Eddie Vedder+Earthlings kicking off tour @ Beacon Theatre in NY. Set so far: Drive (REM), Room at the Top (Petty), Here Comes the Sun (Harrison), The Haves, I’ll Be Waiting, Invincible, The Dark, Power of Right, Fallout Today, Long Way, Tender Mercies, Wishlist, Brother the Cloud
An early big surprise at Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings’ second show at the Beacon Theatre: Timeless Melody by the La’s, a cover Pearl Jam hasn’t performed since Oct. 8, 2004.
Several
@eddievedder
+ Earthlings tour debuts tonight in Newark: Society, which opened show w/ just Eddie + Glen, Hard Sun and I Am a Patriot, a nod to Jersey legend
@StevieVanZandt
, who wrote it. Eddie also confirms he taped an interview w/
@springsteen
about the new album.
@PearlJam
at the Apollo : Footsteps opener; Pendulum played for the first time since 2018; Sleight of Hand and Parachutes both for the first time since 2016.
@PearlJam
opens their first show in three years
@seahearnow
with three songs making their live debut: Dance of the Clairvoyants, Quick Escape and Seven O’Clock. Josh Klinghoffer also makes his debut onstage as a touring member of the band.
#pearljam
31 years since he left
@PearlJam
, original drummer Dave Krusen joined the band tonight in Fresno to play 10 songs from "Ten." Matt Cameron remains out with COVID-19. A quick recap for
@SPIN
:
That's Eddie Vedder playing the guitar riff right after Mike McCready's solo at the 2:49 mark of the new
@PearlJam
single "Superblood Wolfmoon." "I like this bit," he told me with a smile at the Jan. 24
#Gigaton
listening party in LA.
It’s understandable fans are sad re:
@pearljam
tour postponement. Beyond their unique Seattle-based perspective on how the virus is impacting people, keep in mind this is a band who watched nine people die at one of their shows. Audience safety will always be their top concern.
@PearlJam
soundcheck on the beach in Asbury Park tonight included several songs from “Gigaton” that will make their live debut tomorrow
@seahesrnow
. Also played: “Red Mosquito,” Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and the
@springsteen
song “My City of Ruins.”
@Danny_Clinch
Wow - Eddie and the band bust out Pearl Jam’s ultra rarity Dirty Frank, which they themselves hadn’t performed since Sept. 9, 2006. Pearl Jam wrote the song on its 1991 tour supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers and openly borrowed that band’s style for it.
Eddie Vedder debuts new solo live band
@theohanafest
- Chad Smith on drums, Josh Klinghoffer+Andrew Watt on guitar, Pino Palladino on bass & Glen Hansard on guitar and vocals. Set so far: REM’s Drive, Pearl Jam’s Long Road, Kings Of Leon’s Molly’s Chambers and Pearl Jam’s Porch.
My ears hear a lot of
@pearljam
musical DNA on their new LP. Your mileage may vary, but here are some reference points and notable lyrics from "Dark Matter":
A truly wacky
@PearlJam
show in Oakland: Matt Cameron out with COVID, Josh Klinghoffer (
@Pluralone1
) and Richard Stuverud are filling in on drums. Matt has never missed a show in the 24 years since he joined the band. A quick report by me +
@jeffvrabel
:
The “Pearl Jam 20” book turns 10 today. The one and only
@CameronCrowe
took this photo of Ed and Stone signing copies of it during downtime at the Toronto Film Festival, where Cameron’s documentary premiered.
@markianwilk
@PearlJam
There's an excellent song on the new
@PearlJam
album that sounds like
@DEVO
's "Girl U Want" crossed with
@ThePoliceBand
's "Demolition Man" if the amps were cranked to 13.
Mrs. Mills, Try w/ (
@Danny_Clinch
), Rose of Jericho, Porch. Encore: Precious (Pretenders), Better Man/People Have the Power (Patti Smith), Isn’t It a Pity (Harrison), All Along the Watchtower (Dylan).
Hearing some bits of vintage
@pearljam
in the new
#Gigaton
songs:
Who Ever Said: Breakerfall / Insignificance / Inside Job
Superblood Wolfmoon: World Wide Suicide / Big Wave
Dance Of The Clairvoyants: You Are
Quick Escape: Deep, Blood
Alright: Parting Ways, the verses of Pilate
Some thoughts on
#eddievedder
forthcoming Earthling LP: Invincible has Red Rain-era Peter Gabriel musical vibes with a Joe Strummer-esque vocal delivery; Power of Right shifts nicely from a dark verse to a sunny chorus; Fallout Today has acoustic jangle with T. Rex swagger.
Starting today at 2pm ET, Jeff will be on
@SiriusXM
's
@PJRadio
hosting the premiere of the newly-remastered bootleg from the April 3, 1994 Atlanta show:
Rare soundboard recording of Neil Young jamming “All Along the Watchtower” with
@PearlJam
on the 2004 Vote for Change tour is airing right now on
@PJRadio
@SIRIUSXM
…
I will always feel lucky that the one and only time I experienced John Prine live was thanks to
@blobtower
and
@aaron_dessner
during a magical Midwestern summer storm at
@EauxClairesWI
in 2017.
Eddie Vedder’s 17-yr-old daughter Olivia joins the band for an impressive performance of “My Father’s Daughter” from the soundtrack to Sean Penn’s “Flag Day.” It’s the first time she and her dad have ever performed together at a show.
A massive
@PearlJam
rarity - described by Jeff Ament as having been voted the second worst Pearl Jam song of all time - the late ‘90s-era outtake “Sweet Lew” is played for just the third time ever.
A few more details I didn’t have room for in the piece:
- The audio clip heard in the
#Gigaton
AR billboards is taken from the intro of “Who Ever Said.”
- Eddie Vedder on producer Josh Evans: “He did an incredible job and we really enjoyed the process.”
@PearlJam
is back in action
@TheOhanaFest
. So far: tour debuts of Lowlight and I Am Mine, and the live debut of the Stone Gossard-penned Buckle Up from Gigaton.
In celebration of
#25YearsofNoCode
@PearlJam
, here’s my 2000-era review of the album for the late great webzine Nude As The News. After all these years, “No Code” remains my favorite in the band’s catalog.
New by me for
@spin
on the new
#eddievedder
single “Brother the Cloud” and album “Earthling.” There are a ton of amazing surprises yet to be announced.
With the
@PearlJam
#Gigaton
track list now confirmed, the only song that has been performed live so far is "River Cross," which Eddie Vedder has played solo six times since debuting it at the 2017 Ohana Festival.
Steve: thank you for the music, the vision and the discourse. It’s hard to imagine this silly business without you. Below, a photo from a fun Shellac photo shoot backstage at
@Primavera_Sound
in 2022 with
@djayegottlieb
and
@ilragazzoameric
Another big tidbit: Shapiro is holding Soldier Field dates in summer 2025 in hopes of celebrating
@GratefulDead
60th anniversary, much like how the "Fare Thee Well" shows at the same venue honored the band's 50th.
New by me for
@Variety
. This is an excellent album with an acoustic-leaning sound a la Eddie’s “Into the Wild” soundtrack; I could see several tracks garnering attention during awards season.
Was thrilled to share
@jimmybuffett
love w/ superfans Jeff and
@nascarcasm
when he performed at NBC. Our crew made margaritas (what else) backstage, and
@questlove
sheepishly admitted to us that he'd never tried one before. He even asked, "should I drink the salt?"
#jimmybuffett