I'm 39. I always kind of thought I was around the average age. Generally I run into people a few years older or a few years younger. You get the really young (and sometimes really old) outliers, but for the most part, when I go to a show, it looks like 90% of the people are my age, give or take 5ish years.
46 3/4. Loved that time in my life. Lost my high school sweetheart to a move across country in 91. Turned to PJ for the "deep" emotions of 10. That album put me straight. Very lucky to have PJ all these years. Actually lucky to be in prime of life with great music from SG, pumpkins Alice and Nirvana as well . Hooked up with my sweat heart years later got married and she got turned on to PJ thru me. Now we go to shows together and look forward for them. I have my best friend and my boys still bring it every show!!
46 3/4. Loved that time in my life. Lost my high school sweetheart to a move across country in 91. Turned to PJ for the "deep" emotions of 10. That album put me straight. Very lucky to have PJ all these years. Actually lucky to be in prime of life with great music from SG, pumpkins Alice and Nirvana as well . Hooked up with my sweat heart years later got married and she got turned on to PJ thru me. Now we go to shows together and look forward for them. I have my best friend and my boys still bring it every show!!
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
I'm 23. Seems like most members/fans are in their 30s-40s, which makes sense.
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Milwaukee 2014 MSG 2016 1&2 Wrigley 2016 1&2 Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017 Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017 London 2018 1 Wrigley 2018 1&2 St. Louis 2020
I saw that tour also at Fenway. II wish I went to Gilmour at Radio City, Credit card is maxed right now. Seems like every show costs $1000 -$2000 with Scalper ticket , travel cost , hotel , meals, merch and misc.
58 First concert was Emerson , Lake and Palmer 1972 New Haven CT . First PJ show was Montreal 2011. Saw U 2 for 6 bucks in 81. I attended 14 shows this year PJ x 4 TOTD x2 ELO , Boz Scaggs , Robin Trower , Bad Co, Joe Walsh , Sting and Peter Gabriel , Janes Addiction , Tony Bennett 90th Birthday at Radio City with Gaga /Stevie Wonder, Bocellii etc. on NBC Dec 20 After TOTD in Philly I get back to the hotel and walk by the Piano bar. It looks dead about 8 people. I take a closer look and thought I was hallucinating Stevie Wonder was performing. Watched him for an hour. It was like he was in my living room.
I hope next year is also a good year for concerts. So far only Roger Waters in Boston is on my radar.
I saw roger waters do the Wall in 2012. It was a great show, but I felt as if there was a lot of pre-recorded vocals. David Gilmour this year was mind blowing on the other hand!
I'm 21, and haven't been to a PJ show alone. Usually my girlfriend or a friend goes with me and we are all the same age. So there's a few young convert goers! I took my friend who is 20 to his first show at MSG this year and we got the rail right in front of Ed. Unreal first concert for him!
44. Had to drive to NYC with a friend to get a student visa to study overseas. He brought the cassette and told me I had to hear this new band. We listened to the cassette the whole way there and back for over 6 hours, and I was hooked!
8/25/98 Pittsburgh
9/5/00 Pittsburgh
4/26/03 Pittsburgh
6/23/06 Pittsburgh
10/11/13 Pittsburgh
9/26/15 Global Citizen Festival - New York
4/28/16 Philadelphia
4/7/17 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Induction 9/2/18 Boston 1 9/5/18 Boston 2 9/6/22 Hamilton 9/8/22 Toronto 9/11/22 New York 9/5/23 Chicago 9/7/23 Chicago 9/18/23 Austin 9/19/23 Austin
I've noticed over the past 10 years that the crowd -- especially here on the Message Board -- seems to be skewing younger.
When I first hopped on the Internet seeking out PJ stuff in 1998-99, I was in my late teens and was one of the "younger" ones in the Synergy era, IIRC.
"Somewhere in between / There and here / I got lost / I got scared..."
You should make a poll with different age groups and have people vote. That will give us a good indication of the average age.
Milwaukee 2014 MSG 2016 1&2 Wrigley 2016 1&2 Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017 Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017 London 2018 1 Wrigley 2018 1&2 St. Louis 2020
I've noticed over the past 10 years that the crowd -- especially here on the Message Board -- seems to be skewing younger.
When I first hopped on the Internet seeking out PJ stuff in 1998-99, I was in my late teens and was one of the "younger" ones in the Synergy era, IIRC.
The average age should always be decreasing if the music is going to stand the test of time. At concerts it's still older but that probably has a lot to do with money.
If you look at a benchmark band like Zeppelin you would never say their fans are old even though they are a band that began in the '60's- they continue to grow and attract new fans.
I was 20 when I saw the Jeremy video ( back in the day when MTV really was about MUSIC) and fell in love with Eddie's voice and amazing eyes been a fan ever since
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Got to see MLB at bumbershoot and after Andy died followed stone and Jeff to mookie blaylock to as we know them now PJ.
32 here, found Yield in high school
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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
Now get off my lawn
50+
2010- MSG 5/21
2011- Montreal 9/7
2012 - made in America festival 9/2
2013- wrigley 7/19 Pittsburgh 10/11 Worcester 10/15 Worcester 10/16 Brooklyn 10/18 Brooklyn 10/19 philly 10/21 philly 10/22 Hartford 10/25
2014 - Austin TX 10/12
2015 - NYC 9/26
2016- Ft Lauderdale 4/8 Miami 4/9 Tampa 4/11 Jacksonville 4/13 Greenville 4/16 Hampton 4/18 Philly 4/28 philly 4/29 MSG 5/1 MSG 5/2 Fenway 8/5 Fenway 8/7 Wrigley 8/20 Wrigley 8/22
2017- hopefully Europe
"If you hate something , don't you do it too"
MSG 2016 1&2
Wrigley 2016 1&2
Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
London 2018 1
Wrigley 2018 1&2
St. Louis 2020
VS was my first purchased cd along with Metallica black
50+ shows since
9/5/00 Pittsburgh
4/26/03 Pittsburgh
6/23/06 Pittsburgh
10/11/13 Pittsburgh
9/26/15 Global Citizen Festival - New York
4/28/16 Philadelphia
4/7/17 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Induction
9/2/18 Boston 1
9/5/18 Boston 2
9/6/22 Hamilton
9/8/22 Toronto
9/11/22 New York
9/5/23 Chicago
9/7/23 Chicago
9/18/23 Austin
9/19/23 Austin
2018: Padova, Italy 06-24
2022: Imola, Italy 06-25
When I first hopped on the Internet seeking out PJ stuff in 1998-99, I was in my late teens and was one of the "younger" ones in the Synergy era, IIRC.
MSG 2016 1&2
Wrigley 2016 1&2
Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
London 2018 1
Wrigley 2018 1&2
St. Louis 2020
If you look at a benchmark band like Zeppelin you would never say their fans are old even though they are a band that began in the '60's- they continue to grow and attract new fans.
2013 - Philly 1, philly 2, charlottesville,
2015 - NYC (global citizen)
2016 - Philly 1&2
2022 - Camden
Philadelphia 2016 (Night 2)
Upper Darby 2016 (Night 2) (Temple of the Dog)