Pearl Jam Announces Tour Dates For Backspacer

Pearl Jam has just announced some North American tour dates in support of their upcoming studio album Backspacer. The album is set to hit stores September 20th.

The tour kicks off in the band's hometown of Seattle, WA with two shows at the Key Arena on September 21st and 22nd, and closes with two shows at Philadelphia's historic Spectrum on October 28th and 30th.

Ben Harper and Relentless 7 will open all dates, except for the Spectrum Theater shows. All dates are subject to change.

Sep-21 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Sep-22 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Sep-30 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amp.
Oct-1 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amp.
Oct-6 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amp.
Oct-7 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amp.
Oct-9 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
Oct-28 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
Oct-30 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum

Ten club presale starts Monday the 13th, while the Philadelphia Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 17th at 10am EST. All other confirmed shows go on sale on Saturday, July 18th at 10am PST.

As a southern California resident I can't really find a way to complain about these dates. In fact one might say these collective dates are awesome, one might even venture to Super Hella Awesomeville. So so great. Of course these dates are in addition to their upcoming performances at the Canadian Virgin, Outside Lands and Austin City Limits festivals, as well as their two Chicago shows. Probably the third best live band going now, and that's saying something. I would recommend making it to any or all of these shows, aside from the Oct 30 Spectrum show, as clearly you will be in your costume at the Save The Date festival, hopefully still enjoying the lovely Southern California air.