Final Wrigley Thoughts

Where did they stop selling beer? I was so hungover most of the day I wasn't drinking for the show (I had quite a few $1 waters), but people around me in the floor were grabbing beers at 1:30. My buddy grabbed a rum and coke during the delay.

Anyway, final thoughts....a weird day, but well worth all the cash it took to get here.

Greatest fucking band in the world!!!

And their fans aren't too shabby either. (Fucking Hyatt crew that kept me drinking till 3 am Friday morning, you know who you are

quimby20 wrote:

Empty Glass wrote:

Where did they stop selling beer? I was so hungover most of the day I wasn't drinking for the show (I had quite a few $1 waters), but people around me in the floor were grabbing beers at 1:30. My buddy grabbed a rum and coke during the delay.

Anyway, final thoughts....a weird day, but well worth all the cash it took to get here.

Greatest fucking band in the world!!!

And their fans aren't too shabby either. (Fucking Hyatt crew that kept me drinking till 3 am Friday morning, you know who you are

I think during the delay, they shut down beer sales. Can't blame them. If the show did get cancelled, you didn't need a bunch of drunk disgruntled fans.

Makes sense, but rum and cokes were flowing.

Either way, you can't bitch at the seller. It's not their (the individual) call to stop sales.

GA is GA. Just because you were at the rail when the show started doesn't give you the "right" to stand at the rail after the rain delay. If it was a regular show and you stayed in your spot, held your spot (didn't get pushed or squeezed out of the way), didn't leave for food, water or bathroom? you get the rail all night long. Once you leave that place, it's no longer "yours". Thats what GA means. If your half way back on the floor and go to the bathroom do you expect to be standing in the exact same place? Doesn't matter how long you waited in line to get in. It's like Disney World, you want the best place for the parade? your ass better be there, and stay there. Or you lose.

If you wanted to be back at the rail, then you needed to be just as diligent getting there at the restart of the show.
I wasn't there, I'm a huge PJ fan that doesn't wait in line to be front row, not because I don't want to be there, but because it's too hard to hold it. The people that want to be there have to realize the time and effort and be respectful of the people around you. If people got to the front after the rain delay AND they had their wristbands? I say it was fair game.

Seems like the crowd was tough, people were crabby from the heat and the delay. Too bad because it seemed the band did their best to keep things going and to make the fans happy. Most issues I'm reading are from GA and being at the rail and drunk people. Sounds about normal to me.

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It was a day of highs and lows for me and my wife.

Drove up in the morning from Windsor, Ontario and had to battle with the hotel which screwed up our reservations.

An hour later got that sorted out. Took the blue line and redline to Wrigley and went smoothly.

The merchandise booths were fucking crazy, managed to get a T and some stickers inside Wrigley after a 2 hour wait and everyone in line were sweating so much they looked like they took a shower.

Too bad water is fucking expensive ... 4.25 inside really!!, sometimes someone needs to let go of a little greed and think of the 50000 or so people in the venue ... but it is what it is.

The concert itself was just fucking awesome and was even better after the rain delay ... seemed to cool things down a bit.

Highlights
-opening with Release
-Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorn
-Mr. Cub himself
-Pearl Jam playing 45 minutes then a rain delay and returning to the stage at 11:45 and rocking till 2am ... I doubt there is another band on the planet that would have returned to the stage after a near 3 hour delay :clap: :clap: :clap:
We who were there Friday night were truly lucky and witnessed a very special night.

I brought a rain poncho and just sat there, waiting for the rain to end.

At this point, I don't even think about those 2 hours, because I got so much more in return.

The only people I felt bad for, were the two sweet old ladies who were assisting with the tickets and the seating. I am not sure if this was also security, but it was 2 in the morning and you could just see it in their faces that they just wanted to go home and rest their feet.

Now...the guy who fell asleep and missed the show..yeah, I don't feel bad for you. :nono: :fp:

All in all, I had a great time, did not have a weekend with that much fun in a long time.

I took a good friend of mine who has been going through some personal difficulties in his life (divorce with ex wife and other events) and had not seen the band since 2000. We helped out a man down on his luck earlier in the day by helping purchase a meal for him and hoping that he lands the job that he is trying to get (chef position at a newer hotel in downtown Chicago). My friend and I both arrive at Wrigley at 230 PM and take in everything. It was a great sight, I had not seen that many PJ fans at one place since PJ20 in 2011 at Alpine Valley. The line to get the 10C tickets was not too long with only a few people in line at the time, so it was fair. I get my tickets and find out I am seated in section 114, first row. The seats were good, and in the stadium, so no complaints. I was wearing the red karate bear PJ shirt and buddy wore my ratbox shirt (both from the short 2012 US tour)

My buddy and I go grab some beers and food before the concert. The Full Shilling was great and I had a good time meeting and talking fellow fans there. We meet up with some friends from back home (Central Illinois) and share some beer together. After that, we go to the merchandise line and grab four shirts, two for each of us. After purchasing some shirts, we enter Wrigley and proceed to the seats and then have some pictures taken with the other friends from Full Shilling.

People understand, three things can not be defeated; father time, mother nature, and the laws of physics. It was approaching 730 and my friend gets nervous, I tell him that there is bad weather coming through and the band will not take a chance with other people's lives since this is a fun thing and the amount of times PJ has been through bad experiences with what happens to fans (Roskilde Festival) and what happened in Indiana in either 2011 or 2012. The band comes on after 8PM and the show starts. Now nature kicks in and not to expect rain at an outdoor show is foolish thinking. I did not expect a delay that long, but I understood it.

The people I talked to all had good attitudes about it and then the band comes back on at 12 AM, I understand that the show can not go as long as expected. The new song Forever Days was great, I am impressed.

The only thing I wished that could have been different was PJ playing the rest of the eight songs they intended to play, but such is life. Thank you PJ fans, 10C, PJ, and the city of Chicago for a great time, I will never forget it, neither will my friend who was with me that day/night/next day.

My final thoughts...

-The show was awesome, could have been one of the best ever without the storm.
-If they had started at 7:30 as advertised, they could have played everything that they planned.
-They took their sweet old time restarting the show. They problaby wasted a half hour.
-For all those trapped underneath the seats during the rain delay, it was made even worse by people who felt the need to smoke. There were no smoking signs everwhere.
-Met and talked to lots of 10C members... EVERYONE I met hated the lottery. I didn't meet one person who had good things to say about it.

Haywood Yablomee wrote:

You must have been looking at the 7-11 prices because the whole day Wrigley vending people were walking around to the people in merch lines with a huge blue bucket of water for $5 each!

Last-12-Exit wrote:

Water was one dollar outside the field. Earthcam verified that thru the entire show!

I bought a water from a guy right on the corner outside of Wrigley, he hada cooler full of them (and saw a bunch of other guys all around the staium with the same setup) and they were going for $2 a bottle.... I bought several before going inside.... once inside the stadium bottles of water were $4.50 ...