I saw a video on IG of Ed spotlighting the front row and calling out the regulars who keep them on their toes. I assume he was seeing the same faces for nearly a month lol. Maybe the band is in on it haha
That was in Pittsburgh. He was mentioning how great the community is and how people travel to see them. And how we are all going to miss each other when it ends. I don’t know the exact wording but it was nice. He was definitely giving recognition to those that travel to all the shows. When the Pitt2 bootleg comes out I will listen to the exact wording.
No he was definitely praising the audience and the folks up front. Like I said, I think they like seeing familiar faces and obviously know the friendships and relationships that have grown out of it. It was right before Faithful and looks like he handed something (harmonica maybe?) to a women in the front.
That’s weird I remember back when 10C decided to lot out rows 1&2 & 9&10 the reason given was that the band was tired of seeing the same folks up front at their shows! But now it’s not? So which is it?
That’s what I keep thinking about too.
This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
Why do we keep beating around the bush? People know each other, people come up with plans to have a few wait in GA line while others are in merch line or sleeping in their hotel or still traveling, by the time the show starts the five original people have likely turned into 15 people. This happens at PJ, this happens at other shows, and it will never stop with the current system.
I saw a video on IG of Ed spotlighting the front row and calling out the regulars who keep them on their toes. I assume he was seeing the same faces for nearly a month lol. Maybe the band is in on it haha
That was in Pittsburgh. He was mentioning how great the community is and how people travel to see them. And how we are all going to miss each other when it ends. I don’t know the exact wording but it was nice. He was definitely giving recognition to those that travel to all the shows. When the Pitt2 bootleg comes out I will listen to the exact wording.
No he was definitely praising the audience and the folks up front. Like I said, I think they like seeing familiar faces and obviously know the friendships and relationships that have grown out of it. It was right before Faithful and looks like he handed something (harmonica maybe?) to a women in the front.
Yes, Ed has seen these faces at many shows throughout the entire DM tour ‘24/25. They are known to gather, reconnecting from around the country/world, for PJ tours. They have built relationships with security too. All that being said, Ed does say this speech before Faithfull regularly. But he was recognizing their connection with each other (missing each other after the tour) as well as their “faithfulness” to the band.
Please just stop. We are tired of hearing how special you think you are.
Yes... please.. I'm feeling pretty bad about myself and wanted to drive off Coronado Bridge on way home today.... guess I'll stop clicking this thread out of curiosity
I saw a video on IG of Ed spotlighting the front row and calling out the regulars who keep them on their toes. I assume he was seeing the same faces for nearly a month lol. Maybe the band is in on it haha
That was in Pittsburgh. He was mentioning how great the community is and how people travel to see them. And how we are all going to miss each other when it ends. I don’t know the exact wording but it was nice. He was definitely giving recognition to those that travel to all the shows. When the Pitt2 bootleg comes out I will listen to the exact wording.
No he was definitely praising the audience and the folks up front. Like I said, I think they like seeing familiar faces and obviously know the friendships and relationships that have grown out of it. It was right before Faithful and looks like he handed something (harmonica maybe?) to a women in the front.
Yes, Ed has seen these faces at many shows throughout the entire DM tour ‘24/25. They are known to gather, reconnecting from around the country/world, for PJ tours. They have built relationships with security too. All that being said, Ed does say this speech before Faithfull regularly. But he was recognizing their connection with each other (missing each other after the tour) as well as their “faithfulness” to the band.
Please just stop. We are tired of hearing how special you think you are.
Yes... please.. I'm feeling pretty bad about myself and wanted to drive off Coronado Bridge on way home today.... guess I'll stop clicking this thread out of curiosity
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The real question is what would these rail rider folks have done if there was GA in say 1998 or 2003 when this band was in their prime destroying cities on a nightly basis? I don’t think they would know what to do with themselves…
Getting GA tickets to most shows isn’t too hard to do if you want to hustle, but doing so for 2025 Pearl Jam as a 40+ year old adult is wild to me- especially if these folks were seeing shows 20+ years ago. But hey if spending your vaca days sitting on the pavement hoping you get a pick from Mike or Ed to sweat on you I guess good for you enjoying crowded space and inferior sound 🤷
"What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
I’m not sure people passing out is a PJ problem. I’ve seen it at a lot of shows the last couple years. I think it’s underestimating the strength of what they’re consuming.
Every person that I’ve seen pass out of the PJ show has not been close to the rail.
+1
Agreed
Wrigley 1 2024 & Atlanta 2 2025 both had people go down right up front. Wrigley was booze, Atlanta didn’t appear to be due to booze. Met the 2 sourest fans I’ve ever encountered at that Wrigley show too. I was row 3 and they were in a group some rail, some row 2. Man was irritated that I had managed to get a GA ticket on F2F because he had been trying to get more for his friends and couldn’t. Woman with the same group didn’t seem to think I deserved to even be in row 3 because lining up at 2pm apparently wasn’t enough time put in. Imagine being 2nd row pit at Wrigley Field and still being that sour 🤣
I saw a video on IG of Ed spotlighting the front row and calling out the regulars who keep them on their toes. I assume he was seeing the same faces for nearly a month lol. Maybe the band is in on it haha
That was in Pittsburgh. He was mentioning how great the community is and how people travel to see them. And how we are all going to miss each other when it ends. I don’t know the exact wording but it was nice. He was definitely giving recognition to those that travel to all the shows. When the Pitt2 bootleg comes out I will listen to the exact wording.
No he was definitely praising the audience and the folks up front. Like I said, I think they like seeing familiar faces and obviously know the friendships and relationships that have grown out of it. It was right before Faithful and looks like he handed something (harmonica maybe?) to a women in the front.
Yes, Ed has seen these faces at many shows throughout the entire DM tour ‘24/25. They are known to gather, reconnecting from around the country/world, for PJ tours. They have built relationships with security too. All that being said, Ed does say this speech before Faithfull regularly. But he was recognizing their connection with each other (missing each other after the tour) as well as their “faithfulness” to the band.
Please just stop. We are tired of hearing how special you think you are.
I am not a camper. I have only had GA twice in my life and I KNOW I am not special.
I think Ed is sincere when he talks about the people up front. But sincere in the way like when he says the band will be back real soon to whatever town they’re playing that night.
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I saw a video on IG of Ed spotlighting the front row and calling out the regulars who keep them on their toes. I assume he was seeing the same faces for nearly a month lol. Maybe the band is in on it haha
That was in Pittsburgh. He was mentioning how great the community is and how people travel to see them. And how we are all going to miss each other when it ends. I don’t know the exact wording but it was nice. He was definitely giving recognition to those that travel to all the shows. When the Pitt2 bootleg comes out I will listen to the exact wording.
No he was definitely praising the audience and the folks up front. Like I said, I think they like seeing familiar faces and obviously know the friendships and relationships that have grown out of it. It was right before Faithful and looks like he handed something (harmonica maybe?) to a women in the front.
Yes, Ed has seen these faces at many shows throughout the entire DM tour ‘24/25. They are known to gather, reconnecting from around the country/world, for PJ tours. They have built relationships with security too. All that being said, Ed does say this speech before Faithfull regularly. But he was recognizing their connection with each other (missing each other after the tour) as well as their “faithfulness” to the band.
Please just stop. We are tired of hearing how special you think you are.
Why pick on Julie simply because she explained something? She's not even part of the rail group!
I saw a video on IG of Ed spotlighting the front row and calling out the regulars who keep them on their toes. I assume he was seeing the same faces for nearly a month lol. Maybe the band is in on it haha
That was in Pittsburgh. He was mentioning how great the community is and how people travel to see them. And how we are all going to miss each other when it ends. I don’t know the exact wording but it was nice. He was definitely giving recognition to those that travel to all the shows. When the Pitt2 bootleg comes out I will listen to the exact wording.
No he was definitely praising the audience and the folks up front. Like I said, I think they like seeing familiar faces and obviously know the friendships and relationships that have grown out of it. It was right before Faithful and looks like he handed something (harmonica maybe?) to a women in the front.
Yes, Ed has seen these faces at many shows throughout the entire DM tour ‘24/25. They are known to gather, reconnecting from around the country/world, for PJ tours. They have built relationships with security too. All that being said, Ed does say this speech before Faithfull regularly. But he was recognizing their connection with each other (missing each other after the tour) as well as their “faithfulness” to the band.
Please just stop. We are tired of hearing how special you think you are.
I am not a camper. I have only had GA twice in my life and I KNOW I am not special.
But hey if spending your vaca days sitting on the pavement hoping you get a pick from Mike or Ed to sweat on you I guess good for you enjoying crowded space and inferior sound 🤷
I think Ed is sincere when he talks about the people up front. But sincere in the way like when he says the band will be back real soon to whatever town they’re playing that night.
I got eds illness in Manchester. Am I special? Seriously this thread is just ridiculous. Like it or not it's this way. Do it, don't but don't hate the player, hate the game. We have established there are under 20 people who go everywhere 2 days early. After that it's different people most shows and countries. Until next tour enjoy your memories you made with the others you met and now call friends. We all love the same band, some in different ways , that's life. Spread love and kindness.
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I got eds illness in Manchester. Am I special? Seriously this thread is just ridiculous. Like it or not it's this way. Do it, don't but don't hate the player, hate the game. We have established there are under 20 people who go everywhere 2 days early. After that it's different people most shows and countries. Until next tour enjoy your memories you made with the others you met and now call friends. We all love the same band, some in different ways , that's life. Spread love and kindness.
Bingo, The band are playing sold out shows to crowds singing every lyric back to them. I'm not sure they'll lose too much sleep over how people line up. I understand its a bit annoying, and on occasion unfair but once we are all in that venue we are going to have a great time. When the position you are in with regards to the rail determines how good your night will be its time to realise you have a problem, not the band.
I think Ed is sincere when he talks about the people up front. But sincere in the way like when he says the band will be back real soon to whatever town they’re playing that night.
But hey if spending your vaca days sitting on the pavement hoping you get a pick from Mike or Ed to sweat on you I guess good for you enjoying crowded space and inferior sound 🤷
I got some of Ed's spittle. Am I special now? 😉
You sure are bro! 👊
"What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
And all of us who are not on the rail who also travel and meet up and have meaningful relationships are chopped liver? You like to sleep on a pillow made of concrete, ok, but that does not make you a better fan. Let others experience the rail too. Stop being a "regular" up front. It would be nice to see other faces in the tour videos.
It is likely a weird vibe for the band though to go from hot babes in the front row when you start out to 60ish grandmas 35 years later....
You should see the PIT at a Rollings Stones show.
More power to them! When I was at Paul McCartney a few years ago there were these two women who could have been at an original Beatles concert. They were so happy rocking their butts off. I hope that is me in 25 years
It is likely a weird vibe for the band though to go from hot babes in the front row when you start out to 60ish grandmas 35 years later....
This made me lol. Well played.
"What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
It is likely a weird vibe for the band though to go from hot babes in the front row when you start out to 60ish grandmas 35 years later....
You should see the PIT at a Rollings Stones show.
More power to them! When I was at Paul McCartney a few years ago there were these two women who could have been at an original Beatles concert. They were so happy rocking their butts off. I hope that is me in 25 years
My coworker of 29 years Nancy was at Shea for the Beatles concert I believe she told me she was 15! She retired last year
i've seen them 52 times. never had rail. never wanted rail because i hate standing in line. i'd rather hang out at a bar with my friends and walk in 10 minutes before showtime. my life doesn't revolve around the band and my time is too valuable for me to waste it standing in a ga line. i guarantee i have had just as much fun as the people down front, and that's ok.
people have their thing. some like the rail, some don't. its all good.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I’ve got a lot of varying thoughts on this on both sides. I apologize if this is a bit all over the place. First I’ll say that I only went to the Pitt shows so can only comment on those. From what I could tell those in the front couple of rows brought plenty of energy each show. On night 1 on Mikes side they were dancing and having a good time all the way from Teen Jesus through PJ. They would let kids get up front for fist bumps, picks etc. generally a positive vibe.
I had GA on night 1 and didn’t get in line until doors opened. There were more people on Mikes side but most of them were sitting down on the floor at that point and I estimated that once they stood, that space would condense and we would end up being a lot closer. We had been sitting there for 45 min or so when at least 4-5 people who I had not seen yet began to trickle in and made their way up front, saying things like “I’m just getting back to where I was.” Now I have no way of knowing if they had been there before but I hadn’t seen them in the 45 min or so that I had been sitting there and to me that’s too long of a time to be gone in that situation. They were likely holding spots for people which isn’t cool but I have no way to prove it and who am I to argue when it’s just me against a group of people.
Even with those few extra people, that section still did condense when everyone stood as I expected and I was essentially 5 rows deep between Mike and Ed and was roughly in the same position as someone who said they got in line at 1pm. I couldn’t have been a much better spot so standing in line for an extra 5 hours would have provided zero benefit. The show was amazing, I ended up grabbing 3 picks from Mike and then had my PJ moment at the very end. I had been chasing Indifference for 15 years and they finally played it. Towards the end of the song Ed was right in front of us. I had a sign showing my quest for Indiff, Ed saw it and tossed me his tambourine.
To me there isn’t really a way to top that. I had my moment and if I had GA for night 2, I would have traded out for seats. Let someone else have their moment. So to me it is a bit much to try to be on the rail for every single show. I feel like one time on the rail per tour should be enough and to go for it every single show seems to be a little greedy. I also don’t know how you do it physically. My legs and back were dead after that and I’m in pretty decent shape. I needed a full day to recover, sleep in my own bed etc…, I couldn’t imagine getting straight back in line and camping out for 2 nights.
And on that front things seems to be escalating out of control. Before I felt like people would get in line at like 8am to get the rail. Now people are camping out for 2 days, leaving early on N1 to get back in line etc... It’s too much, and potentially dangerous. There was bad storm that ripped through on my way home that night to where I had to pull off the road. 70mph winds, hail (hail!). Tornado threat. If that was just a little further north it would have went through where people were camping out. People shouldn’t be sleeping in the streets and it’s only a matter of time before some kind of disaster happens. Sometimes you need to put things in place to protect people from themselves.
The last thing I want to mention is some of the comments around how people are able to end up with GA for every show and that they just work harder to get tickets. I feel like this is similar to telling someone who works 2 jobs but still under the poverty line that they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when they dont even have boots. People may have worked just as hard as me to get tickets but I don’t know if anyone worked harder. I don’t have a network of PJ friends to work with and I got shut out in the lottery. I looked all day every day for 5 months and it was 4 months before I even got my first tickets in the nosebleeds. Only by chance did I catch a FB post at the exact second it was released for a pair of floor 1 row C tickets for N2 which I was able to convince him to try a link drop with me. I then was on at the right time when someone wanted to trade N1 GAs and agreed to trade for my N2 Floor 1 tickets and he agreed to share his login. The only way I was able to get one pair of GA tickets was to be in the right place at the right time twice and that required endless hours of scanning the forums, FB, etc day in day out.
The current ticket system has some inequalities built into it. If you have a low 10c number there is no penalty for requesting tickets to every show. No one knows what the demand is going to look like for 2 nights in Raleigh but if you have a low 10c number it won’t matter if you don’t get GA you still know that you will get great tickets that can then be leveraged to trade for other great seats at the shows you want to go to or will be easily sold through F2F. If you have a high 10c number and don’t get GA then you might get stuck with tickets that won’t sell if the demand for that show is lower so you likely can’t just put in for every show. Low 10c numbers might not even plan to go to any show but still put in for tickets as you will have great value to trade. People remember who helped them get good tickets, and then can return the favor for later shows. Over time this starts to form different groups of classes of 10c members. Some who always have great tickets to trade so it’s a lot easier to trade up for GA and some who start with nothing and have to fight just to get in the door. I thinks it’s worth trying to find a way to level that out a bit.
i've seen them 52 times. never had rail. never wanted rail because i hate standing in line. i'd rather hang out at a bar with my friends and walk in 10 minutes before showtime. my life doesn't revolve around the band and my time is too valuable for me to waste it standing in a ga line. i guarantee i have had just as much fun as the people down front, and that's ok.
people have their thing. some like the rail, some don't. its all good.
I went to 8 shows during the DM tour. Didn't see one opening act... oops lol
i've seen them 52 times. never had rail. never wanted rail because i hate standing in line. i'd rather hang out at a bar with my friends and walk in 10 minutes before showtime. my life doesn't revolve around the band and my time is too valuable for me to waste it standing in a ga line. i guarantee i have had just as much fun as the people down front, and that's ok.
people have their thing. some like the rail, some don't. its all good.
I went to 8 shows during the DM tour. Didn't see one opening act... oops lol
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Getting GA tickets to most shows isn’t too hard to do if you want to hustle, but doing so for 2025 Pearl Jam as a 40+ year old adult is wild to me- especially if these folks were seeing shows 20+ years ago. But hey if spending your vaca days sitting on the pavement hoping you get a pick from Mike or Ed to sweat on you I guess good for you enjoying crowded space and inferior sound 🤷
Seriously this thread is just ridiculous.
Like it or not it's this way.
Do it, don't but don't hate the player, hate the game.
We have established there are under 20 people who go everywhere 2 days early. After that it's different people most shows and countries.
Until next tour enjoy your memories you made with the others you met and now call friends.
We all love the same band, some in different ways , that's life.
Spread love and kindness.
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
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2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
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2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
people have their thing. some like the rail, some don't. its all good.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Even with those few extra people, that section still did condense when everyone stood as I expected and I was essentially 5 rows deep between Mike and Ed and was roughly in the same position as someone who said they got in line at 1pm. I couldn’t have been a much better spot so standing in line for an extra 5 hours would have provided zero benefit. The show was amazing, I ended up grabbing 3 picks from Mike and then had my PJ moment at the very end. I had been chasing Indifference for 15 years and they finally played it. Towards the end of the song Ed was right in front of us. I had a sign showing my quest for Indiff, Ed saw it and tossed me his tambourine.
To me there isn’t really a way to top that. I had my moment and if I had GA for night 2, I would have traded out for seats. Let someone else have their moment. So to me it is a bit much to try to be on the rail for every single show. I feel like one time on the rail per tour should be enough and to go for it every single show seems to be a little greedy. I also don’t know how you do it physically. My legs and back were dead after that and I’m in pretty decent shape. I needed a full day to recover, sleep in my own bed etc…, I couldn’t imagine getting straight back in line and camping out for 2 nights.
And on that front things seems to be escalating out of control. Before I felt like people would get in line at like 8am to get the rail. Now people are camping out for 2 days, leaving early on N1 to get back in line etc... It’s too much, and potentially dangerous. There was bad storm that ripped through on my way home that night to where I had to pull off the road. 70mph winds, hail (hail!). Tornado threat. If that was just a little further north it would have went through where people were camping out. People shouldn’t be sleeping in the streets and it’s only a matter of time before some kind of disaster happens. Sometimes you need to put things in place to protect people from themselves.
The last thing I want to mention is some of the comments around how people are able to end up with GA for every show and that they just work harder to get tickets. I feel like this is similar to telling someone who works 2 jobs but still under the poverty line that they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when they dont even have boots. People may have worked just as hard as me to get tickets but I don’t know if anyone worked harder. I don’t have a network of PJ friends to work with and I got shut out in the lottery. I looked all day every day for 5 months and it was 4 months before I even got my first tickets in the nosebleeds. Only by chance did I catch a FB post at the exact second it was released for a pair of floor 1 row C tickets for N2 which I was able to convince him to try a link drop with me. I then was on at the right time when someone wanted to trade N1 GAs and agreed to trade for my N2 Floor 1 tickets and he agreed to share his login. The only way I was able to get one pair of GA tickets was to be in the right place at the right time twice and that required endless hours of scanning the forums, FB, etc day in day out.
The current ticket system has some inequalities built into it. If you have a low 10c number there is no penalty for requesting tickets to every show. No one knows what the demand is going to look like for 2 nights in Raleigh but if you have a low 10c number it won’t matter if you don’t get GA you still know that you will get great tickets that can then be leveraged to trade for other great seats at the shows you want to go to or will be easily sold through F2F. If you have a high 10c number and don’t get GA then you might get stuck with tickets that won’t sell if the demand for that show is lower so you likely can’t just put in for every show. Low 10c numbers might not even plan to go to any show but still put in for tickets as you will have great value to trade. People remember who helped them get good tickets, and then can return the favor for later shows. Over time this starts to form different groups of classes of 10c members. Some who always have great tickets to trade so it’s a lot easier to trade up for GA and some who start with nothing and have to fight just to get in the door. I thinks it’s worth trying to find a way to level that out a bit.
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2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18