Pearl Jam Cancels Vienna Concert After Eddie Vedder’s Vocal Cords Damaged From Paris Smoke
thewrap.comburned out of control in France amid a record-setting European heat wave. The outdoor festival was held at the Hipódromo de Longchamp horse-racing track on the west side of the city, with smoke having drifted north from forest fires in the southwest of France.“This is brutal news and horrible timing…for everyone involved,” Pearl Jam said in the statement. “Those who work so hard to put on the shows as well as those who give their precious time and energies to attend.”The band apologized and said tickets would be fully refunded.“As a band, we are deeply sorry and have tried to find options to still play,” the statement said. “And Ed wants to play.
There’s just no throat available at this time… So very, very deeply sorry.”The status of the last three shows of the European tour was uncertain.
Pearl Jam was scheduled to play Prague on Friday and Amsterdam on Sunday and Monday. Pearl Jam is touring Europe between two legs of a North American tour that kicked off in May and was set to end in September.
Strangely, the poster art for their North American tour features a massive plume of black smoke rising ominously behind the band as they play a set, with Vedder looking back toward it.
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