Should PJ Go Back To Having an Opening Band

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  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    I agree no co-headline tours. 

    But Sturgill, Isbell, Carlie would expose them to a new bigger audience and I would love to see them. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    pjl44 said:
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    DewieCox said:
    No, almost every opening band they choose sucks.  Only way to top the level of suck they’ve approached wools be have some of the acts mentioned so far, like Gaslight Anthem.

    Isbell and Sturgill are so far beyond this it would have to almost be co-headlining.
    At least in the Northeast, Isbell and Sturgill are nowhere near Pearl Jam's level yet. The last time each came through on their own, Isbell played a 3500 capacity pavilion and Sturgill a 2500 theater. Isbell has played 7500 seats twice but as a coheadliner with Brandi Carlile or Frank Turner. I love both of those guys but they have a ways to go before they're co-headlining with Pearl Jam. 

    I wasn’t trying to say they were as big as PJ. Just that they can pull off their own high profile tours and it would have little benefit downgrading from the the headline spot. 
    You said they should be co-headlining with Pearl Jam.

    On this new point, I can sorta see that with Isbell. Sturgill, though, is right at the level of many PJ openers I've seen...MMJ, Band of Horses, etc. I don't know that either of those guys is headlining 18k seats+ anytime soon. Seems to me there is plenty of benefit to getting in front of potential new fans in arenas and amphitheaters. I'm sure a lot goes into those tour decisions, so who knows. 
    I put “almost coheadlining” meaning that clearly PJ would be the headliner in a hypothetical tour. 

    I think Isbell and Sturgill are both well beyond BoH at their most popular and 2006 MMJ. 

    They don’t need that bump to get from 2500 cap venues to 7500 cap venues. 
  • RP112579
    RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,388
    Please no country acts as openers.
    6/29/98 Chicago-United Center
    6/18/03 Chicago-United Center
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    10/11/13 Pittsburgh-Consol Energy Center
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    10/20/14 Milwaukee-Bradley center (Yield)
    4/26/16 Lexington-Rupp Arena
    8/20/16 Chicago-Wrigley Field
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    8/18/18 Chicago-Wrigley Field
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,646
    DewieCox said:
    pjl44 said:
    DewieCox said:
    pjl44 said:
    DewieCox said:
    No, almost every opening band they choose sucks.  Only way to top the level of suck they’ve approached wools be have some of the acts mentioned so far, like Gaslight Anthem.

    Isbell and Sturgill are so far beyond this it would have to almost be co-headlining.
    At least in the Northeast, Isbell and Sturgill are nowhere near Pearl Jam's level yet. The last time each came through on their own, Isbell played a 3500 capacity pavilion and Sturgill a 2500 theater. Isbell has played 7500 seats twice but as a coheadliner with Brandi Carlile or Frank Turner. I love both of those guys but they have a ways to go before they're co-headlining with Pearl Jam. 

    I wasn’t trying to say they were as big as PJ. Just that they can pull off their own high profile tours and it would have little benefit downgrading from the the headline spot. 
    You said they should be co-headlining with Pearl Jam.

    On this new point, I can sorta see that with Isbell. Sturgill, though, is right at the level of many PJ openers I've seen...MMJ, Band of Horses, etc. I don't know that either of those guys is headlining 18k seats+ anytime soon. Seems to me there is plenty of benefit to getting in front of potential new fans in arenas and amphitheaters. I'm sure a lot goes into those tour decisions, so who knows. 
    I put “almost coheadlining” meaning that clearly PJ would be the headliner in a hypothetical tour. 

    If only there was a word for when two bands go on tour but they're not co-headlining and one band is the clear headliner...
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,646
    RP112579 said:
    Please no country acts as openers.
    Give the new Sturgill song a spin. It ain't Dwight Yoakam, I'll tell ya that.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    RP112579 said:
    Please no country acts as openers.
    100% agree.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,174
    Who’s on PJs level that they would go-headline with?

    co-headers are for bands that are fading fandom wise. pJ can still sell out pretty much any venue. 
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,180
    I wonder if pj could sell
    out a 50 show arena tour.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    mcgruff10 said:
    I wonder if pj could sell
    out a 50 show arena tour.  
    I hope they take that challenge 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    edited September 2019
    mcgruff10 said:
    I wonder if pj could sell
    out a 50 show arena tour.  
    I think so .... (?)
    (Read: I hope so)
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    edited September 2019
    Tim Simmons said:
    Who’s on PJs level that they would go-headline with?
    Foo Fighters?
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,646
    Tim Simmons said:
    Who’s on PJs level that they would go-headline with?

    co-headers are for bands that are fading fandom wise. pJ can still sell out pretty much any venue. 
    A couple one-offs like they did with Petty is all I can imagine. In that case, Neil Young? Roger Waters? 
  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!!
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,391
    More openers and less PJ sounds terrible and co headliners sounds even worse. 
  • pursuedbybear
    pursuedbybear Posts: 108
    No co-headliners, for sure. I skipped AiC this time around, because who wants to spend money on Korn? 
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    rummy said:
    Tim Simmons said:
    Who’s on PJs level that they would go-headline with?
    Foo Fighters?
    Please God no.
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  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    edited September 2019
    Yea. Korn and Alice In Chains seems like a weird tour. I liked the first three Korn albums but haven’t listened to them in years to see how they hold up. And yes, while the new AIC is good, they will never be Layne good so I would miss that tour too 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,646
    edited September 2019
    Pearl Jam  // Neil Young with Crazy Horse



    Would be a good co-headlining tour.

    All profits could go to Amnesty and the fight to stop torture around the world.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,646
    Pearl Jam with Alice in Chain playing a shorter set before (but longer than a opening act slot) would be cool also.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • keeponrockin18
    keeponrockin18 Posts: 15
    I thought the opening act was the fight at the Merch table :o

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