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janegosford · July 2006

Somebody on RM said the venue was about half full last night. Is that true? Kinda sad considering it was the NA closer.

Zoso · July 2006

janegosford wrote:

Somebody on RM said the venue was about half full last night. Is that true? Kinda sad considering it was the NA closer.

17, 000 last night not many fans on the lawn towards the top..

26, 000 the first night me thinks is this true?

thenaturalstoner · July 2006

There is no way you can get 26,000 people in The Gorge. 22,000 tops.

pedalbrake · July 2006

guljor94 wrote:

For those who have no clue about this, this chant was going on down in the seats in section A (and spread) during the encore(s). Not sure if it made its way to GA.

I go to a soccer/futbol match and a Pearl Jam concert breaks out...

I was sitting next to Swede, who started the whole chant. Before I knew it, we were all on our chairs chanting. Even though the setlist was short for the Gorge on closing night, this was the most fun I've ever had at a PJ show!

Once I get the boot, I'm going straight for the Encore Breaks. I wanna hear how loud it was to everyone else. Anybody outside of section A hear it?

Anywho, thanks to all those rowdy fans in Section A. That made the whole trip soooooo much better!

wurldtraveler · July 2006

janegosford wrote:

Somebody on RM said the venue was about half full last night. Is that true? Kinda sad considering it was the NA closer.

someone posted that there was 17,000 on night 2...26,000 on night 1. not sure of the source of that data.

definitely less on night 2...grass not completely full left to right looking up from below. but it was 107 yesterday and no shade in that part of the state. it was also a sunday night and 3 hours from anywhere. some good reasons why it would have far less people than night 1.

InJuddsTree · July 2006

ive never seen a bigger bunch of whining assholes. seriously.

Zoso · July 2006

guljor94 wrote:

someone posted that there was 17,000 on night 2...26,000 on night 1. not sure of the source of that data.

definitely less on night 2...grass not completely full left to right looking up from below. but it was 107 yesterday and no shade in that part of the state. it was also a sunday night and 3 hours from anywhere. some good reasons why it would have far less people than night 1.

who cares how many were I was there and it was the best fuckin weekend ever I couldnt even see the back lawn part I was so fucking close to the stage.

InJuddsTree · July 2006

Zoso wrote:

who cares how many were I was there and it was the best fuckin weekend ever I couldnt even see the back lawn part I was so fucking close to the stage.

thats more like it

glad you had a blast timbo. forwarding your blog to dan soon!

Zoso · July 2006

InJuddsTree wrote:

ive never seen a bigger bunch of whining assholes. seriously.

hey judd,

ure always going to get those types here hehe... man what a showmy friend what a weekend.. a musical experience of greatness.

Bwalker545 · July 2006

All we needed was Deep and release for Ten to be "Complete" in 2 nights of shows... Including Wash and Dirty Frank, What Can I say night 2 was AWSOME! Another great show to all you people complaining about the length of the show...SHUT UP! Amazing set list, and you know the guys just wanted to be home... If you were at both nights you have no reason to complain...and if you were not at both nights...well dont blame the band!

wurldtraveler · July 2006

Zoso wrote:

who cares how many were I was there and it was the best fuckin weekend ever I couldnt even see the back lawn part I was so fucking close to the stage.

i was answering a question, buddy. go smoke something & chill.

acutejam · July 2006

guljor94 wrote:

"but I'm wearing shorts in a show for the first time in about 12 years.

What a lie, as glorified spied! I have a photo of him in short hair and shorts from Shoreline '04 .... but then shoreline is so forgettable....

wurldtraveler · July 2006

pjamdude69 · July 2006

guljor94 wrote:

Gorge 1
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Great pics, esp of night 2 (since I was there

) I was in the same section, except quite a few rows back (row 47)... Great, great show all the way around, but my fucking god it was HOT out there.. So fucking glad that big ball of gas in the sky went over the mountain 20 or so minutes into the show..

pedalbrake · July 2006

Magus wrote:

Another great show to all you people complaining about the length of the show...SHUT UP!

A lot of us aren't really complaining, we were just a little surprised that's all. It just seemed like the two nights should've been switched around, with the shorter set coming on the first night and the longer set being the closer. Maybe they wanted to make the second set just as long, but the heat got to them, or they were just itching to get home, or whatever. The setlist was amazing, and the show was rocking, but based on the night before, we just figured they would play a full 3 hours (especially since it's the Gorge, no opener, last show of the tour, etc.). I think that's why people were a bit shell-shocked once Ledbetter hit - I even heard a few boos in the rows behind. Hopefully those people aren't angry with the band for cutting it a little short, they were just expressing their desire to hear more. Hopefully.

In any case, NO ONE should complain about that show! For any other band, 2 1/2 hours is a marathon, and with the conditions as they were, PJ played with full intensity and gave a hell of a show. Nothing but respect and love for the band from me.

a strange spot · July 2006

guljor94 wrote:

Gorge 2 had a hard act to follow in Gorge 1. It didn't disappoint, but it didn't live up to the former night. Gorge 1 was DVD-worthy. The show was top-notch top to bottom. Back to Gorge 2, I, too, was bummed that they ended it when they did...just a few more songs would've been right...but I'm just thankful to have been there.

That being said, it was an amazing weekend of shows. Just a few people to mention...

Thanks to Ben for the ticket swap. Our seats for last night rocked. Not only that, but I got lucky with 3 rows of short people in front of me and a clear view of the stage.

Thanks to 5 guys from Calgary for good camp-mates at Wild Horse.

Great job by Dave & Lisa with the CCFA fundraiser. Glad to help out any time.

And to all you poster hoarding bastards (one guy got 12!!!), just be thankful that no in the line accidentally bumped you and crushed all of them this time, but it will happen eventually. PJ has a song for it...Green Disease...try listening sometime.

Hey Man - Thanks for helping us out...it was great to meet you this weekend! Well we made it back after about 16 hours of being on the road!! (Great Pics by the way!)

Met some really cool people down at Wild Horse! .... and the Bus line of course!!!

All in all...what a solid weekend!

Signed,
Calgary 1 of 5

liesandsays · July 2006

and the winner is... I still say Santa Barbara was the best show... I thought last night was lame for Pearl Jam standards..especially when Stone was ready to play and no one else came back...was it just me..or were we expecting a great show and got a four out of ten?

Rhinocerous Surprise · July 2006

I wasn't there, but any show with that setlist, barring any major mess-ups (ending half an hour short of 3 hours DOESN'T count), deserves a hell of alot more than 4 outta 10. Cut the guys some slack, would ya?