Pearl Jam does not play 3 hour sets!

Jammin909
Jammin909 Posts: 888
edited July 2009 in The Porch
I see post after post mentioning 3 hour sets, particularly when defending the high ticket prices. I have seen PJ 15 times and I have yet to see a 3 hour show. Last year they came on stage a bit before 9PM and were off by 11PM. That's 2 hours to 2 hours 15 minutes on average. Sure they have played 3 hour sets in Mansfield and State College the last couple years, and EV always mentions onstage that they arent going anywhere for a while, but lets be honest, less than 5% of the sets hit 3 hours.
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  • PJammin'
    PJammin' Posts: 1,911
    yeah, who do these people think they are! it's once in a blue moon PJ plays music for actually 3 hours! i'm not complainin' though. i'll take what i can get. :D
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  • SpinningBombs
    SpinningBombs Posts: 270
    Bonnnnaaroooo!!! :D 8-)
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  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    I have been to 31 shows, and I have only ever seen 2 3hour sets: Buffalo 03 & Ottawa 05.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,129
    SpinningBombs wrote:
    Bonnnnaaroooo!!! :D 8-)
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  • mrvedderson
    mrvedderson Posts: 784
    edited July 2009
    SpinningBombs wrote:
    Bonnnnaaroooo!!! :D 8-)


    just what i was thinkin,.....wait, bootleg says only 2 hour 25 min, sure felt like all night though, uh oh and thats when they played All Night for the first time, conspiracy?, :lol:
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  • blackmosquito23
    blackmosquito23 Posts: 181
    SpinningBombs wrote:
    Bonnnnaaroooo!!! :D 8-)

    Yea man - just ask Kanye :lol:
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    Even though they dont play many, it's a nice treat when you do get them! Also,they play about an hour longer then any other arena band out there! Just my two cents!
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  • over bends
    over bends Posts: 1,568
    I've been to 7 shows and they hit 2 hrs 45 mins four times (DC 08, both MSG 08, ER II 06). I think DC 08 was the longest at about 2:50. But yeah, they have this rep as a 3 hour show band, and I've been to a few 3 hour shows from other bands (Ween, even Chris Cornell) but never from Pearl Jam. It's pretty rare. The other three times I've seen them it was more 2 hours 20 minutes. I'm not complaining, but sometimes it seems that 3 hours is the norm based on discussion on here when that's not really true.
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  • blackmosquito23
    blackmosquito23 Posts: 181
    over bends wrote:
    I've been to 7 shows and they hit 2 hrs 45 mins four times (DC 08, both MSG 08, ER II 06). I think DC 08 was the longest at about 2:50. But yeah, they have this rep as a 3 hour show band, and I've been to a few 3 hour shows from other bands (Ween, even Chris Cornell) but never from Pearl Jam. It's pretty rare. The other three times I've seen them it was more 2 hours 20 minutes. I'm not complaining, but sometimes it seems that 3 hours is the norm based on discussion on here when that's not really true.

    I think people have a tendency to round up when talking about show length.
  • SpinningBombs
    SpinningBombs Posts: 270
    blackmosquito23 wrote:

    I think people have a tendency to round up when talking about show length.

    Yeah, 2.5 = 3 ;)
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  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    I think people (apologists) will also grasp for any thing they can to aide in their argument.
  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,336
    No love for the '96 Randells Island show?

    "I had this dream that we would just keep playing and playing and people would start to leave,..."

    :)
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  • SpinningBombs
    SpinningBombs Posts: 270
    100 Pacer wrote:
    No love for the '96 Randells Island show?

    "I had this dream that we would just keep playing and playing and people would start to leave,..."

    :)

    Ahhh... such a great show (my 1st)...I love that they had to huddle a number of times to decide which songs to ADD to the set list...
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  • G Force
    G Force Posts: 1,393
    I always round up when it comes to length... I mean... 3.25 inches is close enough to 4".
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,448
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn wrote:
    Even though they dont play many, it's a nice treat when you do get them! Also,they play about an hour longer then any other arena band out there! Just my two cents!
    And about an hour (at least) shorter than Phish. I still love 'em though :D
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  • Kanye East
    Kanye East Posts: 782
    blackmosquito23 wrote:
    SpinningBombs wrote:
    Bonnnnaaroooo!!! :D 8-)

    Yea man - just ask Kanye :lol:

    Who me? Lol...Bonnaroo, State College and the Gorge were all over 3 hour shows!!
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  • Kanye East
    Kanye East Posts: 782
    benjs wrote:
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn wrote:
    Even though they dont play many, it's a nice treat when you do get them! Also,they play about an hour longer then any other arena band out there! Just my two cents!
    And about an hour (at least) shorter than Phish. I still love 'em though :D

    Phish is boring, imo. They drag songs out waaaaay too long. If your down with spinning in circles for 3 hours, then Phish is your band. But if you wanna rock and roll, Pearl Jam is what you're looking for!!
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  • PJFAN_seattle
    PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    I can settle for 2 and a half hours :mrgreen:
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  • mikesbri
    mikesbri Toronto Posts: 1,011
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I have been to 31 shows, and I have only ever seen 2 3hour sets: Buffalo 03 & Ottawa 05.

    that was a great night in Buffalo
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    OK, cool. Thanks for the update.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do

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