2020 Tour Posters: Rank 'Em

jjflash
jjflash Posts: 5,035
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So the poster you bought or were gonna buy doesn't commemorate the great time you had in that city, or conjure memories of the setlist for a show that became an instant classic. Even moreso than normal tour posters, one might argue, the 2020 posters are artwork: capsules of strange days and what might have been. There are some great looking posters from this "tour". Do you agree? How would you rank 'em? How does your list compare with the best sellers? Does Ames' Baltimore design hint of a full album performance of Gigaton? Would Sperry's have topped them all? Ok, I'll start....

1. San Diego
2. Ottawa
3. Quebec City
4. NYC 1 (Williams)
5. St. Louis
6. Baltimore
7. NYC 2 (Mumford)
8. Toronto
9. Nashville
10. Hamilton
11. Phoenix
12. Oklahoma City
13. Denver
14. Oakland 1
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  • SHZA
    SHZA St. Louis, MO USA Posts: 4,314
    Balt
    STL 
    NYC 1
    OKC 
    Ottawa 
    NYC2
    Hamilton 
    PHX/Nash
    Toronto 
    Tied for last: Denver OAK1 San Diego Quebec 
  • Sanders19
    Sanders19 Posts: 38
    1. NYC 1 - Williams
    2. Baltimore 
    3. Quebec City
    4. Ottawa 
    5. OKC
    6. San Diego
    7. St Louis
    8. Toronto 
    9. NYC - Mumford
    10. Phoenix 
    11.Nashville 
    12. Oakland
    13. Hamilton 
    14. Denver

    ...I am sure some will change after a while. But my ranking so far
  • Crew
    Crew Posts: 299
    Toronto
    Baltimore
    NYC Mumford
    St. Louis
    Klausen (both)

    The rest in no particular order.
  • tdawe
    tdawe Posts: 2,091
    I said a version of this in the Lost Dogs thread, but to me the NYC Williams is the best because it works best as, like you said, a “capsule of strange days and what might have been.” While many of the other posters work off the theme of climate change, NYC1 really jumps out to me as capturing the convergence of what should have been the launch of Pearl Jam’s US tour and the outbreak of global mayhem, both colliding in New York at roughly the same time. To me it seems so on-point that it’s almost hard to believe it was designed pre-COVID (though I think that about several lines/songs on Gigaton too so I guess it’s appropriate).

    But after I made other post I looked again and realized that it doesn’t actually say “2020” anywhere on it which is a bit of a drawback.
    Camden 2 2006, Newark 2010, Barclays 2 2013, Central Park 2015, MSG 2 2016, Wrigley 1 2016, Rome 2018, Prague 2018, Asbury Park 2021, EV & Earthlings NYC 1 2022, MSG 2022, Louisville 2022, Dublin 2024, MSG 1 2024, MSG 2 2024
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,035
    tdawe said:
    I said a version of this in the Lost Dogs thread, but to me the NYC Williams is the best because it works best as, like you said, a “capsule of strange days and what might have been.” While many of the other posters work off the theme of climate change, NYC1 really jumps out to me as capturing the convergence of what should have been the launch of Pearl Jam’s US tour and the outbreak of global mayhem, both colliding in New York at roughly the same time. To me it seems so on-point that it’s almost hard to believe it was designed pre-COVID (though I think that about several lines/songs on Gigaton too so I guess it’s appropriate).

    But after I made other post I looked again and realized that it doesn’t actually say “2020” anywhere on it which is a bit of a drawback.
    No doubt and well said, my friend. Clairvoyant :glasses: in a way similar to some of the lyrics/tracks on RTJ4.

    On a similar note, interesting the Apollo poster was piggybacked onto the 3/30 MSG show poster. Williams, IMO, seized the opportunity to elevate his poster design, but still kinda surprising that Apollo didn't get it's own print :pensive:
  • huntersthompson
    huntersthompson Posts: 1,033
    Did the Williams poster already go on sale here and I missed it?  Checking for a friend....
  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,180
    @jjflash
    you missed the poster for the secret fundraiser show that PJ was doing a few days before their NY trip down here in South Jersey for Operation Yellow Ribbon to benefit our never ending growing expensive care package shipping expenses.  Shh don't tell anyone but the BK/Emek/Sperry/Munk One collaboration for this poster would have been the best!
    www.operationyellowribbon.org
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,729
    elwayvedder said:
    @jjflash
    you missed the poster for the secret fundraiser show that PJ was doing a few days before their NY trip down here in South Jersey for Operation Yellow Ribbon to benefit our never ending growing expensive care package shipping expenses.  Shh don't tell anyone but the BK/Emek/Sperry/Munk One collaboration for this poster would have been the best!


  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,910
    I'm not digging the Oak1 poster, which I think is a good thing, because if had been a beautiful poster, I would of felt more bad about the show getting postponed.

    I am still curious if we'll see an Oak2 poster out of this?
  • huntersthompson
    huntersthompson Posts: 1,033
    Zod said:
    I'm not digging the Oak1 poster, which I think is a good thing, because if had been a beautiful poster, I would of felt more bad about the show getting postponed.

    I am still curious if we'll see an Oak2 poster out of this?
    I am pretty sure that it has been revealed that Chuck Sperry was designated to do Oak2, but that it wasn't produced and, therefore, won't show up here-or anywhere for that matter.  I love Sperry posters and will be forever gutted  depressed if he isn't re-enlisted to do the make up show down the line....
  • DE4173
    DE4173 Posts: 3,014
    OKC
    Toronto
    NYC 2 (Mumford)
    Ottawa
    Quebec
    Hamilton
    St Louis
    Baltimore
    Nashville/Phoenix
    San Diego
    NYC 1 (Williams)
    Denver
    Oakland 1
    1993: 11/22 Little Rock
    1996; 9/28 New York
    1997: 11/14 Oakland, 11/15 Oakland
    1998: 7/5 Dallas, 7/7 Albuquerque, 7/8 Phoenix, 7/10 San Diego, 7/11 Las Vegas
    2000: 10/17 Dallas
    2003: 4/3 OKC
    2012: 11/17 Tulsa(EV), 11/18 Tulsa(EV)
    2013: 11/16 OKC
    2014: 10/8 Tulsa
    2022: 9/20 OKC
    2023: 9/13 Ft Worth, 9/15 Ft Worth
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,035
    elwayvedder said:
    @jjflash
    you missed the poster for the secret fundraiser show that PJ was doing a few days before their NY trip down here in South Jersey for Operation Yellow Ribbon to benefit our never ending growing expensive care package shipping expenses.  Shh don't tell anyone but the BK/Emek/Sperry/Munk One collaboration for this poster would have been the best!

  • Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound UK Posts: 637
    edited August 2020
    1. Phoenix 8/10
    2. Nashville 7.5/10
    3. Quebec 7/10
    4. San Diego 7/10

    5. OKC 5/10
    6. NYC1 (Williams) 5/10
    7. Toronto 4/10
    8. Baltimore 3/10
    9. St Louis 3/10

    10. Hamilton 2/10
    11. Ottawa 2/10
    12. NYC2 (Mumford) 1.5/10
    13. Denver 1/10
    14. Oakland 1/10
    Post edited by Planet of Sound on
  • cardoso
    cardoso Porto Alegre-BR Posts: 1,560
    STL
    NYC - Ian
    BALTIMORE
    OKC
    NYC - Dan
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  • KUHL2009
    KUHL2009 Posts: 28
    Tier 1:
    1. Quebec
    2. Ottawa
    3. Williams NYC

    Tier 2:
    4. Toronto
    5. St. Louis
    6. OKC
    7. Mumford New York

    Tier 3:
    8. Denver
    9. Nashville
    10. Phoenix
    11. Hamilton
    12. Baltimore
    13. San Diego
    14. Oakland

  • ST66483
    ST66483 Posts: 891
    Ottawa
    Toronto 
    OKC
    Hamilton
    NYC Mumford
    Phoenix 
    Nashville
    Quebec
    Baltimore
    Denver
    St. Louis
    Oakland
    NYC Williams 
    San Diego 

    Lots of close choices in there for sure and some that may flip spots in time or after seeing them in person.  Overall a strong poster year and strong showing by old and new artists.
  • Santos L. Halper
    Santos L. Halper Posts: 1,926
    jjflash said:
    So the poster you bought or were gonna buy doesn't commemorate the great time you had in that city, or conjure memories of the setlist for a show that became an instant classic. Even moreso than normal tour posters, one might argue, the 2020 posters are artwork: capsules of strange days and what might have been. There are some great looking posters from this "tour". Do you agree? How would you rank 'em? How does your list compare with the best sellers? Does Ames' Baltimore design hint of a full album performance of Gigaton? Would Sperry's have topped them all? Ok, I'll start....

    1. San Diego
    2. Ottawa
    3. Quebec City
    4. NYC 1 (Williams)
    5. St. Louis
    6. Baltimore
    7. NYC 2 (Mumford)
    8. Toronto
    9. Nashville
    10. Hamilton
    11. Phoenix
    12. Oklahoma City
    13. Denver
    14. Oakland 1
    Don't sleep on the Oakland poster based on a lo res image
  • bigbiggzy
    bigbiggzy Posts: 840
    Lol
  • rbandhb
    rbandhb Kansas City Posts: 125
    1- San Diego 
    2- PHX
    3- OKC 
    4- Nashville
    5-,Mumford MSG 
    6- Baltimore Ames

    always so tough to tell without seeing them in person. 

    Also looking for a St Louis as we were going to that show if anyone has one they’d part with/regret buying etc. 
    Bonner Springs 2000
    Bonner Springs 2003
    Council Bluffs 2003
    Kansas City 2010
    Atlanta Music Midtown 2012
    Wrigley Field 2013
    Seattle 2013
    St Louis 2014
    Tulsa 2014
    Lincoln 2014
    MSG 1 2016
    MSG 2 2016
    Wrigley 1 2016
    Wrigley 2 2016
    Seattle 1 2018
    Seattle 2 2018
    Missoula 2018
    Wrigley 1 2018
    Wrigley 2 2018
    Fenway 1 2018
    Fenway 2 2018
    Dana Point 2021
    Nashville 2022
    Louisville Bourbon & Beyond 2022
    St Louis 2022
    OKC 2022
    Denver 2022
    St Paul 1 2023
    St Paul 2 2023
    Fort Worth 1 2023
    Fort Worth 2 2023
    Seattle 1 2024
    Seattle 2 2024
    Wrigley 1 2024
    Wrigley 2 2024
    MSG 1 2024
    MSG 2 2024
    Atlanta 1 2024
    Atlanta 2 2024

  • ceska
    ceska New York Posts: 1,138
    My favorites
    Baltimore
    NYC-Mumford MSG
    Hamilton
    Toronto
    NYC-Williams Apollo (Didn't care for this at first but I am coming around to it. Glad I snagged one after all!)
    Don't care for the rest.

    A friend of mine suggested that Baltimore could be improved if it said Pearl Jam in large letters at the very top and the subheader was The Fabulous Gigaton Experience. I agree.

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