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Pearl Jam finally made a tour announcement this afternoon, to the delight of patient fans, who have been speculating this for some time now.

The band will kick the tour off June 11 in West Palm Beach, FL and wrap things up on June 30 in Mansfield, MA. The tour also includes the previously announced headlining spot at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival, as well as two nights at the legendary Madison Square Garden.
Some of the band members also spoke to Billboard, where bassist Jeff Ament stated that they have been tossing around ideas for a new album.
What a great day this turned …read more

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This site just doesn’t seem the same without some Pearl Jam, so here we go.
For the last couple of weeks I’ve had “I Am Mine” in a constant rotation, both on my iPod and just in my head.
“I Am Mine” was the first single from the band’s seventh studio, which was 2002’s Riot Act. Vedder wrote the track in a hotel room right before Pearl Jam’s first show following the unfortunate events at their 2000 performance at the Roskilde Festival. The song then made it’s live debut at the 2001 Bridge School Benefit.
This is what Matt Cameron told Billboard in 2002 …read more

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So we all know and love and live and breathe Pearl Jam. Okay, maybe not all of us do, but I can think of one b5 Music blogger who does, and he be damned if I didn’t mention the band during the week of his absence. However, this post won’t be the usual brown nosing of the said gods of Seattle, but rather the band that lies it’s origins.
I won’t cover the band known as Green River, the first band Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were a part of back when they were we young lads in the early formations …read more

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I can’t help myself from posting some Pearl Jam updates, since there will be a big announcement from the band tonight and it’s Super Tuesday, and Pearl Jam being the band that they are, have picked a candidate to support.
The band promises a big announcement late tonight, and many are speculating that it will be Pearl Jam headlining this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Rumours about PJ and Bonnaroo have being floating around for years, but it picked up some momentum for Pearl Jam fans last fall when bassist Jeff Ament gave a speech at the University of Montana where …read more

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This past Sunday, February 3, was a pretty big day…and I’m not talking about the Super Bowl.
It marked the 10th Anniversary of my favorite Pearl Jam album, Yield.
Released on February 3, 1998, Yield was the band’s fifth album and marked somewhat a return to the band’s more straight forward roots, following the huge success of Vitalogy and the underestimated No Code.
Most of the album was influenced by Daniel Quinn’s novel Ishamael, most notably “Do The Evolution” and the recording was captured on the documentary Single Video Theory.
Yield kicks off with a bang during “Brain of J”, which is apparently about conspiracy …read more

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Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard recently did an interview with Integral Life and discussed his musical career from Green River to Mother Love Bone to Pearl Jam. He also talks about how culture and the music industry has changed during the last two decades.
Stone openly discusses how Green River ended, the friendship and death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andy Wood, the formation of Pearl Jam, the music behind their debut album Ten, the infamous Ticketmaster issue and lots more.
It’s not the most head banging interview, but it’s defiantly worth checking out if you’re an fan of the 90’s. Stone gives a ton of …read more

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I was reluctant to make another Pearl Jam post, but I seriously can’t get this song out of my head right now.
“Thumbing My Way” is off of 2002’s Riot Act, and in my opinion one of the greatest songs that the band have created.
The lyrics are what make this song so great. My interpretation is that its about a person who lost a lost loved one, whether by something like a break up or death. This person then tries to run from the past in an attempt to forget about the person they lost, but in the end they realize that …read more

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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder won a Golden Globe last night for the song “Guaranteed” from the wonderful Into The Wild soundtrack.
Although the show wasn’t aired, like most of us seriously care about watching it, the winners were announced via press conference style; and no I did not watch that either, but did check out the winners late last night to check in on Vedder.
“Guaranteed” was previously up for a Critic’s Choice Award, but lost out to “Falling Slowly” from the film Once.
Next up for Eddie and “Guaranteed” are the Grammy Awards next month, and hopefully the Academy Awards.
I’ve said …read more

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Today is the day for the video debut of Eddie Vedder’s “Guaranteed”, although many of you may not be as excited as I am for this.
It’s a pretty simple video, not much really happening, but it defiantly fits the song. It was shot by writer/director Marc Rocco (Murder in the First, Where The Day Takes You)in only a few days. And, the more I hear I this song, the more I fall in love with it. I’m almost at the point of stating that this is perhaps one of Vedder’s finest songs, which includes his Pearl Jam catalog.
“Guaranteed” can currently be seen on …read more

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If you follow this blog then you already know by now that I can’t go at least one week without some mention of Pearl Jam; so I was extremely thrilled when I saw that frontman Eddie Vedder will have a music video debut on January 7.
The video is for the track “Guaranteed” from the Into The Wild soundtrack, which has earned Grammy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations. The whole soundtrack is great, but “Guaranteed” is probably the stand out track on it, so I’m glad to see that it’s getting some recognition.
Anyways, I read a long time ago that …read more

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