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5 dates is a poor show, really.

Actually, get him to Reading & Leeds and I'll stop complaining and be happy.

Guess PJ is out for Lollapalooza

Originally posted by clover68:and here they are

July 25 – Amsterdam, Holland at Carre Theatre
July 26 - Amsterdam , Holland at Carre Theatre
July 28 – Manchester, United Kingdom at the 02 Apollo Manchester
July 30 – London, United Kingdom at HMV Apollo Hammersmith
August 3 – Zambujeira Do Mar, Portugal at Sudoeste Festival TMN

i'm on strike

PJ are playing Amsterdam,Manchester and London 4 weeks prior to these solo shows.Doesnt make much sense to me.The band should just do a full scale European Tour in the summer,then tour the US in the fall.

EV is doing a short tour in April/May...why does he have to do yet another short solo tour,right in the middle of summer ?

Mr_Trek

13 years

Guess he likes doing a few solo shows every now and then. Or..... ,maybe they have other obligations in live than being Pearl Jam

RUMMY

13 years

This short EV tour still leaves the door open for something in the fall for PJ.

EDDMB

13 years

Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Guess he likes doing a few solo shows every now and then. Or..... ,maybe they have other obligations in live than being Pearl Jam

Sure...just as long as it doesnt interfere with Pearl Jam...in this case,Im not so sure................I would hope,that the BAND is the priority..and not solo projects....

EDDMB

13 years

Originally posted by RUMMY:This short EV tour still leaves the door open for something in the fall for PJ.

I think (hope) that will happen...I often ask myself,why not just do a full scale tour of Europe,Canada and the US.....in ONE YEAR...than take a couple of years off for solo projects...

They prefer to do small mini tours as a band,..then small mini solo tours each year....the band havent toured for a few straight months since 2006...

2009 was the oddest "tour",as Backspacer was released in Sept,and the band only did a few weeks on the road after its release to promote it.....they then,took 6 months off,and toured again in May of 2010.....only for a couple of weeks....

Mr_Trek

13 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:[..]

Sure...just as long as it doesnt interfere with Pearl Jam...in this case,Im not so sure................I would hope,that the BAND is the priority..and not solo projects....

I was more thinking of the band members' private lives than solo projects

I'm sure the band is his priority. Otherwise he could just do a European tour all by himself, and that's not what he's doing.

EDDMB

13 years

Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]

I was more thinking of the band members' private lives than solo projects I'm sure the band is his priority. Otherwise he could just do a European tour all by himself, and that's not what he's doing.

I understand,and of course thats fine...I know they have families and such,as do I....thats why I said why not take a couple of years off..do a solo cd (he did),tour (he did),do other solo projects (Brad,Soundgarden)..IMO,that makes alot more sense than tour for 3 weeks,stop..tour again for 2 weeks..stop for 6 months...tour again for 3 weeks..stop..etc......

EV is doing another solo tour,as he did last year in 2011,during April and May in the US.He could have toured alot more last year,all summer,that would have made sense,since he released a solo album (Ukulele Songs) in the spring of last year, and PJ werent touring until Sept 2011....

EDDMB

13 years