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Pearl Jam shows it's hard to find a better band
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SAM KELTON
November 18, 2009 12:01am
ADELAIDE Oval was awash with a sea of music fans young and old as Seattle rockers Pearl Jam blasted the sun from the summer sky with a wall of guitar squeals.
Last night, more than 20,000 revellers savoured one of the year's finest rock performances with the veteran band showing no signs of fatigue after almost 20 years.
As gates opened, hundreds flocked to secure a front spot for the legendary band.
They were superbly supported by special guests Liam Finn and Ben Harper and the Relentless Seven - whom frontman Eddie Vedder joined onstage for an inspiring sing-a-long of Queen's classic Under Pressure.
Pearl Jam then opened their set with Release from its brilliant debut album Ten.
TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT: Submit your own review of the performance in the comment box below.
The slow builder soon gave way to a powerful rock show with the always-vocal Vedder chatting regularly with the large crowd about the perfect weather which he attributed to the "good karma" of Adelaide.
Onstage for more than two hours, the band reeled off the hits and fan favourites including Even Flow, Why Go and I Got ID, during which Vedder apologised for messing up the lyrics, joking "well at least you know I'm not lip syncing".
Vedder also told the audience about a letter he received from Adelaide paraplegic athlete Mel Leckie, saying it moved him to donate "a few thousand dollars" to her cause.
The affable frontman managed to make the band's stadium gig into an intimate show, with ballads such as Elderly woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town .
The band later invited Harper onstage to join them for Red Mosquito as the slide guitarist sat alongside Vedder.
Pearl Jam shows it's hard to find a better band
Article from: The Advertiser
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SAM KELTON
November 18, 2009 12:01am
ADELAIDE Oval was awash with a sea of music fans young and old as Seattle rockers Pearl Jam blasted the sun from the summer sky with a wall of guitar squeals.
Last night, more than 20,000 revellers savoured one of the year's finest rock performances with the veteran band showing no signs of fatigue after almost 20 years.
As gates opened, hundreds flocked to secure a front spot for the legendary band.
They were superbly supported by special guests Liam Finn and Ben Harper and the Relentless Seven - whom frontman Eddie Vedder joined onstage for an inspiring sing-a-long of Queen's classic Under Pressure.
Pearl Jam then opened their set with Release from its brilliant debut album Ten.
TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT: Submit your own review of the performance in the comment box below.
The slow builder soon gave way to a powerful rock show with the always-vocal Vedder chatting regularly with the large crowd about the perfect weather which he attributed to the "good karma" of Adelaide.
Onstage for more than two hours, the band reeled off the hits and fan favourites including Even Flow, Why Go and I Got ID, during which Vedder apologised for messing up the lyrics, joking "well at least you know I'm not lip syncing".
Vedder also told the audience about a letter he received from Adelaide paraplegic athlete Mel Leckie, saying it moved him to donate "a few thousand dollars" to her cause.
The affable frontman managed to make the band's stadium gig into an intimate show, with ballads such as Elderly woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town .
The band later invited Harper onstage to join them for Red Mosquito as the slide guitarist sat alongside Vedder.
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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