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brolocobroloco Posts: 1,237
edited April 2009 in The Porch
I think it's time that PJ go out on a stadium tour in USA. Like outdoor football/baseball seating! Like next summer. If they kept the prices the same, or down (yeah right) they probably can fill 'em. Question is if the band digs playing those? And secondly, if us fans like going to those? I for one would love it. I'm one of those fans that actually likes the outdoor sound. and the whole largeness factor makes it special. Also, it would possibly mean more breathing room to actually get seats (rather than a quick soldout scenario).

What do you guys think?
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  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    As a one-off it would be cool. Fenway, Soldier Field ... but not as a theme for a full tour.
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  • Dissident67Dissident67 Posts: 570
    football stadiums may get lots of people but most have a terrible view and are far from the stage. i think it would be special to do one or two but not an entire tour. plus i dont think they could fill them nation wide anyway, just in certain areas
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    broloco wrote:
    I think it's time that PJ go out on a big stadium tour in USA. Like outdoor football seating! Like next summer. If they kept the prices the same, or down (yeah right) they probably can fill 'em. Question is if the band digs playing those? And secondly, if us fans like going to those? I for one would love it. I'm one of those fans that actually likes the outdoor sound. and the whole largeness factor makes it special. Also, it would possibly mean more breathing room to actually get seats (rather than a quick soldout scenario).

    What do you guys think?

    I don't think PJ could fill a stadium these days if they gave the tickets away.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    soulsinging wrote:
    I don't think PJ could fill a stadium these days if they gave the tickets away.


    nor should they try...stadium shows are lame imo....there is no intimacy....even at an arena show in the way back there is still a connection with the band however faint....the back of a stadium?? i could sit at home with my ipod and it would be the same
  • joint in a treejoint in a tree Posts: 392
    nah ....stadium shows suck.
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  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    forget stadium shows, i want them to do some bar/club shows. Almost all of us would get shut out though, that would mean...alot of bitching
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    pearljam7 wrote:
    forget stadium shows, i want them to do some bar/club shows. Almost all of us would get shut out though, that would mean...alot of bitching

    If they did a full national cub tour where only fan club members could buy tickets and only to one show, they could maybe pull it off. And it would be awesome.
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    broloco wrote:
    I think it's time that PJ go out on a big stadium tour in USA. Like outdoor football seating! Like next summer. If they kept the prices the same, or down (yeah right) they probably can fill 'em. Question is if the band digs playing those? And secondly, if us fans like going to those? I for one would love it. I'm one of those fans that actually likes the outdoor sound. and the whole largeness factor makes it special. Also, it would possibly mean more breathing room to actually get seats (rather than a quick soldout scenario).

    What do you guys think?



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  • OceansMagnetOceansMagnet Posts: 1,033
    Stadium shows suck ass.. They are for generic corporate crap-rock money machines.. U2, Stones, Jimmy Buffet, Dave Matthews (yeah, I said it) Kenny Chesney.. Bad music for people who just want to get drunk and buy a t-shirt.. The day PJ fall into this is the day I drop out..
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    There is no way they could come close to selling out stadiums. Any stadiums. This isn't 1993-1995 we are talking about.
  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    they could probably do damage at yankee stadium...it seats 40,000, its in the northeast where they do extremely well and it has sex appeal...people would travel for that. same goes for fenway. if they picked the right stadium, they could sell a bunch of tickets

    however...

    full stadium tour=fail
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  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    broloco wrote:
    I think it's time that PJ go out on a big stadium tour in USA. Like outdoor football seating! Like next summer. If they kept the prices the same, or down (yeah right) they probably can fill 'em. Question is if the band digs playing those? And secondly, if us fans like going to those? I for one would love it. I'm one of those fans that actually likes the outdoor sound. and the whole largeness factor makes it special. Also, it would possibly mean more breathing room to actually get seats (rather than a quick soldout scenario).

    What do you guys think?

    ugh please no
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  • RobbieC2008RobbieC2008 Posts: 432
    soulsinging wrote:
    broloco wrote:
    I think it's time that PJ go out on a big stadium tour in USA. Like outdoor football seating! Like next summer. If they kept the prices the same, or down (yeah right) they probably can fill 'em. Question is if the band digs playing those? And secondly, if us fans like going to those? I for one would love it. I'm one of those fans that actually likes the outdoor sound. and the whole largeness factor makes it special. Also, it would possibly mean more breathing room to actually get seats (rather than a quick soldout scenario).

    What do you guys think?

    I don't think PJ could fill a stadium these days if they gave the tickets away.


    Sure they could,most stadium block off the behind the stage seating basically from the back sides of the stages all the way around the back so it would only have to be about 40,00 which I think they could sell out the following stadiums

    East Coast Stadium Tour
    Giants Stadium
    Yankee Stadium
    Fenway Park
    Gilette Stadium
    Soldier Field
    Wrgley Field

    West Coast Stadium Tour
    Dodger Stadium
    PetCo Park (Padres)
    AT&T Park (Giants)
    Close it out @ Safeco

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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    RobbieC2008 wrote:
    Sure they could,most stadium block off the behind the stage seating basically from the back sides of the stages all the way around the back so it would only have to be about 40,00 which I think they could sell out the following stadiums

    East Coast Stadium Tour
    Giants Stadium
    Yankee Stadium
    Fenway Park
    Gilette Stadium
    Soldier Field
    Wrgley Field

    West Coast Stadium Tour
    Dodger Stadium
    PetCo Park (Padres)
    AT&T Park (Giants)
    Close it out @ Safeco

    Nice to Dream


    No way in hell could they sell them out. Maybe Fenway and Wrigley but that's about it.
  • brolocobroloco Posts: 1,237
    bhigh901 wrote:
    Stadium shows suck ass.. They are for generic corporate crap-rock money machines.. U2, Stones, Jimmy Buffet, Dave Matthews (yeah, I said it) Kenny Chesney.. Bad music for people who just want to get drunk and buy a t-shirt.. The day PJ fall into this is the day I drop out..

    wow. that's a different view. ha, ha. they basically have done them in other countries here and there though, and you haven't dropped out yet.
  • brolocobroloco Posts: 1,237
    edited April 2009
    Dissident67 wrote:
    i dont think they could fill them nation wide anyway, just in certain areas

    that's what I meant. a buncha big cities. not 50 states. I think they could do it with cheap prices. but it's clear that most fans here would rather smaller shows. hey, that's why there's 31 flavors.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,822
    bhigh901 wrote:
    Stadium shows suck ass.. They are for generic corporate crap-rock money machines.. U2, Stones, Jimmy Buffet, Dave Matthews (yeah, I said it) Kenny Chesney.. Bad music for people who just want to get drunk and buy a t-shirt.. The day PJ fall into this is the day I drop out..
    the difference being.....

    pearl jam fans want to get drunk.....and buy EVERY SINGLE piece of merchandise that has the words "PEARL JAM" written on it.....including 3,497 bootlegs.....baby clothes.....socks....hoodies....shirts....lap top covers......blah blah blah...........

    whether they can afford it or not isnt an issue....
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    There would be more people on the field for an actual sporting event than for PJ. They were big enough for a stadium tour for about 3 seconds, 15 years ago.

    If they start touring stadiums, it will be the end of me seeing them. That when it becomes more about money than the music.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,433
    Id only be into this if PJ started its own summer festival
    jamfest

    and it was a traveling circus of bands picked by PJ

    with PJ headlining every night

    that might be cool

    other wise, I am pretty happy with the arenas and ampitheaters
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,939
    Personally, I think it's time for multiple dates in smaller venues (i.e. theaters) like the Orpheum in Boston.
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    Get_Right wrote:
    Id only be into this if PJ started its own summer festival
    jamfest

    and it was a traveling circus of bands picked by PJ

    with PJ headlining every night

    that might be cool

    other wise, I am pretty happy with the arenas and ampitheaters

    you could have Pearl Jam, MMJ, Sonic Youth and Wilco :D I man can dream.. no the idea of PJ at huge stadiums like U2 is crazy.. They can do that type of thing in Latin America (because there is a shit load of people in that region who have hardly seen PJ) but not in most US states.. I would support a one off at say Fenway or Yankee Stadium but that's a slippery slop.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,433
    Zoso wrote:

    you could have Pearl Jam, MMJ, Sonic Youth and Wilco :D I man can dream...


    thats exactly what Im talking about
    with a few lesser known acts on the undercard
  • VeddrmanVeddrman Posts: 39
    I would love to see PJ at Fenway Park.
    I just want to say uhmmm, 1, 2, 3...
  • brolocobroloco Posts: 1,237
    DewieCox wrote:
    There would be more people on the field for an actual sporting event than for PJ. They were big enough for a stadium tour for about 3 seconds, 15 years ago.

    If they start touring stadiums, it will be the end of me seeing them. That when it becomes more about money than the music.


    I might be wrong but I think you're underestimating them a bit. and how is an arena show not about the money, but stadium show is? having one show at Giants stadium rather than 2 shows at the Garden + 2 shows at Continental arena (for a NY-NJ example) is simply about accomodation.

    and putting out a 2-disc version of Ten as a re-issue isn't about money?
    yes the punk rock side to this coin says that stadiums are evil. but with PJ there is a classic rock side to the coin, too. Can we agree that The Who is a great band? Yet they played stadium shows late in their career in the 80s. With The Clash opening no less. And not that PJ is anywhere near as popular as Led Zeppelin, but I see that you have a Jimmy Page photo there. Aren't they a great band? They've played huge shows in the US. Do you like them less because of that fact?
  • Smarter_Than_USmarter_Than_U Posts: 515
    bhigh901 wrote:
    Stadium shows suck ass.. They are for generic corporate crap-rock money machines.. U2, Stones, Jimmy Buffet, Dave Matthews (yeah, I said it) Kenny Chesney.. Bad music for people who just want to get drunk and buy a t-shirt.. The day PJ fall into this is the day I drop out..

    I agree with you but with one HUGE exception--Did you get the chance to see U2's Zoo TV Outside Broadcast tour? I think was probably the best live show in the history of rock music-- and I have seen some pretty good shows in my time. There are some bands that are meant to play stadiums, but I am not sure Pearl Jam will ever be one.
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  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    RobbieC2008 wrote:
    Sure they could,most stadium block off the behind the stage seating basically from the back sides of the stages all the way around the back so it would only have to be about 40,00 which I think they could sell out the following stadiums

    East Coast Stadium Tour
    Giants Stadium
    Yankee Stadium
    Fenway Park
    Gilette Stadium
    Soldier Field
    Wrgley Field

    West Coast Stadium Tour
    Dodger Stadium
    PetCo Park (Padres)
    AT&T Park (Giants)
    Close it out @ Safeco

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    No way in hell could they sell them out. Maybe Fenway and Wrigley but that's about it.

    Agree
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    broloco wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    There would be more people on the field for an actual sporting event than for PJ. They were big enough for a stadium tour for about 3 seconds, 15 years ago.

    If they start touring stadiums, it will be the end of me seeing them. That when it becomes more about money than the music.


    I might be wrong but I think you're underestimating them a bit. and how is an arena show not about the money, but stadium show is? having one show at Giants stadium rather than 2 shows at the Garden + 2 shows at Continental arena (for a NY-NJ example) is simply about accomodation.

    and putting out a 2-disc version of Ten as a re-issue isn't about money?
    yes the punk rock side to this coin says that stadiums are evil. but with PJ there is a classic rock side to the coin, too. Can we agree that The Who is a great band? Yet they played stadium shows late in their career in the 80s. With The Clash opening no less. And not that PJ is anywhere near as popular as Led Zeppelin, but I see that you have a Jimmy Page photo there. Aren't they a great band? They've played huge shows in the US. Do you like them less because of that fact?


    I think you're wrong. PJ can only sell out arenas in the best selling cities and they never sell out amphitheaters, even in Boston.

    Stadium shows are horrible. They are accomodating to about 10% of the crowd. Everybody else is stuck with a crappy view and shitty sound.

    I wish every show could be in a tiny venue, but arenas are just a necessary evil for bigger rock bands, and the sound isn't too bad in alot of newer places.

    I shoulda worded the last part differently. I wouldn't be done seeing PJ, but I wouldn't go see PJ in a stadium, and I wouldn't have seen Zeppelin either.
  • brolocobroloco Posts: 1,237
    who you kidding? all you motherfuckers would be lining up for any outdoor show, and loving it. :lol:
    ok, so I downgrade it to a minor league baseball stadium tour!
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,466
    fuck that keep those stadiums for U2 ,ACDC,METALLICA .......
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,580
    broloco wrote:
    I think it's time that PJ go out on a big stadium tour in USA.

    What do you guys think?

    Wouldn't be my first choice..........but, at this point, I'm ready for any kind of tour!!! :roll:
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