We showed up at the gate at around 11:15am and there was a huge line full of insane pearl jam fans. The insane posse ran in a full sprint to the main stage an entire 9 hours before the show. Kelly and I (after leaving behind everyone else) swiftly strolled to the prime location that Dom and I would man for virtually the next nine hours in what had to be 90 degree tempatures. At times we were fighting off delirium and people from all sides. I think it was worth it but time will only tell.
Kings of Leon were badass, their bass player is the most ‘Rock Star’ bass player of all time. I’m pretty sure he didn’t sweat the entire show even though it was a thousand degrees. Eddie Vedder closed out the set with the band.
Pearl Jam was awesome as you would imagine. They played a couple songs with Ben Harper and the show ended with Eddie singing ‘Rockin’ in the Free World on the shoulders of Dennis Rodman. It was awesome. Best Pearl Jam show I’ve ever seen.
The Whole Gang:
The guy in the back of the photograph was with us the entire day. His name is Shamus and he shared his deepest, darkest thoughts with Myles Tersnak. Just look at the dread on Myles’ face.
Random facts:
- Photographs taken in three days at Lollapalooza: 562
- Times I used the bathroom on Sunday: 0
- Bottles of water drank on Sunday ?
- Bands Myles Tersnak saw in 3 days: 1,203
- New careers that were started the day after spending 9 hours in the sun: 1
- Times Eddie Vedder was on stage without Pearl Jam: 3
- Masks worn by Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs: 7
- Times the steriod guy next to me went on beer runs: 32
* Note: The rest of the photographs are on Flickr.
