It’s here! 22 years in the making (or 13 since the festival show, do not sleep on that boot, it is killer).
April 19th, 2003, PJ comes back to the Lakewood amphitheater for the Riot Act tour. A great show, they start off with Love Boat Captain, 4 other RA tracks make an appearance, including 1/2 Full (that’s a great one to hear them jam on). You Are gets scratched due to technical difficulties (I caught this at MSG that summer).
Other notables, a nearly all cover second encore? Interesting. Brendan O’Brien comes out to play on a fantastic (and at the time quite rare) Crown of Thorns. He’s local, so might we see Brendan tonight or Thursday?
Also, not 1, not 2, not even 3, but 4 George W. Bush’s show up to support Eddie on stage during Porch (they literally hold him up while he sings!). Funny stuff. Great show!
Finally, we move onto the last show! It’s September 22, 2012 and not only has Music Midtown made a comeback, it has the Foos and then PJ headlining!
My wife is super pregnant with our second child and had decided prior she wouldn’t chance going to the show (she will be there with me tonight in GA!). My sister and her now ex came along. I pushed my way through the crowd to get fairly close.
It’s a beautiful late summer night in Piedmont Park, and almost a full moon. PJ delivers an absolutely amazing two hour set, full of hits, sing alongs, Know Your Rights, and 5 great Backspacer tracks (amazing for me as I had missed the entire touring cycle for BS. This show marks a 6 year drought ending!).
They get all the way to the end, curfew is fast approaching, and Eddie says the next song is 8 minutes, we’ve go 3.5, but fuck it, let’s do it. (He even mumbles to someone off stage, “I’ll pay for it!”). They proceed to play RITFW (I know, people get tired of it), but I had never heard it in 11 shows, and was dying to hear it! 6 years with no PJ, they come to my hometown, put on a great show, and I get to hear this track? So good.
And that Munk One poster is an all time great!
On a personal note, I head home from the show, wake up the next day, my wife goes into labor, and about 30 hours after show’s end, my second child, Amelia is born! What a weekend! ❤️
This is awesome! My wife is currently very pregnant and will be sitting these two out. Which made my Dad very happy as he will be in town to join me now. 😃
Sorry @drakeheur14, I let this get lost in the shuffle. Congratulations on your upcoming baby! That is so cool! Awesome you get to spend some time with your dad and at PJ shows to boot!
It’s here! 22 years in the making (or 13 since the festival show, do not sleep on that boot, it is killer).
April 19th, 2003, PJ comes back to the Lakewood amphitheater for the Riot Act tour. A great show, they start off with Love Boat Captain, 4 other RA tracks make an appearance, including 1/2 Full (that’s a great one to hear them jam on). You Are gets scratched due to technical difficulties (I caught this at MSG that summer).
Other notables, a nearly all cover second encore? Interesting. Brendan O’Brien comes out to play on a fantastic (and at the time quite rare) Crown of Thorns. He’s local, so might we see Brendan tonight or Thursday?
Also, not 1, not 2, not even 3, but 4 George W. Bush’s show up to support Eddie on stage during Porch (they literally hold him up while he sings!). Funny stuff. Great show!
Finally, we move onto the last show! It’s September 22, 2012 and not only has Music Midtown made a comeback, it has the Foos and then PJ headlining!
My wife is super pregnant with our second child and had decided prior she wouldn’t chance going to the show (she will be there with me tonight in GA!). My sister and her now ex came along. I pushed my way through the crowd to get fairly close.
It’s a beautiful late summer night in Piedmont Park, and almost a full moon. PJ delivers an absolutely amazing two hour set, full of hits, sing alongs, Know Your Rights, and 5 great Backspacer tracks (amazing for me as I had missed the entire touring cycle for BS. This show marks a 6 year drought ending!).
They get all the way to the end, curfew is fast approaching, and Eddie says the next song is 8 minutes, we’ve go 3.5, but fuck it, let’s do it. (He even mumbles to someone off stage, “I’ll pay for it!”). They proceed to play RITFW (I know, people get tired of it), but I had never heard it in 11 shows, and was dying to hear it! 6 years with no PJ, they come to my hometown, put on a great show, and I get to hear this track? So good.
And that Munk One poster is an all time great!
On a personal note, I head home from the show, wake up the next day, my wife goes into labor, and about 30 hours after show’s end, my second child, Amelia is born! What a weekend! ❤️
This is awesome! My wife is currently very pregnant and will be sitting these two out. Which made my Dad very happy as he will be in town to join me now. 😃
Sorry @drakeheur14, I let this get lost in the shuffle. Congratulations on your upcoming baby! That is so cool! Awesome you get to spend some time with your dad and at PJ shows to boot!
Hey, thanks! Yeah it’s always a good time. We are excited for N2!
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Atlanta, tonight is the night! Second of our two night stand!
For those in town and visiting, share some of the fun stuff you’ve done in Atlanta. I’ve heard about tours of Truist, visits to the Gwinnett Stripers. What else?
Per our thread title change, let’s bring the positive energy again, as Tuesday was electric!
(And PJ, Setting Sun would be awesome, still need to hear that one!)
Again, a second ATL show! Can’t believe it, so cool!
Wow, not sure what to say, except these two shows were stellar and the energy level at both was through the roof!
Pearl Jam, THANK YOU for coming back to Atlanta for a two night stand. A dream come true! The setlists were incredible, particularly the encores for each night!
Thank you for all of the fun Atlanta history stories and shout outs to local sports legends!
I know you all felt the Atlanta love, and hopefully these shows were if not legendary, then pretty close!
Safe travels PJ, and we will see you next time (sooner rather than later! 🙏)!
P.S. My daughter, Amelia, was thrilled to see my Modern Girl video I took, and first thing this morning asked me where her PJ shirt was that I bought her so she could wear it to school. Next tour, she’s coming with! ❤️
Sounds like fun trips! I am going to check out Twin Smokers now!
Love that y’all loved Waffle House! Man they are a dime a dozen down here (one spot I know has two on the same side of the main road and literally across the side street from each other!).
But they are good! Love those hash browns, particularly that cheesesteak hash brown bowl. Yum. And open 24 hours, 365 days. But why do they still have locks on the doors? 😂
Sounds like fun trips! I am going to check out Twin Smokers now!
Love that y’all loved Waffle House! Man they are a dime a dozen down here (one spot I know has two on the same side of the main road and literally across the side street from each other!).
But they are good! Love those hash browns, particularly that cheesesteak hash brown bowl. Yum. And open 24 hours, 365 days. But why do they still have locks on the doors? 😂
At the WH near my hotel, they lock-up at 11pm and only serve to-go orders through a window.
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Greenville 2016
(Raleigh 2016)
Columbia 2016
For those in town and visiting, share some of the fun stuff you’ve done in Atlanta. I’ve heard about tours of Truist, visits to the Gwinnett Stripers. What else?
Per our thread title change, let’s bring the positive energy again, as Tuesday was electric!
(And PJ, Setting Sun would be awesome, still need to hear that one!)
Again, a second ATL show! Can’t believe it, so cool!
Pearl Jam, THANK YOU for coming back to Atlanta for a two night stand. A dream come true! The setlists were incredible, particularly the encores for each night!
Thank you for all of the fun Atlanta history stories and shout outs to local sports legends!
I know you all felt the Atlanta love, and hopefully these shows were if not legendary, then pretty close!
Safe travels PJ, and we will see you next time (sooner rather than later! 🙏)!
P.S. My daughter, Amelia, was thrilled to see my Modern Girl video I took, and first thing this morning asked me where her PJ shirt was that I bought her so she could wear it to school. Next tour, she’s coming with! ❤️
We went to the aquarium, Little Five Points and the Carter Library.
We had some great meals, but the best has to be the BBQ we gobbled-down at The Twin Smokers before N2.
Had never been to the waffle house before so we saw fit to eat there for breakfast 3 days in a row!
Coast for those shows too and we are missing Waffle House hard! 😆
Love that y’all loved Waffle House! Man they are a dime a dozen down here (one spot I know has two on the same side of the main road and literally across the side street from each other!).
But they are good! Love those hash browns, particularly that cheesesteak hash brown bowl. Yum. And open 24 hours, 365 days. But why do they still have locks on the doors? 😂