*** London Fanviews Here 18/6/07 ***

What a fuckin awesome setlist. No Even Flow? When is the last time that has happened. Would have loved to have been at this one.

Doodlebug wrote:

Well done for taking them! I am usually a very peaceful PJ fan, but having had my view blocked by the drunken mass of Portuguese fans and their blasted flags for half the show I too could not hold back. Polite requests were ignored so I ended up having an argument with them to little avail. So good on you gal! Were you the petite blonde lass next to my Mum? I must say they really did put a little of a downer on the gig for me, it is so horrible when you get folk who careless about others in the crowd, so, so rude. And given I had been looking forward to the concert for yonks it was a shame, still doesn't distract from the fantastic evening.

Oh and a hello too to the Scottish lad and his girlfriend from Croydon, also the tall dark haired guy beside me who was taking lots of pictures

we were all moaning about them in the q to start... feckin pain in the arse they were. We were there at about 9.20am and there was maybe 20 people in front of us (maybe 4 portugese) ... so... front row! Suddenly there was about fuckin 50 of them and we knew our front row chances were gone. Also there were two of them right in front of me at the barrier and when I tried to rest my hand on the barrier between them, she (girl in yellow tshirt) looking around at me giving me a dirty look... so it made me a wee bit happier that I'd managed to piss HER off . They pissed a LOT of people off!

4th pearl jam show, thought it was about time i joined the forum!!
fantastic show last night, they looked like they were having so much fun again!!
contrary to other people, i don't think the sound was that bad, maybe depends where u were stood/sat? i was about 20 metres back, dead centre, sounded brilliant, thought my heart was gonna explode when the bass and drums kicked into long road!!!
gutted they didn't play nothingman, my personal fave, but i loved the fact they didn't play the big-hitters, and yet were still head and shoulders above every other band out there doing the rounds at the mo!!!
high point - present tense
low point - 4 hour drive back to plymouth
roll on next time, just pray it isn't another 7 years!!!

Jesus H. Christ that was amazing. That's all I got to say.

duggro wrote:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/gig-22306864-details/Pearl+Jam/gigReview.do?reviewId=23401223

not a single song from vs??? try getting clued up you fool!!!

what a lame review

I don't think that guy went to the same gig as I did.

Heineken Helen wrote:

we were all moaning about them in the q to start... feckin pain in the arse they were. We were there at about 9.20am and there was maybe 20 people in front of us (maybe 4 portugese) ... so... front row! Suddenly there was about fuckin 50 of them and we knew our front row chances were gone. Also there were two of them right in front of me at the barrier and when I tried to rest my hand on the barrier between them, she (girl in yellow tshirt) looking around at me giving me a dirty look... so it made me a wee bit happier that I'd managed to piss HER off . They pissed a LOT of people off!

Us too!! With those FUCKING FLAGS!! Eventually (after about an hour of shifting from side to side to avoid this fuckers flag),I asked him politley to put it down.To which he acted fuckin thick and tried to say there was plenty of room on either side of him to get a decent view.There was'nt,just more fuckin portugese!!!!And they seemed more interested in posing for photos than watching the band! Idiots.

Wow.

Pearl jam came into my life 10 years ago at a time when I'd fallen out of love with music. A friend lent Ten and vs and I was enthralled.

Whether I'm a 'casual fan' or not I don't care. These were the one band I had to see. To give you an idea of how much this meant to me, the last time I was at a gig was in 1992.


Apparently, the sound was crappy. I noticed but didn't care.
Apparently, this was a gig for the hardcore and the 'casual fan' wouldn't have enjoyed it. I noticed that, too. but didn't care.

From the opening bars to the walk off stage I was beaten by the force of their performance and by the third or fourth song I was breathless. Halfway through I was emotional to the point where I felt that if they played one more song I loved then my heart would burst from happiness.

As it was my first PJ gig I did want to hear RVM and I hoped to hear I Am Mine, but to complain would be churlish.

My only experience of PJ live was when Id caught snippets of them at festivals and I thought they appeared knida subdued and I my biggest fear was they would be like that last night and I couldn't have been more wrong. They put their heart and soul into last night's performance and I think you could really 'feel the love'.

I know I'm wittering on but I've only found this forum today. Thank you all for sharing your own experiences and photo's.

I'll see you all again sometime. maybe at Lollapalooza if anyone wants to buy my soul.

Heineken Helen wrote:

we were all moaning about them in the q to start... feckin pain in the arse they were. We were there at about 9.20am and there was maybe 20 people in front of us (maybe 4 portugese) ... so... front row! Suddenly there was about fuckin 50 of them and we knew our front row chances were gone. Also there were two of them right in front of me at the barrier and when I tried to rest my hand on the barrier between them, she (girl in yellow tshirt) looking around at me giving me a dirty look... so it made me a wee bit happier that I'd managed to piss HER off . They pissed a LOT of people off!

Well, next time if I see a Portuguese flag in a PJ audience I will run to the otherside of the arena. They really did spoil a darn amazing night for a PJ fan of 14 years. Also, I brought my Mum who did actually tell most of them off, which really made me giggle. Most of them were very drunk and they say us Brits are bad abroad. *ahem*

I am not a xenophobe and I talked to loads of others from all over the place last night -- US, Aussies and so on, but please if you are going to go to a gig anywhere please respect others in the crowd and look after one another. Something I feel most of us do.

I am still on a post gig high, just hate feeling animosity where there needn't have been any at all :P

It's fair enough that the set isn't for beginners, but quite frankly that's the reason PJ are so great. When bands get to the size where they know they can sell out an arena, no matter what they play, it can go 2 ways.
They can play all the hits every night to please the first timers but annoy anyone who's been to more than 2 or 3 shows (like Foo Fighters do, for example). Or, occasionally the band can play an amazing set with little or no hits (knowing they don't need to rely on the same few songs to please the audience). The latter may not please first timers, but that setlist will set the show apart for fans who've seen the band before.

For a band that constantly change the setlist there's bound to be a few nights that don't please everyone.

Yielded wrote:

Yes I know, I was on the plane today thinking the same thing!

You're not doing Werchter by any chance, are you?

Sadly not, that was my only gig of the tour :(

Next time we must meet definitely