{"id":4351,"date":"2010-06-30T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T18:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2011-03-08T10:32:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T17:32:23","slug":"belfast-pearl-jam-ben-harper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=4351","title":{"rendered":"Belfast: Pearl Jam &amp; Ben Harper."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"IMG_0813.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728384219\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1172\/4728384219_41c8b913f8.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0813.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0789.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4729042968\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1334\/4729042968_1c3dc79a49.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0789.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0826.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728387411\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1070\/4728387411_0fca1d611d.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0826.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0775.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728383217\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1174\/4728383217_3594080332.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0775.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our main purpose of stopping in Belfast was to see <a title=\"Pearl Jam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pearljam.com\">Pearl Jam<\/a> with <a title=\"Ben Harper.\" href=\"http:\/\/benharper.net\">Ben Harper &amp; The Relentless 7<\/a> at the <a title=\"Odyssey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.odysseyarena.com\/\">Odyssey Arena<\/a>; granted it was a great city to see for other <a title=\"Belfast: The Troubles &amp; The Crown Bar.\" href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=4332\">reasons<\/a>. \u00a0We used <a title=\"Chicagometfan.com\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagometsfan.com\">Julie&#8217;s<\/a> Ten Club seats for the show and they ended up being GA floor seats. \u00a0In other words the best seats I&#8217;ve ever had at a Pearl Jam concert. \u00a0We waited about 20 minutes before the gates open and then managed to hit the vendor booth for a poster before heading to the floor. \u00a0By the time we got to the stage we were about 8 people back from it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/20792795?color=ffffff\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ben Harper played about 7 songs during a quick set but it was good. \u00a0Pearl Jam sounded really good but I wasn&#8217;t that into the <a title=\"Pearl Jam:  Belfast, Northern Ireland.\" href=\"http:\/\/pearljam.com\/tour\/show\/odyssey-arena-jun-23-2010\">set list<\/a>. \u00a0Maybe it was just the second encore but the first three songs of the show might have been may favorite songs from their respective albums:<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Sometimes<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Do The Evolution<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Animal<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0764.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728388255\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1149\/4728388255_ee2b3a85ce_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0764.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0774.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728390369\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1337\/4728390369_21215861f8_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0774.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0781.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4729037338\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1186\/4729037338_073cef4496_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0781.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0786.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728393889\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1411\/4728393889_a40c60570c_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0786.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0787.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728395015\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1046\/4728395015_693d39ea43_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0787.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0793.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4728398095\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1409\/4728398095_4248c17183_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0793.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0796.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4729045118\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1154\/4729045118_f2d7ac3395_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0796.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0822.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4729031236\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1262\/4729031236_c8a9aecb4b_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0822.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Side Note:<\/p>\n<p>* Being in General Admission we had to deal with people all night trying to move their way up to spaces that didn&#8217;t exist. \u00a0Julie and I nearly had to throw down but luckily we made a strategic move. \u00a0There was a group of girls behind us who were insisting on moving up and gettting in everyone&#8217;s way. \u00a0About two people in front of us were two Italian guys who weren&#8217;t putting up with anyone&#8217;s shit. \u00a0We stepped aside and watched the madness as these girls tried to get past these guys. \u00a0They nearly smacked the girls in the face and the one guy literally did the &#8216;Momma Mia&#8217; 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