Manchester 25/06/24 The one thing that we think about when we're not here... When we think of you, which is often... Manchester?.. Those people are tough... Manchester's tough... I mean, there are some guys right up here that they would fuck you up... And it started getting a little tight during the Porch song, and then I asked you to go back, and you went back... That was very kind... I really appreciate that... That's a badass tough guy that can understand a large group behaviour... The other good thing about Manchester: You could be a tough guy, and you don't have to have a firearm or a gun like in the United States... We have what they call a sergeant general... He's official position is to look out for the health of the civilians and the constituents... And he declared it a public emergency... That, you know, we have to start studying... That we have to, somehow, create some reasonable... You don't have to think about this... You're lucky... It's nice to be in a room with some real tough guys, and not the ones that... I was getting choked up there... There's a surfer in Hawaii... He was an activist, surf coach, actor... He lost his life on the North Shore yesterday... It was a good friend of our friend Jack Johnson... I got to know him over the years... He used to surf pipeline... So, we want to send one out to Mr. Tamayo Perry... We're thinking about you, and your family... Your community... And thanks again for propping us up tonight... I needed your help big time... I needed some tough guys, and tough girls... So, thank you... What's our State of Love and Trust these days?.. ~ Eddie Vedder
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Ridgefield, WA 26/09/09 We have a special guest... We just try to find her... Corin?!... There she is... This is Corin Tucker from Sleater-Kinney etc... You've heard of these things that we put out...They're called Christmas singles... Every once in a while, they come out on Christmas... But they're rarely get played live... This one who knows if we'll ever get another chance to play it live?.. But last year's single, I guess you call it a duet with myself and Ms. Corin Tucker... One of our favourite tours a number of years ago was with Sleater-Kinney opening for us... We missed them immensely, and since Corin lives in this town... Wherever the fuck we are... She's here now... This is a song by John Doe from X... It's called Golden State... We'd like to play it for you tonight... ~ Eddie Vedder
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Florida 24/04/25 I'd like to make a toast... We've been playing music with this guy for decades and decades... Every night, we've had the great fortune of sharing the stage with him... He's been absolutely magnificent each and every gig, not a one missing... I just want to raise a toast to the great, great Matt Cameron... As I've mentioned before, we were invited here by a very very special group of people... They ask us for years... This is their place... This is their land... I'm talking about our friends, the Seminole tribe of Florida... It's for their perseverance that we are fortunate enough to come here, and on top of that, before the show they honoured us as a band for our continuous work with the indigenous peoples all throughout our country... But I will say, all the work that we were commented for was actually done by one man... And that's our very own, Jeff Ament... In the last 25-30 years, he's been overseeing and funding, and building skate parks on reservations all throughout the land... I asked him tonight: How many?... He was guessing 42... 42 skate parks... A few years ago, they had a ceremony at the end of christening one of the parks... Maybe it was in Montana?... They christened it and also gave Jeff the name Holds Water... That's very very powerful... And I tell you, it's very true... 35 years of being in a band with him, and there's never been a leak... He certainly holds water... Jeff Ament, we toast you... And he wrote this song... It's called Won't Tell... ~ Eddie Vedder
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Florida 26/04/25 That's a very very good singing there... We're going to play a song, this might be the last time you'll hear it on this tour... We've only played it when one of our kids is in the audience, in attendance... We've been in this group for 34 years?... Don't ask Mike... He's not good at math... That's over half of our lives... We never thought 32 years ago, or 30 years, or even 20 years ago that our songs, or some of them, would be informed from the point of view of being a parent... Because if you go back 34 years, Mike was working at a pizza place, Jeff was pouring coffee, Matt worked at Kinko's, Stone... You worked at the hardware store?... Part time?... Josh Klinghoffer, you were probably in your room playing guitar... You're making your first record at 15?... What were you doing?...
Josh: Kind of.. I was hanging pictures of you guys up on my walls... Very very methodically...
Let's hear it for the great Josh Klinghoffer... Something funny happened the other day... My daughter... They're both here tonight, and my wife... She was in California at a benefit, and she met the actor Zach Galifianakis... He was introduced to her... And then he said: Oh, I always wanted to know: Have you ever sung to your dad, don't call me daughter?... This will be the last time on tour we'll sing it, unless they surprise me with another one... I've also been talking about kids... There's a whole bunch of good ones... They're all good in the whole bunch... I'm not going to name names, but Mike McCready's oldest... She just got accepted to one of the best colleges in the whole planet... We're so proud of her parents... And they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree... That apple rolled down a fucking hill... For all you parents out there, you know it ain't easy... It's not easy taking care of them, and it's not easy letting them go... This song's called Something Special... ~ Eddie Vedder
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The last show at the Spectrum 10/31/09. I'm sure many here can speak of it. I wasn't there, but how was this show for you?
Never thought these words would ever come from my mouth, way too long 😬 Itvwas great, but like 75% in my legs felt like cement, the people falling on their asses on the wings was crazy… the began demoing that place prior. How the passed a safety inspection with no rails on the steps and super wet steps is beyond me
I remember getting beers right before they went on, the rumors on who would show up were insane… Ed even addressed it. I actually thought N3 was my favorite night… but this was great fun. World Series during these shows was a fun touch
The last show at the Spectrum 10/31/09. I'm sure many here can speak of it. I wasn't there, but how was this show for you?
Never thought these words would ever come from my mouth, way too long 😬 Itvwas great, but like 75% in my legs felt like cement, the people falling on their asses on the wings was crazy… the began demoing that place prior. How the passed a safety inspection with no rails on the steps and super wet steps is beyond me
I remember getting beers right before they went on, the rumors on who would show up were insane… Ed even addressed it. I actually thought N3 was my favorite night… but this was great fun. World Series during these shows was a fun touch
I need to listen soon
I do believe a concert can be too long, just as some movies can be too long. I wasn't really a big PJ fan until 2010-2011. I wish it would have happened sooner for me because my ass would have been at all four of those Spectrum shows!
The last show at the Spectrum 10/31/09. I'm sure many here can speak of it. I wasn't there, but how was this show for you?
It was a great show, but my all time fave show of the 60 we've attended is the previous night. 10.30.09 - just thinking about the energy in the Spectrum coupled with the setlist still gives me chills.
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Eddie Vedder Düsseldorf 06/30/2019
"The future ain't what it used to be..."
The one thing that we think about when we're not here... When we think of you, which is often... Manchester?.. Those people are tough... Manchester's tough... I mean, there are some guys right up here that they would fuck you up... And it started getting a little tight during the Porch song, and then I asked you to go back, and you went back... That was very kind... I really appreciate that... That's a badass tough guy that can understand a large group behaviour... The other good thing about Manchester: You could be a tough guy, and you don't have to have a firearm or a gun like in the United States... We have what they call a sergeant general... He's official position is to look out for the health of the civilians and the constituents... And he declared it a public emergency... That, you know, we have to start studying... That we have to, somehow, create some reasonable... You don't have to think about this... You're lucky... It's nice to be in a room with some real tough guys, and not the ones that... I was getting choked up there... There's a surfer in Hawaii... He was an activist, surf coach, actor... He lost his life on the North Shore yesterday... It was a good friend of our friend Jack Johnson... I got to know him over the years... He used to surf pipeline... So, we want to send one out to Mr. Tamayo Perry... We're thinking about you, and your family... Your community... And thanks again for propping us up tonight... I needed your help big time... I needed some tough guys, and tough girls... So, thank you... What's our State of Love and Trust these days?.. ~ Eddie Vedder
What an incredible 1st half of the first encore: Around the Bend > Footsteps > Come Back > Crazy Mary
We have a special guest... We just try to find her... Corin?!... There she is... This is Corin Tucker from Sleater-Kinney etc... You've heard of these things that we put out...They're called Christmas singles... Every once in a while, they come out on Christmas... But they're rarely get played live... This one who knows if we'll ever get another chance to play it live?.. But last year's single, I guess you call it a duet with myself and Ms. Corin Tucker... One of our favourite tours a number of years ago was with Sleater-Kinney opening for us... We missed them immensely, and since Corin lives in this town... Wherever the fuck we are... She's here now... This is a song by John Doe from X... It's called Golden State... We'd like to play it for you tonight... ~ Eddie Vedder
5/24/06
Skimming through Lisbon 1 and 2 2006
Eddie Vedder Düsseldorf 06/30/2019
"The future ain't what it used to be..."
I'd like to make a toast... We've been playing music with this guy for decades and decades... Every night, we've had the great fortune of sharing the stage with him... He's been absolutely magnificent each and every gig, not a one missing... I just want to raise a toast to the great, great Matt Cameron... As I've mentioned before, we were invited here by a very very special group of people... They ask us for years... This is their place... This is their land... I'm talking about our friends, the Seminole tribe of Florida... It's for their perseverance that we are fortunate enough to come here, and on top of that, before the show they honoured us as a band for our continuous work with the indigenous peoples all throughout our country... But I will say, all the work that we were commented for was actually done by one man... And that's our very own, Jeff Ament... In the last 25-30 years, he's been overseeing and funding, and building skate parks on reservations all throughout the land... I asked him tonight: How many?... He was guessing 42... 42 skate parks... A few years ago, they had a ceremony at the end of christening one of the parks... Maybe it was in Montana?... They christened it and also gave Jeff the name Holds Water... That's very very powerful... And I tell you, it's very true... 35 years of being in a band with him, and there's never been a leak... He certainly holds water... Jeff Ament, we toast you... And he wrote this song... It's called Won't Tell... ~ Eddie Vedder
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
That's a very very good singing there... We're going to play a song, this might be the last time you'll hear it on this tour... We've only played it when one of our kids is in the audience, in attendance... We've been in this group for 34 years?... Don't ask Mike... He's not good at math... That's over half of our lives... We never thought 32 years ago, or 30 years, or even 20 years ago that our songs, or some of them, would be informed from the point of view of being a parent... Because if you go back 34 years, Mike was working at a pizza place, Jeff was pouring coffee, Matt worked at Kinko's, Stone... You worked at the hardware store?... Part time?... Josh Klinghoffer, you were probably in your room playing guitar... You're making your first record at 15?... What were you doing?...
Josh: Kind of.. I was hanging pictures of you guys up on my walls... Very very methodically...
Let's hear it for the great Josh Klinghoffer... Something funny happened the other day... My daughter... They're both here tonight, and my wife... She was in California at a benefit, and she met the actor Zach Galifianakis... He was introduced to her... And then he said: Oh, I always wanted to know: Have you ever sung to your dad, don't call me daughter?... This will be the last time on tour we'll sing it, unless they surprise me with another one... I've also been talking about kids... There's a whole bunch of good ones... They're all good in the whole bunch... I'm not going to name names, but Mike McCready's oldest... She just got accepted to one of the best colleges in the whole planet... We're so proud of her parents... And they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree... That apple rolled down a fucking hill... For all you parents out there, you know it ain't easy... It's not easy taking care of them, and it's not easy letting them go... This song's called Something Special... ~ Eddie Vedder
Atlanta 05/01/25
Thirteen years later and they are just as great.
EV- 2008, 2011 Boston
I remember getting beers right before they went on, the rumors on who would show up were insane… Ed even addressed it. I actually thought N3 was my favorite night… but this was great fun. World Series during these shows was a fun touch
I need to listen soon
2013: LA 1 & LA 2, Vancouver
2018: Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
2022: LA 1 & LA 2
2024: Vancouver 1 & Vancouver 2, Portland, Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
2025: Nashville 1 & 2, Raleigh 1 & 2