[direwolf74]

Not a bad little article. Although, I did notice one glaring error: the last time the band played in Edmonton was actually way back in 1993, and not 2003 as the article says. Anyway, here ya go:

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[j-monster]

Eddie and Co. have clearly discovered the secret of success: Concerts are not simply marketing tools to sell albums.

It's the opposite: albums are "promissory notes" that the band will come back and deliver a killer live concert.

Hmmm... does this sound familiar to anyone? Perhaps like the modus operandi of a certain well-known and well-loved, Kingston, ON based band you may have heard of??? :wink:

[direwolf74]

Eddie and Co. have clearly discovered the secret of success: Concerts are not simply marketing tools to sell albums.

It's the opposite: albums are "promissory notes" that the band will come back and deliver a killer live concert.

Hmmm... does this sound familiar to anyone? Perhaps like the modus operandi of a certain well-known and well-loved, Kingston, ON based band you may have heard of??? :wink:

I was thinking the same thing when I read that. These two bands have a lot in common when it comes to work ethic and how they treat their fans.

[stanslow12]

This is the band's first appearance in Edmonton since August 2003, when it drew 4,000 fans to the convention centre. They certainly could've played a bigger building, but in the words of the concert promoter, "They want the kids to mosh."

I highly doubt this is their reasoning, so I wonder why they didn't choose a bigger venue?

[direwolf74]

This is the band's first appearance in Edmonton since August 2003, when it drew 4,000 fans to the convention centre. They certainly could've played a bigger building, but in the words of the concert promoter, "They want the kids to mosh."

I highly doubt this is their reasoning, so I wonder why they didn't choose a bigger venue?

As I mentioned above, that's a mistake. Pearl Jam never played Edmonton in 2003. In fact the last time they actually played there was back in '93. Just to make sure, I checked out their concert chronology at this link:

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Scroll down a little ways and you'll notice that they played the Max Bell Centre in Calgary, and then played Edmonton the next night at the Convention Centre. Both venues have a capacity of about 4,000, which was appropriate at the time. PJ were definitely popular, but it would still be a couple of years before they were officially declared the biggest band in the world. I'm pretty sure they didn't start playing the big arenas until after Vs. came out.