Oh, Irony
From an email I just got from Vandenberg Communications:
SEATTLE — Eddie Vedder will embark on a small, West Coast, solo tour beginning April 2nd in Vancouver, BC and ending April 15th in San Diego (full list of tour dates below).
Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at 10am* PST through www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Entire press release, dates and ticket prices after the jump…
EDDIE VEDDER APRIL FOOLS TOUR
TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 2 IN VANCOUVER, BC
AND ENDS APRIL 15 IN SAN DIEGO
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AT 10AM PST
SEATTLE — Eddie Vedder will embark on a small, West Coast, solo tour beginning April 2nd in Vancouver, BC and ending April 15th in San Diego (full list of tour dates below).
Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at 10am* PST through www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. (*Note: Santa Barbara goes on sale Friday, February 29th at 10am PST).
The base ticket price for all shows is $65 plus additional venue, service and handling fees. There is a four-ticket limit for the public on sale.
A special, limited ticket pre-sale for current active members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club will begin at 10am PST on Monday, February 18, 2008 at www.pearljam.com. There is two-ticket limit for the Ten Club pre-sale.
Five special prime-seat ticket packages per show will be auctioned off online along with an autographed limited-edition tour poster. An additional auction package for the Santa Barbara concert - consisting of two pair of premier seats and two hotel rooms will also be auctioned off. These auctions will begin on Friday, February 22nd at 10am PST in conjunction with the public on sale. (More details regarding the auctions to be announced next week). Proceeds from auction packages will support legal defense efforts for the West Memphis Three via the Damien Echols Legal Defense Fund. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Miskelley (the WM3) have been in prison for 12 years for a crime they didn’t commit. After years of waiting for the chance to demonstrate their innocence, the West Memphis Three will finally have hearings this Spring to introduce new DNA evidence proving they could not have committed the crimes for which they were convicted. More info at: www.wm3.org.
New Zealand singer-songwriter Liam Finn will open these shows.
Eddie Vedder April Fools Tour Dates:
Date City Venue Ticket Price *with venue fees
4/2 Vancouver The Centre $66.50 (Canadian)
4/5 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium $65.50
4/7 Berkeley Zellerbach Theatre $65.50
4/10 Santa Barbara Arlington Theatre $68.00
4/12 Los Angeles Wiltern Theater $68.50
4/13 Los Angeles Wiltern Theater $68.50
4/15 San Diego Spreckels Theater $67.75
Popularity: 10%
Nice catch, Matt.
Ironic, yes. Wrong? I don’t think so. However, will Jeff and Stone make an appearance before Congress again, pleading with TicketBastard to forward the “Grab Your Ankles” fees to the legal fund?
I dunno. I loves me some Pearl Jam, and while I like the solo record he did for “Into the Wild”, it’s going to take a friggin’ RAWK SHOW to get me to feel good about parting with that kind of dough. (ie Tool at Everett Events Ctr last year for $66.66)
Perhaps if this does in fact aid the fate of three wrongfully-imprisoned people, then it’s not so bad. And it isn’t as if he’s doing a nationwide tour for $70/ticket. It’s a small tour in affluent and progressive cities.
No Seattle stop eh?
I’m torn between thinking this is a snub and thinking he’s doing us some sort of favor…
Me and my $70 are going to see the Blakes tonight. (and I can do it 7 times!)
April Fools, I bet.
Is Eddie trying to make a lame April Fool’s joke? I love the guy, I’m still alive and all, but come on Vedder and show some love to Seatown!