On the latest Grunge Report Radio Brett Buchanan and Duncan Limosani discuss Pearl Jam’s 2010 United States tour, whether the Foo Fighters should be covered regularly by GrungeReport.net, Billy Corgan announcing the Smashing Pumpkins are searching for a new bassist, and there is of course Mike Starr discussion.
In anticipation of tomorrow night's SNL appearance, MTV has posted a great photo slideshow of Eddie over the years. 2003's bleached blonde Ed is suspiciously absent!
Pearl Jam announced today that they will play 11 Midwest and East Coast tour dates in May of 2010. The tour kicks-off on May 3rd at Sprint Center in Kansas City and wraps on May 21st at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Pearl Jam's U.S. tour follows the band's previously announced headlining appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Festival on May 1st. Band of Horses will open all shows except the May 20th Madison Square Garden engagement, where The Black Keys will open.
DATE
CITY
VENUE
PRE-SALE DATE/TIME
May 3rd
Kansas City, MO
Sprint Center
March 15, 9am PDT
May 4th
St. Louis, MO
Scottrade Center
March 15, 11am PDT
May 6th
Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
March 15, 1pm PDT
May 7th
Noblesville, IN
Verizon Wireless Music Center
March 15, 3pm PDT
May 9th
Cleveland, OH
Quicken Loans Arena
March 17, 9am PDT
May 10th
Buffalo, NY
HSBC Arena
March 17, 11am PDT
May 13th
Bristow, VA
Jiffy Lube Live
March 17, 1pm PDT
May 15th
Hartford, CT
XL Center
March 17, 3pm PDT
May 17th
Boston, MA
TD Garden
March 16, 9am PDT
May 18th
TBD
TBD
TBD
May 20th
New York, NY
Madison Square Garden
March 16, 12pm PDT
May 21st
New York, NY
Madison Square Garden
March 16, 3pm PDT
NEW PRE-SALE RULE!!!!!!! Once you have a pair of tickets in your shopping cart you must complete the check out process within 10 minutes of placing them in your shopping cart, otherwise you run the risk of those tickets being dumped back into stock and going to the next member in line.
More presale information available at the Ten Club.
Between the recent tweet hinting at US tour dates, a free Brad download, and an iTunes Celebrity Playlist Podcast featuring Stone and Jeff, I’m wondering if anyone is even going to listen to today’s podcast with so many other things competing for the attention of the Pearl Jam fan. I hope you find the time to tune in though because episode #43 pays a little homage to Jeff Ament on his birthday and is a fun look back at pastSNL appearances as we prepare for the guys’ triumphant return to late night television.
Still taking email and voicemail suggestions for the “escape” podcast coming soon on #45. I also want to encourage everyone to submit a picture of themselves to be used in a fan collage in the image artwork for #52 – the one year anniversary of the podcast! If you have ATS gearto sport in your picture, then all the better but it should be something to represent you as a fan of the podcast and, more importantly, a fan of the band. Your pictures can be emailed or uploaded to the ATS Facebookpage.
Thanks for playing along and checking out the podcast week after week. It really feels like things are gearing up and I’m excited to see what the rest of 2010 brings.
Listen to Jeff and Stone’s playlist podcast on iTunes
Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard pick songs that shaped them as men and musicians today. The two are unified in their love of rudimentary rock (the Sex Pistols’ “No Feelings,” Cheap Trick’s “Heaven Tonight,” Black Sabbath’s “Black Sabbath”). They also reveal soft spots for Aaliyah, Gary Wright, George Michael, the Heavy, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Go to iTunes now to download for free and enjoy.
Backspacer is also on sale at iTunes for a limited time for $7.99.
Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet! tweet! tweet!! tweet!!! A little American birdie flew by our window, flapping his wings and tweeting loudly to get our attention. He was happy to finally have news because things happened so fast and almost didn’t happen at all! We were so happy to see him so we could tell you that he said that you should be sure your Ten Club memberships are up-to-date as of March 10 or come Thursday you could be singing a sad song. You can log into your accounts from the main page on http://www.pearljam.com to make sure your ducks are in a basket and eggs in a row.... errr, meaning your membership is current, addresses correct, and so on.
