Eddie Vedder wrapped a brief run of dates together with his solo band Earthlings final night time (Oct. 7) at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM, and saved a particular deal with for the encore: he and his mates’ debut dwell cowl of The Cure’s traditional “Just Like Heaven.”
Beforehand, Vedder instructed the viewers about the COVID-era dance events he and his spouse Jill would typically stage of their storage, full with disco lights and smoke machines. “I will always have great memories of those incredible dance parties,” he stated. “The kids would come in and check on us and kind of get embarrassed and have to leave, but we had a fuckin’ blast. This is one of the ones that we would play. We’ve never played it before — we only played it about an hour ago right before we came out, but we’re gonna try it now.”
Vedder and Earthlings (guitarist Andrew Watt, multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer, bassist Chris Chaney and drummer Chad Smith) performed their first present in additional than seven months final Saturday at Vedder’s Ohana pageant in Dana Point, Calif., and additionally carried out Wednesday in Pasa Robles, Calif. The set lists went heavy on materials from Vedder’s Earthling album, plus Pearl Jam songs resembling “Rearviewmirror,” “I Got ID” and “Porch” and covers of songs by George Harrison, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince and the Pretenders.
Earthlings additionally debuted Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike” throughout the brief run, with Watt dealing with the late Chris Cornell’s vocal half. The reveals got here on the again of Pearl Jam’s fall North American tour, with no 2023 plans having but been introduced for the band.
Vedder is predicted to take part in the Nov. 20 Venture Into Cures fundraising occasion for the pores and skin illness epidermolysis bullosa, a trigger he and his spouse have championed for a few years.
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