Above: Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder rocks Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man”…on a ukulele, for some reason. Really.
Pearl Jam has just announced the dates of its 2009 tour. The band isn’t straying too far from home, but we imagine more dates will be added soon, so stay tuned for updates, if you’re into this kind of thing.
2009 Pearl Jam Tour Dates:
August 21 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
August 23 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
Headlining: August 28-30 @Outside Lands Festival San Francisco
Headlining: October 4 @ Austin City Limits Festival
Eddie Vedder solo show: June 17-Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium.
Sorry, that’s it, Pearl Jam fans.
Ok, so it’s not exactly a world tour, but technically it is international since the band is crossing the border into Canada. Good job, guys.
In their defense, the Pearl Jam fellas are probably just tired from sitting around counting cash. The band has been celebrating the (almost) 20th anniversary of the breakthrough album Ten. (Wanna buy a copy for $125? Eddie Vedder is happy to oblige).
News of the band’s not-so-ambitious tour schedule comes after Pearl Jam’s depressingly lame-o TV appearance last week when dozen or so PJ songs were used in a special two-part episode of Cold Case, one of those dumber-than-Law & Order cop-shows on CBS.
Lame TV sell-out attempts aside, Pearl Jam remains one of the cooler groups of grungy Seattle granddads still making music (yes, Chris Cornell, we’re still rolling our eyes at you).
Jeff says...
05.6.09 10:11 pm
I hope they add more shows like Seattle and New York because I got *uc*** out of Chicago tix!
Eddie says...
05.6.09 10:12 pm
I hear ya bro. They shut me out too.
Jeff says...
05.6.09 10:14 pm
I hope they add more shows in Seattle and NY because I got shut out on Chicago tix!
kitkat59 says...
05.10.09 6:53 am
Ticketmaster is the worst ticket seller around Too bad they have a monopoly. Only Scalpers seem to be able to get through and purchase tickets. Then sell them for up to 10X the price.
Carpenter says...
05.10.09 9:06 am
In regards to your mentioning of the TV sell-out attempt, I will quote David Bowie: “I won’t begrudge any artist for trying to find a larger audience.”
Brad says...
05.13.09 5:40 pm
Karen’s hatred for Pearl Jam means one of two things; 1) She loves Creed! or 2) She jealous they’re counting cash and she’s blogging on the internet. You decide!
Bryan says...
06.2.09 4:03 pm
There are more dates. There are two dates in Seattle in Sept. along with other cities. They just haven’t announced them yet.
Karen added...
Cool! Thanks Bryan! We’ll post even more dates once they become offical
06.8.09 10:10 am
DS says...
08.18.09 6:43 pm
HOW COULD YOU NOT PLAY NEW YORK? COME ON NOW….