The Official 2026 Tour Rumor Thread

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  • KJ228171
    KJ228171 Posts: 475
    on2legs said:
    KJ228171 said:
    on2legs said:
    Bruce, for one, didn’t lip synch his appearance.  For the record… I think it’s highly unlikely Pearl Jam plays the Super Bowl.  But it would be fun to see as a fan. 
    Not his vocals or his solo but E Street Band's and backup vocals were prerecorded. Same for Prince and Lady Gaga but they are exceptions. I don’t think Stone, Jeff and Mike want to pretend play there instruments. For the Peppers Anthony was singing over prerecorded audio and the Flea and Josh didn’t even plug in their instruments.

    Yes... that's why I said Bruce did not lip sync.   Prerecorded audio is not the same as lip syncing. And the only reason the band's audio was prerecorded is because there is so little time to set up before the performance.  It has nothing to do with the band's commitment to authenticity or ability to play live.
    Even he was singing along to a prerecorded track. The reason is they want a perfect performance. If it’s up to the song engineers to pick and choose what the audience hears in the end.
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,013
    KJ228171 said:
    on2legs said:
    KJ228171 said:
    on2legs said:
    Bruce, for one, didn’t lip synch his appearance.  For the record… I think it’s highly unlikely Pearl Jam plays the Super Bowl.  But it would be fun to see as a fan. 
    Not his vocals or his solo but E Street Band's and backup vocals were prerecorded. Same for Prince and Lady Gaga but they are exceptions. I don’t think Stone, Jeff and Mike want to pretend play there instruments. For the Peppers Anthony was singing over prerecorded audio and the Flea and Josh didn’t even plug in their instruments.

    Yes... that's why I said Bruce did not lip sync.   Prerecorded audio is not the same as lip syncing. And the only reason the band's audio was prerecorded is because there is so little time to set up before the performance.  It has nothing to do with the band's commitment to authenticity or ability to play live.
    Even he was singing along to a prerecorded track. The reason is they want a perfect performance. If it’s up to the song engineers to pick and choose what the audience hears in the end.
    Yeah… you said Super Bowl performers lip sync.  I said Bruce didn’t lip sync (which is correct).  The rest of your replies seem to be some type of semantics mixed with a maze of circular logic.  My only point is that Bruce sang live.  Peace ✌🏻 
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,158
    IF they go back on the road in 2026, it will include a festival. The money is too big. I do not think PJ would go over well as the super bowl halftime show. Its rare they have a pure rock band perform. Not enough flash for the NFL. Petty and Springsteen are exceptions because they both cross over to a pop audience.  
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,574
    They should finally play the Newport Folk Fest 
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,400
    They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,140
    darwinstheory said:
    They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.
    Agree!  Do something, anything!  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Haijay
    Haijay Posts: 448
    edited August 31
    You people are out to lunch. The Super Bowl is an American event, Pearl Jam are a HUGE American band. Hilarious  
    Pearl Jam has too much integrity to play that corporate knob-shining shit show. They would NEVER lower themselves to not playing live and/or lip synching. But, dont kid yourselves, they are most certainly big enough to play it, ffs
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,413
    If they had all decided to play that joke, I’d quit too.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • TN49724
    TN49724 Posts: 106
    Haijay said:
    You people are out to lunch. The Super Bowl is an American event, Pearl Jam are a HUGE American band. Hilarious  
    Pearl Jam has too much integrity to play that corporate knob-shining shit show. They would NEVER lower themselves to not playing live and/or lip synching. But, dont kid yourselves, they are most certainly big enough to play it, ffs
    I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Ed has played a ton of private, Corporate “knob-shining” events over the years.  Anyone who has convinced themselves that the band is above this is way out of touch.  I have absolutely nothing against them doing this, but don’t kid yourselves into believing they stand on some moral high ground. 
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,400
    mcgruff10 said:
    darwinstheory said:
    They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.
    Agree!  Do something, anything!  
    Seriously, when was the last time they 0layed there? 05? They love destination weekends...how does this not meet/exceed their expectations? The merch alone....💰 💸 💲 
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,756
    darwinstheory said:
    They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.
    Indeed. 
  • KJ228171
    KJ228171 Posts: 475
    Haijay said:
    You people are out to lunch. The Super Bowl is an American event, Pearl Jam are a HUGE American band. Hilarious  
    Pearl Jam has too much integrity to play that corporate knob-shining shit show. They would NEVER lower themselves to not playing live and/or lip synching. But, dont kid yourselves, they are most certainly big enough to play it, ffs
    They aren’t big enough to anchor a Super Bowl halftime show. That’s beyond question. 
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,226
    JimmyV said:
    Halftimes are there so you can walk the dog. 
    This. 

    to think they are going to bring the half time nonsense to the world cup next year is a pitiful prospect

    Imo a total distraction to an important sporting event
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,760
    lol you think they’ll play halftime 😂😂 zero chance! 
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  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,021
    It's sort of hard to believe that in an 18 month stretch.... we have gone from their best album in 20 years (Dark Matter) and all of the surrounding hype - to now to a drummer-less band that to me, feels more dead than it has in my 15-20 years of following them.
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,912
    Weston1283 said:
    It's sort of hard to believe that in an 18 month stretch.... we have gone from their best album in 20 years (Dark Matter) and all of the surrounding hype - to now to a drummer-less band that to me, feels more dead than it has in my 15-20 years of following them.

    I guess?  It's only been a few months since they played their last show.  I assume it's going to take a bit to sort out the drummer situation and chart the next path.  They'll get there.
  • gotthebottle
    gotthebottle San Diego Posts: 3,816
    There's more important shit going on right now than bands touring...
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,574
    gotthebottle said:
    There's more important shit going on right now than bands touring...
    I mean there always is and yet here we are on a band's website in a thread about touring 
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,574
    edited September 2
    I just went on a needlepoint forum to make sure they knew there was more important shit than needlepoint right now 
  • Kwieneke
    Kwieneke Indiana Posts: 2,120
    gotthebottle said:
    There's more important shit going on right now than bands touring...
    this takes me away from that stuff 
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