*** Bristow, VA Fanviews Here 5/13/10 ***

CJMST3K wrote:

imalive wrote:

ed has that font in his microsoft word. he prints up 100's of 'em.

Joerock wrote:

I saw they had some higher-end video cameras taping the show. Is the band gonna be putting out another tour dvd?

iluvcats wrote:

Corey Lynn wrote:

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come on, don't censor what you wrote

Tiki Barber wrote:

mulva8 wrote:

I thought the beginning of the show was great, but once Eddie made his comment that lobbyist for financial institutions should kill themselves, I walked out - and I wasn't the only one. I realize that I am going to get some political talk from him, especially in DC, but that was really an awful thing to say. To marginalize someone's life like that is ignorant and really doesn't have a place during a show. I understand he has a right to freedom of speech - and I have my right to walk out, but really, that comment just sucked the life out of the show for me. I have been a fan club member for 13 years and have seen close to 20 shows and usually I don't let his comment affect me - but last night, that was just too much. That comment upset me so much that I don't know if I will renew my membership. Unfortunately I have friends excited about seeing them in Boston or I would sell my tickets.

i agree that he sounds a bit ignorant with some of his rambling political comments sometimes, but i can't really completely disagree with where is heart is coming from. you should know, having seen 20 shows, that eddie wears his heart on his sleeve. have you ever said something impulsively which may have came across the wrong way? that's all this really was. yeah, he should try to be a little more responsible with what he is saying to a crowd of 20,000 people who paid 100 dollars to hear pearl jam music, but you should know going into a pj show that you may hear something like this. is it really that hard to just ignore it until the next song? seems a bit ridiculous to let something like that ruin your experience. no offense, but i think you're being a little too sensitive here...as were the other people the walked out because of it.

IC188161 wrote:

I didn't take the suicide remark seriously and I'm a sensitive person.

I have walked out of a concert before when a band member made fun of God and used the F word during a prayer.
No thanks, I was no longer interested.

ummmm....isn't this a bit contradictory? I don't want to get into this discussion, but telling a particular group of people to go kill themselves is a bit more offensive than making fun of a fictional character. To me, as a fan of PJ music, this is a bit of a slap in the face. The only people that are going to hear what he decides to rant are people who paid a lot of money to see the show. So he's basically telling possible paying fans to go kill themselves. Yes, he eventually "took back" what he said, but it was uncalled for!

oh...as for addressing the actual thread topic...damn good show, musically. I really enjoyed the flow of the setlist. While other shows may have better songs throughout, this show had a main theme, and that was to simply rock!

sabreleaf wrote:

just looked at some pics of the Jiffy Lube. That place is huge. You could put 20,000 in that place and it would look empty. The grass is 3-4 times larger than what a normal amp. is. I think only the Pope might be able to fill that. Who would want to be that far back for a concert. So I was not there but to say they cant sell the lawns....may as well sit in the parking lot. Locals seem to know that if they didn't get seats they said F-this.