New Pearl Jam album out

I really enjoyed Pearl Jam, although my efforts to get in the VIP area were in vain. (No, I'm not a VIP, just have a friend, etc., etc.) I wound up "seeing" them from the track, where basically I could catch a glimpse of one of the video boards. Still, they sounded great.

 

March 3, Kansas City, Sprint Center

1. Of The Girl
2. Animal
3. World Wide Suicide
4. Got Some
5. Unthought Known
6. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
7. MFC
8. Johnny Guitar
9. Amongst The Waves
10. Even Flow
11. Gods' Dice
12. Present Tense
13. Daughter
14. Wishlist
15. Insignificance
16. Do The Evolution
Encore:
17. Off He Goes
18. Just Breathe
19. Given To Fly
20. The Fixer
21. Life Wasted
22. Porch
Encore 2:
23. No More
24. Black
25. Better Man
26. Happy Birthday to Mark “Smitty” Smith
27. Alive
28. Rockin' in the Free World
29. Yellow Ledbetter
Concert ends with McCready playing Star Spangled Banner ala Hendrix

A few notes about the show ...

• First of all, great show of course.
• Band of Horses opened, but I only heard two songs before they finished. They were OK, I guess.
• It was a night of special appearances: Eddie gave a shoutout to one of the roadies who just got married. Later, sang we sang Happy Birthday to PJ's tour manager while Eddie threw fistfuls of cake into the crowd.
• Eddie gave a shoutout to former Royal Willie Wilson. Dedicated "Given to Fly" to him while wearing a Wilson jersey.
• Eddie brought out Thomas Young, a paralyzed Iraqi war veteran and sang "No More." The song is on the documentary "Body of War" and Eddie said Young helped him write the second verse.
• They brought out gold-medal bobsledder Curt Tomasevicz to thump the bass on the last song (Yellow Ledbetter!!!). Curt brought out the gold medal and Eddie wore it for a bit during the song.
• Only two gripes: No. 1 - No video screens. C'mon guys!!!! No. 2 - posters sold out too quickly. I shoulda gotten there sooner.
  

 

1. Are they using just a barebones background and the stage?

2. Gotta go early, get a wristband, pick up the poster after the show.

 

Yup, barebones video screen behind the stage with the PEARLJAM type from the new album.