October 12, 2013 – Pittsburgh, PA – Pearl Jam

Venue:  Consol Energy Center

My 10th Pearl Jam show and one of my favorites.

I had general admission tickets on the floor, which is my preferred way of seeing almost anything.  This was the first night of Pearl Jam's 'Lightning Bolt' tour, and I was lucky enough to be among the first people to hear quite a few songs for the very first time live.

The extremely rare track on this night was 'Speed of Sound, which they have only played 7 times total.  They also played a few tracks off of 'Lightning Bolt' that they haven't played very many times since then.

While the show was awesome, I will always remember this show as the first that I was unable to get the show specific poster for.  I waited in line outside the venue for almost two hours and they "ran out" of posters when I was three people from the front of the line.  They actually just took the posters inside without warning anyone in the line.

I decided that I didn't want to hold a poster tube during the show, so I wasn't in a hurry to grab one in the venue.  By the time I got around to going to am merch booth at the show, the posters were sold out.  This particular poster ended up being the most sought after poster of the tour, and has gone for $300+ on ebay.

I still want it, but I don't need it.  It has been an excersise in letting go.