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mtk93
mtk93 Wisconsin Posts: 2
in Given To Fly (live)
My apologies if I'm doing this wrong.  My first post in more than 10 years (probably closer to 20).
Huge Pearl Jam fan.  Despite never having seen them live, I bought dozens of bootlegs back in the early 2000s when they first came out.  Life caught up to me, though.  Married.  Kids.  Divorced.  Married again.  Several career changes.  Still listening to them, but not nearly as fanatic as I used to be.  Until now.  My wife was in a motorcycle accident last month, so I've been going to the hospital on a daily basis to visit her.  Totally connected to Dark Matter while listening to it on headphones during one of her surgeries.  She knows my love for the band so she told me I should go to the Chicago show (night 2).  I bought tickets for the pit area for myself and a college friend.
I'm just looking for a little advice for being in the pit area.  I'm not going to be able to wait in line to get a good spot, and I'm fine with that.  Any tips on how to take advantage of being in the pit.  I'm sure you veterans must have some words of wisdom for a first timer.  
I'm so pumped.
Thank you.

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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,816
    Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. I hope she is recovering. 

    There is really no advice I can give you as far as GA. Get there when you can, find what you feel is a comfortable spot, grab a beverage, smoke a fatty, and have a blast!

    That advice, as always, is free if charge. 

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,351
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. I hope she is recovering. 

    There is really no advice I can give you as far as GA. Get there when you can, find what you feel is a comfortable spot, grab a beverage, smoke a fatty, and have a blast!

    That advice, as always, is free if charge. 

    Everything he said 🤘
    PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 & 05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01 & 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles (Inglewood) I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18 & 09/19/23: Austin I & II, 05/16 & 05/18/24: Las Vegas I & II, 08/29 & 08/31/24: Wrigley Field I & II, 09/03 & 09/04/24: MSG I & II, 09/27 & 09/29/24: Ohana Festival I & II

    EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival

    Song Wishlist: Alone, Let Me Sleep, Brother, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, and the Mamasan Trilogy.

    Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08        ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!

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