PJ at Reading

goldrush
goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
edited May 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
Ok, i've just watched the MTV interviews and Jeff said that they've never played a British festival before. a lot of the interviews and previews of Reading also say that this is their first festival in the UK...

Correct me if i'm wrong but when I saw Neil Young headline Reading in '95 on his Mirrorball tour Mike, Stone, Jeff and Jack Irons were his backing band, and Matt also played there with Soundgarden. So it's not PJ but everyone apart from Eddie as played Reading before.

Also Pearl Jam were special guests when Neil Young played an all day show at Finsbury Park a few years earlier, which was a massive show (as I'm sure FinsburyParkCarrots will attest!) so they're not completely alien to huge UK crowds.

I was at both of these shows (but fairly drunk at the time), please tell me that I'm not imagining this...!
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
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  • dbk
    dbk Posts: 304
    i was at finsbury park
    was also pissed
    but it happened
    fucking hot day if i remember right, dust was going everywhere, security handing/throwing bottled water to the crowd, people passing out etc
    like a book amongst the many on a shelf.......

    Finsbury Park 93, Wembley 00, Astoria 06,
    Dublin 06, Reading 06, Wembley 07....
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
    Thank God for that, all this talk of "their first big UK shows" had me getting paranoid! That's one show I'd love to get a bootleg of! What are the chances tho.... ;-)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • dbk
    dbk Posts: 304
    i got a cd of it
    like a book amongst the many on a shelf.......

    Finsbury Park 93, Wembley 00, Astoria 06,
    Dublin 06, Reading 06, Wembley 07....
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
    where d'you get it from? is it good quality? i don't think there's much of a chance of getting it from the vault cos there's way too many there for me to be lucky!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • dbk
    dbk Posts: 304
    totally unofficial some italian make
    got it from a cd fair back in the day
    aint listened to it in ages but was ok if i remember right
    if you doin dublin or reading i will rip it for ya
    like a book amongst the many on a shelf.......

    Finsbury Park 93, Wembley 00, Astoria 06,
    Dublin 06, Reading 06, Wembley 07....
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
    Legend!! I'll be at Reading!!! I'll PM you closer to the time and we can sort it out.

    I'm only going for the Sunday cos I'm skint but I'm planning to elbow my way to the front when all th little emo kids are watching My Chemical Romance so I can get a good spot!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • dbk
    dbk Posts: 304
    no worries!!!!!!!
    i got awful memory so def remind me nearer the time
    see you there
    like a book amongst the many on a shelf.......

    Finsbury Park 93, Wembley 00, Astoria 06,
    Dublin 06, Reading 06, Wembley 07....
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
    Definitely! Cheers for that
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)

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