Pearl Jam fans have been waiting a long time for the band to release a new album, which they’re finally doing at the end of this month, and they’ve been waiting almost just as long for the band to do a proper North American tour. Unfortunately, while the album—Gigaton—is still coming on March 27, those loyal members of the Ten Club are going to have to wait even longer to see Eddie Vedder and the boys onstage. A tour supporting Gigaton was supposed to start next week, but tonight Pearl Jam released a statement saying that it has decided to postpone the North American shows due to concerns about (what else?) the coronavirus.
The statement points out that Pearl Jam’s hometown is Seattle, with the state of Washington being hit particularly hard by the outbreak of the virus, so the members know “how quickly these disastrous situations can escalate.” On top of that, people are supposed to avoid “communing in large groups” to prevent the spread of the virus, and communing in large groups is one of the things that tends to happen at a Pearl Jam concert (whether you’re rocking out in the pit or giving a fellow fan a hug during one of Vedder’s sadder, slower songs, both of which would be ill-advised during this virus scare).
Continuing on, the statement mentions Pearl Jam fans’ tendency to “travel far and wide” for the band, which is also ill-advised, and it takes a moment to gesture toward some of that classic Pearl Jam political rabble-rousing by referencing the lack of clear messages about the virus from the government and its continued inability to actually do anything about it. Basically, this is a perfect storm of bad timing for a Pearl Jam tour, and thus, the North American dates have been postponed. Pearl Jam is still supposed to hit the road for a European leg over the summer, but seeing as how that includes a stop in Italy (which has been hit extremely hard by the virus), some of those might end up getting canceled as well if this thing doesn’t take a turn for the better soon.
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Trump: “I liked Nirvana.”
“That Kirk Cobain, what a crack shot, just a terrific marksman, the best.”
No, Trump would talk about him in the present tense, being absolutely unaware that he’s been dead for more than two decades.
What’s scary is that sentence can still be read as the present tense.
“I just spoke to Kurt the other day, we agreed on MAGA, building the wall, and that Pearl Jam sucks. A wonderful, bigly perfect phone call. Many people are saying we’re the best of friends.”
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow’s denied… dude.
The sad thing is, Pearl Jam probably could have helped. (Baked into lasagna, perhaps…)
I like bands who don’t cancel tours because of pandemics.
All the contagions have, all been washed in Purell, infected everything
So do I at least have a week before zombie apocalypse?
Sorry, no zombies. No killer robots, aliens, human/animal hybrids, SyFy Channel fire spewing tornadoquakes, no demon/angle battles, not even nuclear war that leads to mutants and Mad Max. We’re getting the most boring apocalypse of all of the apocalypses.
‘We’re getting the most boring apocalypse of all of the apocalypses.’I think I’m going to call it ‘The Media Fearmongering Nopocalypse’…Last night on the evening news they called that cruise ship, and I quote: ‘doomed’. I fucking love it, some people get sick and suddenly the ship is ‘doomed’ like the Titanic. Not even Legionnaires outbreak level sick, just pretty much flu level sick, but it’s ‘doomed’.And then they can have stories about all the TP and hand cleaner disappearing from shelves. It’s the fearmongering grift that keeps on grifting!
I mean, I’m vaguely worried for my grandparents. And I don’t want to win the worst lottery ever and end up on a ventilator for weeks. But I’m not sure what the people hoarding TP are planning FOR exactly.
I’m worried for old people who have health problems(an anyone with a compromised immune system) but I haven’t had grandparents for over a decade now. My parents are both in fine health and don’t even take regular meds in their ‘60s so I’m not worried about them. It’s gonna be worse than the yearly flu but nothing indicates that we’re getting into Captain Trips territory or even close to it here. You wouldn’t know it by listening to the mainstream media though.And yeah no idea what good having mounds of TP would do you.
Not to upset you out but the virus is taking out people in their 60s. I know when folks hear that it’s hitting “older” folks hard they picture people in their 80s but if you look at, for example, the members of Iran’s government who’ve been sidelined, these dudes are in their late 60s. My own parents are in that age range and it’s freaking me out.
Don’t worry, you won’t upset me, thanks for your concern though! I do realize that it is taking out people in their ‘60s but as I said, my parents are in good health and don’t currently take meds for anything. Plus they don’t go out in public often.I’d recommend you don’t freak out, it is unwarranted and won’t help anything!
They’re planning for (or worrying about, more like) TP not being available because everyone else is buying up every last scrap of it.
I spent an embarrassing amount of money on Rolling Stones tickets for a show in June. I’m really hoping I don’t see this announcement for them next…
Finally, some good news.
Eat a large penis
“Wash” would have been a useful song for promoting good hygiene.
They’ve been especially careful about fan safety after 9 people were trampled to death at one of their shows in 2000. It clearly still affects them.
Is The NCAA Tournament and Baseball’s Opening Day next?