![]() A relatively rare but classic pairing of “Untitled” > “MFC” fit well within the evening’s unusual-pairing theme. “It’s nice to see your face, too,” he continued, looking at Stone Gossard who had just shed the mask he had been wearing for most of the night and since the beginning of the tour. Speaking of familiar mugs… “It’s nice to see faces out there after everyone being masked for so long,” said Vedder. “Even Flow” followed, wild as ever, and Vedder looked straight into my eyes in the second row as he pointed and sang, “faces that he sees time again ain’t that familiar.” If the lyric fits, wear it, and while Ed and I certainly don’t “know” each other, he surely could have recognized me after I spent had the evening directly in his frame of vision on the rail at MSG on Sunday-in the same shirt, no less. He has the ability to make anyone in a reasonable radius feel like the most important person in the world with a simple glance, nod, or smile. “Retrograde”, one of the slower-tempo songs from the tour’s eponymous album, Gigaton, came next.Įddie Vedder’s energy is a drug that demands proximity. True to Vedder’s word, a breathless run of “Animal”, “Mind Your Manners”, “Do The Evolution”, “Deep”, “Interstellar Overdrive” > “Corduroy”, “Given To Fly”, and “Quick Escape” was only punctuated by the dedication of “Given To Fly” to slam dunk champion and Philly legend Julius Irving. ![]() “Daughter” loosened the crowd up with mass familiarity as Vedder then remarked, “We got one more with a bit of composure until we turn it up.” “Hard To Imagine” gloriously followed, a second cut from the Lost Dogs compilation of b-sides and rarities that rounded out the early part of the evening. Vedder contemplated his barolo, questioning, “Are we in Jersey? Are we in Philly? I know it ain’t The Spectrum because we blew that place up!” Truth. ![]() After a set-opening “Wash”, the b-side pairing to “Alive” from 1991’s Ten, “Oceans” followed. ![]() Following Sunday’s greatest hits banger on 9/11 at MSG (more on that later), this setlist was more geared to those who live for the thrill of the chase, though not so deep as to alienate the tour’s largest crowd. Pearl Jam- Eddie Vedder (guitar, vocals), Mike McCready (guitar), Stone Gossard (guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), Matt Cameron (drums), Boom Gaspar (keys), and Josh Klinghoffer (multi-instrumentalist)-took seats under a dimly lit blue haze after stepping onstage. Pluralone w/ Mike McCready – “Nutshell” – 9/14/22 During the set, he separately invited Matt Cameron and Mike McCready to join him, the latter appearing for a cover of grunge contemporary Alice In Chains‘ “Nutshell”. After falling flat with failing equipment that led to a botched set at Madison Square Garden, he recovered admirably on Wednesday night with a set that justified arriving early. Pearl Jam’s newest member has been tapped with set opening duties for the majority of the Gigaton tour. Pluralone–which still fits whether you pronounce it plur-alone or plural-one–is the cleverly titled name of Josh Klinghoffer’s one-man band. Sitting on the bank of the Delaware River and facing Philadelphia across the span of the Ben Franklin Bridge, this will technically go in the ledger as a Jersey show, though it was played with Philly energy to be sure (less the charge on your EZPass, of course). leg of the band’s 2022 North American tour. ![]() The Freedom Mortgage Pavilion lies in Camden, NJ where Pearl Jam on Wednesday night completed a three-show run through New York and New Jersey to open the U.S. ![]()
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