Pearl Jam in Hartford

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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    BeerBaron wrote:
    The show there in 200 was amazing! Only bad part is the traffic getting out of the show.

    There's nothing better than knowing the back roads! I'll help you next time. ;)
  • imspinnin
    imspinnin Posts: 933
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Hey Spin! :) That definitely was a warm moment during a cold night.
    honestly I was a human pogo-stick that night..."never lose your inner heat";)
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  • MikeLove
    MikeLove Posts: 67
    The Meadows as it used to be called is the worst venue in the State. The sound system for the lawn is embarrassing. The best place to see a concert in CT is the Mohegan Sun Arena. Pepe's Pizza is in New Haven and is no where near Harbor Yard unless you are coming from Rhode Island way. If you are going to eat in New Haven, go to Anastasio's just down the street. The tailgating in Hartford can be iffy depending on the mood of the local constabulary. We never go to a show there unless it is the only place to see the band locally. We will be there of course.
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  • Fastrichie
    Fastrichie Sandy Hook, CT Posts: 922
    "The best place to see a concert in CT is the Mohegan Sun Arena. Pepe's Pizza is in New Haven and is no where near Harbor Yard unless you are coming from Rhode Island way."

    You are wrong as Pepe's is in Fairfield 2 exits away from Harbour Yard. They also just opened up in Manchester, CT where ever that is.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,162
    pj23yanks wrote:
    The Meadows was the worst PJ show I have ever been to. I hope they don't play there

    up there on my list as well of shows I didnt love
    the twenty-five minute walk to the venue didnt help
    set list is kinda weak-garden i got shit was good

    the problem is that albany was the night before and that was a phenomenal show
  • drlovemonkey
    drlovemonkey Posts: 394
    Get_Right wrote:
    up there on my list as well of shows I didnt love
    the twenty-five minute walk to the venue didnt help
    set list is kinda weak-garden i got shit was good

    the problem is that albany was the night before and that was a phenomenal show

    I agree - Albany was a great show. Hartford just seemed to be lacking something to me. Of course the weather didn't help. Maybe if Hartford was a week later than Albany, it wouldn't have seemed so mediocre to me. But 24 hours later, it just paled by comparison IMO.
  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,775
    drlovemonkey wrote:
    I agree - Albany was a great show. Hartford just seemed to be lacking something to me. Of course the weather didn't help. Maybe if Hartford was a week later than Albany, it wouldn't have seemed so mediocre to me. But 24 hours later, it just paled by comparison IMO.

    Totally agree........

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  • iwasthere
    iwasthere Posts: 515
    drlovemonkey wrote:
    I agree - Albany was a great show. Hartford just seemed to be lacking something to me. Of course the weather didn't help. Maybe if Hartford was a week later than Albany, it wouldn't have seemed so mediocre to me. But 24 hours later, it just paled by comparison IMO.
    didn't want to say anything, but I felt the same. It was the first of 10 shows I went to, and I would have to rank it last.
    tacos
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    I didnt even go to Albany and I thought Hartford was lacking something... but the bootleg is good! I kinda feel like i didnt give it enough credit... when i was there it was full of drunk college kids, the weather sucked.... so that effects my decision too atleast I got to hear a few chords of "I'm Open" and "Deep" for the first time....
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    did they play "Sleight of hand" in Albany?..
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  • drlovemonkey
    drlovemonkey Posts: 394
    locked wrote:
    did they play "Sleight of hand" in Albany?..

    Unfortunately no. I was hoping for it because it's one of my favorite PJ tunes, but I did get Rats so it's all good.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    i'll be there....i am only 10 minutes away.

    06 Hartford was cold? I was in shorts...didn't notice any cold.

    There are a lot of idiots that attend Meadows shows...
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    i'll be there....i am only 10 minutes away.

    06 Hartford was cold? I was in shorts...didn't notice any cold.

    There are a lot of idiots that attend Meadows shows...


    raining and very cold.......
    I had such obnoxious drunks sitting in front of me....

    oh wait, Get Right - was that you?!?! heh heh j/k - it wasn't you - these boys were really young. :)
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    the weather was crappy, but it didn't bother me.
    The assholes that go to shows just to try and start problems do though. And it seems every show in hfd draws them like flies
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    I'm going to see the Sound Tigers tonight. There is Pepe's Pizza in all three places. Manchester, Fairfield and New Haven. New Haven was the only one I was familiar with, so I looked it up. Sure enough, same owners, three places.
    May just grab some sandwiches at D'Angelos and be done with it. My friend is a whack that doesn't like pizza.
    Anyway, wish PJ would play at Harbor Yard but I think it's too small. Like I said before, The Who there was unreal.

    And Yeah, Hartford Meadows or Dodge center or whatever you call it is OK. It is what you make of it. I had good seats for that show, otherwise it was on the bottom of my list. The crowd was not great, we just went in as soon as they opened and hung inside, it was so much better than the lots that were just out of control. BF had to walk in front of my car and kick the bottles out of the way just to get out of the parking lot, and that took some time.
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • PJFLIRT
    PJFLIRT Posts: 68
    Yea so I dont know if any of you saw my thread but Hartford is sceduled as June 27 right now.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Strange that the Hartford PD is a problem at the Meadows these days. Back when I was going to concerts there (I grew up in Simsbury), the cops used to drive around and hand out red cups to anyone drinking out of a bottle or can. It was super laid back.
  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    giventoflyjbs wrote:
    Strange that the Hartford PD is a problem at the Meadows these days. Back when I was going to concerts there (I grew up in Simsbury), the cops used to drive around and hand out red cups to anyone drinking out of a bottle or can. It was super laid back.
    We were hanging out drinking beers and grillings....cops walked by us didnt say a thing. We also were putting empties back in the box though.
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • doujo
    doujo Posts: 285
    Yea for the past few years, at the meadows, as long as you put your booze in a cup and don't have a ton of empties around, the cops won't bother you. i enjoy heading there earlier to tailgate. can't wait for this summer with tom petty coming, and hopefully PJ.
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    StickmanJam wrote:
    Awesome. Another CT native here, from Wallingford.

    Middletown is a cool little town. Some nice bars too, especially Eli Canons, good place. So many diff kinds of beer.

    Nice, I'm from Wallyworld as well. Been out west for 4 or 5 years now though. I actually worked at the Oakdale and Meadows for a while and did a lot of work with Koplik. That dude is in the know for sure!

    I might rule out a Hartford show even if he is trying to get it but i'm all for coming back for some pJ.

    Bottom line....if he says that PJ is touring this summer I think it's good as gold that we will atleast get a handfull of dates.

    Nice work!!
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