The Official Tour The Southern United States Thread

cajunkiwi · May 2011

Am I the only person getting a laugh at the people in the Northeast who are bitching about having to travel to PJ20?

OHMYGODYOUMEANIHAVETOGOTOWISCONSIN?THATSADEALBREAKER!

I swear, every time a tour is announced and the South is skipped (again), and people in the South complain (again), the reaction from the Northeast is, "If you were a real fan you'd travel to see them." Which, of course, is easy to say when you live somewhere Pearl Jam plays multiple times every single year and "traveling to see them" means taking the subway more than five stops.

So, I don't have any problem admitting I'm getting a laugh at the expense of the people suddenly complaining about the location of the show and saying the travel aspect is a dealbreaker.

Welcome to our club. Put your feet up, grab a beer, and I'll have some jambalaya ready soon.

LukinFan · May 2011

ComeToTX wrote:

its just gish wrote:

ComeToTX wrote:

yep...see y'all in 2012.

I hope so!

I don't actually think we'll get shows next year I was saying there's no need to bump this thing until 2012. I know we will anyway though.

No - we have to keep bumping. Plans are made far in advance of when they are announced. Just look at when Nelly first announced that it was going to be at Alpine - that was MONTHS ago. They've known about this for awhile - same thing with the Canada shows. I still truly believe that the reason the south got any shows in 2008 was because of the original Please Play the South Thread. We have to keep bumping this to the first page

RedMosquito22 · May 2011

Looks like 2012 may be the year for the south, but then again it might not.

themessenger · May 2011

How about for us Southerners that are making the PJ20 Alpine trip an official "Play the South" tshirt to wear for the shows?

its just gish · May 2011

themessenger wrote:

How about for us Southerners that are making the PJ20 Alpine trip an official "Play the South" tshirt to wear for the shows?

Count me in!!

shep · May 2011

LukinFan wrote:

No - we have to keep bumping. Plans are made far in advance of when they are announced. Just look at when Nelly first announced that it was going to be at Alpine - that was MONTHS ago. They've known about this for awhile - same thing with the Canada shows. I still truly believe that the reason the south got any shows in 2008 was because of the original Please Play the South Thread. We have to keep bumping this to the first page

What amazes me is that it has taken them 5 months to prep 12 shows... I know bands that would have that setup in 3 days.

at that rate if we keep bumping this thread we might get something in 2020...

(i know i'm back, that doesn't mean I've come to grips yet :P )

LukinFan · May 2011

shep wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

No - we have to keep bumping. Plans are made far in advance of when they are announced. Just look at when Nelly first announced that it was going to be at Alpine - that was MONTHS ago. They've known about this for awhile - same thing with the Canada shows. I still truly believe that the reason the south got any shows in 2008 was because of the original Please Play the South Thread. We have to keep bumping this to the first page

What amazes me is that it has taken them 5 months to prep 12 shows... I know bands that would have that setup in 3 days.

at that rate if we keep bumping this thread we might get something in 2020...

(i know i'm back, that doesn't mean I've come to grips yet :P )

Oh I agree 100% - you know they've been sitting on this info for at least 3-4 months. Why? I have no clue. I think the "no other US shows in 2011" is BS really. It's basically a way to make sure they will sell this thing out.

We'll get out shows in 2012 - we just have to keep bumping this thing to the top

pandora · May 2011

PLAY THE SOUTH!

shep · May 2011

LukinFan wrote:

Oh I agree 100% - you know they've been sitting on this info for at least 3-4 months. Why? I have no clue. I think the "no other US shows in 2011" is BS really. It's basically a way to make sure they will sell this thing out.

We'll get out shows in 2012 - we just have to keep bumping this thing to the top

I don't think they've been sitting on this for 3 or 4 months... if they were, the actual dates would have leaked sooner... none of the actualy dates for the Canadian shows were leaked until the last week or so... there is no way they would have stayed on the hush hush that long if they had been booked 3 or 4 months ago...

Personally it all looks like piss poor management to me, but that's just my opinion. Like I said, I know Entertainment lawyers that could have hammered out this tour in 2 or 3 days... there was no need for it to drag on for 5 months.

LukinFan · May 2011

shep wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

Oh I agree 100% - you know they've been sitting on this info for at least 3-4 months. Why? I have no clue. I think the "no other US shows in 2011" is BS really. It's basically a way to make sure they will sell this thing out.

We'll get out shows in 2012 - we just have to keep bumping this thing to the top

I don't think they've been sitting on this for 3 or 4 months... if they were, the actual dates would have leaked sooner... none of the actualy dates for the Canadian shows were leaked until the last week or so... there is no way they would have stayed on the hush hush that long if they had been booked 3 or 4 months ago...

Personally it all looks like piss poor management to me, but that's just my opinion. Like I said, I know Entertainment lawyers that could have hammered out this tour in 2 or 3 days... there was no need for it to drag on for 5 months.

Very possible - well, I think PJ20 at Alpine has been locked for a few months now. Maybe they were just waiting for the Canadian tour to be locked in before announcing everything?

its just gish · May 2011

pandora wrote:

PLAY THE SOUTH!

Hoping for next year!

shep · May 2011

LukinFan wrote:

shep wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

Oh I agree 100% - you know they've been sitting on this info for at least 3-4 months. Why? I have no clue. I think the "no other US shows in 2011" is BS really. It's basically a way to make sure they will sell this thing out.

We'll get out shows in 2012 - we just have to keep bumping this thing to the top

I don't think they've been sitting on this for 3 or 4 months... if they were, the actual dates would have leaked sooner... none of the actualy dates for the Canadian shows were leaked until the last week or so... there is no way they would have stayed on the hush hush that long if they had been booked 3 or 4 months ago...

Personally it all looks like piss poor management to me, but that's just my opinion. Like I said, I know Entertainment lawyers that could have hammered out this tour in 2 or 3 days... there was no need for it to drag on for 5 months.

Very possible - well, I think PJ20 at Alpine has been locked for a few months now. Maybe they were just waiting for the Canadian tour to be locked in before announcing everything?

I guess, but there's nothing going on in these stadiums that time of year (with the exception of maybe the ACC) that should cause this hold up. I really just believe it's due to poor management. but again, just my personal belief.

rhinomagic · May 2011

shep wrote:

I guess, but there's nothing going on in these stadiums that time of year (with the exception of maybe the ACC) that should cause this hold up. I really just believe it's due to poor management. but again, just my personal belief.

I don't disagree, shep.

I find their model to be highly inefficient. But then again, I've never managed or worked for a world famous rock band, so maybe there's something I'm missing there.

Now that all info is out there, can we talk about which of us southern folk are planning to travel north to get our fix?

I'm planning for the PJ20 weekend and packing a nice flag from the great state of Florida.

.

Cradles Broken Glass · May 2011

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this band and I'm happy for those getting to go to Alpine. However, since when in the hell is WI middle America? They must have taken a different geography class than I did.

Porchsitter · May 2011

I give up. This is the only way I'm going to be able to see them so I'll be loading up the car and heading for cheese country. Planning on camping to defray the cost of driving, tickets, etc. May even do some fishing to try to defray the food costs. We'll see. May go with a "Play the South" poster.

Citizen Zack · May 2011

Houston & Dallas 2012

pandora · May 2011

Porchsitter wrote:

I give up. This is the only way I'm going to be able to see them so I'll be loading up the car and heading for cheese country. Planning on camping to defray the cost of driving, tickets, etc. May even do some fishing to try to defray the food costs. We'll see. May go with a "Play the South" poster.

ENJOY!!

PLAY THE SOUTH!!!

Citizen Zack · May 2011

Got the ACL email this morning - no Radiohead. Stevie Wonder is the main headliner, along with Arcade Fire and Kanye West. This is almost as disappointing as no PJ shows in the south. We will get Coldplay, Social Distortion, My Morning Jacket, and Brandi Carlile - all of which I would pay to see. But the cost of day passes is high and I couldn't care less about the Arcade Fire (I know, I'm crazy) and especially Kanye West. Stevie Wonder also holds little interest for me in terms of headlining the festival. What a bummer.

I've got the Avett Brothers in Houston on Friday night. At least I have that to look forward to.

LukinFan · May 2011

play the south

its just gish · May 2011

rhinomagic wrote:

shep wrote:

I guess, but there's nothing going on in these stadiums that time of year (with the exception of maybe the ACC) that should cause this hold up. I really just believe it's due to poor management. but again, just my personal belief.

I don't disagree, shep.

I find their model to be highly inefficient. But then again, I've never managed or worked for a world famous rock band, so maybe there's something I'm missing there.

Now that all info is out there, can we talk about which of us southern folk are planning to travel north to get our fix?

I'm planning for the PJ20 weekend and packing a nice flag from the great state of Florida.

.

That got me thinking that I could bring a Texas one for the night I'm on the lawn

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