Eddie Vedder
Watch Eddie Vedder Cover the Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ With Solo Band
Eddie Vedder wrapped a short run of dates with his solo band Earthlings last night (Oct. 7) at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM, and saved a special treat for the encore: he and his mates’ debut live cover of The Cure’s classic “Just Like Heaven.” Beforehand, Vedder told the audience about the COVID-era dance parties he and his wife Jill would routinely stage in their garage, complete with disco lights and smoke machines. “I will always have great memories of those incredible dance parties,” he said. “The kids would come in and check on us and kind of get embarrassed and have to leave, but we had a fuckin’ blast. This is one of the ones that we would play. We’ve never played it before — we only played it about an hour ago right before we came out, but we’re gonna try it now.” [embedded co...
Watch Eddie Vedder Join Stevie Nicks on ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’
Since its 2016 inception, Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Fest has seen a number of artists collaborate during each other’s sets. In the past, Vedder has appeared with Social Distortion, Glen Hansard, and Jack Johnson during their sets and has had Liz Phair, Johnny Marr, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brandi Carlile, and more join him during his (and Pearl Jam’s). The latest edition is no different. During Stevie Nicks’ headlining set on Friday night, Vedder traded vocals with the Fleetwood Mac singer on “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” #StevieNicks #Ohanafest #eddievedder pic.twitter.com/ZaYb6JjK38 — Amy 🌈🐃🎸✈️🉑⚖️☮️🏜 🐘🦍♏️ (@akm1) October 1, 2022 Stevie Nicks and Eddie Vedder Singing “Stop Draggin My Hear...
Watch Joe Strummer Frolic Around the World in ‘Fantastic’ Video
Late Clash vocalist/guitarist Joe Strummer can be seen rocking out and meeting fans all over the world in the video for the song “Fantastic,” which was released earlier this month on the Dark Horse Records archival project Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years. The Lance Bangs-directed video includes footage shot by Strummer, Dick Rude, Julien Temple, The Clash documentarian Don Letts and Josh Cheuse, as well as a brief appearance by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, who previously covered Strummer’s “Long Shadow” in tribute to what would have been the artist’s 70th birthday. “Fantastic” begins with a Strummer monologue about how “people can do anything” instead of “following our own little mouse trail. It’s time to take the humanity back into the center of the ring and follow that for a time.” T...
Watch Eddie Vedder Join Neil Finn Onstage For Crowded House Cover
Neil Finn and his son Liam had a surprise for fans at the end of their set at Bourbon & Beyond festival on Saturday. Eddie Vedder and his Pearl Jam touring bandmate Josh Klinghoffer joined the father-son duo for their last two songs. Together, they covered Crowded House‘s 1986 single “World Where You Live” and Split Enz‘ 1980 track “I Got You.” Vedder and Neil Finn have performed live together many times, and even recorded a collaborative single in 2013. Before diving into “I Got You,” Finn noted that it was the first song they ever sang together during a show in Auckland, New Zealand, to which Vedder quipped, “No, I sang this song with you when I was 13 years old. You were on the vinyl and I was playing it loud on my stereo. It was way before we played it live.” Neil & Liam Finn’s...
Eddie Vedder Plots Post-Ohana Festival Gigs With Earthlings
Following their Oct. 1 headlining set at the Ohana Festival in Dana Point, Calif., Eddie Vedder and his solo band Earthlings will continue the festivities with newly announced shows on Oct. 5 at Vino Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles, Calif., and Oct. 7 at Dolby Live at MGM Park in Las Vegas. All public tickets will be made available through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program, registration for which is open at this link. Members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club fan organization will be eligible for tickets through a separate, dedicated pre-sale starting today (Aug. 22). Vedder christened the band Earthlings in tandem with his February solo album Earthling, which was produced by Andrew Watt. After debuting last September at Ohana, Vedder, Watt, multi-instrumentalists Josh Klinghoffer and Glen Hans...
Eddie Vedder Salutes Joe Strummer’s 70th With ‘Long Shadow’ Cover
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder has paid tribute to late Clash frontman Joe Strummer ahead of what would have been the latter’s 70th birthday with a cover of “Long Shadow,” from the posthumous Strummer and the Mescaleros album Streetcore. In the Lance Bangs-directed video, Vedder performs the song solo acoustic next to a campfire, and afterwards burns his handwritten lyric sheets in the flames. “I just think that what Joe did with the Mescaleros and those records, and those songs, and those words, it was a very communal sound,” Vedder says at the end of the clip. “I think when you have a communal sound, the listener feels like they can be part of that community.” Strummer played a major role in Vedder’s eventual membership in Pearl Jam, thanks to a chance meeting at a San Diego club in 1989. At t...
Watch Eddie Vedder Join the Strokes for ‘Juicebox’ in Seattle
Fresh off wrapping up Pearl Jam‘s first European tour in four years, Eddie Vedder joined the Strokes last night (Aug. 3) at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park for a performance of “Juicebox,” a track on which the musicians have previously teamed on a handful of occasions dating back to 2006. [embedded content][embedded content] Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has spoken frequently of Pearl Jam’s impact on his own songwriting. “When I first met Eddie, I feel like I sensed genuine surprise when he learned how much we were influenced by Pearl Jam,” he said in the Pearl Jam 20 book in 2011. “People have never understood that about us. They’d always say The Ramones and The Stooges. But my favorite band was always Pearl Jam.” Vedder sang “Juicebox” with The Strokes on May 4, 2006, during a Rolling Ston...
Eddie Vedder at Lollapalooza ’92: ‘I Think Celebrities Suck’
No one was going to be fooled by the disguise, if you could even call it a disguise — a plain, olive-green WWII-style helmet, with a blond, shoulder-length wig coming out from inside. But Eddie Vedder put it on anyway as we headed out from the backstage area of Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Orange County, California, on a warm October afternoon. And no one was fooled. As the gate swung open, squeals started amongst several dozen young fans — female and male — who had gathered hoping for just a glimpse of someone, certainly of him. And here he was, walking out in their midst. An hour ago he’d finished fronting Pearl Jam’s explosive set. It was the final day of Lollapalooza 1992, and Vedder was the man ofthe hour, the man of the tour, the man of the season. I’d been assigned by t...
Eddie Vedder Returns To Action at Pearl Jam’s Amsterdam Tour Finale
After his vocal issues forced Pearl Jam to cancel its last three shows, Eddie Vedder returned to the stage tonight (July 25) in Amsterdam just in time for the final concert on the band’s summer European itinerary. Vedder completely lost his voice after he performed in hot, dusty and smoky conditions on July 17 at Lollapalooza Paris. He revealed early in tonight’s show that doctors told him he’d need two weeks to recover, but Vedder was having none of it. “I said, ‘I’m not gonna fuckin’ leave this part of the world without playing one more show,’” he replied. The frontman also thanked Dr. Marco Frankenfurt, the doctor who treated him in recent days, and showed pictures of them on the video screens. Pearl Jam eased into the proceedings with four straight acoustic songs: “Nothing As It ...
Ohana Festival’s ‘Encore Weekend’ Canceled
The Ohana Festival‘s “Encore Weekend,” with Oct. 8-9 performances from festival co-founder Eddie Vedder, The Black Keys, Alanis Morissette, and many more, has been canceled. The event was planned as an extension of Ohana’s originally announced dates the prior weekend at Doheny Beach State Park in Dana Point, Calif., which is still moving forward. “Encore Weekend” ticket-holders received an email from Front Gate Tickets informing them that the event had been canceled “due to circumstances beyond our control” and that automatic refunds would be processed within seven to 10 days. The Roots, Julieta Venegas, The Front Bottoms, Amos Lee, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s side band Painted Shield, Marcus King, Haim, Band of Horses, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Afghan Whigs, Amyl and the Sniffers, ...
Pearl Jam Cancels Second Show Due to Eddie Vedder’s Vocal Issues
Pearl Jam has canceled a second show after singer Eddie Vedder damaged his throat last Sunday during the band’s Lollapalooza Paris set. An announcement posted on the band’s social media says Pearl Jam hoped to resume its European tour tomorrow in Prague, but Vedder’s voice still hasn’t returned. “He has seen a doctor in Prague and is continuing the treatments for his vocal cords, but unfortunately, there is still no voice available,” the statement read. “The effects on his throat from the last outdoor show are still just too brutal. We again send our sincere apologies to all of those who have worked intensely to put on the show. Even bigger apologies to those that were expecting to attend.” Continuing, the statement said, “We’ve always had memorable shows here and are with you in our extre...
Eddie Vedder Adds ‘Encore’ Ohana Weekend With Black Keys, Alanis Morissette
As it did last year for the first time, Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival will extend to two weekends this fall at Doheny Beach State Park in Dana Point, Calif. As previously reported, the first weekend takes place September 30-October 2, with performances from Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Jack White and more. Vedder will headline again on October 8, with The Black Keys closing the festivities the following evening. Alanis Morissette, The Roots, Julieta Venegas, The Front Bottoms, Amos Lee, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s side band Painted Shield, Marcus King, Charlotte Lawrence, Trousdale, Seratones and Jonny Roundhouse round out the bill on October 8. Haim, Band Of Horses, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Afghan Whigs, Amyl and the Sniffers, Iceage, Hamilton Leithauser, Pearl Jam touring member Josh Kl...
