Closest stop is Bristow, VA. I'll definitely be heading up for the festivities.

DATE          CITY                VENUE                 PRE-SALE DATE/TIME
May 3rd       Kansas City, MO     Sprint Center         March 15, 9am PDT
May 4th       St. Louis, MO       Scottrade Center      March 15, 11am PDT
May 6th       Columbus, OH        Nationwide Arena      March 15, 1pm PDT
May 7th       Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Ctr. March 15, 3pm PDT
May 9th       Cleveland, OH       Quicken Loans Arena   March 17, 9am PDT
May 10th      Buffalo, NY         HSBC Arena            March 17, 11am PDT
May 13th      Bristow, VA         Jiffy Lube Live       March 17, 1pm PDT
May 15th      Hartford, CT        XL Center             March 17, 3pm PDT
May 17th      Boston, MA          TD Garden             March 16, 9am PDT
May 18th      TBD                 TBD                   TBD
May 20th      New York, NY        Madison Square Garden March 16, 12pm PDT
May 21st      New York, NY        Madison Square Garden March 16, 3pm PDT

3/12/2010 9:13:06 AM

i think band of horses is opening for that show

last show i went to was philly with sleater-kinney

i dunno... all the smoking, drinking and age seems to have finally caught up to eddie in the past 3 years, tho they still manage to pull off a different setlisted long-ass show every night... new album was best they've done in a long time

3/12/2010 10:41:10 AM

Saw them a few months ago in Seattle. Good stuff.

3/12/2010 11:40:44 AM

oh cool. pearl jam keeps refusing to schedule dates south of the DC area. i'd probably go see them in raleigh or charlotte if they'd actually play there, but i'm sure the setlist would be heavy on the backspacer side. i listened to that album so many times, and i can't stand it. i'd listen to binaural or riot act over backspacer any day.

[Edited on March 12, 2010 at 12:11 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on March 12, 2010 at 12:11 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2010 12:04:15 PM

yo holmes to Bristow

3/12/2010 12:56:36 PM

Bristow is right outside of DC

I saw them close out the spectrum in Philly earlier this year and it was quite possibly the most amazing shows I've ever seen. I don't care how many smokes or classic bottles of Ed's red Vedder drinks-boys still have it

3/12/2010 5:19:54 PM

i thought i heard he had quit smoking a couple years ago, but he definitely had a few at bonnaroo in 08. maybe i'm thinking of mike mccready.

[Edited on March 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM. Reason : wrong year]

3/12/2010 5:24:32 PM

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN

rests his head on a pillow made of concrete

3/12/2010 5:34:36 PM

I've seen them a few times. Great shows. Long as hell. I might do this.

3/12/2010 6:18:24 PM

i have never seen them play yellow ledbetter

and i wanted them to play baba o'riley at bonnaroo, and they didn't

3/12/2010 6:39:59 PM

Quote :

"maybe i'm thinking of mike mccready"

i don't think mccready gets too crazy anymore off of the booze/drugs... he had a serious substance abuse problem combined with the crohn's disease and had to quit a lot of that stuff in the late 90s

eddie on the other hand, just kept getting wilder with his brain, which is why binaural and riot act are so friggin' layered with wierdness

that and matt cameron added a different take on things that made it a bit darker... even though the "dave a" was the most successful version, i think that the jack irons incarnation was the best studio version of the band

3/12/2010 9:07:50 PM

man, I've always wanted to see them live. never been fortunate enough to. fucking love Pearl Jam.

3/12/2010 9:14:11 PM

Quote :

"i don't think mccready gets too crazy anymore off of the booze/drugs... he had a serious substance abuse problem combined with the crohn's disease and had to quit a lot of that stuff in the late 90s"

i think i read in an interview that he stopped smoking after he was diagnosed with crohn's. i read somewhere else that he used to get blackout drunk and pull his pants down and run around in hotels with his dick flopping around so they used to have to carry him off to his room.

3/12/2010 9:23:52 PM

Quote :

"i think that the jack irons incarnation was the best studio version of the band"

Yield FTW

3/12/2010 9:40:14 PM

just watched the performances from snl last night... i liked unthought known

eddie also looks like he'd lost about 20 pounds since they were on conan

3/14/2010 12:51:30 PM

Quote :

"but i'm sure the setlist would be heavy on the backspacer side. i listened to that album so many times, and i can't stand it. i'd listen to binaural or riot act over backspacer any day."

i disagree with your opinion. i like the latest CD.

3/14/2010 3:39:51 PM

the songwriting just came off as pretty lazy and uninspired to me

3/14/2010 3:49:20 PM

got my ten club tix for bristow yesterday

i think gen admin goes on sale friday at 10am

3/18/2010 12:04:58 PM

is ten club even worth being in these days? i thought i heard a few years ago that they stopped doing the seniority thing with tickets.

3/18/2010 12:06:43 PM

They still do seniority, just the first two or three rows are picked randomly I think. In my first year I got awesome seats in Columbia.

3/18/2010 6:43:30 PM

my show was awesome - they played yellow ledbetter and black

3/18/2010 6:48:34 PM

they played present tense at the last show i was at and it was probably one of the most awesome displays of badassery these eyes have ever seen.

3/18/2010 6:55:41 PM

Quote :

"They still do seniority, just the first two or three rows are picked randomly I think. In my first year I got awesome seats in Columbia."

that's cool. i had heard they stopped doing seniority altogether, so i got kind of pissed about waiting in line all day at bonnaroo 2 years ago for a spot in the pit to see pearl jam since i thought i'd never be able to see them that close again. i guess the odds of me randomly getting seats that close ever again are pretty slim though.

3/18/2010 7:16:48 PM

1st, 2nd, 9th, and 10th rows are random. Everything else is priority-based. And the Ten Club usually has all of the best seats in the house reserved.

Starting to get PUMPED about this. Probably going to get up there and all-day tailgate since I heard parking is a bitch up there, and I have to go pick up my tickets around lunch-time or so anyway.

Anyone else going?

4/16/2010 11:22:50 AM

i'm meeting Officer Cat up there, but gotta go to columbia, md first... we've got 10c tix too... so i guess we'll see where we end up

i am also concerned about the traffic to this joint... it's a shame they couldn't play the merriweather instead... guess we're just gonna leave raleigh way early to make sure we can get back from maryland to va before the car shitstorm happens

used to be traffic only got crap bad in like Alexandria, but now that junk extends all the way near Fredricksburg

[Edited on April 16, 2010 at 2:36 PM. Reason : +]

4/16/2010 2:35:23 PM

2 weeks.

I hope to be in the parking lot at this time on the 13th, a few beers DEEP

4/29/2010 2:01:08 PM

2 weeks.

I hope to be in the parking lot at this time on the 13th, a few beers DEEP

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Just got confirmation on 10c tickets:

Please read the following information regarding your Ten Club tickets for PEARL JAM on May 13th at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA.

1) You will receive (2) reserved seated Ten Club tickets, which have been allocated by seniority in advance of the show. Rows 1-2 and 9-10 have been randomly assigned regardless of seniority.

2) You must collect the tickets at the box office on the day of the show, with a valid photo identification. Only the 10c member can collect the tickets. No exceptions.

3) All ticket sales are final. No transfers, refunds, exchanges. Reselling of 10c tickets for above face value will result in cancellation of ticket purchase, and revocation of all future ticket benefits from the Ten Club.

4) Doors will open at 6:30 pm. Show time for opening act is 7:30 pm.

5) Fan Club box office at Jiffy Lube Live will open at 3 pm on the day of the show for 10c ticket distribution. Ticket distribution will end approximately at 9:15pm.

6) All ticket sales are final. No exchanges, refunds, or transfers.

7) Reselling of Ten Club tickets for above face value will result in ticket cancellation and revocation of future ticket benefits.

Additional questions regarding your tickets can be directed to tickets@tenclub.net.

[Edited on April 29, 2010 at 2:09 PM. Reason : double post, sry ]

4/29/2010 2:09:02 PM

5/1/2010 1:32:33 AM

I saw them in Raleigh back in 2003 on the riot act tour. Pretty good from what I remember.

5/1/2010 10:05:26 AM

Set from the first show. Killer finale:

Set List: Of The Girl, Animal, World Wide Suicide, Got Some, Unthought Known, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, MFC, Johnny Guitar, Amongst The Waves, Even Flow, God’s Dice, Present Tense, Daughter, Wishlist, Insignificance, Do The Evolution

1st encore: Off He Goes, Just Breathe, Given To Fly, The Fixer, Life Wasted, Porch

2nd encore: No More (with guest Tomas Young), Black, Better Man, Happy Birthday to Mark “Smitty” Smith, Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World (by Neil Young), Yellow Ledbetter/Star Spangled Banner (with guest Curt Tomasevicz playing bass guitar)

Listening to this:

http://www.pearljambootlegs.org/modules/jinzora2/index.php?nuCU0sannA%3D%3D=ZZ9ulpRkbXBrYZFsYJZmWXJZPLUSlr4S5yp6R2Z6jXVSnrcJZPLUSV1KnDkVN7eGNUtot0&ext.html

to get pumped.

5/5/2010 10:19:48 PM

I love the song "Of the Girl" so much. I just wish they'd truly tour the Southeast again rather than a couple of shows.

5/5/2010 10:33:11 PM

I saw them on the same tour 12 years ago

5/5/2010 10:35:54 PM