Not happy that there is an opening act on this first NA leg

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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,431
    I never minded opening acts, some I've liked more than others. I know I liked Band of Horses a lot when they opened in the 2010 tour
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  • SK20613
    SK20613 Apex, NC Posts: 109
    I'd love to be at a show were IDLES open it!
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    theebradness said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Lame. No thought whatsoever for Josh K. (Friend of the band) and what he has gone through recently.  An “lol” in there doesn’t diminish the thoughtlessness of this post. 

    L O fucking L
    CLASSY
  • bmurray06
    bmurray06 Austin, Texas Posts: 163
    rollings said:
    JimmyV said:
    rollings said:
    LOL @ the band starting later  because people weren't in their seats .
    Yeah, this myth is a pretty persistent one. 
    Hysterical.  Can you imagine the band and crew actually going through this thought process.  "We're ready to go , but let's take a peak out from behind the curtain and see if the fans are too". Wow. A little too wow
    Happened Seattle Night 1 2018. My wife, friends and I got to the Safeco line long before the show was supposed to start. Still took us a long time to get to the seats. PJ didn't start right away and waited for those outside lines to calm down. 'LOL' your ways all you want. It happened
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    bmurray06 said:
    rollings said:
    JimmyV said:
    rollings said:
    LOL @ the band starting later  because people weren't in their seats .
    Yeah, this myth is a pretty persistent one. 
    Hysterical.  Can you imagine the band and crew actually going through this thought process.  "We're ready to go , but let's take a peak out from behind the curtain and see if the fans are too". Wow. A little too wow
    Happened Seattle Night 1 2018. My wife, friends and I got to the Safeco line long before the show was supposed to start. Still took us a long time to get to the seats. PJ didn't start right away and waited for those outside lines to calm down. 'LOL' your ways all you want. It happened
    Outside lines are different than people not sitting or getting to their seats. Lines outside I understand 
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    Matts3221 said:
    I think it is great an opening band is going out with them , not sure why you would not want to hear new music. Instead of standing around for hours waiting for PJ to come out you get an opening band. Plus it will get people into their seats when their set is over. Never understand why people hate hearing a band they have not heard before.
    This is what I was getting at (sorry Matts for using your post as example ) 
  • nycrats
    nycrats Posts: 1,355
    The difference between 3 hours of music and 2 hours 20 minutes of music, can be A LOT, depending on which drugs you take. 
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  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    ForceofNature101 said:
    I mean it is an incredibly easy solution - go to the show after the opener if you don't want to see them, or use the opener as your pre-game time and grab a beer with someone

    I doubt Pearl Jam designed it so the sets would be shorter

    But, you have to be there before the opener, just in case PJ comes out and play a super-secret and then personally hands out beers and tambos to everyone in the pit! If you skip the opener, you might miss out!
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  • theebradness
    theebradness Quincy, IL originally from Weymouth, MA Posts: 280
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    theebradness said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Lame. No thought whatsoever for Josh K. (Friend of the band) and what he has gone through recently.  An “lol” in there doesn’t diminish the thoughtlessness of this post. 

    L O fucking L
    CLASSY

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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,991
    I'm happy there's an opener. Then at least you get a gist of when PJ is going to come on. In Boston last year, they told us to be to our seats at a certain time, and the band didn't come out for like another 40 minutes.

    As isn't Jack Irons on drums? I know he plays on the record. But is he touring too? That would be cool as hell. 
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,651
    Why should you be happy? PJ fans are infamous for being unsatisfied.
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    mpedone said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    I mean it is an incredibly easy solution - go to the show after the opener if you don't want to see them, or use the opener as your pre-game time and grab a beer with someone

    I doubt Pearl Jam designed it so the sets would be shorter

    But, you have to be there before the opener, just in case PJ comes out and play a super-secret and then personally hands out beers and tambos to everyone in the pit! If you skip the opener, you might miss out!
    Snark aside, the old days were fun when Ed would do a song solo before the opener and sometimes join the opener. There really was incentive to get in there even if you weren't totally familiar with the first band.
  • tusevun
    tusevun Posts: 252
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    I'm happy there's an opener. Then at least you get a gist of when PJ is going to come on. In Boston last year, they told us to be to our seats at a certain time, and the band didn't come out for like another 40 minutes.

    As isn't Jack Irons on drums? I know he plays on the record. But is he touring too? That would be cool as hell. 

    Is he in your band?

    Klinghoffer: I don’t have a band at the moment. The Pearl Jam tour is going to be me by myself.

  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,596
    shecky said:
    Why should you be happy? PJ fans are infamous for being unsatisfied.
    Fair point
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,596
    I heard they are co-headlining. Some nights Pearl Jam will go on first. 
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,991
    tusevun said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    I'm happy there's an opener. Then at least you get a gist of when PJ is going to come on. In Boston last year, they told us to be to our seats at a certain time, and the band didn't come out for like another 40 minutes.

    As isn't Jack Irons on drums? I know he plays on the record. But is he touring too? That would be cool as hell. 

    Is he in your band?

    Klinghoffer: I don’t have a band at the moment. The Pearl Jam tour is going to be me by myself.

    Bummer. 
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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Maybe get some more of this...


  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Be happy they're not playing a festival.  Those are really short and tend to lean towards greatest hits.
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  • unforgiven
    unforgiven Posts: 380
    Veddernarian said:
    Be happy they're not playing a festival.  Those are really short and tend to lean towards greatest hits.
    I saw Pearl Jam do a 3 hour festival show, so that is not always the case!
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    unforgiven said:
    Veddernarian said:
    Be happy they're not playing a festival.  Those are really short and tend to lean towards greatest hits.
    I saw Pearl Jam do a 3 hour festival show, so that is not always the case!

    It' not the case whether the sole act, festival or an opening band.  Very strange this narrative.

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