EURO TOUR 2012 ***THE VERDICT***

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  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,196
    Superb tour judging by the setlists and fanviews posted.

    Pros:
    Went to both Manchester shows. 1st time doing two nights back to back and its definitely worth it, they only repeated four songs. Although night 2 was better, some of the main highlights came from night one; a great version of Release (my favourite live track) to kick start the tour was amazing, Porch was the best version I've heard and Come Back was great too. Night two, being only my 3rd show was the perfect setlist for me. Many favourites including; Present Tense, Save You, I Am Mine, Wishlist, Rearview Mirror, Inside Job and Animal, all for the first time was mind blowing.

    The next highlight for me was Amsterdam 2. It's the first time I've sat and read the setlist thread and it was surprisingly great fun waiting for setlist to be relayed. Of course I couldn't believe my eyes when the songs were being listed. Wish I could have been there! Which bring me on to cons....

    Cons:
    Main thing I've learned from the tour is to follow through with plans. I had planned to go to Amsterdam but talked myself into believing that I couldn't afford it (I couldn't really but isn't this what personal loans are for????).
    Isle of Wight TV coverage was appalling, I waited all night to see three songs!

    Overall: Amazing tour, over far too soon. Hope they come back to Europe soon!
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  • diamond_marmalade
    diamond_marmalade Posts: 426
    HIGHS:

    The Fours show I attended - all unique in their own way.
    Getting to see Berlin.
    The fellow fans I got to meet and having a blast at Berlin 2.

    LOWS:

    Only attending 4 shows - This sounds like a tour that will go down with the best ever. They were on fire from show 1 and if I had made more effort I could of got to Amserdam.
    Not getting to cities night earlier so missed pre-parties and chance to meet lots more people.

    Overall it was amazing to be part of this tour. Roll on the next one! :)
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  • deserteddotse
    deserteddotse Posts: 1,276
    Highs: 7 shows - 101 unique songs...
    Lows: None...
    Give a monkey a brain and he'll swear he's the center of the Universe...
  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Highs:Two shows back to back Man 1 & 2 ,the amazing people I met or saw again,the atmosphere around the city and in the arena,the amazing opportunities to people watch and smile at how great everyone was feeling

    Lows: Only doing two shows,I will not be doing that again! Still allowing myself to feel like a duck treading water at times :? Having it all end and have to return to life mundane :cry:
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    highs: everything. 10 shows. the people I met. new friends that even made queueing my ass off all day a fun experience. sharing at least 20 "oh my god I can't believe they're playing this" moments over the tour. escaping and just doing what I love the most. the internationality. the kindness of most people, that was not spoiled by others behaving like assholes.

    They need to tour next year, there's no way I'll be able to stand a two-year break. I'm hooked...here, have all my money. ;)
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    after reading about berlin and the other shows, looking at the pics of the floor, i can say that i'm very happy north american shows are mostly not ga

    ga sucks IMNSHO
  • Mindless Drifter
    Mindless Drifter Posts: 210
    I went to the Rock Werchter festival with my mates to see pearl jam. Was my 20th birthday the day they played, 5th time of seeing them and also jack white was on the bill so i was fucvking sold when buying the tickets, fucking awesome festival and Pearl jam was great as ever, Vedder was SMASHED yesss lads!!

    Best birthday present ever, thanks alot pearl jam :mrgreen:
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    helplessdancer wrote:
    after reading about berlin and the other shows, looking at the pics of the floor, i can say that i'm very happy north american shows are mostly not ga

    ga sucks IMNSHO
    just ask Americans they did the euro tour to answer u to that..reading ,heard,think,..iks different to be in the venue..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    helplessdancer wrote:
    after reading about berlin and the other shows, looking at the pics of the floor, i can say that i'm very happy north american shows are mostly not ga

    ga sucks IMNSHO
    just ask Americans they did the euro tour to answer u to that..reading ,heard,think,..iks different to be in the venue..

    Atmosphere is always better at GA. ALWAYS!
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    helplessdancer wrote:
    after reading about berlin and the other shows, looking at the pics of the floor, i can say that i'm very happy north american shows are mostly not ga

    ga sucks IMNSHO
    just ask Americans they did the euro tour to answer u to that..reading ,heard,think,..iks different to be in the venue..

    Atmosphere is always better at GA. ALWAYS!
    i met like 150 Americans at this tour..they all had the same question for me....
    if i think they will play at 2014 again to Europe ,so they come back again....
    the ones was here got whats going on....
    we just dont go to the shows..we touring...the ones was here now knows what that means..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,052
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i met like 150 Americans at this tour..they all had the same question for me....
    if i think they will play at 2014 again to Europe ,so they come back again....
    the ones was here got whats going on....
    we just dont go to the shows..we touring...the ones was here now knows what that means..
    Fuck Gyros
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i met like 150 Americans at this tour..they all had the same question for me....
    if i think they will play at 2014 again to Europe ,so they come back again....
    the ones was here got whats going on....
    we just dont go to the shows..we touring...the ones was here now knows what that means..
    Fuck Gyros
    fuck hot dogs and coke
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    I wanna go back :(
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    just ask Americans they did the euro tour to answer u to that..reading ,heard,think,..iks different to be in the venue..

    Atmosphere is always better at GA. ALWAYS!
    i met like 150 Americans at this tour..they all had the same question for me....
    if i think they will play at 2014 again to Europe ,so they come back again....
    the ones was here got whats going on....
    we just dont go to the shows..we touring...the ones was here now knows what that means..

    Yep touring means more than the shows themselves.

    The reason why we do it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkBIMwDcxc

    :D
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i met like 150 Americans at this tour..they all had the same question for me....
    if i think they will play at 2014 again to Europe ,so they come back again....
    the ones was here got whats going on....
    we just dont go to the shows..we touring...the ones was here now knows what that means..

    Yep touring means more than the shows themselves.

    The reason why we do it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkBIMwDcxc

    :D
    you remind me that youtube video of berlin 2 ,during ylb,,when me and that guy wirth the red sox shirt,dance tango,,,hehehehheheheheheh
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Highs: that we were able to be there at all, the Tara in Amsterdam, meeting some great US/Euro/Middle East/Canadians, the whole f-ing trip!

    Lows: only that we couldn't catch a few more shows in a few more great cities!

    See you next time, Europe?
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  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 173
    Highs: Seeing PJ... simple as that. Only got to Manchester 1 and gutted I didn't do Manchester 2 (so I guess that counts as a low!)

    Awesome video below. What a vibe :)
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    The reason why we do it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkBIMwDcxc

    :D
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  • Eraserhead
    Eraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,984
    Highs:

    Doing 9 shows (all the indoor shows, except Prague), with the best three shows being Oslo, Berlin 2 and Amsterdam 2.

    Hearing songs for the first time (Love Boat Captain, All Those Yesterdays, Hard to Imagine, Alone). I'm sure there's some others on that list too!

    Mother in Berlin AND Oslo and Oslo having Interstellar Overdrive too.

    Stone taking over on lead vocals. (LET STONE SING! LET STONE SING!)

    Travelling to a bunch of places I've never been to before and meeting great people everywhere (airports, hotels, TC lines, etc)

    Lows:

    The heat in The Forum for the final show.

    The odd knob-head trying to push through the crowds to get through the masses.

    Tour being over!
    Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 43,114
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i met like 150 Americans at this tour..they all had the same question for me....
    if i think they will play at 2014 again to Europe ,so they come back again....
    the ones was here got whats going on....
    we just dont go to the shows..we touring...the ones was here now knows what that means..

    Yep touring means more than the shows themselves.

    The reason why we do it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkBIMwDcxc

    :D

    you remind me that youtube video of berlin 2 ,during ylb,,when me and that guy wirth the red sox shirt,dance tango,,,hehehehheheheheheh

    Dimi's not a bad dancer! And as aprehensive as I was regarding standing room on the floor for the Euro Tour, it was misplaced. I rocked my ass off and had an awesome time with people from around the globe, Dimi being one of them. Can't wait for the next Euro Tour so I can experience it again. Dimi, thanks for the dance!

    Peace.

    PS: Going through really bad withdrawals right now.
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  • emjot
    emjot Posts: 2,722
    nigel wrote:
    Overall I think this tour has been amazing.

    Highs: Three fantastic shows - Manchester 1&2 and then Oslo last night. All great in different ways. Release opening the tour up was incredible - bumped into both Marta and her friend down the front which was great. Met a husband and wife over from New Zealand that night as well!! On second Manchester night was due to be on my own as mate had to go back to work and to cap it all - in a lonely seat! Walked into the "meet up" pub in the afternoon and bumped into Neil (Chelsea48) who I met in Belfast in 2010, and then two great guy in Rene and James. Managed to get a standing ticket and ended up seeing one of the best PJ shows ever! The Oslo show was also great but for different reasons - the crowd wasn't the best and Ed was clearly poorly, but they pulled an amazing show out of the fire. The set list in Oslo was probably the best of the three as well.

    Lows: Oslo is fecking expensive!! I probably could have almost done a trip to see the guys in The States for the two and a bit days in Norway. The crowd were also fairly subdued, but I think that's just the Scandinavian way. I got told to stop jumping up and down and singing so much by a guy 4 rows from the front after song three songs which put a dampener on things for little while. But to balance that out in the Fiasco bar over the road from the Spektrum both the night before and on the day of the show, met loads of brilliant people including some very cool locals.

    All in all - brilliant. Can't wait for the next one!!!
    Nigeeeeellllll!!!! *waves histerically* Hiiiiiii!!! :wave: :clap: :clap: :clap: How are you??? I sent you photos on twitter but I don't think you've seen them? Ohhhhh, so cool i read that thread and found your post!!! I'll tell Ewa! :D Yay! :D

    Going to see EV solo somewhere?
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