I've been listening to some of the 2011 South American show....nice, long setlists, enthusiastic crowd, intense performances although a little sloppy at times.
I think the Euro 2012 tour trumps both mini tours from 2011 - yes, I'm even including the Canadian one!
Europe '12 was a fine tour..I agree with you Matt but IMO Toronto '11 is an all time classic gig...
Im actually listening to very early U2 the last couple of days.The first 4 studio albums, Dortmund '84, Red Rocks '83 and Im looking all over for Boston '81..but I seem to have lost it !!!!!
Why the hell didnt they clean up Dortmund '84 and include it with the UF reissue !!!??!!
What is everyone's thoughts on how the Melbourne 2014 festival show could turn out? I am seriously considering going. Will be about $600 for the trip, so it's not out of my league to get there.
Hmmm....as great as PJ is, that is quite a bit of cash to see them. Not that I should be one to talk as I spent a relatively excessive amount for two tickets to see them in London (Ontario, Canada) this past summer.
My "concern" with seeing them at two festival shows is that you might get a lot of repeat songs (mainly hits, mind you) and it's not the same as going to two separate PJ-only shows.
All of that said, if you plan a trip to Melbourne and PJ just happens to be playing there, why not go for it?! I was in Melbourne (and Sydney) many years ago and both are great!
Yeah Melbourne is one of my favourite cities. It's got everything. Although the only reason I would be there would be to see Arcade Fire and Pearl Jam again on the Big Day Out festival circuit here. It's a lot but it's only a week's wage over the summer holidays. I am really in two minds about it.
Similarly, I'm going to go see the Kings of Leon in Sydney on the 20th of November, IF I can get a ticket. They are playing a club show at a place called the Enmore Theatre, which has a capacity of 1600. I'm in Brisbane so I've gotta fly about 1000kms, $75 for flights each way, plus ticket and accomodation puts me at about $500 for one day and night. I guess if I can get tickets and go to that I can decide whether I'd be keen to do it again to see PJ, for a little extra. The only thing I'm not sure about will be the performance/setlist aspect, being at the same festival and all about a week later.
Hahah that would be awesome! I would definitely do it if I had a mate who was keen on it, but alas, I am the only hardcore concerteer of my friends. My mum is as keen on Bruce Springsteen as I am on U2 and Bruce, she's heading to four shows in three cities in Feb, but she's not keen on PJ. So I'd have no company haha.
I would stay a little longer in Melbourne if there were sports on, but in January, we have very little. If the AFL, rugby or rugby league was on I'd stay around to catch a bunch of games, but cause they're not, I'd just be there for about 24 hours. And plus, my current concert schedule is hectic enough as it is!
Current list:
2 December - Fleetwood Mac cancelled
10 December - Muse
13 December - Paul Kelly
19 January - Big Day Out - Pearl Jam, Blur, Arcade Fire
11 February - The National
15 February - Bruce Springsteen, Hunters & Collectors
16 February - Bruce Springsteen, Hunters & Collectors
19 February - Bruce Springsteen
22 February - Pete Murray
26 February - Bruce Springsteen
17 March - Queens of the Stone Age
17 April - Bluesfest - John Mayer
18 April - Bluesfest - Jack Johnson, The Doobie Brothers, Gregg Allman, Gary Clark Jr.
19 April - Bluesfest - Dave Matthews Band, John Butler Trio
20 April - Bluesfest - Passenger
21 April - Bluesfest - Dave Matthews Band, Elvis Costello, Gary Clark Jr.
If I could ever pick a PJ set, this would be it as of right now
Release
Once
Animal
Even Flow
The Fixer
Life Wasted
World Wide Suicide
Why Go
Severed Hand
Oceans
Porch
Black
Jeremy
Better Man
Daughter
Garden
Corduroy
Rats
Yellow Ledbetter
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Glorified G
Deep
Dissident
Alive
Wasted Reprise
Last Kiss
Baba O'Riley
Nothingman
Immortality
Indifference