Saturday, October 12, 2013

VIDEO: Pearl Jam open Lightning Bolt tour in Pittsburgh



Pearl Jam opened their fall tour of North America in support of their forthcoming album, “Lightning Bolt”, in Pittsburgh on Friday, and video from the show is available.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports it was a high-energy, high-spirited, nearly 30-song Springsteen-style marathon from Eddie [Vedder] and the boys, who made it feel like they were FROM Pittsburgh.

"I was starting to get nervous about our first gig," said Vedder at one point, "and I happened to be talking to Bruce Springsteen, and he said, 'Aw [expletive], it's in Pittsburgh, it's going to be a smoking crowd.’"

Opening night was the live debut for many of the tunes from "Lightning Bolt." Although it doesn't come out until Tuesday, it was streamed on iTunes this week, so the Pearl Jam faithful were prepared.

Pearl Jam, surrounded on all sides in the sold-out house, chose to forego the giant screen approach. There were hanging lantern globes, and a cluster of lights above that looked like a found object sculpture of a metal band's unreadable logo.

Read the full review at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here.








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