Wow, so tonight was the last show of Media Decay’s Pearl Jam week, and also the last show of this leg of Pearl Jam’s tour.  It was the second night at New York’s famous Madison Square Garden, and revered home of some legendary Pearl Jam performances.  This show in particular sold out incredibly fast and tickets were almost impossible to get.  Everyone wanted to be there.  Everyone was hoping for something spectacular.  And the band delivered.  They not only delivered a super energetic 2 hour 40 minute set, but they delivered a crazy setlist and even a “new” song (more on that a little later).  Perhaps the best part was that thanks to my fan club membership and a worked out trade with another fan club member, I found myself sitting in the 11th row center for this amazing show.

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I’ve just returned home from the second show of Media Decay’s Pearl Jam week.  Tonight was the first of a 2 night run at Madison Square Garden.  Pearl Jam has played some legendary shows at the Garden and is best known for the show they eventually wound up releasing as a dvd(note please buy it through that link and get an awesome show and help support us bringing you features like these).  It’s like their second home and people fly in from around the world to see them play there.  As such not only are both shows sold out, but the fan club tickets were nearly impossible to get.  The server crashed before they even actually went onsale.  But I managed to get them and as such found myself sitting dead center on the floor of Madison Square Garden.

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Tegan & Sara returned to New York City after a triumphant start to their Sainthood tour last October with 2 sold out Town Hall shows.  This time was very different.  They’ve embarked on the North American leg of the tour and did not include a New York date.  Instead on January 27th the following appeared on their website:

 

we’ve decided, quite spontaneously, to offer an opportunity for some of you to spend an intimate night with us at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. perhaps it’s worth noting that my use of the word intimate only applies to the small-ish size of the venue and the stripped down nature of the material we will be performing. i wouldn’t call it an acoustic performance so much as a night of reinterpretations of the well worn and well loved album versions you’ve come to love.

 

With that small bit of info and the onsale date a couple of days later and the fact that the show would be February 15th we were left to fend for ourselves.  It wasn’t until the tickets went onsale that we learned they’d be $75.  That is a lot more than Tegan & Sara shows usually cost, and a lot more than Music Hall of Williamsburg shows usually cost.  In fact I know quite a few people who didn’t buy tickets because of this price.

 

For those of you non-New Yorkers reading this, The Music Hall of Williamsburg is a very popular venue located in Brooklyn.  It is also very small.  It’s capacity is about 550, and was formerly a great venue called Northsix (it’s on North 6th Street).  So shows there tend to be small and sell out very fast.

 

Anyway obviously I bought a ticket and let me now guide you through my evening with my favorite two Canadian twins.

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The Pixies started their 3 day, 4 show, 95% sold out NYC run tonight at the Hammerstein Ballroom.  If you didn’t know this is the Doolittle Tour.  For the anniversary of Doolittle the band is doing a tour and playing the entire album plus b-sides.  Very cool.  Anyway I’d seen The Pixies once in 2005 and was incredibly impressed.  They really brought it.  And tonight was no exception.

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Tegan & Sara kicked off their two night stint at New York’s Town Hall tonight and I’ve got your first report on the show.

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