Hail Hail, Breakerfall, Tremor Christ, Inside Job, and Breath with fire versions of Black and Corduroy. What a set!

Mamasan Bren

Last night was definitely an A+. They came out on fire. There was no sitting the first 3 songs. I noticed the paint theme that nobody has mentioned in here yet. Sometimes: "Large fingers pushing paint....the colors blend.", then Hard to Imagine: "Paint a picture using only grey...", and then Black: "Sheets of empty canvas."     I'm glad Ops posted about the Sphere as I thought the same thing. I noticed Ed's showmanship with that new front preaching platform he has was sort of Bono-like last night. I know we all know that he attended a couple of the U2 shows and is pals with the Dolan's, the owners of MSG and the Sphere. I think for sure he was meaning that they're going to sign on to play it next year!   It was really incredible to be wailing Black so early in the show. That was a thrill for me, getting it in the 3 slot. The new album songs were so incredible. Mike's soloing at the ends of Upper Hand and Waiting for Stevie were inter-planetary and so awesome. I enjoyed watching Josh K add his backing vocals and a few cool sounds with his rig. All the guys were just so clicking and on fire last night. Thanks to the 10 Club for great seats on Stone-side, lower bowl. Deep Sea Diver was fun, I just wish the lead singer wouldn't stop the show so much to yuk it up with talk, and instead just get after us. They have a Death Cab vibe. Her voice is great, but the lyrics aren't ever sang in a way to hear/decipher them. Like Ed is a singer where you can for the most part always catch the lyrics. They were fun though and all of them played well. The arena and the vibes were immaculate last night and I had a blast. Can't wait for Saturday. BTW, I have never seen the merch lines so nuts INSIDE the arena. All 3 counters had unbelievably long lines, and I heard it was way crazy outside. Fun night, thank you, PJ!!

MarcvH

deb1211 said:

Holy Hell..this was my 17 year old daughters first ever concert of any band and I saw her dancing and fist pumping. I upgraded our seats today to  11th row sec 7 and it was so awesome. 

What a setlist. I was shocked to hear Tremor Christ and Breakerfall and then inside job..how I have wanted to hear that for so long. Loved seeing Watt jamming with the band. Dark Matter songs shine..wow are they incredible. I feel like I have known them for years. React Respond is a burner live wow. 

I'm so happy right now and I think I have some amazing photos

Mike on fire as always and Ed sounds incredible 

Can't wait for Saturday 

What an awesom way to kick off your concert-goin-career. Enjoy the Saturday show!

MG182478

A real banger of a show. It was my 29th, and first of the tour. The new stuff and visuals are incredible additions.

was really surprised at the amount of great last minute seats available. 

MGM is a small venue. You can feel it. Wish I was hanging around for Saturday, but life. Enjoy those GAs whoever got them. See you at Wrigley. 

URthekey

URthekey

Watt on guitar made this performance of Alive truly stellar! The band had huge smiles on their faces jamming with him and he gave total new energy to this old song.
Had such a fun time and loved the setlist, the new music sounded fantastic and was well received by the crowd. I feel like the new songs are so well crafted and will stand the test of time. 
I liked the addition of the screens and visuals, great shots of Mike’s guitar playing and kind of trippy graphics.

Bpage

Are they selling merchandise today?

Vikkivale

I was right in front of the soundboard and WOW did everything sound fantastic! 👏🙌👍I've waited and hoped years and years for Inside Job and was psyched to hear it! HTI was also a highlight. Stevie was my favorite DM song going in, but now I think it's Setting Sun! It was so powerful and beautiful live. Can't wait for night 2! Hoping I'll finally hear LBC 🤞💗

WMAmorican

One thing I found interesting (that has probably been commented on elsewhere, but I've avoided setlist threads because I wanted to be totally surprised last night) was that Stone played the solos on both "Wreckage" and "Setting Sun," safe to assume he did so on the album?

deb1211

I took camera pics so can't upload but here's a phone Pic of back of my camera until I can do better

Sugarloafer04

Say what you want about the visuals. But that was an absolutely amazing show! 

toblerusse

Electric. 
I probably drank too much as I don't remember much about leaving or getting back to our room lol. But I do remember loving every minute. 

I can't get enough of the new album. This was my 3rd show this tour and this had the best energy. 
.... 


Setting Sun

-"I wait on the PORCH, hoping someday I'll be let in
They say in the end, everythin' will be okay
If it's not okay, well, then it ain't the end"

Does anyone have a list or a guess of how many PJ songs have a mention/reference to a porch?

At least 3 last night :  setting sun, breath, porch, lol

BF25394

Mamasan Bren said:

Last night was definitely an A+. They came out on fire. There was no sitting the first 3 songs. I noticed the paint theme that nobody has mentioned in here yet. Sometimes: "Large fingers pushing paint....the colors blend.", then Hard to Imagine: "Paint a picture using only grey...", and then Black: "Sheets of empty canvas."     I'm glad Ops posted about the Sphere as I thought the same thing. I noticed Ed's showmanship with that new front preaching platform he has was sort of Bono-like last night. I know we all know that he attended a couple of the U2 shows and is pals with the Dolan's, the owners of MSG and the Sphere. I think for sure he was meaning that they're going to sign on to play it next year!   It was really incredible to be wailing Black so early in the show. That was a thrill for me, getting it in the 3 slot. The new album songs were so incredible. Mike's soloing at the ends of Upper Hand and Waiting for Stevie were inter-planetary and so awesome. I enjoyed watching Josh K add his backing vocals and a few cool sounds with his rig. All the guys were just so clicking and on fire last night. Thanks to the 10 Club for great seats on Stone-side, lower bowl. Deep Sea Diver was fun, I just wish the lead singer wouldn't stop the show so much to yuk it up with talk, and instead just get after us. They have a Death Cab vibe. Her voice is great, but the lyrics aren't ever sang in a way to hear/decipher them. Like Ed is a singer where you can for the most part always catch the lyrics. They were fun though and all of them played well. The arena and the vibes were immaculate last night and I had a blast. Can't wait for Saturday. BTW, I have never seen the merch lines so nuts INSIDE the arena. All 3 counters had unbelievably long lines, and I heard it was way crazy outside. Fun night, thank you, PJ!!

My experience with Deep Sea Diver has been quite different than yours. I've seen them five times now this month on this tour. They play nine songs in 45 minutes. There's not a lot of chit-chat. Jessica says they have a new album and introduces one of the songs from it ("Shovel"). She thanks Pearl Jam for bringing them along. She thank the crowd for getting there early. She gives props to the band. When it was her birthday the other day, she mentioned it. I don't know where you're getting "yuk[king] it up with talk." And as far as the clarity of the words, I'm singing along to these songs just from having seen them performed live five times. "I can't see it any other way." "Wishing you were somebody else/Because you're driving me into the ground." I mean, these lyrics seem crystal-clear to me even with earplugs in.

I was actually thinking last night as she played the solo on the last song (on the "Guitar Solo Box"), "If Mike McCready played this solo, everyone here would be losing their minds, but because most people here are unfamiliar with this band, most of them are indifferent to it."

teskeinc

Yeah I didn’t see Deep Sea Diver talking much. I’m not familiar with the band but they were just OK. I thought the band was way better than the singing. Just kind of boring. Would have thought they would try to mix in a cover to kind of break the ice for those who haven’t seen them before. Just my opinion.

MK88178

toblerusse said:

Electric. 
I probably drank too much as I don't remember much about leaving or getting back to our room lol. But I do remember loving every minute. 

I can't get enough of the new album. This was my 3rd show this tour and this had the best energy. 
.... 


Setting Sun

-"I wait on the PORCH, hoping someday I'll be let in
They say in the end, everythin' will be okay
If it's not okay, well, then it ain't the end"

Does anyone have a list or a guess of how many PJ songs have a mention/reference a porch?

At least 3 last night :  setting sun, breath, porch, lol

Yellow ledbetter as well last night

toblerusse

MK88178 said:

toblerusse said:

Electric. 
I probably drank too much as I don't remember much about leaving or getting back to our room lol. But I do remember loving every minute. 

I can't get enough of the new album. This was my 3rd show this tour and this had the best energy. 
.... 


Setting Sun

-"I wait on the PORCH, hoping someday I'll be let in
They say in the end, everythin' will be okay
If it's not okay, well, then it ain't the end"

Does anyone have a list or a guess of how many PJ songs have a mention/reference a porch?

At least 3 last night :  setting sun, breath, porch, lol

Yellow ledbetter as well last night

Yesss