Episode #741: Bryan and Krissy see Pearl Jam in Atlanta with the legendary Jackie Beans! Bryan and Krissy are still high on life (and low on sleep) after a wild night with Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter Tour in Atlanta. From scoring the worst nosebleed seats in stadium history to miraculously ending up with VIP access (thanks to mysterious connections), this episode is a front-row seat to concert chaos, inter-brother guilt, ticketing drama, and some good old-fashioned bickering with Bryan’s second wife, Rafa. Also: downtown Atlanta tries to handle 100,000 music fans in one night. Spoiler alert—it doesn’t. Show Notes: TCBit: FUQU Station manager is the Lizard king! Watch EP #741 on YouTube! Text us or leave us a voicemail: +1 (212) 433-3TCB FOLLOW US: Instagram: @thecommercialbreak Youtube: youtube.com/thecommercialbreak TikTok: @tcbpodcast Website: www.tcbpodcast.com CREDITS: Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Executive Producer: Bryan Green Producer: Astrid B. Green Voice Over: Rachel McGrath TCBits Written, Voiced and Produced by Bryan Green To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who is Jackie Beans and why is he important to this episode?
I want to share this for the tenor and tone of the conversation, not because I give a shit. But this guy is a 50-year-old, I would imagine. The Pearl Jam, probably not the first choice on his iPod. But this guy, Jackie Beans, from the moment the show started... was enjoying Pearl Jam more than I have ever enjoyed Pearl Jam, and I consider myself a pretty big fan of the band.
This guy was a lightning bolt of energy of the most positive and warming kind. I have, besides Chrissy being on my left side, I have never enjoyed having someone next to me so much at a concert than Jackie Beans.
Oh, yeah, I kept looking over. I was like, yes!
He was jamming out.
Oh, my God, he was.
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Chapter 2: What was the overall experience of seeing Pearl Jam's Dark Matter Tour in Atlanta?
Oh, yeah, cats and kittens. Welcome back to The Commercial Break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris. Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. How the hell are you? Chrissy and I still recovering from what has to be one of the greatest concert adventures we've ever had.
And that's saying a lot.
And that is saying a lot. That is... You really have to put two and two together to make an adventure for Chrissy and I, because we've been through a few. And everybody has. If you have a good friend and you're into partying and a good time, then you've had those long nights, those... I don't even know what to say about that show. It was one hell of a fun time.
Oh, my God. That's all I got to say. It really was.
Christy and I went and saw Pearl Jam's Dark Matter Tour night one here at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. And by the way, we're a couple days removed from this and we're still recovering. So there you go. That was the latest I've been up.
Oh, my God.
Since my wedding, I think. I honestly think. I got to bed just before 4 o'clock. I fell asleep. 4 o'clock in the morning. And I did not drink or drug at all because I have children and I know that train is coming no matter how I'm feeling. So I just decided, well, let me see if I can. That's probably also the first Pearl Jam show I've ever been to sober. That's for sure. But it was a good time.
It was so good. I mean, the best group of people.
The best group of people, some of the best seats I've ever had to any show. Yes. And I've seen a couple Pearl Jam shows, and that was up there for sure. Wow. Clear sight lines. Yeah, clear sight lines. Right there next to the stage. Right there. You know, big stadium. I don't know, 25,000 people or whatever it is. Yeah. And we were sitting right side stage, couple rows up. And great view.
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Chapter 3: How did the Pearl Jam ticket purchasing and seating situation unfold?
He's like, I'm ready to be picked up. And Brian's like, dude.
What am I, your fucking Uber? Yeah, what am I, your Uber?
Also, too, you started partying, pre-partying too much before the show. I've got to pick you up. Close out your tab, dude.
Yeah, close out your tab. I'm not sitting around waiting for you to get drunk. So Rafa wanted to go, but is there an extra ticket? Yes, now there is an extra ticket because anyway, there's an extra ticket. So yes, come on. But because there is no transfer of ticketing allowed, now there is a dance that has to be done. Now, here's what you need to understand to just lay the base out for you.
Not only is Pearl Jam playing at State Farm Arena, 25,000 people going to be there, but right next door at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. There is going to be Kendrick Lamar and SZA playing the exact same time. 75,000 people. 100,000 plus people are going to be in a half a square block. Downtown Atlanta. Yes. Downtown Atlanta.
We're all going to be trying to get to and fro that show at the exact same time. No drama. Well... If you live in any big city, then the officers and coordinators and whoever does this kind of shit, they're used to this. We had the Olympics. This isn't our first rodeo.
Right.
But it doesn't matter. If 100,000 people are trying to get to one spot on the map at the same time and away from that same spot at the map, it's going to be a clusterfuck. You better strap on your dildos because you're about to get... Get it in the rear. I mean, it's just the way that it is. And everybody knew it. We were all prepared. We all said to each other, this is going to be an adventure.
So get there early. Okay, Rafa, I'll pick you up. Then we'll go down and pick Chrissy. We'll go down to Chrissy's house. And then from Chrissy's house, we'll take an Uber as close as possible to the stadium. And then if we have to walk, we'll walk once we just get to a dead stop. Because that's coming. We know it is.
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Chapter 4: What challenges did the group face coordinating tickets and meeting up at the concert?
Older, not older gentleman, a guy my age and his like eight, 17, 18 year old son. A couple who look like they've been in the cups all day long. And then Kevin and Jackie Beans.
Jackie Beans.
Jackie Beans is a guy that travels around with Kevin where he goes. He's a guy who helps Kevin do what Kevin needs to get done is the way that I assume.
Yeah, he's like a personal assistant in a way.
He is a Mick Jagger's man's man.
Do you know what I'm saying?
Remember we were talking about Mick Jagger having a man's man?
This guy is a man's man. That's what he does.
He is a man's man. He does whatever needs to be done.
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Chapter 5: How did Atlanta handle the influx of 100,000 music fans on the night of the concert?
Chapter 6: Who is Kevin and how did he contribute to the concert experience?
And I go, I turn around to somebody in the crowd and I go, I want to be the guy who carries – when you have a guy carrying around an igloo cooler, following you around with an igloo cooler, something is awesome about your life. Either you have medication that you need on standby. Or there's some shit in there that's just making life much better for you at any given time.
And Jackie Beans, from the moment that I saw him, I'm so curious as to what's going on. Jackie Beans is a ball of energy. Jackie Beans has a smile on his face and a song in his heart, and you can just tell. He's just one of these guys. One of these guys. Chrissy, I just can't tell you how the universe... tuned in on Jackie Bean's channel for me, and I could not tune it out all night long.
I don't know what was going on.
He's just so awesome.
Jackie Beans. And so we all collected the Omni.
He's been with Kevin and his family now for a long time.
Yeah, listen, I can imagine the setup there has been that Jackie got a job early with the family and now has grown up with this family. And now they're like... It's a business arrangement, but they're best friends, too. They're karmatically tied together in one go. So we all head down the escalator and go through the CNN Center to get to Will Call. That, my friends, is when the fun starts.
And I'll have a lot more for you when we get back. Let's take a break.
You'll make this rather snappy, won't you? I have some very heavy thinking to do before 10 o'clock.
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Chapter 7: What happened at Will Call and how did the group get their VIP tickets?
That's not what happens. You have them on your fucking phone. By the way, at Will Call, there's like 20 windows and they have one of them open. You want to know why? No one goes to Will Call anymore. That's why. We're walking around the opposite side of the stadium. People are giving us varying, you know, we're asking people that look official, you know, where's Will Call? That way. That way.
That way. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. What's Will Call? There's a homeless guy on the street, and he's on a bike.
Oh, that's right.
And he says, where y'all going? To which we reply, we'll call. And he goes, go through that door, take a right, take another right, take a left and up the stairs, and there's a we'll call. And Kevin whips out a 20, and he hands it to the guy. And the guy's like, thank you. And I go, that's the best 20 that guy ever made. If we actually make it to we'll call...
If we make it to Will Call, that's the best $20 that's ever been spent. And guess what? No shit. We went straight to Will Call. We went straight to Will Call. That guy knew exactly where he was talking about. He got us a shortcut right to Will Call. We get up there, and Kevin, I don't know, Kevin works his magic and does whatever he does, and out comes a stack of fucking tickets.
And Kevin just hands it to us, and he's like, take one down, pass it around. Yeah. And but not take one, take three tickets, a wristband, a ticket for a seat and a ticket for the pit. So now we've got all of us have three individual ways. Now we're flush with tickets. This was the craziest thing I had ever seen in my entire life. And I went on tour with bare naked ladies.
I went on tour with bare fucking naked ladies. And this was the craziest thing I had ever seen. That not only did, essentially, Kevin got 30 separate tickets to Pearl Jam waiting for him and will call. It was insane. I knew at that moment that whoever Kevin knows, he knows them well. Yes. Because that was an epic feat of big dickness. He's a big supporter. Yeah. Okay. All right.
Whatever that means. I love it. I was so grateful for this. So great. I was like, this is crazy.
I mean, I knew it was going to be good, but it was like way even more.
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Chapter 8: What was the security experience like entering the State Farm Arena?
Wonderful. Pearl Jam hasn't gone on yet. It's 845. We get in our seats. Someone, Jack Beans, runs to grab people drinks. As soon as he gets back, Pearl Jam hits the stage, and it's game on. But now... I've got my brothers, who I was supposed to go to the concert with, sitting 312 rows behind us. So what do I do?
I'm feeling a little bad now that I've got these glorious seats, a handful of extra tickets, and I don't know what to do. So it turns out that one of the tickets is for the floor. The ticket goes with the wristband. You have to have the wristband and the ticket. And that's how they get you.
Because, you know, you can pretend like, you know, people got smart eventually and they started bringing different color wristbands into shows and they would find out which color they were using. They just slap them on. They quickly show the wristband. Well, now they stamp it with the name of the band and, you know, it's a whole thing. But you have to have the ticket to go along with it.
You got to show the wristband. You got to show the ticket.
To get into the
To get into the pit, which is crowded.
Yeah, which I had no interest in.
None of us.
None of us went to the pit.
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