Your Top 3 Moments of Being a Fan
SVRDhand13
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What are they? When did they occur? Let's spread some positivity to start 2025!
Here's mine:
1) Meeting Mike multiple times (Colbert 2015, Book Signing 2017, in a park before Philly 2 2024. He's always so genuinely nice).
2) Patting Eddie on the chest during a show. (Tampa 2016 when he went into the crowd during Porch. Luckily my wife wanted to hang out at the back of GA.)
3) Seeing the band for the first time. (Finally had some money as a 20 year old and decided to travel to the Gorge in 2006. My tix for MSG 2003 were taken...long story...)
How about you!?!
Love reading everyone’s responses- keep it up!
Here's mine:
1) Meeting Mike multiple times (Colbert 2015, Book Signing 2017, in a park before Philly 2 2024. He's always so genuinely nice).
2) Patting Eddie on the chest during a show. (Tampa 2016 when he went into the crowd during Porch. Luckily my wife wanted to hang out at the back of GA.)
3) Seeing the band for the first time. (Finally had some money as a 20 year old and decided to travel to the Gorge in 2006. My tix for MSG 2003 were taken...long story...)
How about you!?!
Love reading everyone’s responses- keep it up!
I almost did five but didn’t want people scrambling to finish their list, so post however many you want.
Adding to my list:
PJ20 (felt like a true celebration)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (another huge party)
PJ20 (felt like a true celebration)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (another huge party)
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2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-312010: 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
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
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2. Band playing It’s Ok Quebec City 2016
3. Hearing HTI after 5 cancelled shows in a row for us. Amsterdam 2022.
2) Seeing the band for the first time in 1996 in Toledo from the 2nd row of GA with my girlfriend, who would become my wife 3 years later. Had to back her out of the pit a bit after a few songs, but it was amazing and ignited my current run of 50 shows.
3) Running into the band in our hotel in Mexico 2005 just by accident. Wife was working in Mexico so we go ticket to the 2 shows and I flew down to meet up with her. Was eating breakfast the second day there and saw Jeff and Boom at a table near us. Then after the second show saw the band minus Ed in the lobby and got a picture with Jeff and Mike (Mike had to coax Jeff to join us) . Had to go back up to room for something and when I came back down the stairs, came face to face with Eddie Vedder exiting the elevator with his then young daughter Olivia. I think he was concerned I was going to be a stalker (could see it in his eyes), so I just nodded and smiled and walked on by.
So many more amazing memories I have related to this band, but those are probably my current top 3. I am not sure anything will ever beat #1...was just perfect.
2. Of the Girl finishing and Go starting San Francisco 2006. Maybe my favorite concert moment ever. The place exploded!
3. Crazy Mary solo Mountain View 2003. Really blew me away.
There's a ton of others, but those are the ones that come to mind. (Opening with Whipping Sacramento 2000 "Let's warm it up", Opening with RITFW Oakland 2022 first show (actually that whole show was so much fun), 1995 Vitalogy show at a high school football stadium in New Orleans) Sorry I know you just said 3, but I'm spreading positivity!
2) 26 and 27 june 2012 --> Seeing Pearl Jam for there first 2 shows in the (that time) new Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. Night 2 speeks for it self.
3) 25 july 2012 --> Seeing Eddie Vedder solo for the first time at the Royal Carre Theatre in Amsterdam, for like 1300 peepz.
1) Fargo, ND 2003. First show. Arc (Ed solo) into Go.
2) First time stepping into The Gorge (did the three shows there in 2005/06)
3) Opening w/Betterman and the two Neil Young covers at the first proper Winnipeg show (excluding Gimli 93).
4) Vic Theater - that first run of 3-4 songs confirmed this wouldn’t be a regular show. Hard to Imagine, Love Reign O’er Me, Sonic Reducer. The best Matt Cameron show I’ve ever seen?
5) Breath at Philly 3 in 2009. Took a long time for me to chase that song down. That encore was maybe the peak of my fandom with Parting Ways, Jeremy, then Breath
6) Retrograde at Ohana 2021. I didn’t do Sea Hear Now but did the three Ohana shows so this was my first show/song back from/during the pandemic. There were times in 2020/21 I wasn’t sure when we’d get to see PJ, or live shows again.
2005 - Sept 1 George, Sept 8 Winnipeg
2006 - May 9/10 Toronto, June 26/27 St. Paul, July 22/23 George, Oct 21/22 Mountain View
2007 - Aug 2/5 Chicago
2008 - June 22 Washington, June 24/25 New York
2009 - Aug 21 Toronto, Aug 23/24 Chicago, Sept 21/22 Seattle, Oct 27/28/30/31 Philadelphia
2010 - May 15 Hartford, May 17 Boston, Oct 23/24 Mountain View
2011 - Sept 3/4 Alpine Valley, Sept 11/12 Toronto, Sept 17 Winnipeg, Sept 19 Saskatoon
2012 - Sept 30 Missoula
2013 - July 16 London, July 19 Chicago, Oct 12 Buffalo, Dec 2 Calgary, Dec 4 Vancouver, Dec 6 Seattle
2014 - Oct 16 Detroit, Oct 19 St. Paul, Oct 20 Milwaukee
2015 - Sept 23 (Colbert)/Sept 26, New York
2016 - Apr 28/29 Philadelphia, May 10/12 Toronto, Aug 20/22 Chicago
2) Taking my soon to be wife to her first show, Moore Theater January 17, 1992. More Ed climbing walls and ceiling hanging. Wife was hooked.
3) Seeing them play Wrigley August 20, 2018. Because it was Wrigley.
2018: Seattle 8/10 Missoula 8/13 Chicago 8/20 2021: Ohana 9/26 2022: Nashville 9/16 Louisville 9/17 St. Louis 9/18
2023: Austin 9/18, 9/19 2024: Vancouver 5/4, 5/6 Seattle 5/28, 5/30 Missoula 8/22 New York 9/3, 9/4
- Seeing some great opening bands
and of course, the music!2. The first 8 songs from Ottawa 2005. Just absolute heat- still my favorite show attended. Wash>Go>Hail Hail>Animal>Brain of J> Immortality>In Hiding>Don't Gimme No Lip.
3. Great Woods 8/29/00. First show. Mind blown. Hooked ever since.
4. Alone and I've Got Feeling from 9/29/2004- 10 year gap and really thought neither would ever be played again.
5. Hartford 2013- prior to this I was losing interest (though still hitting 2-3 shows/year) as the shows from 2008-2012 were mostly subpar imo. 2013 showed me they could still bring it- and Hartford 2013 had it all for me.
1 catch with Eddie at Fenway!
2 imagining a kapow pick finding me. 2012 Missoula hand off from the stage after off he goes.
3 msg 2 2010. Really started my PJ addiction. Then really all shows and the cool people I've met over the years. Been out of the live game for a while. Now (waste) spend most of my time here
2. PJ20 weekend - Overall weekend experience from the museum to the posters to side stage appearances earlier in the day to somehow seeing the Strokes/QotSA/Pearl Jam with a little TotD was mind blowing. First time solo traveling for a show that turned into a regular thing.
3. 10C Show, Vic 2007 - EV solo, debut of "All the Way," setlist was built for fans, smallest venue I've seen the full band perform
Honorable mentions - '05 HoB Katrina benefit (with Robert Plant), 2016 Wrigley shows (first GA campout), Ohana 2021 (6 EV/PJ performances in a span of 10 days)
1. 2003 Benaroya Hall
2. 2006 Grand Rapids
3. 2007 Vic Theatre
"Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."
1996: Toronto - 1998: Chicago, Montreal, Barrie - 2000: Montreal, Toronto - 2002: Seattle X2 (Key Arena) - 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle (Benaroya Hall) - 2004: Reading, Toledo, Grand Rapids - 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City - 2006: Toronto X2, Albany, Hartford, Grand Rapids, Cleveland - 2007: Chicago (Vic Theatre) - 2008: NYC X2, Hartford, Mansfield X2 - 2009: Toronto, Chicago X2, Seattle X2, Philadelphia X4 - 2010: Columbus, Noblesville, Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford - 2011: Montreal, Toronto X2, Ottawa, Hamilton - 2012: Missoula - 2013: London, Chicago, Buffalo, Hartford - 2014: Detroit, Moline - 2015: NYC (Global Citizen Festival) - 2016: Greenville, Toronto X2, Chicago 1 - 2017: Brooklyn (RRHOF Induction) - 2018: Chicago 1, Boston 1 - 2022: Fresno, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto, NYC, Camden - 2023: St. Paul X2, Austin X2 - 2024: Vancouver X2, Portland, Sacramento, Missoula, Noblesville, Philadelphia X2, Baltimore - 2025: Hollywood X2, Nashville X2, Pittsburgh X2
2. PJ 20 concerts and film premieres in Toronto 2011. Neil Young sat a few seats away from us at the 2nd screening, and his appearance at Toronto 1 for RITFW was amazing. I’d been a Neil fan since before my PJ fandom so getting to see them both on stage together was great.
3. Lincoln 2014 - great show full of some fun personal memories for me.
PJ20 (felt like a true celebration)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (another huge party)
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
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
MSG 2 2010
Hartford 2013
2003: 4/29 Albany, 5/2 Buffalo, 7/9 MSG 2 2006: 5/12 Albany, 6/3 East Rutherford 2
2008: 6/27 Hartford 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1 2010: 5/15 Hartford, 5/21 MSG 2
2013: 10/15 Worcester 1, 10/25 Hartford 2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
2. Toledo 04
3. Probably the VS show
3. Philly 10 show, Seattle 2013, Apollo Theatre
St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022
Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023 • Baltimore 2024
2- Atlanta Fox Theatre 1994- I was not there (I wish), but it is still a great memory that sticks out in my mind to this day. Close friends gathered around a nice stereo, hanging on every note playing. Going to school the next day and everyone talking about what they heard the night before. It was a remember where you were event. Sadly I don't think that kids today have as many of those communal music experiences.
3- so many great concerts over the years with old friends and new. Tough choice. 2005 Canadian tour shows, up front in GA in Hamilton 2022 and Austin 2023 shows get honourable mentions. The Toronto 9/11/11 show alongside the PJ20 film release at Toronto film festival gets the nod. Amazing show.
Took a chance and made a request via the forum for the band to play Light Years for a great friend’s Mum who had recently passed. The request was for night one (they were at the show) but they played it a show late as mentioned by Ed at the show. Anyway, they played the request and my mate and his family still to this day can’t believe they actually played it. Immortalised on the boot.
My first ever show. Had a pretty good seat up on Stone’s side. A great set, a great crowd. I’ll never forget the pit bouncing up and down during DTE and Animal after a beautiful Long Road to open.
Melbourne #2 '03
Melbourne #3 '03
Melbourne #1 '06
Melbourne #3 '06
Melbourne '09
Melbourne '14
Miami 2016 - Corduroy opener - instantly transforms the arena into a ball of energy
Wrigley Two 2018 - Immortality into Daughter/It’s OK into Unthought Known into Jeremy
Asbury Park 2021 - DOTC opener - first show in 3 years as well as first show post Covid (or during Covid as the case may be!) - was surreal to be at a PJ show after all the shutdowns made it seem like we may never get another show
Gutted: London 2 2018, Sacramento 2022, Noblesville 2023
Thanks o p , got me off in dream world of reminiscing. A place I welcome more than ever.
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
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MSG 2 2010 - Shows #21 and #22 for me and my first shows going solo. I was 21 years old and had friends making fun of me for liking PJ so much in HS and college. I always thought, they didn’t get it. The spectrum shows in 2009 were out of control, but I was coming off Bristow 2010 and skipping Boston for a college final (biggest regret). I was starting to lose interest in the band. Last time they played MSG wasn’t so great. Am I forcing myself to like Backspacer? Why was I going by myself to sit in the 300s? After the first night I thought to myself, this is the band I remember!
Night 2 happens. Out of body experience for me and everyone in that building. Only a few shows have given me that feeling. Some shows have had those moments, but this was from start to finish. As a huge Rangers fan, I never felt the building move like that. I agreed with Ed, who’s skinning cats? Forget how loud the crowd was, and the atmosphere from another galaxy….the performance by the band was incredible. I felt so bad for anyone who didn’t have this in their lives. This wasn’t the band I remembered. This was the best band to ever fucking do it.
My resume is pretty good…but THAT was the moment that got me to where I am today 😆
PS:
Top 5(6) shows - MSG 2 2010, Gorge 2005, Krakow 2018, Philly 3 2009, MSG 1&2 2003
It gave me so many friends and so much excitement without having to worry about who I was meant to be with .
A freedom I recommend
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 -
2. Glowgirl getting a harp. Did you hum us all a new tune, yet?
3. Befriending the ever gracious and geniusly humourous Hedo; meeting 10C friends Down Under and feeling part of this unique community; when 100Pacer got me GA for Jeff's showcase last year (even tho I couldn't go); and when Chadwick stuck up for me threatening manslaughter
4. Getting in the ring for a catfight back in the day when this new board forum changed around '04. Shave my eyebrows when I sleep, you say? I'm going to pull out your pussy hairs one by one!
5. Ohana 21: RITFW lyrical amendment by Corin Tucker to promote women's freedom of reproductive rights. Plus my kid felt pretty damn special rocking along with the tambo. Plus the Vedders charity for EB released that footage. Plus after the lockdown rocking in a free world had a whole new meaning.
Honourable mention: When Ed passed me his pick after his first ever live Dark Matter set, there was a little more than magic in that touch.
It's already been sung but it can't be said enough: All you need is love.