Merry Christmas, Your 2015 Fan Club Single Has Arrived!

Pearl Jam's 2015 Fan Club Single has started to arrive in mailboxes along with a copy of Deep magazine.  The picture above is from the B side.  It's Ed and Beyonce covering Bob Marley's Redemption Song at last year's Global Citizen Festival.

The B side, which we have not seen yet contains a Free cover, Wishing Well, recorded during the Ten era and previously leaked on this early version of Lost Dogs.  

April 29: Pearl Jam in Philadelphia

April 28: Pearl Jam in Philadelphia

April 26: Pearl Jam in Lexington

Eddie Vedder Joins the Cast of Showtime's Twin Peaks

It was announced today that Eddie Vedder will be appearing with several other musicians as a cast member in Showtime's Twin Peaks series, due out in 2017.  David Lynch apparently pulled in friends like Eddie and Trent Reznor for parts in the series.  The annoucement was made as a 200-name cast list posted on the series' Facebook page.

Rolling Stone dug through the list for you:

The asterisk next to names on the cast list denotes actors and actresses who either appeared on the original Twin Peaks series – like Kyle MacLachlan, Sherilyn Fenn, Mädchen Amick, Ray Wise and David Duchovny, to mention a few – or its theatrical film Fire Walk With Me, like Harry Dean Stanton and Lynch himself. Even "Log Lady" actress Catherine Coulson, who died in September, is among the Twin Peaks returnees.

Also joining the cast is Michael Cera, Monica Bellucci, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Belushi, Tim Roth, Robert Forster, Ashley Judd, Amanda Seyfried and Lynch vets Laura Dern, Balthazar Getty and Naomi Watts.

April 23: Pearl Jam at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Levee Walkers, Featuring Jaz Coleman

HockeyTalkter Records has just released a 7" single by Levee Walkers, a collaboration between Mike McCready Duff McKagan (Guns 'N Roses), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees/Mad Season) and Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke).  The single includes two songs, titled Freedom Song and Songs for the West.

You can read Barrett's story about how the songs came together and what, exactly, a levee walker is at HockeyTalkter.  Not to mention, you can purchase the single on black vinyl ($10) or clear vinyl ($20).  

Here's hoping there is more to come from Levee Walkers.

April 21: Pearl Jam in Columbia

Batman by Harper and Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder, today, posted a new tune of his rarely used Soundcloud channel.  It is a cover of the Batman Theme by him and his daughter.  I don't know that it will make Album #11, but it might end up on your 2015 Fan Club Single.

Yes, Pearl Jam, we're still waiting on our Fan Club Single.  Cancelling shows is not going to make us forget!

Pearl Jam Cancels Raleigh Show in Support of Transgendered Community

Shortly before taking the stage in Hampton, VA, Pearl Jam issued a statement cancelling Wednesday's show in Raleigh, North Carolina in opposition to North Carolina's passage of House Bill 2 which, among other things, eliminates legal protections against discrimination of gay, lesbian, and transgendered individuals as well at Veterans.

It is hard to say, given the deeply gerrymandered districts in North Carolina whether economic pressure on large, left-leaning cities will make a difference, but Pearl Jam has also donated money to several organizations in North Carolina working against this archaic bill.

Please join us in signing this petition to repeal HB2 http://equalitync.org/action/repeal_HB2/

N.C. Organizations We Are Supporting:

http://equalitync.org
http://www.naacpnc.org
http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com
http://www.qords.org

Some fans will, no doubt, be bitter of the loss of non-refundable travel costs but most will support the band's decision.  Some may even donate the money they would have spent on their tickets to those causes or to the campaign of our Governor's competitor.

Whichever side you fall on, you can join the debate on our Red Mosquito Forum.

April 18: Pearl Jam in Hampton

Pearl Jam Plays Vs. Back-to-Front of Greenville

Despite Jeff's lukewarm take on the practice:

I've never been a fan of that to be honest. Well, that's not true. I saw Cheap Trick do three albums and that was amazing. But for the most part I haven't been a fan of that.

after opening with Corduroy, Pearl Jam just played the album Vs. front-to-back in Greenville, SC.  This makes the fifth time Pearl Jam has played a full album, front-to-back in concert.  When is #6?  What is #6?  Oh my god, the suspense!

Ten: March 13, 1992 in Munich, Germany
Vs.: April 16, 2016 in Greenville, SC
Vitalogy: ??
No Code: October 17, 2014 in Moline, IL
Yield: October 20, 2014
Binaural: ??
Riot Act: ??
Pearl Jam: September 19, 2006 in Torino, Italy
Backspacer: ??
Lightning Bolt: ??

Record Store Day!

This story comes with an apology.  There are four Pearl Jam-related items in stores today for Record Store Day, only two of which have even made the blog.  A day job and parenthood have gotten in the way of proper blogging.

Regardless, if you didn't know these were coming out today, hurry!  Run to your nearest record store.

• Green River's 1984 Demos LP - 2000 available
• The Sonics Live at Easy Street (featuring an appearance by Eddie Vedder) - 3500 available
• Judgement Night Soundtrack - 2000 available
• KEXP Presents: Raw Power, A Tribute to Iggy Pop and the Stooges - 2500 available

April 16: Pearl Jam in Greenville

April 13: Pearl Jam in Jacksonville