Pearl Jam announce new run of North American tour dates
nme.comPearl Jam have announced a new set of dates for their upcoming North American tour, marking their first run of headline shows in the US and Canada since 2018 – find tickets here.Initially set to go down in 2020, before the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spurred a slew of postponements, the tour will now start in San Diego on Tuesday May 3.
They’ll wrap that week up with two shows in Los Angeles, before hitting stages in Glendale, Oakland, Fresno, Sacramento and Las Vegas over the next fortnight.After breaking for a slate of shows in Europe and the UK, Pearl Jam’s North American run will continue in September, kicking back off with a gig in Quebec and three in Ontario at the top end of the month.
From there, the band will head to New York, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Oklahoma and Denver. There are 19 shows on the itinerary thus far, with ticket info available from Ticketmaster.Support for the tour comes courtesy of Pluralone, the solo project of former Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.
The axeman will also join Pearl Jam onstage as their fourth guitarist, having debuted as part of their touring line-up last September.The tour comes in support of the band’s 11th album, ‘Gigaton’, which landed in March of 2020.
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