*** Manchester 2 Fanviews Here 6/21/12 ***

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  • Posts: 16,057
    i don't know anything about posters..but that lizard thing would seem to be very rare?
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • Posts: 8
    Contrary to every one else I preferred the 1st night but that's because Ten is my favourite album.

    Nevertheless here is my video of Hitchhiker taken from the rail in front of Mike

    http://youtu.be/rXtXoHQCZwM?hd=1
  • Posts: 5,642
    Easily one of the best shows I have ever been to.

    Fuckin' first class :D:D:D
  • Posts: 6,387
    GC264789 wrote:
    Contrary to every one else I preferred the 1st night but that's because Ten is my favourite album.

    Nevertheless here is my video of Hitchhiker taken from the rail in front of Mike

    http://youtu.be/rXtXoHQCZwM?hd=1

    I agree,Wednesday set was way more my thing, despite the persistant disagreeing,you know who you are :evil: :lol: .
    Although I was blessed by hearing Just Breathe both nights! :D
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • Posts: 5,340
    Definitely one of the best shows I've been to. Danced so much with so many fuckin' awesome people around me... fuckin' EPIIIIIC!

    HIIIITCH HIIIIIIIKER!
    This is me:
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    SMELL YER MA!
  • Posts: 4
    This was only my fourth PJ show, but it was the 4th best I've seen. That still means it was great, but I've come to learn that the people you are near can make a difference. After the PJ20 Sunday night show, I was hoarse for a few days because of all the singing and my knees hurt from all the jumping. Boston 2010 - when the house lights were on for RITFW, you could see every person in the entire arena, to the very back row, jumping around the way the people up front of standing room were doing last night. Last night - I lost neither my voice or my knees because it seemed a little harder to be that guy when surrounded by people who just stand and watch. But watching the folks on the floor - this was an epic show for those few hundred who were more a part of the energy. I'm not criticizing those around me - they just have a different way of enjoying the show - but I prefer high energy. I was in a very low row in section 115, so we were pretty close to the stage.

    Opening with Go is the kind of thing that makes a night seem like a blast right out of the gates. And despite knowing the song for 20 years, I just started to really appreciate Deep after hearing it last night. The story made it that much better. Finally - any time one can hear Present Tense live . . . . that's a good night.
  • Posts: 4
    Thought the band were fantastic last night and was having a great time, one of the best gigs I've seen, until some brain dead moron threw a full bottle of something which hit my wife on the head, right on the temple - just before Ed did his speach about poorly behaved people - I was listening to it as we were leaving the crowd to find medical assisatance.

    To whoever that fuckwit was..., oh I cant say what I really want to say about you :nono:
  • Posts: 4,695
    Pry To wrote:
    As for the crowd, it seemed like a lot of this was lost on them. Ed did say they were better than last night a few songs in, but it seemed to me like they lost a lot of steam as the show progressed. Almost everyone in the upper tiers was sitting down by the end of the night. The crowd really only seemed to perk up when the hits were played. You could practically hear a pin drop during Down -- no one had a clue. Same with Hitchhiker, really. Guy next to me was checking the soccer scores on his iPhone and looking at his watch every five minutes. He left right after Alive. I guess you can see why they don't play a lot of shows with setlists like this. The audience was there for Better Man, Alive, Even Flow, and Daughter. Me, I was in heaven. One of the best shows I've seen 'em play. What a night!

    I knooooow! I was looking around during the first few songs of the sets and thinking: How the hell to you manage to sit down during THIS?! Not so much disappointed as genuinely surprised. Everyone seemed to be up for Alive. Except for a few people around us in section 108. I did see a lot of facebook checking :shock:
    I mean, they seemed to like the show, but... Oh well, Ed seemed to not have noticed and that's all that matters :)

    For me the highlights were Off He Goes, Present Tense, Hitchhiker and Amongst the Waves
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Posts: 4,695
    Fabricio wrote:
    I'll tell you this: Present Tense was unforgettable.

    Very true. Is the fan who got Mike's shirt at the end here?
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Posts: 4,695
    strummers wrote:
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    Hmm weird- we were literally right in front of Mike on the first night and the crushing was pretty bad. So much so that quite a few people had to be pulled out as they couldn't take it.

    From section 115 5 rows from the floor on Stone's side... it looked horrible to the mother in me :D . As in: oh no, I really, really hope no one gets hurt. Things seemed crazy!
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Posts: 127
    I went to both nights and to be honest I haven't even thought about splitting them, for me it was 1 show with a break in the middle. I was just so happy to be there, and feel so like that i had the chance to see them again.

    IT WAS AWESOME !!!! No more to say.

    Thanks for coming back...
  • Posts: 14,120
    Fifi_Ireland wrote:
    OMG rearviewmirror was it for me last night! Unreal :mrgreen:
    usually, once I hear that song I can go home-especially if the jam is good!

    Its simple, is there someplace on earth you would rather be?

    Fuck no. Standing in front of pearl jam playing live is probably my first choice for living my life.

    This is true even if I am sitting on grass 400 yards away.
  • Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Easily one of the best shows I have ever been to.

    Fuckin' first class :D:D:D

    This.
    2000: Manchester
    2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
    2007: London
    2009: Manchester
    2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
    2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
    2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
    2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II

    Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
  • Posts: 2,722
    What else can I say... fuckin' UNREAL...! :)
    PJ * 2010 * Belfast * 2012 * Manchester 1 * Manchester 2 * Berlin 1 * Berlin 2 * 2014 * Amsterdam 1 * Amsterdam 2 * Berlin * Leeds * Milton Keynes *
    EV * 2012 * Manchester * London 1 * London 2 * 2017 * Dublin * Cork *
  • Posts: 546
    Was anyone else thinking they were going to play 'You Are' when they sound checked the drum-come-guitar-loop-de-Doop-machine-extraordinaire (I believe thats its official name) when they were setting up.

    I guess they always cover all the bases in case they want to mix it up on the fly.
    "I get into a state of consciousness that I can't explain. It is about feeling and not thinking. I get positive chills and insight into things that I can't get to any other way. It is Healing of the Soul." - Mike McCready
  • Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Stinkfoot wrote:
    Was anyone else thinking they were going to play 'You Are' when they sound checked the drum-come-guitar-loop-de-Doop-machine-extraordinaire (I believe thats its official name) when they were setting up.

    I guess they always cover all the bases in case they want to mix it up on the fly.

    Gotta admit I fell for that again. They did that at Wembley 07 and never played it. Heard it Weds night and thought "We're gonna get You Are". 5 minutes later I thought "remember Wembley 07"....
    2000: Manchester
    2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
    2007: London
    2009: Manchester
    2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
    2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
    2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
    2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II

    Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
  • Posts: 12
    Magic happened. Its as if I didn't even go home, sleep eat.. nope. The two gigs merged and it was purely magical. They were my first ever Pearl Jam gigs, so I think everyone here can imagine how im feeling right now. On the first night i was more shocked than anything else; i couldn't believe i was actually there (and ofcourse; i broke out in tears as soon as i heard the opening, Release). After i went home, i began my search to find a ticket for the next day, and ended up getting two free ones! Maybe it is true that, if you want something bad enough, the whole universe conspires in your favor ;) The second night, after i realised that, YES DANIELLE YOU ARE AT ANOTHER PEARL JAM CONCERT, i was more comfortable to kick back and enjoy the show without being completely stunned like the first night. Was in the front row, and managed to get two guitar pics (one of which McCready specifically gave the security guard to give to me, after I sang Alive back to him)
    The only downfall? I REALLY wanted them to play Garden :/
    All I can say is, I don't remember the last time i was THIS excited and blown away by something; i guess ive got less than a week to figure out how to find the money to get to Amsterdam and buy me two more tickets!
    Saw things clearer, once you were in my rearview mirror..
  • Posts: 506
    I have to admit I'm really jealous! The setlist is perfect, really! There are some sweet rarities, especially Deep and I Am Mine, some more often played songs that I haven't seen yet - Wishlist and, believe it or not, RVM! Of course Hitchhiker is incredible! It's really a great song and a much better choice then the other recently uncovered rarities (Black Red Yellow or In The Moonlight). I'm hoping for something of this caliber in Berlin! How about playing Undone there?!
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  • Cornwall, UK Posts: 72
    What can I say?

    Such an amazing night and I have fellow 10C member Carrie to thank for her generosity!

    We got to Manchester on Tuesday and couldn't resist sussing the venue when we got there, working out where to pick up wristbands etc.... nearly went in when a disgusting tout offered us tickets for face value as gates were about to open but knew I couldn't do 2 nights (heart failure has left me with chronic fatigue)... so was tucked up in bed by 8pm, albeit too excited to sleep!

    Got to the arena at 1 on Wednesday and we were numbered! How easy! The numbering system worked a treat so we could go relax for a coulpe of hours before joining the queue at 4.30ish and meeting some lovely people (Hi Sharon from Canada/UK!)

    The waiting flew by!

    X only served to whet my appetite for PJ more! Thank you for a great set!

    and then.... PJ were on! and boy! they were on it from the second they walked on stage!

    We were at the front, directly in front of Mike (who was looking really well :) and was loving every second).... thank you to all those who have posted setlist on here and on twitter cos I was in the moment, dancing, singing, feeling Alive! Cried through Just Breathe as it was the track that I had on when I heard that my Dad had passed, then I was picked back up and taken to heaven with Sonic Reducer!!!!

    My boyfriend got a pic from Mike (thank you!) and we drank Eddie's wine!

    I just have this feeling of Wow! Where can it go from here?

    Yes, I am battered, bruised (due to warfarin) and in pain, but feel so alive! Wishing I could see them again this tour but not sure how it could've been better!!

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    Hoping to see Eddie in London .... so if anyone has a couple of tickets that they aren't able to use please let me know!!!

    and thank you again, I'm simply holding the elation!
  • Posts: 14,895
    The Big Cheese wrote:
    Just got back, great set. only PJ can have the palms of your hands sweating . But was it worth the wait! It seemed for a second the whole arena went silent in antisipation and then they just exploded into, Go, Animal and Hail,Hail, I am mine into wishlist really worked for me (plus the old man needed a rest ;) never been a huge fan of the latter but i stand corrected.

    Then Even Flow, insane crowd singing, great solo from Jermima McCready :lol: someone on the thread will have to remind me of Ed's new name. Band ready smokin from here on in, many highlights gotta mention stormin version of RVM which threatend to lift the roof and beautiful little wing solo on the end of YL.

    Band seemed in great spirits. Needless to say i left tired, bruised, stinkin but with a big 'FUCK OFF' grin on my face. 8-)

    bring on next week.

    Also a big thankyou to Geoff and his daughter for the banter, hope we meet again

    Ray
    eds new name........jerome :lol:


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -

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