How stoked am I, have got tix to Soundwave in Brisbane for the 22nd, now I get to go to EV on the 23rd too!!
Provided I get tix of course
Hey has the pre party for the BDO has been confirmed for Auckland yet???
Sorry not on that stupid Facebook!
Any chance anyone could post where and time??
Sure, its Fathers Teds which is a bar in the city, (10 Wellesley Street West), it says time not confirmed on the Facebook page but I think we're all planning to just show up anytime in the mid to late afternoon. I'll be getting there earlyish because I'm going to see Mudhoney's sideshow later that night
Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Pearl Jam!
I'm looking to buy a single ticket to Ed's Sydney Opera House show, PM me if you've got a spare! I don't care where the seat is!
Sorry not on that stupid Facebook!
Any chance anyone could post where and time??
Sure, its Fathers Teds which is a bar in the city, (10 Wellesley Street West), it says time not confirmed on the Facebook page but I think we're all planning to just show up anytime in the mid to late afternoon. I'll be getting there earlyish because I'm going to see Mudhoney's sideshow later that night
And I got tix for the only show I went for in the lottery, I thought the prices were outrageous until I realised I was very lucky to get tix and not have to deal with eBay!
:roll:
1998 Wellington
2001 Rock Am Ring
2009 CHCH and Melbourne
2012 Manchester x 2
Anyone going down south after the show in Auckland!?
Have a Jucy Condo van with 3 spare seats that I'm translocating to christchurch from the 18th til the 22nd. My plan so far: Drive to the ferry the first day with a few stops here and there and then to the Abel Tasman, West coast down to franz josef (maybe) and then Arthurs pass (definitely) on the way to christchurch. There are beds for 4 people. Only asking for petrol money, and the ferry ticket you need to buy for yourself of course. I'll be playing loads of PJ, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, the Who, etc and whatever you wanna hear. So if your going down the same way anyway it would be nice to have some company and do some camping in this gorgeous country. I'm norwegian btw! Studying biology and in NZ for two months tramping around. Send me a PM if you wanna join, and we can meet up when I'm in Auckland.
Thoughts and observations on Pearl Jam, Big Day Out 2014.
I must say I was really excited to see the Jammers again for the first time since 2009, in fact the whole day at the BDO was pretty damn great. saw a few cool bands leading up to PJ's headlining set, NZ's 'the Naked And Famous' were good, a very polished live act. A mate and I waited in a que for beers for about an hour while Primus played the Main Stage, we waited so long for the drinks that we missed the start of 'The Hives'. Have seen these guys last time they played the BDO back in '05, so didn't want to miss them as I knew they were awesome live. Made it down to the main arena area for the majority of their set and it was brilliant. That band know how to rock out and the front man, Pelle is very funny! Telling the crowd they were the best looking bunch of Hobbit's he'd ever seen, and when some huge bouncing balls with the MTV logo on them were bouncing on the crowd he said - "This set is sponsored by MTV!", very tongue in cheek. Their whole set was very enjoyable.
Next we went to another stage over the hill to see Mudhoney. First time seeing these legends live, and wow they didn't disappoint, some very brutal rock riffing from these guys. I didn't know most of the songs they played, but liked every song, good to see a band keeping pure, punk rock alive, plus they played the stupendous 'Touch Me I'm Sick', fantastic! Then it was back tot the main stage to see Arcade Fire, I was really looking forward to seeing these guy's as I have a few of their albums and 'Funeral' is a bonafide classic. Ten people on stage is impressive and the fact a few of them swapped instruments means they a real muso's with immense talent. The tracks they played off the new album were mostly great, a couple were kinda dull though. But, really great to hear 'Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)', 'Rebellion (Lies)' and 'Wake Up' live, superb!
Then it was time for the main event, the legends themselves....Pearl Jam! The crowd was huge for their set, I'm sure a lot of people were off seeing other acts, Snoop Dogg, Deftones etc, but it seemed the vast majority were here to see PJ do their thing. They opened with 'Release' and it was obvious from the start Eddie's voice is still a massive asset to this band, he showed his voice's real power straight away. They then hit us with some of their best tracks, 'Go' then 'Corduroy' which was huge, followed by 'Lightning Bolt', a song that could easily become a new classic. I was very happy to hear 'Brain of J' live, such a cool song! Then followed by a primo version of "Even Flow', sounding better live than ever before! I'm not a fan of 'Sirens', so that kind of bored me, though the crowd seemed to enjoy it.
'Let The Records Play' and 'Imfalliible' followed next, two very good songs off their latest album. The crowd around me seemed to get a little restless during 'Imfallible', but I thought it was great, maybe because it's mid-tempo it didn't grab the audience. 'Unthought Unknown' was really good too and then nice to see a rather over looked song with 'Save You' appear in the set. The next number was the highlight for me, 'Habit' the fast, in-you-face song off 'No Code' was a real winner, plus having Liam Finn arrive to sing it was very cool. He reminded me off his uncle Tim with his manic energy circa 1979 as he ripped into this punk-rock gem. 'Betterman' was ok, lots of people around me getting into it, singing away, though it's never been a fave of mine so I went to get some more drinks.
After the short encore they played 'Footsteps' which was pretty rad, then 'Small Town' and one song I really can't stand 'Nothingman' yawn! "Daughter' came next and that lifted things up again for me, this sounded amazing live and when they went into that breakdown part, wow, this was when Pearl jam really showed their true class, sounded effortless and probably was for them, brilliant! Then 'Why Go' was played and that rocked hard too, such awesome energy to this one, boom! The final song 'Baba O'Reilly was treat too, Pearl Jam making the riff their own as Eddie swung from some dangling lights out over the front of the crowd, cool! All in all Pearl Jam brought it, can't wait until next time!
Observations on the band members:
Mike - That guy is incredible, the way he put's his head back as he unleashes one of his solo's, it's like he is being hit by lightning as he just stands and delivers. A true genius!
Jeff - Rocking a very large greying goatee and a cool 'The Cult' t-shirt, you could tell he was enjoying every moment up there.
Matt - Mr Reliable, does this guy ever make a mistake, like ever?! So solid at the back.
Eddie - That was some bottle of red he brought on stage, never seen a bottle of wine so large! I think he drank t all too, good effort! Great story telling too, the one about when he got saved at a beach here back in 95' was awesome, you can tell the man love's NZ.
Stone - Seems like a very laid back dude, smiles a lot on stage and just cruises around strumming away happy as Larry.
dont worry bout been afan live the dream I have, I aint looking back or care what anybody says MY life changed at the BDO at 51 I was rocking I'm a believer.Thanks PJ love ya
Comments
Yeah pre-party details are on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/5135536 ... r=upcoming
I'm looking to buy a single ticket to Ed's Sydney Opera House show, PM me if you've got a spare! I don't care where the seat is!
Any chance anyone could post where and time??
2001 Rock Am Ring
2009 CHCH and Melbourne
2012 Manchester x 2
Sure, its Fathers Teds which is a bar in the city, (10 Wellesley Street West), it says time not confirmed on the Facebook page but I think we're all planning to just show up anytime in the mid to late afternoon. I'll be getting there earlyish because I'm going to see Mudhoney's sideshow later that night
I'm looking to buy a single ticket to Ed's Sydney Opera House show, PM me if you've got a spare! I don't care where the seat is!
2001 Rock Am Ring
2009 CHCH and Melbourne
2012 Manchester x 2
*mutter* :evil:
whos going to BDO?
And I got tix for the only show I went for in the lottery, I thought the prices were outrageous until I realised I was very lucky to get tix and not have to deal with eBay!
:roll:
2001 Rock Am Ring
2009 CHCH and Melbourne
2012 Manchester x 2
As Chris said.... Everyone is! Huzzah!
Have a Jucy Condo van with 3 spare seats that I'm translocating to christchurch from the 18th til the 22nd. My plan so far: Drive to the ferry the first day with a few stops here and there and then to the Abel Tasman, West coast down to franz josef (maybe) and then Arthurs pass (definitely) on the way to christchurch. There are beds for 4 people.
Only asking for petrol money, and the ferry ticket you need to buy for yourself of course. I'll be playing loads of PJ, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, the Who, etc and whatever you wanna hear. So if your going down the same way anyway it would be nice to have some company and do some camping in this gorgeous country.
I'm norwegian btw! Studying biology and in NZ for two months tramping around.
Send me a PM if you wanna join, and we can meet up when I'm in Auckland.
PJ:
Oslo - 2014
Stockholm - 2014
Auckland - 2014
Oslo - 2012
Stockholm 2012
Dublin - 2010
Belfast - 2010
Manchester - 2009
EV:
Berlin - 2017
Cork - 2017
I must say I was really excited to see the Jammers again for the first time since 2009, in fact the whole day at the BDO was pretty damn great. saw a few cool bands leading up to PJ's headlining set, NZ's 'the Naked And Famous' were good, a very polished live act. A mate and I waited in a que for beers for about an hour while Primus played the Main Stage, we waited so long for the drinks that we missed the start of 'The Hives'. Have seen these guys last time they played the BDO back in '05, so didn't want to miss them as I knew they were awesome live. Made it down to the main arena area for the majority of their set and it was brilliant. That band know how to rock out and the front man, Pelle is very funny! Telling the crowd they were the best looking bunch of Hobbit's he'd ever seen, and when some huge bouncing balls with the MTV logo on them were bouncing on the crowd he said - "This set is sponsored by MTV!", very tongue in cheek. Their whole set was very enjoyable.
Next we went to another stage over the hill to see Mudhoney. First time seeing these legends live, and wow they didn't disappoint, some very brutal rock riffing from these guys. I didn't know most of the songs they played, but liked every song, good to see a band keeping pure, punk rock alive, plus they played the stupendous 'Touch Me I'm Sick', fantastic! Then it was back tot the main stage to see Arcade Fire, I was really looking forward to seeing these guy's as I have a few of their albums and 'Funeral' is a bonafide classic. Ten people on stage is impressive and the fact a few of them swapped instruments means they a real muso's with immense talent. The tracks they played off the new album were mostly great, a couple were kinda dull though. But, really great to hear 'Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)', 'Rebellion (Lies)' and 'Wake Up' live, superb!
Then it was time for the main event, the legends themselves....Pearl Jam! The crowd was huge for their set, I'm sure a lot of people were off seeing other acts, Snoop Dogg, Deftones etc, but it seemed the vast majority were here to see PJ do their thing. They opened with 'Release' and it was obvious from the start Eddie's voice is still a massive asset to this band, he showed his voice's real power straight away. They then hit us with some of their best tracks, 'Go' then 'Corduroy' which was huge, followed by 'Lightning Bolt', a song that could easily become a new classic. I was very happy to hear 'Brain of J' live, such a cool song! Then followed by a primo version of "Even Flow', sounding better live than ever before! I'm not a fan of 'Sirens', so that kind of bored me, though the crowd seemed to enjoy it.
'Let The Records Play' and 'Imfalliible' followed next, two very good songs off their latest album. The crowd around me seemed to get a little restless during 'Imfallible', but I thought it was great, maybe because it's mid-tempo it didn't grab the audience. 'Unthought Unknown' was really good too and then nice to see a rather over looked song with 'Save You' appear in the set. The next number was the highlight for me, 'Habit' the fast, in-you-face song off 'No Code' was a real winner, plus having Liam Finn arrive to sing it was very cool. He reminded me off his uncle Tim with his manic energy circa 1979 as he ripped into this punk-rock gem. 'Betterman' was ok, lots of people around me getting into it, singing away, though it's never been a fave of mine so I went to get some more drinks.
After the short encore they played 'Footsteps' which was pretty rad, then 'Small Town' and one song I really can't stand 'Nothingman' yawn! "Daughter' came next and that lifted things up again for me, this sounded amazing live and when they went into that breakdown part, wow, this was when Pearl jam really showed their true class, sounded effortless and probably was for them, brilliant! Then 'Why Go' was played and that rocked hard too, such awesome energy to this one, boom! The final song 'Baba O'Reilly was treat too, Pearl Jam making the riff their own as Eddie swung from some dangling lights out over the front of the crowd, cool! All in all Pearl Jam brought it, can't wait until next time!
Observations on the band members:
Mike - That guy is incredible, the way he put's his head back as he unleashes one of his solo's, it's like he is being hit by lightning as he just stands and delivers. A true genius!
Jeff - Rocking a very large greying goatee and a cool 'The Cult' t-shirt, you could tell he was enjoying every moment up there.
Matt - Mr Reliable, does this guy ever make a mistake, like ever?! So solid at the back.
Eddie - That was some bottle of red he brought on stage, never seen a bottle of wine so large! I think he drank t all too, good effort! Great story telling too, the one about when he got saved at a beach here back in 95' was awesome, you can tell the man love's NZ.
Stone - Seems like a very laid back dude, smiles a lot on stage and just cruises around strumming away happy as Larry.
Meanwhile hi :-h NZ peeps it was great to see so many people last weekend.
PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014, Auckland1&2 2024
EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
LIVEFOOTSTEPS.ORG/USER/?USR=435
little bit.. *swoons*