2022 North American rumour thread take 2

verceman said:

tschav said:

PJNB said:

If they are doing Alpine Valley it would likely be with other ballpark shows. Then the question begs to be asked why are they not doing Wrigley?

Alpine's been following Pearl Jam on social for years, nothing to really pull from that (as much as I'd love it). Wrigley still hasn't announced much in terms of new shows - just lots of rescheduled dates listed so far. There's enough room in late August/early September for a Wrigley show, but I'm hoping more dates in the midwest and a few nights at the United Center rather than large ballpark shows.

This is a new account for 2022 only active since January . https://instagram.com/alpinevalleytheatre?utm_medium=copy_link

Could be nothing, but I think this is a bigger catch than anything we’ve gotten so far  maybe a bunch of sheds in May and save the majority of the arenas for fall hoping covid is less of a topic 

RS151862 said:

PJNB said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

Odds of tour announcement this week coming:

No announcement: -150
Monday: +170
Tuesday: +240
Wednesday: +1100
Thursday: +1300
Friday: +510

I am really curious how this plays out. In 2020 we had a heads up on Jan 10th which was a Friday that something was coming with the album and tour. Throughout that whole weekend radio stations and arena premium seat holders were getting notifications about Jan 13th being the day. Maybe that's how this plays out next week and the following week. 

That’s because it was a new tour announcement, tickets hasn’t been sold yet. We’re just waiting for rescheduled dates. It doesn’t need any hype. Just release them already. 

I wonder how much of these arenas remain sold at this point. In some markets I would guess 50/50. 

brewdog123 said:

somewhat relieved nashville is in fall.  i got too much other stuff booked at moment and in near future.  i need time to make this trip proper

Yeah, I'm with you on that. I hope it legit info. I have so many other shows booked in May, and I've been worried that there will be a scheduling conflict with PJ. If it's in the fall, then I'm good.

If they play ballparks they really need to do Camden Yards. For gods sake throw the fans a bone.

Excited to see Sir Paul there

Any idea what they will do with the empty Baltimore date?

biz999 said:

Someone in the PJ camp must know this is ridiculous at this point. I know in 2020, nobody could have fathomed there would be a 2+ year delay on the tour. But now, c'mon. Just be transparent with what's going on. 

I keep reading the excuse that they want to see how Ed's tour goes.  It isn't like there aren't 100's of bands that have been touring during COVID that they could talk to.  Is what it is though.   I'd love to be in the situation where I can work only when convenient for me.  

biz999 said:

Someone in the PJ camp must know this is ridiculous at this point. I know in 2020, nobody could have fathomed there would be a 2+ year delay on the tour. But now, c'mon. Just be transparent with what's going on. 

Yep.  It's amazing that a band this big that could sell out arenas/stadiums all over the world is run by such an amateur operation.  

I think you really just have an Occam's Razor situation in that the obvious answer is the correct one. They are just waiting for the Earthlings tour to end before announcing as they want to keep the focus on that and not impact ticket sales. Why go see his solo tour if you know they are playing The Forum in 2 months? Not saying it is the correct thing to do, just saying that it is likely what they are thinking.

I would also bet on California being first because the arenas involved (Oakland, LA, San Diego, PHX) are wide open due to no NHL/NBA playoffs. They might also want to delay Canada until the fall just to let the new and improved Covid rules settle in. Again, it seems like this is the obvious solution to a complicated problem of rescheduling. Let's hope they add a Vegas date or two or anything else that makes sense.

joseph33 said:

Any idea what they will do with the empty Baltimore date?

If they were to make anything up for Baltimore I would think probably a DC date, Camden Yards or possibly Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia. 

KL159781 said:

I think another issue in them announcing the tour relates to the California and New York shows and vaccine status. Until last week Los Angeles County required vaccine cards for concerts. Now they have gone back to allowing unvaccinated in with negative tests. I believe the negative test requirement may affect the other CA shows and NYC. 

If LA County hadn’t gone back to allowing negative tests, it would have been a nightmare to tell fans who bought tickets 2 years ago that they couldn’t attend if they are unvaccinated. Remember that Jeff said he doesn’t like the idea of people having to show vaccination cards. As it stands now, they still will have to at the 7 shows in CA and NY and perhaps others. That’s a high percentage of the dates on the tour.

There are no reasons other than PJ likes to wait as long as possible.  Always have.  Tons of other large bands have announced tours and done tours.  PJ is not on an island.