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Backspacer Tour

The Backspacer Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its ninth studio album, Backspacer (2009). Fifty-six shows were played, across North America, Europe and Oceania.

History

Pearl Jam promoted Backspacer with tours in Europe, North America and Oceania in 2009[1] and further legs in North America and Europe in 2010.

In August 2009, Pearl Jam headlined the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival,[2] which was preceded by five shows in Europe and three in North America.[3][4][5] This tour preceded the release of Pearl Jam's 2009 album, Backspacer. On August 11, 2009, the band played an intimate show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. The band was joined onstage by The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to play a cover of "All Along the Watchtower".[6] Later that night the band was joined by Simon Townshend, younger brother of Pete Townshend, to perform The Who's "The Real Me".[6]

On August 21, 2009, the band played in Toronto. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists were scheduled to be the support band, but Leo was unable to attend, after being stuck at the border.[7] This resulted in vocalist Eddie Vedder taking to the stage to cover Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain" and "The Needle and the Damage Done".[7] Guitarist Mike McCready then played two songs, followed by guitarist Stone Gossard covering "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" by Johnny Thunders, before The Pharmacists played their set.[7]

In October 2009, Pearl Jam headlined the Austin City Limits Music Festival.[8] The Austin City Limits appearance took place amidst the fourteen-date North American leg of the tour.[1] On October 6, 2009, the band played in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre. They were joined onstage by former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell to perform the Temple of the Dog song "Hunger Strike".[9] This was followed with an appearance by Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell on "Alive".[9]

Pearl Jam was the final band that performed at the Wachovia Spectrum with four shows that took place on October 27–28 and October 30–31. At the final show at the Spectrum, the band played the song "Bugs" from their 1994 album Vitalogy for the first time.[10] The band also performed a cover of Devo's "Whip It" in full costume.[11] An additional leg consisting of a tour of Oceania took place afterward.[12] The band played at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 1, 2010.[13] They then played twelve dates in America in the same month[14][15] and completed a second European leg in July 2010.[16]

While most shows on the 2010 US leg were met with positive reviews,[17][18][19] Dan Aquilante of the New York Post commenting on the first night at Madison Square Garden, said the lyrics were "mostly indiscernible" and "were little more than garbled jibber-jabber".[20] At the show at the O2 in Dublin, a fan broke his arm in three places, after he jumped off the balcony and landed on the canopy above the mixing desk.[21]

Official bootlegs are available for this tour through the band's official website in FLAC, MP3, and CD formats.[22]

Opening acts

Tour dates

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Band members

Pearl Jam
Additional musicians

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b "Pearl Jam Announces North American Tour Dates in Support of Their New Studio Album, Backspacer". pearljam.com. July 9, 2009. Archived from the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  2. ^ "Pearl Jam to appear at Outside Lands Festival". Pearljam.com. April 13, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Pearl Jam European Tour Dates". Pearljam.com. April 27, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
  4. ^ "Two More Pearl Jam Tour Dates Added". Pearljam.com. May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  5. ^ "And Another One ..." Pearljam.com. May 7, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "NME.com: Pearl Jam and Rolling Stones star unite onstage at intimate gig". NME.com. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
  7. ^ a b c "canoe.ca: Concert Review: Pearl Jam". Canadian Online Explorer. August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "The 2009 Line-up". 2009.aclfestival.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Two Feet Thick: LA3: Cornell & Cantrell". Two Feet Thick. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Ten Club: Bugs". pearljam.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  11. ^ "Pearl Jam Setlist, Last Night of the Spectrum". philly.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  12. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (July 31, 2007). "Pearl Jam: 'Back' to the Future". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  13. ^ "Pearl Jam kicked out the jams at the New Orleans Jazz Fest". nola.com. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  14. ^ "The Announcement". Tenclub. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  15. ^ "Pearl Jam adds US dates to international tour". independent.co.uk. London. March 13, 2010. Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  16. ^ "2010 European Tour Announced". pearljam.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  17. ^ "Concert Review: Pearl Jam at the Q". clevescene.com. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  18. ^ "Pearl Jam renews social pact with fans". buffalonews.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  19. ^ "Band rocks for 2 hours; happy crowd sings along". dispatch.com. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  20. ^ Aquilante, Dan (May 22, 2010). "Limp show could have been Vedder". nypost.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  21. ^ "Fan survives balcony leap at Pearl Jam". herald.ie. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  22. ^ "Pearl Jam and the Ten Club announce Bootleg program for 2009". pearljam.com. August 8, 2009. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.