The Official 2023 Tour Rumor Thread

JimmyV · September 2022

fall by the wayside said:

JimmyV said:

I don't know what would and would not sellout, but if RHCP can pull off a stadium tour then I don't see why PJ couldn't.

I think if they were they would need to bring along a stadium sized opening band like RHCP just had with The Strokes. Pluralone isn’t putting any asses in those seats.

This is a great point.

JimmyV · September 2022

I miss having shows to look forward to. Just scheduled my first vacation day for 2023. Let's do this thing!

100 Pacer · September 2022

RatherStarved said:

I met a 25-35 Y.O. in London who had never heard of PJ. Man, I felt old

A young lady in her 20s was walking across the street from the Apollo while chatting on her cell, she took a look at the line then looked across at the marquee and asked the person on the other end of the line “who’s Pearl Jam?”

Douglas12373 · September 2022

I saw PJ in a football stadium once...opening for U2. They can certainly do a "destination" show like Fenway or Wrigley, but a stadium tour is not happening in 2022/23 or beyond, imo. Even for this short arena tour, few stops were truly tough tickets.

steven87 · September 2022

100 Pacer said:

RatherStarved said:

I met a 25-35 Y.O. in London who had never heard of PJ. Man, I felt old

A young lady in her 20s was walking across the street from the Apollo while chatting on her cell, she took a look at the line then looked across at the marquee and asked the person on the other end of the line “who’s Pearl Jam?”

That makes me sad, especially as a somewhat younger PJ fan (mid-30s). They don’t know what they’re missing.

Lerxst1992 · September 2022

Get_Right said:

Weston1283 said:

Drdeal said:

My sense is the this killer US tour was a lead up to a US Stadium Tour next year. They could have done multiple nights in many markets; but opted for one arena show. Ticket resale prices were crazy. Setlists were crazy. This all builds up demand for the band which will support a 2023 Stadium Run. Touring is more expensive now. Another more extensive
stadium run makes sense for them at this point in their careers.

I would disagree with this. They can play ballparks in Boston, NYC, Chicago, Philly, and Seattle. Every other market is an Arena at the most.

Even for the Fenway shows in 2018, tickets weren't THAT hard to come by near the date of the show

As crazy as resale was for NYC and Philly, the total opposite was true for the California and other spring shows. There was also plenty of tickets available the week of for most of the fall shows this year.

And on the day of MSG and Camden, tix could be had relatively easily. Many ball parks have character, are a destination unto themselves and have smaller capacity than football stadiums. I would go back to Wrigley and Fenway in a heartbeat. Football stadiums not so much.

Where were there easy tickets for these two shows? There were a handful of TM drops for each, but the buyer needed to be on it the second they hit the site.

stub hub msg was still running north of $600 for the vast majority of tickets on show date right up until show time. And many remained unsold north of a grand per ticket.

Lerxst1992 · September 2022

JimmyV said:

fall by the wayside said:

JimmyV said:

I don't know what would and would not sellout, but if RHCP can pull off a stadium tour then I don't see why PJ couldn't.

I think if they were they would need to bring along a stadium sized opening band like RHCP just had with The Strokes. Pluralone isn’t putting any asses in those seats.

This is a great point.

The younger fans seem to not like loud guitars as much and they probably like the funkiness of RHCP.

Also, RHCP have been loyally touring the US over the past ten years. Touring matters. Not touring full tours also matters.

Ahem, dare I bring up the issue of locking up all the best seats decade after decade?

Young fans have zero chance of good seats, so if they don’t like the angst of GA, they are SOL. The argument can be made the ticket policy is literally telling younger fans not to bother.

OceansJenny · September 2022

Weston1283 said:

JimmyV said:

I don't know what would and would not sellout, but if RHCP can pull off a stadium tour then I don't see why PJ couldn't.

I think RHCP is much more popular with the 15-35 crowd than PJ is

Agree. Plus tons of casual fans for RHCP. They’ve stayed relevant and accessible the entire 30+ year period. I’ve never seen so many people at a concert as I did for RHCP.

matt84 · September 2022

Off topic, but ‘Eddie’ by RHCP is incredible!

CPR7 · September 2022

Checked this thread for 2023 rumors only to find a discussion about RHCP...sigh

OceansJenny · September 2022

CPR7 said:

Checked this thread for 2023 rumors only to find a discussion about RHCP...sigh

we got noffin

Coshie · September 2022

It's so bitterly disappointing to be an Aussie PJ fan that always eagerly awaits tour announcements. PJ is a commercial machine with so many mouths to feed, and touring Australia's 4/5 cities is a far less profitable scenario to lug all their sh*t and staff here when they can tour 20 more cities in US/EU in the same amount of time for more buckaroons.
Feb/March maybe....or Nov. if not, I guess it's another $10-$20,000 mission to see them for Aussie fans.

Australian live music is on its knees and on life support post covid, and could use some PJ injection right about now.

Haijay · September 2022

vedpunk said:

Lerxst1992 said:

droptheleash9 said:

^ I remember thinking the same thing. Coldplay is gonna sell out Gillette Stadium? No way. Then they did…

I agree, its surprising, but coldplays market is much different than this one. They attract a younger pop oriented crowd who'd jump at the chance to sit in the cumulus stratosphere for 50 bucks. I'm not sure this audience is on board with that

I never thought I'd ever say this, but the Cali dates were eye opening. It's possible the promoter took a bit of a hit (yea!). After that, I wouldn't front $ for unproven markets for a stadium advance, but probably LN takes a flier on that risk

The band should take some well deserved time off and when ready, do it right. Not these cheesy mini US tours of the past ten years.

So they really do it for the money? They could easily sell out 20k arenas in a southern tour of Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio but choose to play to half empty arenas in California. They need to start serving their customer market and not there political interests. Not everyone in the south is a stereotypical crazy redneck republican. Most of the East and West coasts moved down here during the pandemic anyway.

Half empty arenas in California? HUH? San diego was full, i was at the LA shows and they were full. Oakland i can’t speak for, but it looks like they were full on any youtube videos i’ve seen🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ It’s not rocket science that if tickets are being sold BEHIND the stage, thats a good indication of how sales are……

HOWEVER, all of those shows were sold out back in 2020 when they first went on sale. Covid changed everything, of course. And Cali is in a weird place these days, things are not good.

Also, Fresno is a small market, and on a weekday PJ packed it out pretty full. Sacramento tickets were starting to move really good about a week out from the show, actually. Like, REAL good, i was watching

Bunting10 · September 2022

I’m here for the RHCP rumors!!

evenflow82 · September 2022

This tour, covid, the very short sets (22 songs counting Lukin and interstellar overdrive), inflation/cost of tickets, etc made me realize I won't travel more than two hours to see them. It was a good run for PJ and myself.

RatherStarved · September 2022

Haijay said:

vedpunk said:

Lerxst1992 said:

droptheleash9 said:

^ I remember thinking the same thing. Coldplay is gonna sell out Gillette Stadium? No way. Then they did…

I agree, its surprising, but coldplays market is much different than this one. They attract a younger pop oriented crowd who'd jump at the chance to sit in the cumulus stratosphere for 50 bucks. I'm not sure this audience is on board with that

I never thought I'd ever say this, but the Cali dates were eye opening. It's possible the promoter took a bit of a hit (yea!). After that, I wouldn't front $ for unproven markets for a stadium advance, but probably LN takes a flier on that risk

The band should take some well deserved time off and when ready, do it right. Not these cheesy mini US tours of the past ten years.

So they really do it for the money? They could easily sell out 20k arenas in a southern tour of Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio but choose to play to half empty arenas in California. They need to start serving their customer market and not there political interests. Not everyone in the south is a stereotypical crazy redneck republican. Most of the East and West coasts moved down here during the pandemic anyway.

Half empty arenas in California? HUH? San diego was full, i was at the LA shows and they were full. Oakland i can’t speak for, but it looks like they were full on any youtube videos i’ve seen🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ It’s not rocket science that if tickets are being sold BEHIND the stage, thats a good indication of how sales are……
HOWEVER, all of those shows were sold out back in 2020 when they first went on sale. Covid changed everything, of course. And Cali is in a weird place these days, things are not good.
Also, Fresno is a small market, and on a weekday PJ packed it out pretty full. Sacramento tickets were starting to move really good about a week out from the show, actually. Like, REAL good, i was watching

Fresno was not close to sold out. They even stopped trying to sell part of the upper level. People can debate the reasons and implications but that’s a fact.

Mikemzl91 · September 2022

Mikemzl91 · September 2022

Bunting10 said:

I’m here for the RHCP rumors!!

More stadium dates to come..

a5pj · September 2022

Coshie said:

It's so bitterly disappointing to be an Aussie PJ fan that always eagerly awaits tour announcements. PJ is a commercial machine with so many mouths to feed, and touring Australia's 4/5 cities is a far less profitable scenario to lug all their sh*t and staff here when they can tour 20 more cities in US/EU in the same amount of time for more buckaroons.
Feb/March maybe....or Nov. if not, I guess it's another $10-$20,000 mission to see them for Aussie fans.
Australian live music is on its knees and on life support post covid, and could use some PJ injection right about now.

I just saw Australian Pink Floyd. They were awesome, total musicians and they put on a great, really amazing show. So glad I went when my buddy invited me.
Only gripe was the older crowd... no one even attempted to stand for the show. The crowd finally stood for like the 2nd to last song, and then the lead singer motioned for everyone to sit down again for the last song... concert could have so much more energy.

Lerxst1992 · September 2022

Haijay said:

vedpunk said:

Lerxst1992 said:

droptheleash9 said:

^ I remember thinking the same thing. Coldplay is gonna sell out Gillette Stadium? No way. Then they did…

I agree, its surprising, but coldplays market is much different than this one. They attract a younger pop oriented crowd who'd jump at the chance to sit in the cumulus stratosphere for 50 bucks. I'm not sure this audience is on board with that

I never thought I'd ever say this, but the Cali dates were eye opening. It's possible the promoter took a bit of a hit (yea!). After that, I wouldn't front $ for unproven markets for a stadium advance, but probably LN takes a flier on that risk

The band should take some well deserved time off and when ready, do it right. Not these cheesy mini US tours of the past ten years.

So they really do it for the money? They could easily sell out 20k arenas in a southern tour of Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio but choose to play to half empty arenas in California. They need to start serving their customer market and not there political interests. Not everyone in the south is a stereotypical crazy redneck republican. Most of the East and West coasts moved down here during the pandemic anyway.

Half empty arenas in California? HUH? San diego was full, i was at the LA shows and they were full. Oakland i can’t speak for, but it looks like they were full on any youtube videos i’ve seen🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ It’s not rocket science that if tickets are being sold BEHIND the stage, thats a good indication of how sales are……
HOWEVER, all of those shows were sold out back in 2020 when they first went on sale. Covid changed everything, of course. And Cali is in a weird place these days, things are not good.
Also, Fresno is a small market, and on a weekday PJ packed it out pretty full. Sacramento tickets were starting to move really good about a week out from the show, actually. Like, REAL good, i was watching

Remember the comparison is to the NE, where I have never seen a blue dot on TM that was accessible to more than the 0.01% of those trying to buy the second it’s for sale. Wish I had a screenshot of the forum shows, there were seas of available tickets. Premium dropped to about $200 many days before shows and there was plenty to chose from. Check out the old posts in porch, many were trying to unload days before the show at steep discounts.

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