My favorite thing about the '98 tour was the fact one of the Upstaging truck drivers thought it would be cool to pick up a poster at each of the concerts during a single leg of the tour as a keepsake. Fast forward 10 years or so later, he's retired in Nevada and decides to sell them for the extra cash and I pick them up for $75 each.
No wuhhhhh... awesome
ABQ 93, Las Cruces 95, ABQ 98, Bridge School 10/30/99, Lubbock 00, ABQ 00, Denver 03, State College 03, San Diego 03, Vegas 03, PHX 03, D.C. 03, Camden 7/5/03, NYC 7/8/03 + 7/9/03, Vegas 06, San Francisco 7/15/06 + 7/16/06 + 7/18/06, Kansas City 10, [EV:ABQ 11/6/12], Chicago 13, PHX 13, Denver 14--PJ24!, Telluride 16, Chicago 8/20/16, Chicago 8/18/18, Phoenix 22, Denver 22, Vegas 5/16/24
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My favorite thing about the '98 tour was the fact one of the Upstaging truck drivers thought it would be cool to pick up a poster at each of the concerts during a single leg of the tour as a keepsake. Fast forward 10 years or so later, he's retired in Nevada and decides to sell them for the extra cash and I pick them up for $75 each.
It's crazy. I'm not sure if other people remember the posters weren't (or didn't seem to be) a big deal on that tour. Every show had one, and the supplies were very limited (only 300 to 500 per show) but they didn't sell out too quickly. My first enounter was at Missoula and I bought it because I thought it would be a cool memento of the show (having no idea how rare and collectible it would become). I passed on Vancouver which still had copies for sale after the show ended becauae I thought it was a small poster (I'm not going to say how much I paid for one years down the road.. lol). I only missed out on Seattle because it was one poster for both shows and I only showed up 5 minutes for PJ took the stage on night 2.
my favorite thing bout the tour was that it was my first.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Yep. Merch was easy to get and the posters are still the nicest of any tour. Bought a Camden one but none of the others. There was no poster craze then.
Lets be the honest. The first 5 albums are killer. The setlists all pulled up from those. Every setlist was ridiculously good.
No poster craze and no vinyl craze back then. funny how two things I love have been driven so high on the secondary market that they are unattainable for most working class folks. BTW I bought a poster for every show I attended on that tour. all of them are good.... all of them have pin holes in the them too. :((
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
So many things. The show at Fiddler's Green Amphitheater in Denver was amazing. Also front row center with my friend in San Diego at Cox Arena. Getting to shake hands with Ed and having him toss one of his local Karl Strauss beer bottles to me at that show was especially memorable.
Driving my motorcycle to Missoula and meeting my buddy from Colorado and my brother from Seattle for the show. Cool town and cool show. Tooling around western Montana for a week before getting back to Minneapolis for the show at the Target Center. Driving through the Bighorns in Wyoming on motorcycle is awesome.
Seattle 8/91, MPLS 3/92, St Paul 8/92, Denver 6/95, Missoula 6/98, MPLS 6/98, Albuquerque 10/00, Seattle 12/02, St Paul 6/03, Thunder Bay 9/05, DC 5/06, St Paul x2 6/06, Vancouver (EV) 4/08, DC 6/08, Chicago x2 8/09, KC 5/10, MPLS (EV) 7/11, Chicago 7/13, St Paul 10/14, Santiago 11/15, Missoula 8/18, Denver 9/22, Saint Paul 8/23, Saint Paul 9/23, Auckland, NZ x2 11/24
Seeing them for the very fist time as a 16 year-old. Half a lifetime ago (literally - I am 32 now). 8/29/98 is a date that I will never, ever forget. Totally blew my mind and I was locked-in forever.
"Darkness comes in waves, tell me, why invite it to stay?"
Seeing them for the very fist time as a 16 year-old. Half a lifetime ago (literally - I am 32 now). 8/29/98 is a date that I will never, ever forget. Totally blew my mind and I was locked-in forever.
Hey, that's my bday! Haha and I was at that show celebrating too!
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It's crazy how the poster thing has taken off.
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Lets be the honest. The first 5 albums are killer. The setlists all pulled up from those. Every setlist was ridiculously good.
funny how two things I love have been driven so high on the secondary market that they are unattainable for most working class folks.
BTW I bought a poster for every show I attended on that tour.
all of them are good.... all of them have pin holes in the them too. :((
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1995- New Orleans, LA : New Orleans, LA
1996- Charleston, SC
1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY
2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2
2020- Nashville, TN
2022- Smashville
2023- Austin, TX x2
2024- Baltimore
Also front row center with my friend in San Diego at Cox Arena. Getting to shake hands with Ed and having him toss one of his local Karl Strauss beer bottles to me at that show was especially memorable.