Milton Keynes - No love?

PennyB · December 2013

I'm going with my husband and I'm really looking forward to it.

My hubby couldn't get tickets for Glastonbury this year (he's been twice before), so at least he has this one day mini "festival" for 2014.

Friends of ours saw the Foo Fighters at Milton Keynes and had a great time.

I think the problem is that, although Pearl Jam is a big band internationally, I don't think they're that well known amongst the general public in the UK the way the Foo Fighters are.

I've often wondered why this is and just put it down to the fact that the early 1990's was a particularly creative time in music in the UK as well as the States, so radio stations were busy playing British stuff and bypassed many American bands of that era (apart from Nirvana).

wozza77 · December 2013

Anyone on the fence with this one I urge to book tickets for the following reasons:

MK Bowl has best sound for an outside venue I have ever been to.
Last show of the tour - normally these are special
This is not a festival therefore no reason why they will play short hits only set
Will be other bands on
This is PJ people, so what if you are going to Leeds, this set will be different - don't miss any opportunity to see this amazing band live

neddie vedder · December 2013

Can't believe the people having a downer on this place, when the Foos played it a few yrs ago it was epic, admittedly the Foos are/were a bigger band commercially but the fact it's the last night of the tour is surely reason enough to go ?? Got 10c tickets for it so hopefully wristbands for the inner pit will be available

Bit gutted about only one Leeds show though..oh well :?

Eraserhead · December 2013

pdalowsky wrote:

think the show will be great here as a tour ender....

and very busy too

^^^

This. Really looking forward to going to the bowl for PJ.

Digital Twilight · December 2013

Personally I think thye've over estimated their popularity in the UK. I think they have no chance of selling out MK, not even close really. Also £70+ for a ticket is fucking expensive. Any casual fans are gonna be reluctant to pay that kind of money. They need some very popular bands as support to drive sales up. I can see them cancelling the second Leeds show but I hope not. The arena looks amazing.

danny · December 2013

im going and cant wait

MRMACPHISTO75 · December 2013

I'm going too + Leeds!! Cannot wait for next summer!!

vedder360 · December 2013

It would have been cool if this gig was at The Emerites stadium rather than MK bowl... Quite a few concerts have been held at the Emerites over last few years, Bruce, Muse, Coldplay, Stone Roses, etc

Obviously there's no football in the UK that time of year so the venue should have been available and this venue is so easy to get to from all over, I believe there's trains that run all the way from Glasgow, Newcastle, York, Leeds, straight to Finsbury park.. Finsbury park also being one stop from Kings Cross and on the london underground.

Not to mention what a great venue it is (I'm a Arsenal fan if you can't already tell)..

Having been to Milton Keynes for couple of gigs in the past I'll be giving this one a miss, especially at that price.. Rather take the trip to San Siro...

CornishMan · December 2013

Friday night... last night of the tour.... if they only have a couple of support bands it has the potential to a long setlist... a historically significant music venue... A chance of Neil Young turning up... the show has the potential to be EPIC!

it still moves · December 2013

i got ten club tics for this because i would be hoping for an inner circle for 10c, i probaby should have waited.
the italian shows look great, but milton keynes is ab open air venue which suits pj best, and its the last of the tour.
also this one is kind of the irish show as well, and other countries with no gig announced, france, spain, portugal, may gravitate towards this one. the guys are getting older and have kids n' all, they probably don't want a 20+ city tour, being on the road day after day takes a toll. this way the band play less gigs, better gigs, we travel to see them. still a bit disapointed that they didn't have an irish date

anyway its pearl jam in a field, i don't see whats disapointing about that

bootlegger10 · December 2013

CornishMan wrote:

Friday night... last night of the tour.... if they only have a couple of support bands it has the potential to a long setlist... a historically significant music venue... A chance of Neil Young turning up... the show has the potential to be EPIC!

Potential is the right word. I think the last show of tours are a little overhyped and rarely live up to the expectations. Certainly Seattle 2013 was not a standout show from the rest of the tour, and nor was Copenhagen 2012. I'm done chasing what I think where the epic shows are, and choosing more based on the city.

CornishMan · December 2013

bootlegger10 wrote:

CornishMan wrote:

Friday night... last night of the tour.... if they only have a couple of support bands it has the potential to a long setlist... a historically significant music venue... A chance of Neil Young turning up... the show has the potential to be EPIC!

Potential is the right word. I think the last show of tours are a little overhyped and rarely live up to the expectations. Certainly Seattle 2013 was not a standout show from the rest of the tour, and nor was Copenhagen 2012. I'm done chasing what I think where the epic shows are, and choosing more based on the city.

Yeah you never can tell... PJ are pretty unpredictable in everything they do. They have done their share of epic tour/leg finishers, but equally like you say, less epic ones as well.

I thought about going to Leeds instead... but at the end of the day, I couldn't really be bothered to trek way up north (close to 400 miles from where I live), especially as I will have free accomodation just down the road from MK.

belfast1 · December 2013

MK bowl will be great if its dry and sunny - saw Sabbath there in 98 and it was fantastic

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