Here's The Latest On Pearl Jam Playing Fenway Park

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  • simpleman
    simpleman Posts: 425
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Ummmm not a Rockies fan here. Born and raised Brewer fan here.





    Shit I don't even have the shows from the 2006 tour that I saw.
    Brewers???? More the reason to drink w/ you!!! Ryan Braun is killer! Hope to see you at the game on 5/18. We're playing your boys.....
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    simpleman wrote:
    Brewers???? More the reason to drink w/ you!!! Ryan Braun is killer! Hope to see you at the game on 5/18. We're playing your boys.....

    Should be a good series. :)

    Of course if Eric Gagne comes in for the save well you'll win. He freaking sucks IMO.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Should be a good series. :)

    Of course if Eric Gagne comes in for the save well you'll win. He freaking sucks IMO.

    He's all yours. 10 mil for one year. I gotta used car I can sell to the Brewers.
  • swallowedwords
    swallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    simpleman wrote:
    that's what I'm talking about!! Maybe while your there, you'll will be transformed into a Sox fan!!!!

    Never! It's bad enough I have to deal with my brother and sister-in-law, who are both Sox fans.
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    If PJ plays Fenway Park are we required to wear a RedSox hat backwards? heh

    I think you're required to wear that at all pearl jam shows regardless.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I think you're required to wear that at all pearl jam shows regardless.


    word on that.


    Detroit what!!!???
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I think you're required to wear that at all pearl jam shows regardless.


    Seems to be the case sometimes. :D hehe
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    Well, currently there are no bands booked for a 2nd night at Fenway this summer according to today's Herald (after Neil Diamond plays the 1st night). And Theo is a big fan. So who knows.

    But here's the article:

    http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1092031&srvc=home&position=also

    I dont think it's been posted yet. It's possible that PJ may play, but certain things would need to be worked out.
    Read page of the the comments....there's familiar name there. ;)

    http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1092031&format=comments&cnum=2
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  • sk8nshoot1
    sk8nshoot1 Posts: 722
    Fenway = Boston Lou's backyard (or as close as they'll get)
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  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    LongRd. wrote:
    Read page of the the comments....there's familiar name there. ;)

    http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1092031&format=comments&cnum=2

    nice.

    By the way, off topic but here's a piece on Neil Young and Blu Ray.


    http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1092220
  • Lennon_Cobain
    Lennon_Cobain Posts: 706
    I thought that Neil Diamond was playing the first night and that James Taylor was playing the second night. This is what I heard over a month ago when the Neil Diamond show was announced. Did this change?
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    They should play Yankee Stadium.
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  • Brain of mJ
    Brain of mJ Posts: 786
    When will fans get over the fact that PJ won't ever play Fenway Park. First off, they couldn't sell it out unless they got a giant travelling contingent. For those people who keep saying, well they can sell out two consecutive nights at TD or Great Woods, recognize that probably 40% of the audience is the same for the two nights. Secondly, the city won't approve PJ to play, they like either older or tamer artists: Buffet, Stones, Diamond, DMB. And thirdly, those artists can command 3 figure ticket prices, something that I'd never see PJ ever doing. And I love people who give the Theo argument that he loves the band, so Fenway should hold a show. Just because the guy who's job it is to evaluate and field players for a team likes a band, doesn't mean the organization is just going to cowtail to what he likes. There are faw more important people organizationally who have say in that other than the guy who evaluates baseball talent; they are the company president/CEO and of course the owners. Remember, this is a business as much as it's a game.
  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    When will fans get over the fact that PJ won't ever play Fenway Park. First off, they couldn't sell it out unless they got a giant travelling contingent. For those people who keep saying, well they can sell out two consecutive nights at TD or Great Woods, recognize that probably 40% of the audience is the same for the two nights. Secondly, the city won't approve PJ to play, they like either older or tamer artists: Buffet, Stones, Diamond, DMB. And thirdly, those artists can command 3 figure ticket prices, something that I'd never see PJ ever doing. And I love people who give the Theo argument that he loves the band, so Fenway should hold a show. Just because the guy who's job it is to evaluate and field players for a team likes a band, doesn't mean the organization is just going to cowtail to what he likes. There are faw more important people organizationally who have say in that other than the guy who evaluates baseball talent; they are the company president/CEO and of course the owners. Remember, this is a business as much as it's a game.


    Amen. Thank you for saying this. I don't think people will ever stop talking about this unfortunately.
  • Qball
    Qball Posts: 283
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    When will fans get over the fact that PJ won't ever play Fenway Park. First off, they couldn't sell it out unless they got a giant travelling contingent.
    PJ would sell out Fenway in a heartbeat. Fenway is one of those venues where if you love pj and baseball you can kill two birds with one stone. The history of the park would draw people alone. I would go for the same reason I go to MSG. 1.It's in a great city 2. The venue is historical and has a great feel to it. 3.The band loves the city and always plays a great show.
  • zacman13245
    zacman13245 Posts: 294
    swallowedwords wrote:
    I can't see PJ playing a baseball stadium. Too damn big.
    fenways really small
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  • reills
    reills Posts: 13
    Think about the location. Philadelphia, New York, and Boston are the three cities with the most PJ fans and these fans will all be there.... The ticket would be hard to get if it happened. Fenway holds at most 39,000 people. PJ easily sells out venues that hold ROUGHLY 25,000 in Philadelphia alone.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    When will fans get over the fact that PJ won't ever play Fenway Park. First off, they couldn't sell it out unless they got a giant travelling contingent. For those people who keep saying, well they can sell out two consecutive nights at TD or Great Woods, recognize that probably 40% of the audience is the same for the two nights. Secondly, the city won't approve PJ to play, they like either older or tamer artists: Buffet, Stones, Diamond, DMB. And thirdly, those artists can command 3 figure ticket prices, something that I'd never see PJ ever doing. And I love people who give the Theo argument that he loves the band, so Fenway should hold a show. Just because the guy who's job it is to evaluate and field players for a team likes a band, doesn't mean the organization is just going to cowtail to what he likes. There are faw more important people organizationally who have say in that other than the guy who evaluates baseball talent; they are the company president/CEO and of course the owners. Remember, this is a business as much as it's a game.


    Brain - I'm going to disagree with most of your points. Fenway holds about 35,000 fans for a baseball game. Sure, they'll add some seats on the field for concerts, but once the logistics of the stage is configured and the entire production is completely setup, they'll probably block off certain sections (including bleachers). Thus they can set it up for a 30,000 seat capacity if they'd like. I think there's a misconception that Fenway can hold 60,000 fans, which they can't. I posted in this thread earlier that, yes they'd need a heckuva opening act to push tickets because Pearl Jam won't sell it out by themselves. But they'll draw a healthy house and if they throw in a respectable opening act or two then no doubt they can draw a monster gate. It would have to be a special show to justify raising ticket prices, but it's not impossible. And I don't agree with the notion that the city won't allow PJ to play Fenway. I don't think the perception of PJ by bigwigs who have power as this hardcore rock band really exists anymore. It's not 1995. As for Theo, while he doesn't have much individual power in the grand scheme of things with these type of activities at Fenway, keep in mind that he is an executive who has an "in" with the other bigwigs there and has a voice that is respected within that organization. Agreed, a lot of things would have to come together for this to work and I'd be skeptical if this was over 2 nights, but for one night only at Fenway with the correct lineup and good promotion, I have no doubt that they can draw a monster gate and close to a sellout, if not a complete sellout. And that my friend is what good business is all about.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Lennon_Cobain wrote:
    I thought that Neil Diamond was playing the first night and that James Taylor was playing the second night. This is what I heard over a month ago when the Neil Diamond show was announced. Did this change?

    James Taylor bailed.
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    christ,
    they have a "hot stove/ cool music" concert for charity there every year...

    they could arrange a PJ concert in a heartbeat!
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