Soldier Field next summer.

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  • setlist41
    setlist41 Posts: 589
    I would love a return back to Alpine Valley,  but I'll take Soldier field.  I wonder 🤔 can this be something due to PJ 35?
  • tylermoore
    tylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 1,113
    RatherStarved said:
    Nostalgia aside a football stadium is one of the worst places for a concert.  
    Soldier field is absolutely awful for concerts. Wouldn’t miss this one, but not a fan of the stadium for concerts. 
  • tylermoore
    tylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 1,113
    Also I would absolutely love a return to Chicago, but I feel like this is a type of an event for a 40 year thing. 
    Why are we so sure they’d celebrate year 35? What’s the significance 
  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,955
    tylermoore said:
    RatherStarved said:
    Nostalgia aside a football stadium is one of the worst places for a concert.  
    Soldier field is absolutely awful for concerts. Wouldn’t miss this one, but not a fan of the stadium for concerts. 
    What don’t you like besides it being an enormous stadium? Bad sound?
  • Ukuleddie Vegger
    Ukuleddie Vegger Posts: 524
    Hopefully they don’t use Ticketmaster and the ticket prices are kept under $25.
  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,354
    tylermoore said:
    Also I would absolutely love a return to Chicago, but I feel like this is a type of an event for a 40 year thing. 
    Why are we so sure they’d celebrate year 35? What’s the significance 
    It's a fan theory/thing people are willing into existence. Also, the timing is all over the place as far as to celebrate 'what'. Hell, Jeff was wearing shirts with 33 on them, and Ed was ever present with his Walter Payton 34 jersey lol.
    The only thing we have to go on, is Ed said they were planning "something special" this year, and the 10-date jaunt isn't it. That's just 2023 over again to keep the wheels greased ;) more to come...
    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!
  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,354
    Ukuleddie Vegger said:


    Hopefully they don’t use Ticketmaster and the ticket prices are kept under $25.
    :fingers crossed:
    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!
  • tylermoore
    tylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 1,113
    edited December 2024
    iOnlyownMymind said:
    tylermoore said:
    RatherStarved said:
    Nostalgia aside a football stadium is one of the worst places for a concert.  
    Soldier field is absolutely awful for concerts. Wouldn’t miss this one, but not a fan of the stadium for concerts. 
    What don’t you like besides it being an enormous stadium? Bad sound?
    Sound is okay. I’m sure PJ would/did sound great there. You’re there to watch the screens, unless you’re actually close. 
    Just leaving afterwards, doesn’t seem to matter if you leave early, or hang around. The hordes of people trying to navigate that museum campus is a nightmare. And I usually don’t care about large crowds. Leaving lollapalooza is easier than leaving a concert at soldier field. In my opinion 
    Post edited by tylermoore on
  • tylermoore
    tylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 1,113
    Go Animal said:
    tylermoore said:
    Also I would absolutely love a return to Chicago, but I feel like this is a type of an event for a 40 year thing. 
    Why are we so sure they’d celebrate year 35? What’s the significance 
    It's a fan theory/thing people are willing into existence. Also, the timing is all over the place as far as to celebrate 'what'. Hell, Jeff was wearing shirts with 33 on them, and Ed was ever present with his Walter Payton 34 jersey lol.
    The only thing we have to go on, is Ed said they were planning "something special" this year, and the 10-date jaunt isn't it. That's just 2023 over again to keep the wheels greased ;) more to come...
    My pessimistic side just thinks they’d wait till year 40 to do another big anniversary type event!
    will never be upset for  them finding a reason to play Chicago!  
  • RatherStarved
    RatherStarved Posts: 5,780
    edited December 2024
    Ukuleddie Vegger said:
    Hopefully they don’t use Ticketmaster and the ticket prices are kept under $25.
    I believe the fees were $24 on next year’s tickets, let alone the ticket price.  
    PJ: 2013: London (ON); Buffalo; 2014: Cincinnati; 2016: Sunrise, Miami, Toronto 1-2, Wrigley 2; 2018: London (UK) 1, Milan, Padova, Sea 2, Wrigley 1-2, Fenway 1-2; 2021: SHN, Ohana, Ohana Encore 1-2; 2022: LA 1-2, Phx, Oak 1-2, Fresno, Copenhagen, Hyde Park 1-2; Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto; MSG, Camden, Nashville, Louisville, St. Louis, OKC; 2023: St. Paul 1-2, Chicago 1-2; Fort Worth 2; Austin 1-2; 2024:  Vancouver 1-2, LV 1-2, LA 1-2, Napa, Barcelona 1-2; Indy; Chicago 1-2; MSG 1-2; Philly 2; Boston 2; Ohana 1-2; 2025: FL 1-2, ATL 1-2, Nash 1-2, Pit 1-2.
     
    EV Solo: 2017 Louisville and Franklin, 2018 Ohana, 2019 Innings Fest, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Dublin and Ohana; 2021 Ohana Friday (from beach) and Saturday; 2022 Earthlings Newark; 2023 Innings Fest and Benoraya 1-2.

    Gutted:  London 2 2018, Sacramento 2022, Noblesville 2023
  • setlist41
    setlist41 Posts: 589
    I still have my ticket stub.
  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    tylermoore said:
    Go Animal said:
    tylermoore said:
    Also I would absolutely love a return to Chicago, but I feel like this is a type of an event for a 40 year thing. 
    Why are we so sure they’d celebrate year 35? What’s the significance 
    It's a fan theory/thing people are willing into existence. Also, the timing is all over the place as far as to celebrate 'what'. Hell, Jeff was wearing shirts with 33 on them, and Ed was ever present with his Walter Payton 34 jersey lol.
    The only thing we have to go on, is Ed said they were planning "something special" this year, and the 10-date jaunt isn't it. That's just 2023 over again to keep the wheels greased ;) more to come...
    My pessimistic side just thinks they’d wait till year 40 to do another big anniversary type event!
    will never be upset for  them finding a reason to play Chicago!  
    It just feels right.   The band is in top form, with high energy, and just delivered the remarkable masterpiece Dark Matter.  Why not PJ35 now, while they have this energy.  2024 was quite the year for Pearl Jam, and us fans, plus many new fans I'm sure.
    I'm spinning, oh-oh-oh I'm spinning
  • 3days
    3days Posts: 1,200
    I remember EV talking during this year's Wrigley shows. Was it just me, or did he make it sound like Wrigley shows were in the band's rearview mirror? He would talk about Wrigley being special, being honored to have played there, and not being sure if they'd make it back... more than once.

    It could have been typical EV Wrigley jargon, or an acknowledgment of age, but I don't remember that sentiment in '16 or '18. It seems especially odd given his recent comments about the band having at least another record or two left in 'em. 
  • Imcoffeegirl
    Imcoffeegirl Posts: 381
    tylermoore said:
    iOnlyownMymind said:
    tylermoore said:
    RatherStarved said:
    Nostalgia aside a football stadium is one of the worst places for a concert.  
    Soldier field is absolutely awful for concerts. Wouldn’t miss this one, but not a fan of the stadium for concerts. 
    What don’t you like besides it being an enormous stadium? Bad sound?
    Sound is okay. I’m sure PJ would/did sound great there. You’re there to watch the screens, unless you’re actually close. 
    Just leaving afterwards, doesn’t seem to matter if you leave early, or hang around. The hordes of people trying to navigate that museum campus is a nightmare. And I usually don’t care about large crowds. Leaving lollapalooza is easier than leaving a concert at soldier field. In my opinion 
    This - leaving Metallica at Soldier Field last year was a nightmare for me. You shuffle along, shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people for more than a hour just trying to get to the main avenue.
    The sound was great though and getting in was a breeze. Be prepared for the agonizing departure though if they do play there. 
    That being said, I would do it all over again to see PJ there 🤣🤣
  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,354
    3days said:
    I remember EV talking during this year's Wrigley shows. Was it just me, or did he make it sound like Wrigley shows were in the band's rearview mirror? He would talk about Wrigley being special, being honored to have played there, and not being sure if they'd make it back... more than once.

    It could have been typical EV Wrigley jargon, or an acknowledgment of age, but I don't remember that sentiment in '16 or '18. It seems especially odd given his recent comments about the band having at least another record or two left in 'em. 
    It did kinda feel like that. You never know, but it that's the end for them there, then I was happy to be there,
    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!
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,669
    I think after Eds health issues in Europe coupled with the band getting older in general, I think the Wrigley talk was more 'appreciate it while you got it because you don't know whats coming next'. But If they are doing Soldier, I'm sure talk was initiated at some point this year so he probably figured maybe thats in the cards for the foreseeable future and not Wrigley.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,669
    I do like how they seem to make the sports rounds in Chicago. Might as well do all arenas and Comiskey as well. 
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 308
    Imcoffeegirl said:
    tylermoore said:
    iOnlyownMymind said:
    tylermoore said:
    RatherStarved said:
    Nostalgia aside a football stadium is one of the worst places for a concert.  
    Soldier field is absolutely awful for concerts. Wouldn’t miss this one, but not a fan of the stadium for concerts. 
    What don’t you like besides it being an enormous stadium? Bad sound?
    Sound is okay. I’m sure PJ would/did sound great there. You’re there to watch the screens, unless you’re actually close. 
    Just leaving afterwards, doesn’t seem to matter if you leave early, or hang around. The hordes of people trying to navigate that museum campus is a nightmare. And I usually don’t care about large crowds. Leaving lollapalooza is easier than leaving a concert at soldier field. In my opinion 
    This - leaving Metallica at Soldier Field last year was a nightmare for me. You shuffle along, shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people for more than a hour just trying to get to the main avenue.
    The sound was great though and getting in was a breeze. Be prepared for the agonizing departure though if they do play there. 
    That being said, I would do it all over again to see PJ there 🤣🤣
    Metallica is hard to judge sound of a venue by though. They do a 3 hour full band soundcheck the Thursday before all their weekend concerts on this tour. So they’re dialing in everything for every corner of each venue they go to. Most bands don’t go to that extreme.
  • Jimmydean55
    Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,561
    Imcoffeegirl said:
    tylermoore said:
    iOnlyownMymind said:
    tylermoore said:
    RatherStarved said:
    Nostalgia aside a football stadium is one of the worst places for a concert.  
    Soldier field is absolutely awful for concerts. Wouldn’t miss this one, but not a fan of the stadium for concerts. 
    What don’t you like besides it being an enormous stadium? Bad sound?
    Sound is okay. I’m sure PJ would/did sound great there. You’re there to watch the screens, unless you’re actually close. 
    Just leaving afterwards, doesn’t seem to matter if you leave early, or hang around. The hordes of people trying to navigate that museum campus is a nightmare. And I usually don’t care about large crowds. Leaving lollapalooza is easier than leaving a concert at soldier field. In my opinion 
    This - leaving Metallica at Soldier Field last year was a nightmare for me. You shuffle along, shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people for more than a hour just trying to get to the main avenue.
    The sound was great though and getting in was a breeze. Be prepared for the agonizing departure though if they do play there. 
    That being said, I would do it all over again to see PJ there 🤣🤣
    Weird because I had the exact opposite experience both shows. Paid for parking in advance, and yeah, while the walk to the lot sucks, getting out was a breeze and right onto LSD. I should say though, we left right as the last song started for each night, so maybe that was a factor. 
  • craigkrupski12
    craigkrupski12 Posts: 104
    Lollapalooza? Would make more sense than Soldier Field, imo.

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