Craziest thing you did to get to a PJ show?

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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Wall232, wow those pics! I hate you, but it's cuz I love you LOL!  Awesome vantage point!
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Zod those are amazing, you really got around!!  You totally have to join in our PJ travel agency, where we work out tour travel logistics for dedicated fans.  You've got some serious experience!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    I skipped an ethics class in grad school for front row Kansas City 03' - prof docked me an entire letter grade for skipping cos' I arrived the next day for class sunburnt & wearing an 03' tour shirt. Only 'B' in my program. Worth it though! 

    Brutal!  I professor allowed me to reschedule a test so I could go to a U2 show out of town.  Some teachers are nicer than others I guess.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    JH6056 said:
    Sounds completely exhausting!  How was the show, did it feel worth it?


    It was totally worth it at the time.  Then Ed announced another leg of the tour in the Midwest within a 2 hour drive of me and I felt like an idiot - ha.  At the time this was Ed's first solo tour so you didn't know for sure if this would be it for a few years or if it would turn out like it has where he tours every couple of years.   I was last row but the concert was amazing (even if one of my ears did not pop from the flight).  That San Diego show had some interesting moments including Ed doing a Barry White voiced narration of Satan and George W. Bush (acted out by crew members)  having an "encounter". 

    I would never do that again without getting a hotel.  I'm too old for that shit. 

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    mcgruff10 said:
    In 2003 my trip to Orlando to see pj from Newark, nj was also under 24 hours lol.  I hit up magic kingdom and Epcot too. 
    Again totally worth it, first row in front of mike in a very small club. 

    That would be awesome.  I would love some more opportunities at club shows. 
  • Philip_Ireland
    Philip_Ireland Posts: 673
    edited June 2017
    I once got a bus 6 miles into the city to see Pearl jam - totally crazy!
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Philip_Ireland said:
    I once got a bus 6 miles into the city to see Pearl jam - totally crazy!
    Aaaah, you young'uns!  You have no idea how easy you've got it!  In my day, you had to kill a cow, make your own leather shoes, and then hike/walk for 8 days to get to a PJ show...  You guys are so spoiled, just taking a bus that same day for 6 miles...   ;)
  • RhinoJam
    RhinoJam Raleighwood Posts: 596
    Went to the St. Louis show in 2014 with a friend, we were flying from Raleigh to St. Louis but had to connect through Chicago... as we landed and they were making announcements, they announced that our connecting flight from Chicago to St. Louis had been cancelled and the next flight that we could get on wasnt going to be leaving until 7:30pm... no dice! - - We rented a car and drove from Chicago to St. Louis for the show, stayed the night and then drove back to Chicago the next day to return the rental car and catch our flight home... No excuses, play like a champion!

    Was a great show and great time, the Wishlist pre-party was great too!
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,079
    driving in and out of Camden NJ 8 times I think qualifies as crazy.
  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,064
    Nothing crazy for me. I guess the tightest schedule was the Lexington show last year. I put in for Lexington and MSG in the 10 club lottery, fully expecting to miss MSG because of the low odds and just get Lexington. Well I won tickets for both Lexington and MSG2, and then scored tickets through tm for the other MSG show. So I was like, uggh, I guess I'll just eat the Lexington tickets now that I'm doing a 4 day weekend in NYC. I can only take so much time off from work.

    Then as it got closer, I'm like - there's no way I can have tickets to see PJ and not go. That's crazy. So I asked for the day of the show off. I work 2nd shift, which helps here. So I drove down from Chicago the morning of the show. Got there around 5pm Lexington time. Even got there early enough to score that awesome poster. And when the show ended, I drove right back home. Got home I think around 6am? Slept for about 4 hours, then went to work. Only missed one day of work. It was tiring but soooo worthwhile!
  • ponytd
    ponytd Nashville Posts: 671
    rgambs said:
    I quit my job to go to 3 shows on the last Euro tour.
    Tickets went on sale and we put in for them figuring it wouldn't happen.  We got them all 3 and planned a vacation on a whim.
    I'll never have that much fun again in my life, it was an amazing trip.  Hiking the Dolomites, Kayaking the Adriatic, climbing in the Austrian Alps, getting lost in Venice, 3 shows that each blew away the best shows we've seen in the states, amazing food, beautiful (not obese) people everywhere...
    Wow, that does sound like an awesome trip. and a pretty cool story too.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    edited June 2017
    pjhawks said:
    driving in and out of Camden NJ 8 times I think qualifies as crazy.
    I took the subway back from Camden to my hotel in Philly after a show in 2003 (the fireworks over the Delaware during the July 5th show was awesome).  Got off the subway at the wrong stop and had to walk back to my hotel several blocks.  I had to walk by this guy on my side of the street while a group on the other side of the street was yelling at him that they were going to shoot him.  I'm literally 5 feet from this guy when they are yelling at him.  It seemed like all talk but still.... Great times!
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,969
    Sitting in the airport in Manchester the day after the show in '09. We spent the previous night after the show drinking a bit too much and lamenting we weren't doing the London show as well. We were sitting at the gate in the airport for our flight when they announced it was boarding. At last call we both kind of looked at each other and said 'fuck it'. We got on our phones, told the wives we weren't going to be home and then called work to say we needed another day off.

    We tried to fly down to London but they wanted crazy money so we walked out of the airport and took trains to get to London. We had no hotel and no tickets for the show. Hotel was easy but getting tickets was a nightmare.
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,935
    Carpool from Chicago to DC-NYC and back with a total stranger-  now a long time road buddy
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    eddiec said:
    Sitting in the airport in Manchester the day after the show in '09. We spent the previous night after the show drinking a bit too much and lamenting we weren't doing the London show as well. We were sitting at the gate in the airport for our flight when they announced it was boarding. At last call we both kind of looked at each other and said 'fuck it'. We got on our phones, told the wives we weren't going to be home and then called work to say we needed another day off.

    We tried to fly down to London but they wanted crazy money so we walked out of the airport and took trains to get to London. We had no hotel and no tickets for the show. Hotel was easy but getting tickets was a nightmare.
    Way to man up!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    hrd2imgn said:
    Carpool from Chicago to DC-NYC and back with a total stranger-  now a long time road buddy

    That could have been the longest week of your life but it sounds like you made a new friend instead.  Awesome.
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    We asked a cop for directions once somewhere in Camden. After night 1 in 1998. He said "dont u know where u are. Get the F--- out of here". 

    Didnt really help with the directions
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    This thread makes me realize how boring my life is... :lol:
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  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,900
    2005 HoB Katrina show in Chicago. Decided about two hours before the show that I need to at least try to see Pearl Jam and Robert Plant. Went to the venue, asked people in line if they had an extra (mind you, these were $1,000 tickets). And even though a ticket cost more than rent and my car payment at the time, I went to the box office and said "If Mastercard is dumb enough to let me buy a ticket, so be it."

    Of course it swipes with no problem, I freak out with excitement then "oh shit I need to make some money" and spend my time in line starting to post things for sale on eBay and reach out to friends looking for a freelance designer. Well worth the gamble.
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    tschav said:
    2005 HoB Katrina show in Chicago. Decided about two hours before the show that I need to at least try to see Pearl Jam and Robert Plant. Went to the venue, asked people in line if they had an extra (mind you, these were $1,000 tickets). And even though a ticket cost more than rent and my car payment at the time, I went to the box office and said "If Mastercard is dumb enough to let me buy a ticket, so be it."

    Of course it swipes with no problem, I freak out with excitement then "oh shit I need to make some money" and spend my time in line starting to post things for sale on eBay and reach out to friends looking for a freelance designer. Well worth the gamble.
    Perfect! Buy an impossibly expensive ticket and then posting things for sale to pay for it while on line, I love that!!!

    Glad it was worth it, sometimes you just gotta use that dangerous plastic... ;)

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