* Lincoln Fanviews Here 10/9/14 *

rearviewschlem · October 2014

Absolutely one the best shows I have ever seen. It was the whole package; venue was amazing, crowd was the best I have seen, bars and food around venue were great, band was so on, EV was really into it, sequence of set list was incrediable.

rearviewschlem · October 2014

shetellsherself said:
Amazing energy from crowd and band last night. Mike and Ed were both playing with the crowd all night. Huge smiles all around. Mike raining picks down and the GA crowd reacted and was so full of energy and really took care of each other. Stone was very animated and was clearly having a blast playing especially smile and DTE but all night he was dancing and interacting with the rest of the guys.

I wanted binaural songs so badly and have mentioned so in other threads. I cant believe they played 3 more! Light years, insignificance and gods dice were all amazing performances of 3 of my favorite songs in their entire catalog! I was completely floored to see them. Wish they hadn't cut thin air and sleight of hand. I will keep hunting for those!

Pendulum is the perfect opener. I'm glad theyve stuck with it. Beautiful. Go>>why go>>GETAWAY>> corduroy had a great flow and from where I was (3rd row between Mike and Ed at that point) getaway sounded much tighter. The crowd was great! Everyone singing and jumping and taking care of each other. MYM was loud and tight as it should be! Other highlights for me were (besides the entire experience) 1/2 full, eruption (Mike is a beast!!), hide your love away (Ed nailing the harmonica part) and imagine during which I think every person in the crowd was singing along. Black was so full of emotion especially from Mike during the solo and Ed during a really beautiful and unique tag with RVM lyrics. How does he access his emotions like that over and over and keep it so pure and real like he hasn't sung it 100s of times? incredible. They could just go up there and play the songs but they still FEEL the songs.

Ed killed the Springsteen cover! Seriously killed it. He will make Bruce proud! All the band members were looking at each other and him and smiling in amazement like "shit did you just see how awesome that was?" During black the people in front of me left and before they did they turned around and pulled my friend and I up to their spots. We ended up 2nd row off the rail right between Mike and Ed. Mike played the end of YL sitting on the front of the stage about 3 feet from me. Indescribable. He is a master of his craft and such an amazing person. To be so close to see his fingers moving on that guitar was unfuckingreal!

We didn't sleep the night before bc we knew we had to get moving to get a spot in line to get close. We left tulsa (flying high from that amazing experience) at 2am and got in line in lincoln around 9:15 or so. I have no regrets! I met some great people in line. (Jason I'd love to meet you again and keep talk pj lyrics with you! Thanks agsin so much for the blanket and the chair so I didn't have to sit/nap on the hard and freezing concrete!). I met lots of other fans and friends. All around these were 2 of the most fun days of my life.

THANK YOU ALL OF PEARL JAM! You have enriched my already very full life in a way that nothing or no one else can now or ever will be able to do! Until next time, I truly miss you already!

XXOO

Jen

rearviewschlem · October 2014

shetellsherself said:
Amazing energy from crowd and band last night. Mike and Ed were both playing with the crowd all night. Huge smiles all around. Mike raining picks down and the GA crowd reacted and was so full of energy and really took care of each other. Stone was very animated and was clearly having a blast playing especially smile and DTE but all night he was dancing and interacting with the rest of the guys.

I wanted binaural songs so badly and have mentioned so in other threads. I cant believe they played 3 more! Light years, insignificance and gods dice were all amazing performances of 3 of my favorite songs in their entire catalog! I was completely floored to see them. Wish they hadn't cut thin air and sleight of hand. I will keep hunting for those!

Pendulum is the perfect opener. I'm glad theyve stuck with it. Beautiful. Go>>why go>>GETAWAY>> corduroy had a great flow and from where I was (3rd row between Mike and Ed at that point) getaway sounded much tighter. The crowd was great! Everyone singing and jumping and taking care of each other. MYM was loud and tight as it should be! Other highlights for me were (besides the entire experience) 1/2 full, eruption (Mike is a beast!!), hide your love away (Ed nailing the harmonica part) and imagine during which I think every person in the crowd was singing along. Black was so full of emotion especially from Mike during the solo and Ed during a really beautiful and unique tag with RVM lyrics. How does he access his emotions like that over and over and keep it so pure and real like he hasn't sung it 100s of times? incredible. They could just go up there and play the songs but they still FEEL the songs.

Ed killed the Springsteen cover! Seriously killed it. He will make Bruce proud! All the band members were looking at each other and him and smiling in amazement like "shit did you just see how awesome that was?" During black the people in front of me left and before they did they turned around and pulled my friend and I up to their spots. We ended up 2nd row off the rail right between Mike and Ed. Mike played the end of YL sitting on the front of the stage about 3 feet from me. Indescribable. He is a master of his craft and such an amazing person. To be so close to see his fingers moving on that guitar was unfuckingreal!

We didn't sleep the night before bc we knew we had to get moving to get a spot in line to get close. We left tulsa (flying high from that amazing experience) at 2am and got in line in lincoln around 9:15 or so. I have no regrets! I met some great people in line. (Jason I'd love to meet you again and keep talk pj lyrics with you! Thanks agsin so much for the blanket and the chair so I didn't have to sit/nap on the hard and freezing concrete!). I met lots of other fans and friends. All around these were 2 of the most fun days of my life.

THANK YOU ALL OF PEARL JAM! You have enriched my already very full life in a way that nothing or no one else can now or ever will be able to do! Until next time, I truly miss you already!

XXOO

Jen

rearviewschlem · October 2014

Life does seem pegged to right prior to and post PJ shows. Very well put. On to Memphis.

dissident52 · October 2014

I don't get to as many shows as some of you guys, but last night was un-fucking-believeable. I was probably 7th row back between Ed and Stone. Smile was definitely a highlight.

FREAKHEAD · October 2014

Lincoln resident here. First of all...thank you to everyone that came to the show. I met so many incredible and nice folks from all over, Iowa, Colorado, California, Brazil(!!). First time I didn't have to drive to see a concert, what a refreshing experience.

I have only been able to catch PJ one time in my life, in addition to seeing BRAD. The shows were always too far away for me to get to or I wasn't able to score tickets. Such is life. We finally opened a new venue here in Lincoln and my wish came true, I got to see my favorite band.

Obviously I am a bit biased but as someone who has seen countless concerts over the past 20 years, from very small intimate venues, to full blown OMG Lallapoloozza with Sound Garden, this was by far the best show I've ever seen. Great crowd, nice, kind, friendly....Eddie has really grown as an entertainer! I was 5 rows back from the stage, dead center. No pushing, shoving, everyone was having a great time, signing along, enjoying it as a collective. As pathetic as it sounds, I got tears in my eyes a few times, I was that moved by the music and atmosphere. I had a perfect view and as a short person that is rare at any show.

There were two meatheads that pushed their way in front of us about half way through. My wife and I were standing next to a very (VERY!) short woman and they were blocking her view. I asked very nicely if they could please just move behind her so we all can enjoy the show. He looked at me with a snarly grin and said, this is a rock concert, I can do whatever I want. Obviously he doesn't actually understand the lyrics he sang along with in-between checking facebook.

What can you do right? We made it work, we found a spot for her in front of us, off to the side b/c as I said, most fans were great and they were happy to accommodate her.

I only wanted to post on here to simply say thank you to all the fans that came out. I am so grateful to have shared this experience with you and I hope we can see each other again at the next show. I also hope you all had a great time in Lincoln. As someone who has lived in both small towns and large metropolises, I have found Lincoln to be a great balance between the two. Great local music, food, arts and a great place to raise our kids.

Thanks again everyone!

Corkscrew · October 2014

BrainofBGA said:
^Agreed on every level. And Binaural lovers will be happy too!

Exactly what I was thinking. Lots of Binaural love in this set.

Gern Blansten · October 2014

I hope they keep up the Binaural and Riot Act love....I've been missing them. Honestly that seems to be the first thing I check when I review recent setlists.

RM168545 · October 2014

^AGREES EXACTLY W FREAKHEAD
After a few days to digest. My quick PJ LNK fan view.

FIRST: not one review mentioned that on Smile, Jeff switched to guitar and Stone played bass. It's the musicianship. The pedigree. The feels!

Lincoln resident seeing my fave band of all time play in my college hometown and it's crown gem P-Bbank Arena DESIGNED FOR SOUND.

THE SOUND!
Still need to go to a Huskers Basketball game there.

I was lucky enough to end up 11 Rows back directly in front of Stone & Boom & several visits from Ed. The arena was ALIVE, every... single... person was standing for 90% of the show! in the Skyboxes I could see silhouettes dancing!

I wrote a typical weird rarities setlist. Several played, we got treated to Hard to Imagine, Sometimes, Insignificance, SMILE, Present Tense, Gods' Dice, Two Beatles Covers, Springsteen Cover, Neil Young Cover,. Etc.

Now here's where it gets weird. For the setlist including Corduroy, EvenFlow, Better Man, Jeremy, Black AND Alive? It didn't feel like a greatest hits show... It felt like your friends were in town to entertain you for 3 hours at 105db. I am spoiled though. I've seen this band UP CLOSE so many times. 1st row. 11th Row. 39th row at the United Center in Chicago. But home court? THE FEELS!

Only time I cringed was Sirens. Seriously the outro is the only part I can feel something besides "ESPN promo".

PinnBank Arena Security HAS GOT to get better. Period. The guard who frisked me complained he was not getting paid enough to do "this".

Ed ranting about Walgreens... PRICELESS. And THEN following it up with two Lennon songs.
Then Open All Night from Springsteen's NEBRASKA.

HALL OF FAME CALIBER!
Happy Customer. Would recommend.

ryanjp2323 · October 2014

ll have to digest the past few days..
But for now The three day trip for PJ on the prairies was amazing. Thanks to my new ticket buddy Scott for the ride up from Tulsa, the conversation and total PJ experience. Tulsa was amazing, lincoln was over the top. Ended up three deep dead center. Amazing experience!!! Present tense, smile wow!

A week until St paul for my 3 ga experience this october with my good friends....

Thank you tulsa, lincoln, scott and PJ!!!

RBAlive2727 · October 2014

Ryan...its Ryan here... I'm from Omaha, NE....and it was an epic time last night. Ill be up in St. Paul next week. I know McGoverns is always a good time for PJ. Let me know if you are down?

cmm6734 · October 2014

YLed2 said:
Probably the best crowd I have ever seen. Set list doesn't look like much on paper, but the crowd made this show. And the band (especially Ed) knew it. Ed said at the end of the night they would never forget this night. My man Dave getting Smile for his 75th show. Good people and amazing crowd.

Great show.

Dude, I sold him my 10c reserved seats for Tulsa. I met him at the Wishlist party, really cool guy.

curly · October 2014

Amazing show last night... back to the grind at work here today... so promise to post more later as the night was filled with great times....one quick note....Everyone we met,..from the merch. lines, to drinks at the bar with, etc etc...so fn' cool....and it was only fitting to see a handful of grateful dead t's...sure pj fans aren't dead heads....I'm one of Jerry's kids myself and I think I know the difference... But everyone we encountered from literally all over the world...We're very very cool.... i'll post more Band / show specific later....Peace and damn was that fun...

BigRedMosquito · October 2014

Setlist was awesome. I was hoping for a Nebraska cover and got it!!!! The atmosphere was great too, I was way up in 320, the sound was amazing and really got a good overall view of band/crowd interactions. This was one of a few shows where most people in the nosebleed sections were standing the entire show (atleast this was the case in the section I was in) Overall an awesome setlist, and great performance. Been lucky that I haven't had to drive very far from KC to go to shows whenever they don't choose KC as a stop!!!

Unrelated to the show, I was not impressed with the arena at all, the concourses are small the restrooms only had 3-4 urinals???, but then again I was only on the concourses coming in and leaving and probably didn't help that my restroom visit was before the show when everyone else was wanting to go to!!! It's an okay place, I would prefer the Sprint Center over this venue, but I would go again if they come back to Lincoln in the future. Also, is there really one 1 entry point to get inside the stadium?

dreamtonic · October 2014

Mikeo said:
...OPEN ALL NIGHT!!!...there was a lot of the crowd that had no what that song was...but the ones that did were losing their minds..

Same for my section down front. I was one of the ones completely losing it. It was awesome!!!!

NacreRock · October 2014

A link to the concert review in the Lincoln paper:

http://journalstar.com/entertainment/concert-review/review-pearl-jam-at-pinnacle-bank-arena/article_86f925c2-bc4c-5029-9103-65bbafbbaa45.html

As a fellow Nebraskan, I have to say I was pleased with the concert on two fronts:
- "Sharing" PJ with so many that had never seen them. The last time PJ was in the area was 2003 when they appeared in Council Bluffs, IA (which is effectively a sister city of Omaha located across the Missouri River). I had traveled to see them in Chicago and had already experienced their legendary showmanship.

- It demonstrated to others that this area (Council Bluffs, Omaha and Lincoln) are worthy locations for PJ shows. Many are either not aware or forgot that the 2003 Council Bluffs show sold out. Admittedly, the CB arena is small, but it sold out quickly and I was shut out. It prompted me to finally join 10C...despite being a PJ fan from day one...to increase my chances of getting tix.

One other observation...PJ fans are terrific. The shows are almost like reunions and that adds so much to the experience.

Cheers!

curly · October 2014

had so many friends there last night...and many of them 1st pj shows....I was really hoping they get Release,...I've been lucky enough to see em' play it 4 or 5 times,...but so many pj fans that I meet that have never seen them...all say..."Release" is their fav..... So I'm really wondering if they going to shelf it for awhile?... Given to fly clearly made up for it though as the same friends whom love Release,...given to fly is always a close 2nd for them...and to get it in the encore made it more special to them...so good call on setlist location of that one....

InLukinsFridge · October 2014

shetellsherself said:
Amazing energy from crowd and band last night. Mike and Ed were both playing with the crowd all night. Huge smiles all around. Mike raining picks down and the GA crowd reacted and was so full of energy and really took care of each other. Stone was very animated and was clearly having a blast playing especially smile and DTE but all night he was dancing and interacting with the rest of the guys.

I wanted binaural songs so badly and have mentioned so in other threads. I cant believe they played 3 more! Light years, insignificance and gods dice were all amazing performances of 3 of my favorite songs in their entire catalog! I was completely floored to see them. Wish they hadn't cut thin air and sleight of hand. I will keep hunting for those!

Pendulum is the perfect opener. I'm glad theyve stuck with it. Beautiful. Go>>why go>>GETAWAY>> corduroy had a great flow and from where I was (3rd row between Mike and Ed at that point) getaway sounded much tighter. The crowd was great! Everyone singing and jumping and taking care of each other. MYM was loud and tight as it should be! Other highlights for me were (besides the entire experience) 1/2 full, eruption (Mike is a beast!!), hide your love away (Ed nailing the harmonica part) and imagine during which I think every person in the crowd was singing along. Black was so full of emotion especially from Mike during the solo and Ed during a really beautiful and unique tag with RVM lyrics. How does he access his emotions like that over and over and keep it so pure and real like he hasn't sung it 100s of times? incredible. They could just go up there and play the songs but they still FEEL the songs.

Ed killed the Springsteen cover! Seriously killed it. He will make Bruce proud! All the band members were looking at each other and him and smiling in amazement like "shit did you just see how awesome that was?" During black the people in front of me left and before they did they turned around and pulled my friend and I up to their spots. We ended up 2nd row off the rail right between Mike and Ed. Mike played the end of YL sitting on the front of the stage about 3 feet from me. Indescribable. He is a master of his craft and such an amazing person. To be so close to see his fingers moving on that guitar was unfuckingreal!

We didn't sleep the night before bc we knew we had to get moving to get a spot in line to get close. We left tulsa (flying high from that amazing experience) at 2am and got in line in lincoln around 9:15 or so. I have no regrets! I met some great people in line. (Jason I'd love to meet you again and keep talk pj lyrics with you! Thanks agsin so much for the blanket and the chair so I didn't have to sit/nap on the hard and freezing concrete!). I met lots of other fans and friends. All around these were 2 of the most fun days of my life.

THANK YOU ALL OF PEARL JAM! You have enriched my already very full life in a way that nothing or no one else can now or ever will be able to do! Until next time, I truly miss you already!

XXOO

Jen

Got head-to-toe goosebumps reading your review! =D>

What an amazing couple of days in OK/NE!!! The people (new friends and old), the venues, the sound.... and the band. Tulsa was rockin, but the really brought it for Lincoln! The crowd energy was special. The setlist was spectacular. What an amazing week.

On to Moline/St Paul!

shetellsherself · October 2014

mitchmuhs said:

shetellsherself said:
Amazing energy from crowd and band last night. Mike and Ed were both playing with the crowd all night. Huge smiles all around. Mike raining picks down and the GA crowd reacted and was so full of energy and really took care of each other. Stone was very animated and was clearly having a blast playing especially smile and DTE but all night he was dancing and interacting with the rest of the guys.

I wanted binaural songs so badly and have mentioned so in other threads. I cant believe they played 3 more! Light years, insignificance and gods dice were all amazing performances of 3 of my favorite songs in their entire catalog! I was completely floored to see them. Wish they hadn't cut thin air and sleight of hand. I will keep hunting for those!

Pendulum is the perfect opener. I'm glad theyve stuck with it. Beautiful. Go>>why go>>GETAWAY>> corduroy had a great flow and from where I was (3rd row between Mike and Ed at that point) getaway sounded much tighter. The crowd was great! Everyone singing and jumping and taking care of each other. MYM was loud and tight as it should be! Other highlights for me were (besides the entire experience) 1/2 full, eruption (Mike is a beast!!), hide your love away (Ed nailing the harmonica part) and imagine during which I think every person in the crowd was singing along. Black was so full of emotion especially from Mike during the solo and Ed during a really beautiful and unique tag with RVM lyrics. How does he access his emotions like that over and over and keep it so pure and real like he hasn't sung it 100s of times? incredible. They could just go up there and play the songs but they still FEEL the songs.

Ed killed the Springsteen cover! Seriously killed it. He will make Bruce proud! All the band members were looking at each other and him and smiling in amazement like "shit did you just see how awesome that was?" During black the people in front of me left and before they did they turned around and pulled my friend and I up to their spots. We ended up 2nd row off the rail right between Mike and Ed. Mike played the end of YL sitting on the front of the stage about 3 feet from me. Indescribable. He is a master of his craft and such an amazing person. To be so close to see his fingers moving on that guitar was unfuckingreal!

We didn't sleep the night before bc we knew we had to get moving to get a spot in line to get close. We left tulsa (flying high from that amazing experience) at 2am and got in line in lincoln around 9:15 or so. I have no regrets! I met some great people in line. (Jason I'd love to meet you again and keep talk pj lyrics with you! Thanks agsin so much for the blanket and the chair so I didn't have to sit/nap on the hard and freezing concrete!). I met lots of other fans and friends. All around these were 2 of the most fun days of my life.

THANK YOU ALL OF PEARL JAM! You have enriched my already very full life in a way that nothing or no one else can now or ever will be able to do! Until next time, I truly miss you already!

XXOO

Jen

Got head-to-toe goosebumps reading your review! =D>

What an amazing couple of days in OK/NE!!! The people (new friends and old), the venues, the sound.... and the band. Tulsa was rockin, but the really brought it for Lincoln! The crowd energy was special. The setlist was spectacular. What an amazing week.

On to Moline/St Paul!

Miss you too. Have fun next weekend!

Lchic18 · October 2014

Great Show! First time in GA. Flew in from AZ. Wanted to say thanks to everyone around us, especially the couple in front of us for letting us get great pics and making sure we were able to see. Pearl Jam Fans are truly the best!

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