The Official 2023 Tour Rumor Thread

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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,524
    evenflow82 said:
    PJ will probably do stadiums. There's too much money to be made for such little work. At this point in their career the band is a massive capitalist venture and the guys are old. 

    Still love them more than just about any other band, but call it what it is. :)


    Painful to say but will they fill stadiums outside of their 2 hometowns and the 3 major markets in the northeast, without excessive traveling by fan club members? Maybe? 

    If the goal is to draw fans from around the US to travel to fill a handful of stadiums, maybe they should be considering the environmental impact of all that travel, and wait to tour the US when they can do a proper tour that fairly hits all the major markets in 2 or 3 legs.

    At least one more "old fashioned" full US Tour please before calling it quits. Its been ten years. If they need to charge a little more to make the economics work so be it, worth every dollar to see them at a 360 arena show.


  • Douglas12373
    Douglas12373 Posts: 388
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,474
    Douglas12373 said:
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

    Everyone’s different. I love LB and that gets dragged through the mud here. I just can’t get into gigaton. I’m glad it was kept to minimum during my two shows and forever grateful that I didn’t get Buckle Up, Alright and River Cross. Just my opinion. 
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,619
    Douglas12373 said:
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

    Yeah, I wish I had gotten to hear more of it. Only four songs in two shows - Alright, Who Ever Said, DOTC twice and 7 O'clock twice. Don't really have a feel for any of these songs live yet. 
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  • jdopj
    jdopj Posts: 772
    JimmyV said:
    Douglas12373 said:
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

    Yeah, I wish I had gotten to hear more of it. Only four songs in two shows - Alright, Who Ever Said, DOTC twice and 7 O'clock twice. Don't really have a feel for any of these songs live yet. 
    I really like the album but I don’t think most of the songs play well live. DOTC and 7 o’clock just seem to kill the vibe even though they are great songs 
  • biz999
    biz999 Posts: 174
    I'm still thinking it will be a close-to-home year. Seattle, Gorge, Portland, Vancouver maybe.
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,594
    Give me Telluride and/or Red Rocks and the Gorge please. 
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  • droptheleash9
    droptheleash9 Posts: 1,468
    edited September 2022
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    I'm in the opposite boat. I can't wait for the Gigaton era to be over. I actually dig the album and have listened to it a lot. For me, I just associate the gigaton era with the pandemic, canceled shows, the shorter sets, the craze in getting tickets to certain shows (Baltimore, Nashville, MSG), etc... I said to a friend at one point during the first leg of the tour that this tour seemed to have been cursed from the get go. Ready for a reset even if that means fewer (and stadium) shows in 2023 but I'm sure that will be a very unpopular opinion around here.
  • Falling Down
    Falling Down Posts: 845
    Seeing Pearl Jam at least once a year should be a constitutional right. 

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  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    droptheleash9 said:
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    I'm in the opposite boat. I can't wait for the Gigaton era to be over. I actually dig the album and have listened to it a lot. For me, I just associate the gigaton era with the pandemic, canceled shows, the shorter sets, the craze in getting tickets to certain shows (Baltimore, Nashville, MSG), etc... I said to a friend at one point during the first leg of the tour that this tour seemed to have been cursed from the get go. Ready for a reset even if that means fewer (and stadium) shows in 2023 but I'm sure that will be a very unpopular opinion around here.
    All of this. Love the album but it's a cursed thing.

    Let's get back to shows that are less static where anything can happen and longer sets. A new album and stadiums is the way to proceed.
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,292
    Pearl Jam fans are the home of hype and false hope.

    Oh! They're in NYC on 9/11! It's gonna be an epic 3.5 hour show with all sorts of guests and tributes and rarities and...

    Anyone who thinks a new album means the return of three hour shows... don't get your hopes up.
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  • biz999
    biz999 Posts: 174
    Lost In Ohio said:
    Pearl Jam fans are the home of hype and false hope.

    Oh! They're in NYC on 9/11! It's gonna be an epic 3.5 hour show with all sorts of guests and tributes and rarities and...

    Anyone who thinks a new album means the return of three hour shows... don't get your hopes up.
    What if the album is 3 hours long?
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,562
    Not holding much hope for an Australian tour for Feb March. Time is getting on and there is literally zero rumour / speculation. I’m thinking at best it could be Oct Nov 23. 
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  • aurelgugus
    aurelgugus France & Luxembourg Posts: 499
    The USD is so strong against most of the currencies that I cannot see them touring outside of the USA in 2023…
    2012 : Amsterdam 2
    2014 : Amsterdam 1&2, Milan, Berlin, Werchter
    2018 : Amsterdam 1&2, Pinkpop, London 1, Berlin, Werchter, London 2
    2020 : ?
  • Comatose Pilate
    Comatose Pilate Maine Posts: 359
    “Come back to Maine! 
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    2005: Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec
    2006: Albany, Hartford, Boston I&II
    2007: Lollapalooza
    2008: Bonnaroo, Camden I&II, Hartford, Mansfield I&II
    2009: Philadelphia III&IV
    2010: Hartford, Boston, New York City II
    2011: Alpine Valley I&II
    2013: Buffalo, Worcester I&II, Hartford, Los Angeles I&II
    2014: Tulsa, Lincoln
    2016: New York City I&II, Quebec City, Boston I&II, Chicago I&II
    2017: New York 
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  • Comatose Pilate
    Comatose Pilate Maine Posts: 359

    1996: Augusta
    1998: Montreal, Mansfield I&II
    2000: Mansfield I&II, Montreal
    2003: Las Vegas, Toronto, Montreal, Mansfield I&III
    2005: Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec
    2006: Albany, Hartford, Boston I&II
    2007: Lollapalooza
    2008: Bonnaroo, Camden I&II, Hartford, Mansfield I&II
    2009: Philadelphia III&IV
    2010: Hartford, Boston, New York City II
    2011: Alpine Valley I&II
    2013: Buffalo, Worcester I&II, Hartford, Los Angeles I&II
    2014: Tulsa, Lincoln
    2016: New York City I&II, Quebec City, Boston I&II, Chicago I&II
    2017: New York 
    2018: Seattle I&II, Boston I&II
  • Hankj25
    Hankj25 Posts: 388
    JimmyV said:
    Douglas12373 said:
    OceansJenny said:
    jimjam1982 said:
    The 2023 tour will be a tour for the next album as the gigaton era and the 25 song sets era concludes.

    Bold 2023 rumor we can hope is true!
    Gigaton era being over makes me sad. I feel like they barely toured it, and they were over most of the songs by the time they got to play them live. It’s a great album. I feel like we missed out on what would have been a great, energized album tour in 2020. 
    100% agreed. To each their own and all, but I'm kind of amazed how many folks on here shit talk Gigaton. It's a really solid record, especially for a band 30 years in.

    Yeah, I wish I had gotten to hear more of it. Only four songs in two shows - Alright, Who Ever Said, DOTC twice and 7 O'clock twice. Don't really have a feel for any of these songs live yet. 
    The songs that I thought would sound great live (Who Ever Said, Never Destination and SBWM) have disappointed me in listening to all the bootlegs.  Ed has really struggled with the lyrics which throws the songs off too.  I like the album but not much translates to the live stage well. Retrograde sounds good live, but that’s about it.  I knew DOTC would be tough, 
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  • hihobibo
    hihobibo Tampa, FL Posts: 1,148
    Lerxst1992 said:
    evenflow82 said:
    PJ will probably do stadiums. There's too much money to be made for such little work. At this point in their career the band is a massive capitalist venture and the guys are old. 

    Still love them more than just about any other band, but call it what it is. :)


    Painful to say but will they fill stadiums outside of their 2 hometowns and the 3 major markets in the northeast, without excessive traveling by fan club members? Maybe? 

    If the goal is to draw fans from around the US to travel to fill a handful of stadiums, maybe they should be considering the environmental impact of all that travel, and wait to tour the US when they can do a proper tour that fairly hits all the major markets in 2 or 3 legs.

    At least one more "old fashioned" full US Tour please before calling it quits. Its been ten years. If they need to charge a little more to make the economics work so be it, worth every dollar to see them at a 360 arena show.


    I wouldn't think Coldplay could fill a stadium, but they did. No doubt PJ could do the same. 
  • droptheleash9
    droptheleash9 Posts: 1,468
    edited September 2022
    ^ I remember thinking the same thing. Coldplay is gonna sell out Gillette Stadium? No way. Then they did…
  • iwasatpj20
    iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,474
    Hopefully Indianapolis and Milwaukee, I’m over Wrigley Field shows
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    2003 - Champaign, IL
    2006 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2007 - Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
    2009 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2010 - St. Louis, MO
    2011 - East Troy, WI 1 & 2 (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2012 - Atlanta, GA, Missoula, MT
    2013 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK
    2014 - St. Louis, MO, Tulsa, OK, Moline, IL (No Code, IL), Saint Paul, MN, Milwaukee, WI (Yield, WI)
    2016 - Greenville, SC (Vs, SC), Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Boston, MA (Fenway Park 1), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2018 - Seattle, WA (Safeco Field 2), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2), Boston, MA (Fenway Park 2)
    2020 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, ??
    2022 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV
    2023 - St. Paul, MN 2, Fort Worth, TX 2, Austin, TX 1, and Austin, TX 2
    2024 - Portland, OR and Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2025 - Pittsburgh, PA1 & Pittsburgh PA2


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    2014 - Soundgarden Tinley Park, IL (with Nine Inch Nails)
    2014 - Alice in Chains Davenport, IA
    2016 - Chris Cornell Solo Madison, WI and Peoria, IL (official hometown show)
    2016 - Temple of the Dog San Francisco, CA (both shows)
    2017 - Soundgarden Dallas (cancelled) RIP Chris Cornell
    2018 - Smashing Pumpkins Chicago, IL (first show)
    2019 - Alice in Chains Milwaukee, WI
    2022 - Jerry Cantrell Chicago, IL
    2023 - Jerry Cantrell Milwaukee, WI

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