Pearl Jam: US Concert Dates

Before they head off to Europe in June, Pearl Jam will augment its support of recent album "Backspacer" with a short run of dates in the midwest and East coast beginning in early May and finishing up with a two-nighter at New York's Madison Square Garden on May 20 and 21.

The new US dates, announced at PearlJam.com, come as the veteran Seattle rockers prep to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week (March 13). As previously reported, Pearl Jam will also be playing at the New Orleans Jazz Festival on May 1. The band heads to Europe for a run of dates kicking off June 22 in Dublin and ending in Oeiras, Portugal on July 10.

A fanclub only presale for the new American dates will begin on March 15 via the band's website, and the public onsales will be on March 19 and 20.

In other Pearl Jam news, a live version of "Animal" from the band's performance at Bonnaroo in 2008 is featured on a "Best Of Bonnaroo" compilation organized by HeadCount and the NRDC Action Fund to raise awareness about climate change. The song is available for dowload free at musicforaction.org.

Here are Pearl Jam's US Tour Dates:

05/01 - New Orleans (New Orleans Jazz Festival)
05/03 - Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center)
05/04 - St. Louis (Scottrade Center)
05/06 - Columbus, Ohio (Nationwide Arena)
05/07 - Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
05/09 - Cleveland, Ohio (Quicken Loans Arena)
05/10 - Buffalo, N.Y. (HSBC Arena)
05/13 - Bristow, Virginia (Jiffy Lube Live)
05/15 - Hartford, CT (XL Center)
05/17 - Boston (TD Garden)
05/18 - TBA
05/20 - New York (Madison Square Garden)
05/21 - New York (Madison Square Garden)

Thanks for the report to Billboard.com.

Comments

[majesty]

C'mon, Toronto is just over the boarder!
Please?

[EpsilonJSTC]

PJ at a jazz festival? Sounds interesting.

[Shread_6009]

as much as i love pearl jam, i hope the tour is short so that the soundgarden reuinion will be underway

[yaronbeery]

how 'bout coming over to israel this time around guys? a lot of people are waiting for you here.

[tenacioust04]

Shread_6009 wrote:

as much as i love pearl jam, i hope the tour is short so that the soundgarden reuinion will be underway

me too, i think that is why this tour is so short

[shwilly]

tenacioust04 wrote:

Shread_6009 wrote:

as much as i love pearl jam, i hope the tour is short so that the soundgarden reuinion will be underway

me too, i think that is why this tour is so short

Naw, they did exactly the same last year...

...And in 2007 too: I guess they just don't like spending too much time away from their families and such

Personally I hope they don't ditch the bootleg program just 'cause it's a short tour, which is what they did 3 years ago: I had convinced a couple of my friends to come along to one of their shows and I must have told them the "PJ is the COOLEST band because their fans get to download the bootleg to the shows they attended"-story over a hundred times... And then the bootlegs never came, so it's kinda like I missed a golden opportunity to turn my mates on to PJ permanently. Instead they just got back to playing their damn Coldplay records...

[Koelker12]

please let that TBA be somewhere in florida

[de-fexxx666]

majesty wrote:

C'mon, Toronto is just over the boarder!
Please?

Buffalo is just over an hour away, no sense going to Toronto as well.

I may make it to Buffalo, depending on how much tickets are. With 7 US/CA Maiden shows on the schedule, plus a week in Scandinavia for Sonispheres, money's not too loose this year.

[lilhomes]

I swear Pearl Jam just hates to come to MN

[Jmoarguitar]

come to new brunswick Canada. hell maybe even portland maine.

[TheDissident]

what is it about the southeast my favorite bands just seem to hate so much?

[abacus!]

man, one of the only good bands that comes to cleveland.

[notslash]

Pearl Jam is one of the best live bands you will ever see. Even if you are only a casual fan, go to a show if you get the chance, you will not regret it. These guys are quality musicians, no filler, no BS, just a solid 2 hours of top quality rock.

[Dcarnys]

Charlotte?????

[TheDissident]

Dcarnys wrote:

Charlotte?????

i wish dude

[backslashGUITAR]

They never come to NC...ever

[Myke.]

I am definitely going to Cleveland!

[PatVanHalen5150]

Might go to Boston....PJ is one of the few bands from the 90s I can listen to and not want to kill myself.

[drummerMP15]

EpsilonJSTC wrote:

PJ at a jazz festival? Sounds interesting.

I live in New Orleans so i would know jazz festival and it was originally a jazz festival a long time a go but in the last 10-15 years more rock bands have played there. Pearl Jam and Jeff Beck are headlining this year and country star Darius Rucker is playing too. Last year Bon Jovi was the headliner and the year before that(when i attended) Carlos Santana was the headliner so they have a combination of rock, jazz, country, and more genres