Pearl Jam wrapped up their epic Dark Matter Tour with a number of covers and a ten-song encore, sounding very much like a band that didn’t want the fun to end.
The 37-stop tour visited eight countries and had a scary hiccup in June where singer Eddie Vedder got so sick they had to cancel two UK gigs. Later he told the fans in Spain, “it almost felt like a near-death experience. It was very uncomfortable, and it got frightening. It felt like chest bronchitis. It felt like maybe you couldn’t breathe, and maybe you wouldn’t make it through the night, and maybe you’d have to go to the hospital.”
Pearl Jam’s show Saturday (11/23) was the opposite. Eddie and the band were at full strength, energized, and poised to rock all night.
Putting the new album in the back seat, in a way, the veteran band played a have dozen Dark Matter tunes in Melbourne (11/18), and five during their first night in Sydney (11/21), they only performed four on the final night.
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