*** Los Angeles, CA 1 Fanviews Here 5.21.24 ***

Johnny Abruzzo

Seats behind the screen are not sold folks.

PJNB

vedpunk said:

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

vedpunk said:

inlimbo27 said:

EPIC night one at the “Fabulous” Forum which, I might get ripped for saying this, is starting to feel like MSG West, especially with Eddie’s SoCal roots. 

A hypnotic Oceans 🌊 set the table early on, as did Off He Goes > Why Go with many a fists pumped.

Shoutout to the production team btw. Visuals for the dark matter tracks (and this tour in general) are spectacular. And I totally dug how the new songs sounded, but yeesh, Waiting for Stevie and Upper Hand soared above the rest. Running, too. I’m really hoping those tunes stay in the rotation well beyond this tour.  

Crowd brought it tonight energy-wise - and Eddie gave it right back, acknowledging the “phenomenal” 12,700 family, friends and Angelenos in attendance. I was kinda worried about his vocals after reading that his voice dried up a tad in the Vegas desert. Nope, sounded incr-ed-ible, as ever. 

In My Tree, Save You and Rearviewmirror (my fav live song?) were highlights. Leash, too, which got the Forum roaring again during the encore. And god damn, McCready shredded the living fuck outta Even Flow and Alive.Yowwwww.. 🤯 

Sentimental moments included Eddie calling out an 83 year-old “Pop” in the pit, and taking him side stage w his children for the encore. He also dedicated “Faithful” to Michelle, a PJ fam who recently passed and sounded like a wonderful person. Maybe that’s why Just Breathe felt so special tonight? Just a damn big heart underneath it all. 

Thank you Thank You Thank You

Can’t wait til tomorrow. My first time in the Pit after going to shows for three-plus decades!! 😳 

P.S. For all those expecting a Harrison Butker sequel, Eddie drew a KC helmet w the words “Go Chiefs ” which was projected onto the massive screen eliciting some boos . Then he dedicated “Something special” to his daughter Olivia, in the audience w her mom, and all the amazing daughters everywhere as well as the young women in colleges about to take the world by storm or “play in the NFL,” Ed joked, “as a kicker.”

Only 12,700 were in attendance in the 2nd largest city in America? 🤯

It’s a basketball arena, not an open field. 

Thought it held closer to 20k. We had almost 16k in Austin, a much smaller city and arena. 

Its 18K including the back which is not sold for these shows.

There are only 900 seats available for tonight. Thats blue and pink dots included. Half of those are already sold. LA did just fine. 

Johnny Abruzzo

Did they fix Faithfull?

(Someone asked about how it's spelled. The Pearl Jam song Faithfull is spelled with 2 l's - the original meaning of this song by my take is it's a critique of people who use religion to advance their own agendas and oppress others, i.e. abortion bans, anti-LGBT laws. Over time it's become an anthem for the die hard Pearl Jam fans - The Faithfull. Anyway, when referenced as a PJ song, it should ALWAYS have 2 l's.)

dasvidana

Leash? So jealous for those that got to hear this live. 

Adam Hewett

PJNB said:

vedpunk said:

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

vedpunk said:

inlimbo27 said:

EPIC night one at the “Fabulous” Forum which, I might get ripped for saying this, is starting to feel like MSG West, especially with Eddie’s SoCal roots. 

A hypnotic Oceans 🌊 set the table early on, as did Off He Goes > Why Go with many a fists pumped.

Shoutout to the production team btw. Visuals for the dark matter tracks (and this tour in general) are spectacular. And I totally dug how the new songs sounded, but yeesh, Waiting for Stevie and Upper Hand soared above the rest. Running, too. I’m really hoping those tunes stay in the rotation well beyond this tour.  

Crowd brought it tonight energy-wise - and Eddie gave it right back, acknowledging the “phenomenal” 12,700 family, friends and Angelenos in attendance. I was kinda worried about his vocals after reading that his voice dried up a tad in the Vegas desert. Nope, sounded incr-ed-ible, as ever. 

In My Tree, Save You and Rearviewmirror (my fav live song?) were highlights. Leash, too, which got the Forum roaring again during the encore. And god damn, McCready shredded the living fuck outta Even Flow and Alive.Yowwwww.. 🤯 

Sentimental moments included Eddie calling out an 83 year-old “Pop” in the pit, and taking him side stage w his children for the encore. He also dedicated “Faithful” to Michelle, a PJ fam who recently passed and sounded like a wonderful person. Maybe that’s why Just Breathe felt so special tonight? Just a damn big heart underneath it all. 

Thank you Thank You Thank You

Can’t wait til tomorrow. My first time in the Pit after going to shows for three-plus decades!! 😳 

P.S. For all those expecting a Harrison Butker sequel, Eddie drew a KC helmet w the words “Go Chiefs ” which was projected onto the massive screen eliciting some boos . Then he dedicated “Something special” to his daughter Olivia, in the audience w her mom, and all the amazing daughters everywhere as well as the young women in colleges about to take the world by storm or “play in the NFL,” Ed joked, “as a kicker.”

Only 12,700 were in attendance in the 2nd largest city in America? 🤯

It’s a basketball arena, not an open field. 

Thought it held closer to 20k. We had almost 16k in Austin, a much smaller city and arena. 

Its 18K including the back which is not sold for these shows.

There are only 900 seats available for tonight. Thats blue and pink dots included. Half of those are already sold. LA did just fine. 

This makes much more sense to me, thanks for clarifying. 

The Forum looked pretty packed from what I've seen so far.

ianh42

Another epic Pearl Jam show to say the least.  We've been to most of the shows they've done in So Cal over the years, and this one did not disappoint.  I find it funny and unnecessary to rank them, but OMFG this one is up there at the top.  The band still getting it done all these years later with the energy and fervor of playing music beautiful and loud, and sounding fantastic doing so.  SO GRATEFUL to be a part of it still. 

The Oceans opener was perfect for LA of course and my call for the two shows were to open with this one and Release, so we will see what they bring tonight.  I also thought the show would be a bit subdued after hearing and reading what the Vegas shows were.  I thought they took a lot out of Ed but man did he rally quick. No one expected Why Go 4th and it ROCKED.  I personally love the new stuff more and more, and gave it quite the run the last month to be able to sing along to some/most.  UPPER HAND, SOMETHING SPECIAL and SETTING SUN were absolute highlights.  The front four of the album were great too and I like how they've done it albeit predictable.  It'll be interesting to see when they start mixing that up if at all for this tour. 

Tears were shed with Come Back and RVM with the latter having Andrew Watt open it and man does he shred it!  I also love In My Tree and Faithful, also a tear jerking and touching moment for the group of friends that lost theirs. 

Ed was in such a great mood and the crowd in LA was just off the charts great last night.  He commented on it multiple times, and I'm sure it helped that he had his wife and daughter there.  That dedication to her/them was SOMETHING SPECIAL LOL

I also got SOLAT again, and if Pearl Jam is my favorite band, SOLAT my favorite song by them, then that makes SOLAT my favorite song of all time LOL.  They do it live as if they are all still 20 something years old.

I don't know how tonight can top last night, but dam am I looking forward to RUNNING it back!  Cheers!!! 

meistereder

The Forum has a capacity of 17,505 for basketball, but a huge portion of the oval is cut off for these shows. I didn’t see many open seats. 

BF25394

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Did they fix Faithfull?

(Someone asked about how it's spelled. The Pearl Jam song Faithfull is spelled with 2 l's - the original meaning of this song by my take is it's a critique of people who use religion to advance their own agendas and oppress others, i.e. abortion bans, anti-LGBT laws. Over time it's become an anthem for the die hard Pearl Jam fans - The Faithfull. Anyway, when referenced as a PJ song, it should ALWAYS have 2 l's.)

I feel like there should be a pinned post that reminds people that:

1) "Faithfull" has two Ls, not one.
2) "Even Flow" is two words, not one.
3) "Who Ever Said" is three words, not two.
4) The original trilogy is Momma-Son, not Mamasan.
5) Almost all of the U.S. observes Daylight Saving Time between March and November.

Back to last night, that moment in "Running" when it kicks back in after the bridge is always a highlight.

lastexitlondon

It's ok to ask questions. 

PJ_Soul

Greyhound06 said:

Wow. Has Eddie ever played RVM without guitar? Strange.

I'm thinking he's starting to have Josh play some stuff because Eddie has tendonitis, according to him just recently, and giving up some of his guitar bits is to save him from making it worse. Pure speculation of course, but EV is definitely playing less, and since he claimed tendonitis is an ongoing/permanent problem, I feel like there is likely a connection. I'm sure the fact that Josh's playing is awesome also plays a part in it of course.

Greyhound06

Thank you. That sounds reasonable.

BF25394

PJ_Soul said:

Greyhound06 said:

Wow. Has Eddie ever played RVM without guitar? Strange.

I'm thinking he's starting to have Josh play some stuff because Eddie has tendonitis, according to him just recently, and giving up some of his guitar bits is to save him from making it worse. Pure speculation of course, but EV is definitely playing less, and since he claimed tendonitis is an ongoing/permanent problem, I feel like there is likely a connection. I'm sure the fact that Josh's playing is awesome also plays a part in it of course.

I think this was just because Watt was joining them. Watt played in place of Eddie on "Rearviewmirror," not Josh. Eddie does the intro bit in "Upper Hand," which seems like it would be difficult with tendinitis, so I don't think we should read too much into that comment. I think he was saying that sometimes he can have a tendinitis flareup, not that it's a chronic problem. He's still playing plenty of guitar at these shows.

CROJAM95

Just need to thank Ryanjep & Soph189 for each helping get into GA last night…. 🙏 Fun rocking out with solid people all around

band is 🔥

In my tree & save you were great treats, Got Some also after long time for me

see you tonight 

Ernie Vedder

Ernie Vedder

Ernie Vedder

curmudgeoness

I thought the set list was great: In My Tree, Leash, Off He Goes are favorites of mine, and Rearviewmirror is my favorite song, period, and I was glad they (finally!?!) brought it out last night.

Beyond that, seeing someone's 83yo dad in the pit was awesome; we know some people that age who rock harder than we do and go to Ohana, etc., and they're inspiring.

Not much more to say right now. The evening was dampened significantly for me by non-PJ things (big problem unearthed during a remodel, that was sent to me during RVM, and figure out my treatment options for cancer, yay), but the concert itself was a treat.

ianh42

Great pics Ernie...here is a series I got during Setting Sun last night.  I thought these were cool and worth sharing. 

ianh42

+ last night's sticker too

lastexitlondon

curmudgeoness said:

I thought the set list was great: In My Tree, Leash, Off He Goes are favorites of mine, and Rearviewmirror is my favorite song, period, and I was glad they (finally!?!) brought it out last night.

Beyond that, seeing someone's 83yo dad in the pit was awesome; we know some people that age who rock harder than we do and go to Ohana, etc., and they're inspiring.

Not much more to say right now. The evening was dampened significantly for me by non-PJ things (big problem unearthed during a remodel, that was sent to me during RVM, and figure out my treatment options for cancer, yay), but the concert itself was a treat.

Sorry to hear that. Just when you need to be free and have a peaceful time.