Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam Announce May Tour Dates

Submitted by phletch on Thu, 2010-03-11 11:44
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Pearl Jam have just announced an eleven date tour set to follow on the heels of their May 1st appearance at Jazz Fest.  The tour will see the band hit up the midwest before heading to the east coast with two closing shows at Madison Square Garden.  Band of Horses will be opening all the shows in support of their new album, except for the May 20th show which will be opened by Super Hella Awesome favorites The Black Keys.  Rocktacular. 

Of course the band will also be appearing on this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Jude Law.  Presales for the May tour start next week.  For more info head on over to the official site.

  • May 3rd Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
  • May 4th St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
  • May 6th Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
  • May 7th Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
  • May 9th Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
  • May 10th Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
  • May 13th Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
  • May 15th Hartford, CT XL Center
  • May 17th Boston, MA TD Garden
  • May 18th TBD TBD TBD
  • May 20th New York, NY Madison Square Garden
  • May 21st New York, NY Madison Square Garden

Download Runnin' For Cover Off Brad's New Album

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2010-03-08 19:43
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For the price of your email address you can download the track Runnin' For Cover off the upcoming Brad album Best Friends.  Pretty standard Shawn ballad built over an acoustic guitar.  Sounds like something you could hear in a dentist's office and I mean that in a good way somehow.  It's the last track on the new album and definitely seems like a nice smooth closer.

Head on over to the official site and click the free download link to get the song.  You will have to enter an email that you can actually check because you have to confirm your subscription to the mailing list before getting the download link, but all things considered that's not too steep of a price for a nice new Brad song.  Besides, you should probably have an email account for just this type of thing by now anyway.

Of course if you too are excited about all this Shawn Smith/Satchel/Brad goodness you can catch the real thing at their upcoming show in Seattle.   Rock.

Pearl Jam Set To Rock SNL March 13th

Submitted by phletch on Fri, 2010-02-19 08:35
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Eddie Vedder and company have been somewhat relaxing after their monster tour in support of last year's Backspacer, but it appears they are getting the gang back together again for at least one night.  Pearl Jam will be the musical guest on an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live, or as the kids are calling it, the show with the digital shorts.  Sad.   The Pearl Jam episode will take place March 13th and the episode's host will be announced shortly.  Hopefully it is someone that has heard of Pearl Jam before.   [via pearl jam]

Eddie Vedder Covers Springsteen's My City In Ruins

Submitted by phletch on Wed, 2009-12-30 10:07
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Here is recently engaged Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder paying tribute to The Boss at this year's Kennedy Center Honors.  The show aired last night and Vedder's take on the riveting Springsteen post 9/11 song My City In Ruins is making the rounds today. 

Anytime you get Eddie with an acoustic and a choir you are probably going to be having a good time, covering Springsteen as The Boss tries to bite his lip so as not to sing along is what makes it priceless.  Enjoy.  [via]

Summercamp, Jazzfest Lineups Are Here

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-12-21 11:23
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The lineups for the 2010 versions of the New Orleans Jazz Fest and Summercamp festivals were released last week.  I'm letting you know this week.  Better late than never right?

The first weekend, April 23-25, seems a bit phishy as the main headliner appears to be Artist TBA.  While I haven't heard any rumors whatsoever that Phish could headline, it would make a lot of sense for a variety of reasons, most of which just make sense in my head.  Granted perfect sense.  Those craving their My Morning Jacket fix should rejoice in the band's inclusion on the first weekend's bill, as it is the first official date in quite some time and would seem to indicate the band will be hitting the road somewhat soon.  Adding to the weekend's awesomeness will be The Allman Brothers Band, Lionel Richie, The Black Crowes among many others.

Pearl Jam will be headlining the second weekend of Jazz Fest, April 29-May 2, which will also see Widespread Panic, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, The Dead Weather, Aretha Franklin and more.  Check out the full schedule for both days over at the official Jazzfest site.

Once again back in Chillicothe,Illinois over memorial day weekend May 28-30, Summercamp first announced that it would feature the usual suspects, 3 days of Umphrey's McGee and 3 days of moe.  The festival organizers subsequently leaked the rest of the initial artist announcement through their Twitter, and promised to do more of the same in the future.

Summercamp 2010:

Stone Gossard Is Never Gonna Give You Up

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-11-09 14:19
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Apparently Pearl Jam is in a heavy 80's pop stage as their Halloween show featured a costumed cover of Whip It and today their official youtube page gives us a studio version of guitarist Stone Gossard singing the Internet's National Anthem, Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.  While I am a fan of the idea it is not exactly my favorite cover version of the song.  That unbelievably awesome title would go to an old Friday's Foreign Cover that I can't seem to find right now.

Pearl Jam Whip It

Submitted by phletch on Wed, 2009-11-04 15:31
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Here is video of Pearl Jam's Halloween night performance of the Devo classic Whip It, in full on Devo attire no less.  The Halloween show was the band's final show of a four night run to close the famed Philadelphia venue The Spectrum.

Below is the Halloween version of Unthought Known off their awesome new album Backspacer.  As a side note how great is the dramatic improvements in bootleg concert footage phenomenon.  I love it, 3d in like 5 years.  So great.

Thanks to SHA user 007-373-5963 for the video links

 

Pearl Jam Release Cameron Crowe Directed Fixer Video

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-08-24 07:36
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Pearl Jam has debuted the Cameron Crowe directed video for The Fixer. I'm a big fan of the song. The video? Not so much. Those "fans" certainly look like extras, and the efforts to film "concert footage" for the video, as opposed to filming at a concert, looks like it was as bad of an idea as it sounds like. What are your thoughts on Pearl Jam and Cameron Crowe's The Fixer?

via awesome music blog Consequence of Sound

Pearl Jam Explain Backspacer With Danny Clinch Video

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-08-17 10:33
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Here's a video made by famed photographer Danny Clinch about Pearl Jam's new album Backspacer. They run through some tunes, including a pretty ballad in the middle that frames this awesomely exciting/aggressive quote

I don't know if there is another record out there with better lyrics. To be honest. It makes me feel really proud to be up here providing some sort of background for that.

That's bassist Jeff Ament getting you really pumped. Color me excited. Backspacer is set to be released September 20th.

Pearl Jam Single The Fixer Hits "Radio"

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-07-20 11:06
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The first official single off the new Pearl Jam album Backspacer has hit radio/the internet. The song is called The Fixer and is a nice up tempo pop-rock piece. It would seem to work well with their new distribution deal with Target as I am pretty sure I would have heard a couple songs like this if there was ever a time I stumbled into the cd section at Target to pick up some hip new tunes.

The single is currently streaming at the Pearl Jam Ten Club myspace page. Backspacer hits stores, or in most cases just Target, on September 20th.

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