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  1. Pearl Jam announced today that they will embark on a two-leg North American tour this fall. The first leg kicks-off in Pittsburgh on October 11th and wraps up in New Orleans at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience the weekend of November 1st. The second leg of the tour commences in Dallas on November 15th and closes in the band’s hometown of Seattle on December 6th.

    Leg One:

    DATE CITY VENUE

    Oct-11 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center

    Oct-12 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center

    Oct-15 Worcester, MA DCU Center

    Oct-18 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center

    Oct-19 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center

    Oct-21 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

    Oct-22 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

    Oct-25 Hartford, CT XL Center

    Oct-27 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena

    Oct-29 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena


    Oct-30 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena

    Nov-1-3* New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

    Leg Two:

    DATE CITY VENUE

    Nov-15 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena

    Nov-16 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena

    Nov-19 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena

    Nov-21 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena

    Nov-23 Los Angeles, CA Sports Arena

    Nov-24 Los Angeles, CA Sports Arena

    Nov-26 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena

    Nov-29 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena

    Nov-30 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena

    Dec-2 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome

    Dec-4 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

    Dec-6 Seattle, WA Key Arena

    *Pearl Jam will only be playing one night in New Orleans. The performance date will be announced when the festival announces their schedule.

    A Ten Club ticket drawing will be held for members active as of yesterday July 7th, for a chance to purchase pre-sale tickets to these shows.


    
For your convenience you have one full week from today to enter before names are drawn. This drawing entry period opens today, July 8th and closes Monday July 15th at 10am PT. Names will not be drawn until Monday July 15th.

  2. The Ottawa crowd was lucky though as they not only got "Mull of Kintyre for the Anglophones in the Canadian Capital Region, they also got "Michelle" for the Francophone in the region.

    It felt like a hybrid of a Toronto concert with "Mull of Kintyre" for the English speaking fans and a Montreal/Quebec City concert with "Michelle" for the French speaking fans!

    Though don't tell the Ottawa fans it was had influences of a Toronto Paul gig, they may boo! It was so funny that the eighty-one year old lady that came up to on stage to hug Paul in the encore in between "Hi, Hi, Hi" and "Get Back." She told Paul on the microphone she is from Toronto and a good chunk of the crowd booed! Paul told those who booed "You're bad people!" Then he said "She's from Ottawa!"

    Also Paul McCartney performed the original "Happy Birthday" (also known as "Happy Birthday to You") written in 1893 by Patti & Mildred J. Hill for Ringo Starr's birthday after "Maybe I'm Amazed" and before "I've Just Seen a Face." I was surprised that Paul wouldn't have done his "Birthday" instead. I am guessing he choose not to because he added both "Michelle" for the Francophone and "Mull of Kintyre" for the Anglophones in the Ottawa crowd. Due to the addition of all three of those songs and including the Jimi Hendrix "Foxey Lady" jam at the end of "Let Me Roll It," that was the most songs I've ever seen McCartney perform at one concert 42!

  3. I hope TURF is successful so that it continues in Toronto for years to come.

    Unfortunately I was unable to attend any of the days this year, but there is always next year.

  4. I hope Dave Schools is still playing bass with him. From what I can recall he was pretty much the best part of his set at Hillside last year.

    I don't remember being blown away by Mickey, plus he was kind of a dickhead. Maybe that's weighing too much on my opinion of him.

    How was Mickey Hart a dickhead instead of just a deadhead at Hillside last year?

  5. Hello Old Friends, I haven't been on here in a while and I wanted to check in.

    I'm heading up to Ottawa tomorrow to see Paul McCartney on Sunday and I felt I should see who from the National Capital Region on this good old message board will also be attending the gig?

    It'll be sweet seeing McCartney perform for the first time in Ottawa and on Ringo Starr's birthday!

    As Ringo always says, Peace and Love!

  6. I won't know where I'm sitting until the day of the gigs since I got tickets through Pearl Jam Ten Club.

    I got tickets for both gigs at the Air Canada Centre.

    Pearl Jam's system was so not prepared for this week that I spent over 5 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday trying to get tickets with no sucess. It felt like trying to get tickets in the nineties. Finally PJ decided to let the professionals sell their tickets. They called their old adversary ticketmaster and then today at 5 pm I was able to pull tickets for two gigs in less than 4 minutes.

    I'm excited of the fact that PJ is performing in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival. Last time they did was in 2005 and Bono came out during the encore and performed Uncle Neil's "Rockin' in the Free World." It will be interesting if they pull out any guests this time around.

    Peace,

    Tim

  7. Wow.

    I've never enjoyed a NY show more than that. It was constant musical bliss that deserved to not end.

    All solo Neil, his classics were treated briliiantly with some substantial musical variences, the le noise material was briliiantly executed.

    And oh my, the sound. Whether playing acoustically or fully distortion-drenched electric guitar, clarity was constant. The low end of his Lanois guitar positively shook the foundation of old Massey Hall; Neil was playing the building itself. The pianos sounded great and what a treat when he sat at the pump organ.

    The crowd was a little screamy and stupid, but such is people, as Neil seems to know it, he acted overwhelmingly oblivious, ignoring about 98% of what got screamed, happy instead to wander about the stage or have short private conversations with his old wooden Indian.

    The reason I keep going to see Neil Young play is because he refuses to rest on his laurels. He does all he can to unsure he's making interesting music whenever he sets foot in front of an audience, and the result is always inspiring at least, and sometimes, like tonight, quite staggering.

    I'm looking forward to seeing his face up close in the dvd.

    Though we shelled out for all three Massey shows last time around and loved it, phorbesie and I decided to only do one night this time and I'm regretting the decision. If he came out and played the same set tomorrow I would sit rapt and riveted and wanting moremoremore just like I did tonight.

    Great, great concert.

    Wow.

    Well said.

    Peace,

    Tim

  8. I saw Neil during the Greendale tour at Camden and during an in-between song moment while Neil furthered the story' date=' someone heckled "fuck Grampa, Rock n' Roll!" Without missing a beat Neil shot back, "sit down, shut the fuck up or get the hell out of here." The crowd cheered Neil and it was a very surreal moment when you witness the artist take the performance back from a self-centered douche in the crowd, in such a precise and confident way.

    I think he can handle himself no matter the ticket price or audience. [/quote']

    I saw him do pretty much the same thing on the same tour at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

    Hey hamilton, I remember that gig that we went to at the Fox Theatre to see the Neil Young & Crazy Horse 'Greendale Tour.'

    As far as I can remember there was a fan or multiple fans whistling which was disturbing the performance and Neil gave them crap for it.

    Peace,

    Tim

  9. Neil is one of the only aging rockers who refuses to rest on his laurels, and for that I am pleased to make the effort to see him every chance I reasonably can.

    That said, after attending all three Massey Hall shows last time I found the set lists similar enough to justify only getting tickets to one night this time around. His playing and intensity is unique enough that I could easily enjoy several shows in a row of the same material, but these things do get pricey, especially for out-of-towners where hotel fees and time off work compound the issue.

    The setlist could be exactly the same both nights, this may happen because the two gigs are being recorded for a film. Giving an opportunity to have two chances to get the best performance of each song.

    Peace,

    Tim

  10. I got tickets for both Neil Young Massey Hall gigs. These will be my 51st and 52nd Neil gigs not including two times seeing him when he did not perform music.

    Neil is always a no brainer for me personally, if the Ryman gigs that Jonathan Demme directed back in 2005 for the film 'Heart of Gold' were available I would have tried for them.

    Now I don't have to travel at all to see Demme direct another Neil Young tour.

    The film 'Heart of Gold' was amazing, much like another Demme rockumentary 'Stop Making Sense' about the Talking Heads.

    And I saw Demme introduce 'Trunk Show' at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and it was also great.

    These shows will be recorded a few months past the 40th anniversary of Neil Young Live at Massey Hall. Which I assume the film will mention.

    Long Live Neil Young,

    Tim

  11. Timmy I know what your saying...but I was on the fence already. More than likely I'll save my money and go to Phish festival.

    I would love to see Warren Band and Buffalo Springfield but I am pretty sure I will be able to see the former on tour some time and the latter won't get me to make the trek.

    Well I will see you at the Phish weekend then. Since it will likely be in the Northeast.

    You are right about seeing the Warren Haynes Band on tour and there is already talks that Buffalo Springfield will be touring in the fall.

    Peace,

    Tim

  12. i was thinking about making a revisit this year but with eminem headlining i've lost all interest....

    no matter how amazing the other bands may be

    Hey brother,

    I can't believe just because one artist (Eminem) is at bonnaroo you'll miss out on:

    Buffalo Springfield

    Widespread Panic

    The Black Keys

    String Cheese Incident

    Robert Plant and the Band of Joy

    Ray Lamontagne

    Mumford and Sons

    Primus

    Alison Krauss & Union Station

    Gregg Allman

    Warren Haynes Band

    Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

    The Del McCoury Band & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    Mavis Staples

    Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

    Old Crow Medicine Machine

    Bootsy Collins & the Funk University

    Bruce Hornsby

    Loretta Lynn

    Wanda Jackson

    Justin Townes Earle

    and many more including

    Dr. John and the Original Meters Performing Desitively Bonnaroo

    Plant and Krauss will likely play together.

    Jack White will likely come out with both Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson.

    Warren Haynes will likely play with everybody, including Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, Gregg Allman.

    Bruce Hornsby will likely pop up on a few other stages.

    This bonnaroo will be wait for it, legendary.

    Peace,

    Tim

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