I won't be there Saturday. Only way I'm there Sunday is if I can get a relatively decent deal on a pavillion seat. I won't be able to show up there at 4pm to get a good lawn seat. I'm dissappointed I likely won't be able to see the, but I will again soon. They're about due for a full on US tour and a new album.

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Yeah, I hear you. I know you have other plans that weekend. Kind of a fucked weekend to stage a big
concert but whatever. I know they'll be back around, I probably shouldn't get so stuck on the 20th
anniversary thing. Sounds like a good time though.

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I'll charter you a helicopter to Alpine Valley.

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After being spoiled with some really solid fanclub seats over the years, I'll wait for the next tour rather than stand 400 yards away from them on the lawn.

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I will be in attendance both days.

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I had a pretty special moment back on the second Lollapalooza tour during my senior year of high school, I believe. Summer of '92? I was living in Cleveland and went to go see the show. Pearl Jam was one of the early performers on the main stage, still basking in the glow of the popular debut album. The rain started pouring on the outdoor auditorium (Blossom Music Center) which was like Ravinia, but on a slope (so you could actually see the band from the lawn).

As the rain fell, the slope turned into mud and there was this one area that turned into a gigantic mud slide. Being ridiculous youth we ripped off the shirts and began to slide down this thing. And wouldn't you know it, soon we were joined by Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell (I honestly can't remember if Soundgarden had performed yet). I had no idea those bands would become as special as they were. But that moment is forever ingrained in my memory... maybe because it was the last time I really remember being truly care free.

I tried to Google "Pearl Jam Mud and Blossom Music Center" to see if anyone else remembered it... all I found was this.
http://www.fivehorizons.com/tour/cc/t1992p2.shtml
search for "Blossom"

Fucking awesome weekend.

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It was a great weekend. Saturday's show had a weird pace to it. I'm glad I ended up going to Sunday's show as well, because it explained Saturday's crazy setlist- not that it was bad, lots of goodies and such, but there was a lot missing that was (thankfully) covered in Sunday's set. I enjoyed Cornell and the Temple of the Dog stuff, but I thought four songs was too much.

Does Pearl Jam still do those official bootlegs in the thin cardboard cases?

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fock this club. I should manayer.

Yes, they still sell the bootlegs. I'd be surprised if they didn't try to do something a little different with this show though.

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Setlists for those interested. Those who made it were very lucky. Lots of good stuff in there
especially the Mother Love Bone.


PEARL JAM
PJ20 ALPINE VALLEY, WI
SHOW 1
SEPTEMBER 03, 2011

SET LIST

01. Release
02. Arms Aloft-(Bullen, Shields, Slatterly, Stafford, Strummer)
03. Do The Evolution
04. Got Some
05. In My Tree
06. Faithfull
07. Who You Are w/ Joseph Arthur, Liam Finn, Glen Hansard (bg vocs). Glen Peterson (percussion)
08. Push Me, Pull Me
09. Setting Forth
10. Not For You w/ Julian Casablancas
11. In The Moonlight w/ Josh Homme
12. Deep
13. Help Help
14. Breath
15. Education w/ Liam Finn
16. Once
17. State Of Love And Trust w/ Dhani Harrison
18. Betterman/Save It For Later-(Charley, Cox, Morton, Steele, Wakeling)
19. Wasted Reprise
20. Life Wasted

ENCORE BREAK 1

21. Rearviewmirror
(For Mother Love Bone & Temple Of The Dog songs Chris Cornell sings lead. Eddie Vedder & Glen Hansard sing background vocals. Liam Finn joins Ed & Glen on "Reach Down")
22. Stardog Champion w/ Chris Cornell-(Ament, Fairweather, Gilmore, Gossard, Wood){Mother Love Bone}
23. Say Hello 2 Heaven-(Cornell)
24. Reach Down-(Cornell)
25. Hunger Strike {Eddie Vedder duet vocal}-(Cornell)
26. Love, Reign O'er Me-(Townshend)
27. Porch

ENCORE BREAK 2

28. Kick Out The Jams w/Mudhoney-(Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Tyner)



PEARL JAM
PJ20 ALPINE VALLEY, WI
SHOW 2
SEPTEMBER 04, 2011
SET LIST

01. Wash
02. The Fixer
03. Severed Hand
04. All Night w/guests singing bg voices
05. Given To Fly-(for Dennis)
06. Pilate
07. Love Boat Captain
08. Habit w/ Liam Finn
09. Evenflow
10. Daughter/It's OK-(Cole)
11. Leatherman
12. Red Mosquito w/ Julian Casablancas
13. Satan's Bed
14. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter A Small Town w/ Dhani Harrison
15. Unthought Known (before playing the song Ed thanks Brendan O'brien the "seventh member" of the band for all his help)
{Ed introduces John Doe. John discusses not losing hope and Ed mentions the West Memphis Three and thanks those that helped and supported them.}
16. New World w/John Doe-(Doe)
17. Black
18. Jeremy

ENCORE BREAK 1
19. Eddie improv/new song (performed solo by Ed on acoustic guitar)
20. Just Breathe
21. Nothingman
{Ed talks about Stone and Jeff's 25 years together and different leaders of the band and wanting to play a Stone song that Stone was willing to skip.}
22. No Way
23. Public Image-(Public Image Limited)
24. Smile w/ Glen Hansard
25. Spin The Black Circle-(dedicated to independent record store owners and customers)

ENCORE BREAK 2
Chris Cornell wishes Pearl Jam a happy 20th birthday
26. Hunger Strike {Eddie Vedder duet vocal}-(Cornell)
27. Call Me A Dog-(Cornell)
28. All Night Thing-(Cornell)
29. Reach Down w/ guests singing bg vocs-(Cornell)
30. Sonic Reducer w/ Mudhoney-(Bators, Blitz, Chrome, Magnum, Thomas, Zero)

ENCORE BREAK 3
Ed and Jeff thank all the opening acts for playing with them and a special thanks to Boom Gasper for playing with band for 10 years. Ed also thanks Matt Cameron calling him one of the greatest drummers alive and thanking him for keeping the band alive
31. Alive
Ed thanks family, friends, and crew
32. Rockin' In The Free World w/ lots of guests, friends and family-(Young)
33. Yellow Ledbetter/Star Spangled Banner

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That second night looked like an awesome set. Would have been a nice night for a concert too.

I was not particularly thrilled with the majority of Saturday's set.

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During the last couple tours, PJ has had sports-themed shirts, specific to each city. I was lucky enough to have someone get me one from tonight's show. Could not be more excited for it. Gary is probably jacked too!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/ ... xposPJ.jpg

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Pretty sure the boys are on jimmy Fallon tonight

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Good show last night Fallon interviewed Cameron Crowe and talked about the PJ documentary
that is coming out. The band came out and played a brand new song called Ole. It was ok,
needs a little work. Just a short punk song but it had some promise. Link below if interested...

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com ... ebuts-ole/

They'll be musical guest again tonight before heading to Toronto for a couple nights.

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RS is streaming the PJ20 soundtrack.

http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitnow/ ... wenty.html

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