2020 United States & Canada Tour Rumors

SomethingCreative · January 2020

Looking to make a run at some of those Canada shows, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton. I’ve never been to any of the cities but was wondering if Ottawa would be cool to hang for a a few days? Any input appreciated

NewfieintheUSA · January 2020

SomethingCreative said:

Looking to make a run at some of those Canada shows, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton. I’ve never been to any of the cities but was wondering if Ottawa would be cool to hang for a a few days? Any input appreciated

If you are going to hit Ottawa, may as well hit Quebec City, it's a beautiful city, you won't regret visiting if you've never been

gotthebottle · January 2020

SomethingCreative said:

Looking to make a run at some of those Canada shows, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton. I’ve never been to any of the cities but was wondering if Ottawa would be cool to hang for a a few days? Any input appreciated

Hang in any other city....

PJNB · January 2020

SomethingCreative said:

Looking to make a run at some of those Canada shows, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton. I’ve never been to any of the cities but was wondering if Ottawa would be cool to hang for a a few days? Any input appreciated

If it was me I think one and a half days in Ottawa would be enough to see almost everything you wanted to weather permitting. I would also add Quebec City to your list and would do a Toronto 17th,18th--> Ottawa 19th,20th--> Montreal 21st-->Quebec City 22nd, 23rd --> somewhere close to the highway on the way back to Hamilton 23rd night --> Hamilton 24th, 25th. Since you are spending the same amount of time anyway.

RoleModelsinBlood31 · January 2020

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

D-Rod · January 2020

PJNB said:

SomethingCreative said:

Looking to make a run at some of those Canada shows, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton. I’ve never been to any of the cities but was wondering if Ottawa would be cool to hang for a a few days? Any input appreciated

If it was me I think one and a half days in Ottawa would be enough to see almost everything you wanted to weather permitting. I would also add Quebec City to your list and would do a Toronto 17th,18th--> Ottawa 19th,20th--> Montreal 21st-->Quebec City 22nd, 23rd --> somewhere close to the highway on the way back to Hamilton 23rd night --> Hamilton 24th, 25th. Since you are spending the same amount of time anyway.

Plus Niagara Falls is only 45 minutes from Hamilton. It’s a go to for any tourist.

mcgruff10 · January 2020

jayhawk1912 said:

presentents said:

mcgruff10 said:

mfc2006 said:

Now we're rethinking STL. If OKC happens, that's about the same distance from KC & it would be a cheaper trip because we'd get a place with friends. Hmmm. Once it's official, we'll need to make a choice pretty quickly.

Matt, would you say kc is nicer than St. Louis?

I am not Matt but I do live in KC and although biased KC has WAY more to offer then STL and a much easier travel situation. We have NO traffic, like ever, we do have I-29,35,70,49, so getting here is pretty straight forward from everywhere. We have one of the best museums in the country and it’s FREE, we have a light rail that connects a large chuck of the downtown area and it’s FREE, we have the Power and Light district (bar zone) which is located right next to the hotel zone, and Westport (better bar zone) which is a 7 minute Uber from P&L and a 5 minute Uber from the Country Club Plaza (amazing Spanish architecture and great restaurants, the Christmas song Kansas City Lights was written about it), plus we have some of the best restaurants in the Midwest and that’s not to even begin about the BBQ). Oh and if Jazz and Baseball are your thing we have the 18th and Vine district with the Negro League Baseball Museum connected to the Jazz Museum (it’s the Hall of Fame of both Jazz and the Negro leagues). Every night you can find music from jazz at the Green Lady Lounge, to rock bands of all types, or a EDM show being thrown in a warehouse in the West Bottoms. All of which is less then 10 minutes apart from each other and virtually all of it has plenty of FREE parking. Stay in STL and have fun in the burbs and enjoy the Applebee’s if that’s your jam.

yes to all of the above plus the best football team (hoping this comment ages well after Sunday)....fingers crossed KC makes the Fall tour list

I m hoping the Chiefs take it all this year. Kc sounds awesome, I have to get there soon!

jefft · January 2020

D-Rod said:

PJNB said:

SomethingCreative said:

Looking to make a run at some of those Canada shows, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton. I’ve never been to any of the cities but was wondering if Ottawa would be cool to hang for a a few days? Any input appreciated

If it was me I think one and a half days in Ottawa would be enough to see almost everything you wanted to weather permitting. I would also add Quebec City to your list and would do a Toronto 17th,18th--> Ottawa 19th,20th--> Montreal 21st-->Quebec City 22nd, 23rd --> somewhere close to the highway on the way back to Hamilton 23rd night --> Hamilton 24th, 25th. Since you are spending the same amount of time anyway.

Plus Niagara Falls is only 45 minutes from Hamilton. It’s a go to for any tourist.

I agree here for sure can do Niagara on the lake as well get some wine tours.

D-Rod · January 2020

jayhawk1912 said:

presentents said:

mcgruff10 said:

mfc2006 said:

Now we're rethinking STL. If OKC happens, that's about the same distance from KC & it would be a cheaper trip because we'd get a place with friends. Hmmm. Once it's official, we'll need to make a choice pretty quickly.

Matt, would you say kc is nicer than St. Louis?

I am not Matt but I do live in KC and although biased KC has WAY more to offer then STL and a much easier travel situation. We have NO traffic, like ever, we do have I-29,35,70,49, so getting here is pretty straight forward from everywhere. We have one of the best museums in the country and it’s FREE, we have a light rail that connects a large chuck of the downtown area and it’s FREE, we have the Power and Light district (bar zone) which is located right next to the hotel zone, and Westport (better bar zone) which is a 7 minute Uber from P&L and a 5 minute Uber from the Country Club Plaza (amazing Spanish architecture and great restaurants, the Christmas song Kansas City Lights was written about it), plus we have some of the best restaurants in the Midwest and that’s not to even begin about the BBQ). Oh and if Jazz and Baseball are your thing we have the 18th and Vine district with the Negro League Baseball Museum connected to the Jazz Museum (it’s the Hall of Fame of both Jazz and the Negro leagues). Every night you can find music from jazz at the Green Lady Lounge, to rock bands of all types, or a EDM show being thrown in a warehouse in the West Bottoms. All of which is less then 10 minutes apart from each other and virtually all of it has plenty of FREE parking. Stay in STL and have fun in the burbs and enjoy the Applebee’s if that’s your jam.

yes to all of the above plus the best football team (hoping this comment ages well after Sunday)....fingers crossed KC makes the Fall tour list

Did a Minnesota, KC and St Louis baseball road trip this past summer. Other than the ball games the highlight of the trip was the power and lights district. Great place to have a couple of pops on a Saturday night.

bootlegger10 · January 2020

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

Why can't we Americans just get along? Why do we feel the need to be superior over each other. We should just love every city. Of course, except for New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis, those liberals in Portland and Seattle, those gun lovers in Houston and Dallas, has San Francisco floated away yet after an earthquake?, those Tulsa wannabes in Topeka, East Moline (Moline you are cool), Omaha's little brother Lincoln, and whatever city you are reading this post from.

Noload · January 2020

bootlegger10 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

Why can't we Americans just get along? Why do we feel the need to be superior over each other. We should just love every city. Of course, except for New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis, those liberals in Portland and Seattle, those gun lovers in Houston and Dallas, has San Francisco floated away yet after an earthquake?, those Tulsa wannabes in Topeka, East Moline (Moline you are cool), Omaha's little brother Lincoln, and whatever city you are reading this post from.

That's how we got to be #1

Yefa · January 2020

I have family in Kansas City but visitors to St. Louis have many more dining options than Applebee’s. Clink the link below for evidence.

https://graphics.stltoday.com/apps/stl100-2019/

NWOntario · January 2020

BeerBaron said:

darwinstheory said:

mcgruff10 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Saying that, let's also agree if no announcement this week that would be the shortest notice of a tour in a long time.

Some of the rumored cities are not lock down sell outs, based on history. Not that I dont think this tour wont 100% sell out. It should.

Since the promoter would be shelling out close to $10 million up front to PJ (or on the hook for it), it's in Live Nations best interests to get the announcement and presales rolling and promoted asap if this is indeed real. Somebody please cue the DimiBatSignal.

What shows don’t sell out?
i m thinking Ottawa, Nashville, St. Louis , ok city, and one night in la

STL sells out for sure. Only 4 hours from Chicago. I was thinking Nashville would maybe be the 3rd highest demand behind NYC & Baltimore.

That had me thinking about Hamilton being my best bet because fewer people have passports and it's further from most bigger cities. I figure mor New Yorkers would venture to the rumored Ottawa/Quebec City shows.

I am:
5 hours from STL
6½ hours from Hamilton
7 hours from Nashville

Hamilton is less than an hour from the 4th largest city in North America.

Assuming we're right, and Hamilton and Toronto are getting one show each, I'm willing to wager they booked Hamilton because Scotiabank Arena was only available one out of 14 nights during that opening two-week period. I could be wrong, and I say this with all due respect to the Hamilton, which is a frickin' great place to see a show (I've seen Pearl Jam, the Who, Springsteen, and Tool x2 at FirstOntario Centre).
But yeah...in terms of population, the Golden Horseshoe area has anywhere from 7 to 10 million people, depending on how you're measuring it. Hamilton's basically smack dab in the middle, so while it's not as big a city itself it's in the middle of a massive population base.

Yefa · January 2020

bootlegger10 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

Why can't we Americans just get along? Why do we feel the need to be superior over each other. We should just love every city. Of course, except for New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis, those liberals in Portland and Seattle, those gun lovers in Houston and Dallas, has San Francisco floated away yet after an earthquake?, those Tulsa wannabes in Topeka, East Moline (Moline you are cool), Omaha's little brother Lincoln, and whatever city you are reading this post from.

Well said. Every city has pluses and minuses.

mcgruff10 · January 2020

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

no bashing, I just asked a simple question about KC compared to St. Louis. All good.

RoleModelsinBlood31 · January 2020

mcgruff10 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

no bashing, I just asked a simple question about KC compared to St. Louis. All good.

Oh good, we’ll that’s nice to hear then. Wait... fuck New Jersey!

mfc2006 · January 2020

mcgruff10 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

Sounds like we’re onto city loving/bashing again.

no bashing, I just asked a simple question about KC compared to St. Louis. All good.

Yup. Simple question. And if any of you guys ever make it to KC, please let me know. You’ve got a place to crash and breweries and BBQ to enjoy!

OceansJenny · January 2020

Lerxst1992 said:

.

OceansJenny said:

Lerxst1992 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

mcgruff10 said:

NewfieintheUSA said:

mcgruff10 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Saying that, let's also agree if no announcement this week that would be the shortest notice of a tour in a long time.

Some of the rumored cities are not lock down sell outs, based on history. Not that I dont think this tour wont 100% sell out. It should.

Since the promoter would be shelling out close to $10 million up front to PJ (or on the hook for it), it's in Live Nations best interests to get the announcement and presales rolling and promoted asap if this is indeed real. Somebody please cue the DimiBatSignal.

What shows don’t sell out?
i m thinking Ottawa, Nashville, St. Louis , ok city, and one night in la

Any Saturday show will sell out

No way an LA show doesn't sell out

Neither la show in 2013 sold out.

As a Brooklyner, I could stare at this comment for decades and not understand.

In Brooklyn one needs to secure a Home Equity Line of Credit to secure a ticket if he or she does not win the lottery.

Brooklyn is way overdue for a residency.

Not sold out? How is that possible?

Not enough tickets were sold.

Impossible. They can sell out 20 dates in Brooklyn.

Not back to back. Maybe one show a month ala Billy Joel style.

I should have taken a screen shot of stub hub 2016 as my memory isn’t what it used to be. Rear stage lowers for MSG Pearl Jam was going for $250 - 300 on stub hub IIRC and lowers in front of stage were $500 and up. Way up.

Billy never commanded prices like that, especially back then when he first started his monthly gigs there. Now he commands more as it’s become a tourist destination show. I could always snag a Billy ticket back before his monthly gigs started. The toughest ticket I’ve ever faced is PJ in NY. Nothing comes close.

the reality is IMO PJ has never fully tapped the market here. Whether they book 2 or 3 shows in the City, it immediately sells out every time. We’ll never know how many they can do until they try. They’d rather travel , load and unload the gear nightly and see different fans from around the world.

How much of that is scalpers holding tickets that never sell? I assume the high prices absorbs some of the losses.

Hamilton the musical is still the hottest ticket in town.

Cheapest ticket I think is $200 with tons of marked up tickets. 8 shows a week for 3 years strong!

PJNB · January 2020

Only bashing I saw was the shot at Ottawa...

D-Rod · January 2020

NWOntario said:

BeerBaron said:

darwinstheory said:

mcgruff10 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Saying that, let's also agree if no announcement this week that would be the shortest notice of a tour in a long time.

Some of the rumored cities are not lock down sell outs, based on history. Not that I dont think this tour wont 100% sell out. It should.

Since the promoter would be shelling out close to $10 million up front to PJ (or on the hook for it), it's in Live Nations best interests to get the announcement and presales rolling and promoted asap if this is indeed real. Somebody please cue the DimiBatSignal.

What shows don’t sell out?
i m thinking Ottawa, Nashville, St. Louis , ok city, and one night in la

STL sells out for sure. Only 4 hours from Chicago. I was thinking Nashville would maybe be the 3rd highest demand behind NYC & Baltimore.

That had me thinking about Hamilton being my best bet because fewer people have passports and it's further from most bigger cities. I figure mor New Yorkers would venture to the rumored Ottawa/Quebec City shows.

I am:
5 hours from STL
6½ hours from Hamilton
7 hours from Nashville

Hamilton is less than an hour from the 4th largest city in North America.

Assuming we're right, and Hamilton and Toronto are getting one show each, I'm willing to wager they booked Hamilton because Scotiabank Arena was only available one out of 14 nights during that opening two-week period. I could be wrong, and I say this with all due respect to the Hamilton, which is a frickin' great place to see a show (I've seen Pearl Jam, the Who, Springsteen, and Tool x2 at FirstOntario Centre).
But yeah...in terms of population, the Golden Horseshoe area has anywhere from 7 to 10 million people, depending on how you're measuring it. Hamilton's basically smack dab in the middle, so while it's not as big a city itself it's in the middle of a massive population base.

Also Ed has a soft spot for the city since it has the same name as his buddy Laird. He referenced in 2005, 2011 and will probably in 2020 .......HELLLLLOOOOOOO!!!!! LAIRD!!!!!!!

2020 United States & Canada Tour Rumors

Comments

Categories