89 shows in America over a decade...that's sad...I don't consider them a touring band.
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992 SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998 THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000 ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003 HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004 AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006 VERIZON CENTER DC 2008 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009 NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010 PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011 PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011 1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013 IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014 XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014 CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016 CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018 CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018 BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018 ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022 Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
89 shows in America over a decade...that's sad...I don't consider them a touring band.
Anybody who hasn't realized, for 10 years, that this band DOES NOT LIKE TOURING?
Hasn't been paying attention.
They wouldn't be doing it if they didn't like it to some extent. Even if they were hurting for money, they could make it in a multitude of other ways if they really hated touring.
Ed has made multiple comments in 2023/24 alluding to how much they enjoy what they do
Wrigley 7/19/2013 Philadelphia 10/22/2013 Baltimore 10/27/2013 Hampton 4/18/2016 Ft. Worth 9/13/2023 Ft. Worth 9/15/2023 Wrigley 8/31/2024 Baltimore 9/12/2024 Fenway 9/15/2024
Let's not forget Covid scrapped a bunch of dates and yet unannounced dates. Still would have not been a huge number for a decade but has to be factored into the equation.
@curmudgeoness We don't have to worry about Eddie sitting around the hotel room in nothing but a dressing gown, waiting for his 2 onstage shirts he travels with to be laundered! I mean unless ya wanna...
I spy a box of Ed picks
I was just about to post exactly that I knew your eye would zoom exactly where mine did.
brixton 93
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
89 shows in America over a decade...that's sad...I don't consider them a touring band.
Anybody who hasn't realized, for 10 years, that this band DOES NOT LIKE TOURING?
Hasn't been paying attention.
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ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992 SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998 THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000 ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003 HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004 AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006 VERIZON CENTER DC 2008 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009 NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010 PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011 PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011 1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013 IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014 XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014 CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016 CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018 CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018 BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018 ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022 Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
@curmudgeoness We don't have to worry about Eddie sitting around the hotel room in nothing but a dressing gown, waiting for his 2 onstage shirts he travels with to be laundered! I mean unless ya wanna...
I spy a box of Ed picks
I was just about to post exactly that I knew your eye would zoom exactly where mine did.
So cool. Been said before.. When I met him once he had a handful of picks to hand out. I wonder if he had that box with him and just scooped them out. No new ones for Ed this tour to see yet. Good times ❤️
I think they have been doing things at their own pace for some time. They could have retired 20 years ago. I highly doubt they tour to just keep the machine going. Spot on that they enjoy playing but not being on the road for too long, especially after Taylor Hawkins death in South America. I think the large festival and ball park paydays are also incentives for them. Hard to say no to millions of dollars for a days work.
I liked it. Was cool hearing Ed talk about the setlist like waves. Makes sense. Nothing we really didn't know before but very cool and humanizes them for a fanboy like me!
Yes, it was very well done. It was cool hearing him say how he didn't see daylight for a couple weeks with that record. Personally, when Dark Matter came out, I loved floating around on the lake listening to it in nature.
I also appreciate him expressing a lack of fear regarding his own death.
If you fear it how can you enjoy life? Funny EV and I are the same age he grew up in Evanston myself in Chicago, both love sports, wine and utterly worship The Who! Strange 🌎...My favorite part was Jeff describing listening to the MommaSon tape and after the second listen he was like yeah Stone, Mike you need to come over ASAP...can you imagine after thinking their shot was over w/ Andy dying and here was this voice from the Gods saying take II🍷
Great piece, my only quibble was the "Pearl Jam sued Ticketmaster" comment, which isn't exactly true.
What is truer?
They never directly sued TM, they filed a complaint with the Justice Department (who, iirc, was already looking into TM's monopolistic practices). That's how Stone and Jeff ended up testifying on Capitol Hill.
Yes, it was very well done. It was cool hearing him say how he didn't see daylight for a couple weeks with that record. Personally, when Dark Matter came out, I loved floating around on the lake listening to it in nature.
I also appreciate him expressing a lack of fear regarding his own death.
If you fear it how can you enjoy life? Funny EV and I are the same age he grew up in Evanston myself in Chicago, both love sports, wine and utterly worship The Who! Strange 🌎...My favorite part was Jeff describing listening to the MommaSon tape and after the second listen he was like yeah Stone, Mike you need to come over ASAP...can you imagine after thinking their shot was over w/ Andy dying and here was this voice from the Gods saying take II🍷
That's a beautiful perception. Thanks, V
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ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992 SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998 THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000 ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000 ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003 HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004 AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006 VERIZON CENTER DC 2008 UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009 NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010 PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011 PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011 1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013 IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014 XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014 CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016 CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018 CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018 BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018 ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022 Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
I mean, it's CBS Sunday Morning. Expectations shouldn't have been too high. Pretty blah piece. I think if you're presenting a piece for the masses, it does an ok job reminding folks that they're still around. Honestly, a ton of CBS viewers probably haven't heard much since the mid-90's. I guess the dressing room footage was cool for us bigger fans, but the rest is stuff we've seen/heard before.
They did give the overview that they've been around for almost 35 years, they have their 12th album out, and they provided the origin story. I wish they would've mentioned more about their legacy (albums sold, R&R Hall of Fame induction), maybe make the argument that this is one of the biggest American rock bands of all time. It felt like it was just an interview with a band that's stayed together for a long time and "hey, you remember when they had that grudge against Ticketmaster back in the day?"
89 shows in America over a decade...that's sad...I don't consider them a touring band.
AGREED! they are a business first and foremost. They have to meet a certain revenue goal each year to draw salaries and pay their employees. whether its 20 shows at 200$ or 200 shows at 20$, they need to make budget.
As they've gotten older the have found a way to be more efficient, less shows at way higher prices, with high volume stadium shows sprinkled in (each stadium show equals about 3 arena shows).
Point is, they are going to play less shows at higher prices. We just have to accept it and enjoy concerts we are lucky enough to attend!
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I count about 76 from 2015 through this year's Ohana.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
Hasn't been paying attention.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Ed has made multiple comments in 2023/24 alluding to how much they enjoy what they do
Philadelphia 10/22/2013
Baltimore 10/27/2013
Hampton 4/18/2016
Ft. Worth 9/13/2023
Ft. Worth 9/15/2023
Wrigley 8/31/2024
Baltimore 9/12/2024
Fenway 9/15/2024
Hate is an ugly word.
I'm just going to say, in my opinion, touring is not this bands top priority.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Still would have not been a huge number for a decade but has to be factored into the equation.
1996; 9/28 New York
1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
2000: 10/17 Dallas
2003: 4/3 OKC
2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
2013: 11/16 OKC
2014: 10/8 Tulsa
2022: 9/20 OKC
2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
Good times ❤️
They never directly sued TM, they filed a complaint with the Justice Department (who, iirc, was already looking into TM's monopolistic practices). That's how Stone and Jeff ended up testifying on Capitol Hill.
SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
https://youtu.be/6j5fN7-o4Qo?si=ZPN_6VvPI-QOi5zq
They did give the overview that they've been around for almost 35 years, they have their 12th album out, and they provided the origin story. I wish they would've mentioned more about their legacy (albums sold, R&R Hall of Fame induction), maybe make the argument that this is one of the biggest American rock bands of all time. It felt like it was just an interview with a band that's stayed together for a long time and "hey, you remember when they had that grudge against Ticketmaster back in the day?"
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2024: 5/18, 6/29
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
As they've gotten older the have found a way to be more efficient, less shows at way higher prices, with high volume stadium shows sprinkled in (each stadium show equals about 3 arena shows).
Point is, they are going to play less shows at higher prices. We just have to accept it and enjoy concerts we are lucky enough to attend!