Pearl Jam Australian tour 2009

Pearl Jam announced today that they will play a series of outdoor shows in November in Australia and New Zealand, in support of their new album, Backspacer.

Pearl Jam will be returning to Australia for the first time in 3 years, bringing with them their old touring mates, Ben Harper and Relentless7 and Liam Finn, to play for one night only in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and Christchurch. Tickets for all shows go on sale on Monday 17 August.

Scheduled for release in Australia and New Zealand on Friday, 18 September, the band‘s ninth studio album, Backspacer, will be available in both countries before the rest of the world. The first single, The Fixer, went to Australian radio on 21 July and was the No. 1 most added song to radio that week.

It‘s been 3 years since Pearl Jam last toured Australia and New Zealand and their Australian fans clearly haven‘t forgotten them with two songs appearing in Triple J‘s recent Hottest 100 of All Time list (Alive at No. 24 and Better Man at No. 39).

Appearing with Pearl Jam, and no stranger to Australian shores, is Ben Harper and Relentless 7, who were last here in April of this year to headline the 20th Anniversary East Coast Blues and Roots Festival and perform a one-off, sold out headline show in Sydney.

Opening all shows will be New Zealand‘s own Liam Finn. Having played his own sold-out shows on every continent, opened for the The Black Keys and Eddie Vedder, and performed at the All Tomorrow‘s Parties‘ ATP Vs The Fans Part II: The Fans Strike Back Festival in UK earlier this year, Liam will join the tour in support of the worldwide release his new EP, Champagne In Seashells, featuring Long Way to Go, on 4 September, 2009.

The shows announced will be one-show-only‘ concerts and promise to be THE must-see rock events of the summer season!

Tickets for all Australian and New Zealand shows will go on sale at 9am on Monday, 17 August 2009, and details of ticket outlets for each show are below.

***Ten Club members-only ticket pre-sale details to follow. Check www.pearljam.com for details.

***Special Ten Club sponsored Travel Packages to be available. Details forthcoming.

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES:

Saturday, 14 November, 2009
Members Equity Stadium, Perth, Australia
Ticket prices: $123.90 – Gold and $99.90 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100

Tuesday, 17 November, 2009
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
Ticket prices: $123.90 – Gold and $99.90 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketek - www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Friday, 20 November, 2009
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
Ticket prices: $123.90 – Gold and $99.90 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100

Sunday, 22 November, 2009
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Ticket prices: $123.90 – Gold and $99.90 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketek - www.Ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Wednesday, 25 November, 2009
QSAC Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
Ticket prices: $123.90 – Gold and $99.90 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketek - www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Friday, 27 November, 2009
Mt Smart, Auckland, New Zealand
Ticket prices: $119.50 – Gold and $99.50 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketek: www.ticketek.co.nz or 0800 842538

Sunday, 29 November, 2009
AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ticket prices: $119.50 – Gold and $99.50 – Silver
Tickets available from Ticketek: www.ticketek.co.nz or 0800 842538

news.com.au article and interview here
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,25861779-5003421,00.html

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hmm, i could be keen since he's bringing benny boy along for the ride! 

bloody oath


i also need to try and find tickets to see them at O2 in a couple weeks 

awesome , i saw them last time it was fantastic

sweet

Sweet.  Dont really get into Ben Harper that much but was pretty impressive live

shann were definately goin. not missing out this time. 

 This is going to sound weird but I am not really a huge fan of PJ but considering going to this.

 They were a pretty big soundtrack to my teenage years just through everyone else listening to them.

 

looks like a good show, very keen!

I'll be going to Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane shows

 

committed!

Reckon i'll head along to this. I missed em the last couple times.

fan club tickets went on sale this week, perth sydney and NZ have already sold out of their allocation of fan club tickets. tickets to general public go on sale next week i think

this at adelaide oval?? how many are they expecting?

yep its at Adelaide oval
capacity is around 30k yeah?

they usually play and quickly sell out 12k venues like entertainment center, but this tour they are not playing multiple gigs per city (eg 3 syd, 3 melb, 2 adel, 2 brisbane, perth, NZ) and only doing 1 show per city so they are expecting crowds to be bigger and more people to travel interstate to see multiple shows. I'm just happy they are doing a proper GA section again without seats, makes the atmosphere 10x better

news.com.au article from a few days ago

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,25861779-5003421,00.html

thats right they did 2 shows last time. i actually bought the set they did in adelaide from there site for like 20 bucks i was stoked

man they certainly can pull a crowd - thats like the entire big day out crowd going to see one band.

Yeah same here, hope Ben plays some Hendrix 

Im predicting Ben will come up on stage with PJ to play Indifference a few times this tour

anyway, visa presale starts tomorrow!

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=PEARVISA09&view=vent

is it seated tickets or what?

GA for the ground and seated on the outside i think

i think they are also splitting the GA into 2 sections

s the deal these sites are saying different days Adelaide tickets go on sale.
The first says Thursday the second says today.
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=PEARLPRE09&searchId=1d6d5b5b-c358-4c33-ae1c-fdf7405fa044
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=PEARVISA09&view=vent

wtf???

visa presale means there is probably a special deal for visa card holders or something?

the other one would be standard presales

No standard presales are on the 17th

i have no idea what the visa one is, but the standard pre sale all you have to do is be a tickitek member and you can be in it (and its free to sign up)

none of the presales start on the 17th because tickets are on sale to the general public from the 17th. the idea of 'pre sale' is to give people the opportunity to get tickets before (pre) they get released to the general public (sale)

INTERNET PRE-SALE
Pre-sale starts    :    Thu 13 Aug, noon
Pre-sale ends*    :    Fri 14 Aug, noon

VISA PRE-SALE
Pre-sale starts    :    Tue 11 Aug noon
Pre-sale ends*    :    Wed 12 Aug, noon

the visa pre sale starts today, so it is probably a special offer for visa card holders. isnt the ticketek presale the one that starts on the 13th?

lol yeah I meant ticket sales start on the 17th.
Sorry Khem I didn't read your post properly.
Why 2 lots of presales, just roll them all into 1.

no shit hey its a bit confusing

here are the set times for NZ, can prob assume other gigs will be the same
Liam Finn - 30 mins
Set change - 30 mins
Ben Harper R7 - 60 mins
Set change - 30 mins
Pearl Jam - 135 mins

gates open 5.00pm for Adelaide

here's the layout for melb, clearly shows a barrier on the GA so im assuming will be similar in other states and that the fan club members and people who buy the more expensive GA tickets will be in the front section while the rest of the GA will be in the back.

so looks like 1 whole section for GA in adelaide

damn its gonna be crazy

Got tickets easy as, will be an awesome show thats for sure.

?????  I saw another map that had gold and silver sections for the GA on it????(cant fuckin find it though) 
Is there gold and silver avilable or just general and reserved?

Fixer GA is the oval, Backspacer GA is the hills.

sorted   


CAN. NOT. WAIT.

what area you in kurko?

should be in the front standing bit - i told my bro to get me the more expensive ticket

mobility restricted area lol

sweet i'm in!

 Will this sell out?

I hope not.

There couldn't possibly be enough people with bad enough taste in music for this to sell out.

I wouldn't think so in the next 3-4 weeks but therer seems to be a lot more interested people going to this show.
I know of about 25-30 friends going and each of the last 2 times they've been only 5-6 friends went.

2 shows last time at max 12k each show and the 2nd didn't sell out but saying that Ben Harper wasn't their also.
I think Betterman wrote somewhere 30k for Adelaide Oval

it might sell out hard to tell, will def come close if it doesn't

their new album comes out in a month, there will be alot of people buying tickets after that

did Robbie or U2 sellout? how many?
Surely this will sell out!

anyone having problems with the ticketek site? i'm following the link on here and it's asking me for a password even though i'm logged in and it says my password is wrong (which it isn't). might have to wait til monday...

i have no idea

all i know is that the crowd at this will be ten times better than the crowd at robbie or U2!

Does that mean your keen to come but can't get a ticket yet?

pretty sure it will sell out as quick as a fart. i give it 30 mins max.
hope it doesnt sell out. wont have cash till next tuesday ffs.

nah man it won't sell out that fast you should be safe

Nah dude got a ticket just hope it doesn't sell out cause I'm selfish and tend to enjoy a show more if I'm not sardined in

mmmm fingers crossed

Shouldn't that read: 'tend to enjoy a show more if I'm not sardined in'?

woops.

Hehe, no worries, I got a little confused so just checking...I have known people in the past who crave a good packed, sweaty mosh eh!

tickets go on sale tomorrow to the general public i think

there's ALOT of people i know that are going that haven't gone to previous shows, or haven't seen them since 98 or so. seems the outdoor venue and
opening act of Ben Harper is attracting some heads

they just played in berlin yesterday, some good clips going on youtube already. here is their performance of black

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excellent audience recording


Shepherd's Bush Empire, Lodon, Uk
Aug 11, 2009

01. Intro
02. Sometimes
03. Interstellar Overdrive / Corduroy
04. The Fixer
05. All Along The Watchtower
06. Why Go
07. Dissident
08. Severed Hand
09. Given To Fly
10. Low Light
11. Even Flow
12. Present Tense
13. Save You
14. Down
15. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
16. Brother
17. Do The Evolution
18. Got Some
19. Encore 1
20. The End
21. Inside Job
22. Better Man
23. Alive
24. Encore 2
25. Soldier Of Love
26. State Of Love And Trust
27. The Real Me
28. Yellow Ledbetter

Ron Wood guest appearance on "All Along The Watchtower." Simon Townshend guest appearance on "The Real Me."

nice one khem, im also getting the berlin gig recording.

will prob get the official boots too when they come out in a few days from others that buy them

anyway i can't believe how quick ticket sales have been since they started today. here is a summary

You can now only get single seats in Sydney. Brisbane was totally sold out - both GA and seats - and now has had side view Silver seats opened up for sale. Adelaide is down to the last 4 rows of seats. Perth you can only get single Silver seats and they are back rows in the far corner. All Fixer GA sections for all shows have been sold out for hours. Phenomenal stuff.

Says on Ticketek Fixer is still avail. in Adelaide

yeah i checked and saw the same. guess they exhausted the allocation and added more? who knows

got a ticket

They were still available at lunch time

second that. wicked. cant wait!!!!!

are tickets still available for this?

in adelaide yes there is


check tickitek

lol not really that interested just expected this to sell a bit quicker

Do enough people even care about Pearl Jam anymore for this to sell out?

I reckon they do Noddy
This has least 70% more interest than there previous shows in Adelaide back to 98 I reckon.
Well going by people I know, a heap have never seen them before as well.

Tickets seem to be selling well Aus wide.

Do you not like pearl jam at all? None of their music?

I can't stand Pearl Jam. Some of the music is okay but I hate Eddie Vedder's whiney voice.

They are an average band at best imo.

wow!  I didn't think there would be a man woman or child who would say that they dont like PJ. All for different reasons I'm sure but I would have thought that everyone would have at very least a few songs that they liked.  As for eddie Vedders voice, that was one of the big draw cards for the band as far as I was concerned. 

I guess they would be good to listen to if you were having trouble sleeping.

stuff off vitalogy was a bit more rocky

each to their own i say, but the majority of the people love his voice and its a big draw card to the band.

no other band eases my mind and fires me up at the same time as much as they do

I hate his voice as well. I know a few people who cant stand them. I could never understand all the people complaining about Scott Stapp being an Eddie Vedder rip off. The problem wasn't that one was living off the others talent. The problem was that it meant two whiney fucktards with terrible voices and even worse opinions were ubiquitous in the music world. But meh, I'm sure all and sundry will enjoy.

You really need to stop agreeing with me on here Tobi. It definitely isn't good for your image.

Facktards a bit out their.
I think his voice is great maybe a little booze toned now but still good.
And as a person he comes across like a top notch guy compared to many rock stars in his position, and I say credit to him for that.

Who the fuck is Scott Stapp?

each to their own I guess I just would have thought pearl jam would have one of the biggest most diverse fan bases in the world at the moment.

and as for Eddie having worse opinions, at least he had opinions which alot of other artists with even more exposure didn't seem to have.  I dont necessarily agree with all his views but I'm glad he tried to use his success to bring awareness to the causes he believed in.

Creed lead singer.

I'm sure Eddie hugs the homeless and gives reach arounds to loyal fans, I just don't personally like him whenever he opens his mouth.

He isn't found wanting for people to hear him bellow the plight of white middle class soi-disant surfie activists, so I'm sure he's not concerned.


I like booze toned. In fact I love booze ravaged. Janis Joplin could sing! I love to Tom Waits (who can't sing, but has some quality in his voice that works for me). I just have no personal affinity for Eddies voice.

*shudders*

Second only to Nickelback for worst soft rock pap in recent times.

lol
I heard that just signed to do some advertising campaign for someone like seers.  Or Woolys or some shit

they signed a deal with target for their new album next month. basically they finished their contract with their record company (sony i think?) and have chosen to not have a label for this release so they are releasing it through target, itunes and a big range of indie record stores and shops around the world

Tarshay is a great lebel, make some quality clothes been tested, tested and retested

And their designers rip off local labels' work!

Still seems disappointing that a a band who I guess I thought wouldn't "sell out" to a mega corp signing deals with Target.  Cant wait for their Nike ad   

second that. josh you are well gay. how many classics have they had. the whole ten, vr's and rearview mirror albums rock. havnt heard there new album but i'v never been disappointed with what i'v heard from them.
how can you NOT like them?!?!? they have been rockin solid for a long time and have kept the quality up the whole time. plus there one of the all time bands that millions world wide know.
cant believe you can speak such cod shit. you too az.

each to there own i guess.

p.s. the wanker from placebo. now there is a whiney fucked up voice.

http://www.accessallareas.net.au/music_news/EkVpuZEVlZqKcZBrDk.php

here are the first 3 episodes, next one up on Sunday

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new album (which comes out in australia next friday i think) has leaked just a few hours ago

fuck its awesome!

their best since yield (1998) for sure. the rock songs are rocking, and the softer songs are beautiful. also the production is sensational, their decision to use brendan o'brien (guy who remixed ten and mixed vs, vitalogy and yield) paid off

Toughen up big guy

haha

anyway people are chucking up songs on youtube. not sure how long this will last but here is one of the new songs i like called 'amongst the waves'

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