*** St Paul, MN 2 Fanviews Here 9/2/23 ***

Sea

Pearl Jam
Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul, MN
09/02/23
Show 2 of 2
Set List

Opening Band: Deep Sea Diver

Pearl Jam Onstage 8:57
Pearl Jam Offstage 11:22
Walk on music: 8:56 Phillip Glass Metamorphosis

Set List
1. Pendulum
2. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
3. Off He Goes
4. Nothing As It Seems
5. Daughter/Chaise Longue tag 20 seconds-{Wet Leg-(Teasedale, Chambers, Mobaraki)}
6. Do The Evolution
7. Last Exit
8. Once
9. Who Ever Said/(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction-(Jagger/Richards) 15 seconds
10. Brain Damage-(Waters) 44 seconds long
11. I Am Mine
12. Take The Long Way
13. Even Flow
14. Severed Hand
15. In Hiding
{Ed takes a request)
16. Unthought Known
17. Corduroy
18. Porch

Encore Break
{Ed mentions Dale Crover from The Melvin’s needing emergency back surgery and says the band wish him well.  He also discusses the charity he and Jill work with for Epidermolysis Bullosa.  Some of the doctors are at the show. Shows a picture of a young boy named Charlie that Ed made friends with who had EB.  Charlie passed but was a fighter.  Next song dedicated to him.}

Ed Solo
19. I Won’t Back Down-(Petty, Lynn)
Band returns
20. Last Kiss-(Cochran)
21. Got Some
22. Jeremy
{Ed has Rich Best come on stage.  Rich was a local promoter who booked Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam back in the early days and still works with Pearl Jam today including Ohana Fest)
23. Better Man/Save It For Later-(Charley, Cox, Morton, Steele, Wakeling) 40 seconds
24. Alive

25. Purple Rain-(Prince) 

{Members of Deep Sea Diver join the band. Ed sings the first verse and chorus and Josh Klinghoffer sings the rest of the song.}

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Thank you, John for the set list & notes.

danlee1095

Another incredible night at this arena.  The band was having a blast!  In Hiding was amazing and most the rest of the first set was just electric after the sitting portion (which was also great). Best Purple Rain of the 5 or so I’ve seen.  Absolutely a blast!  See you in Chicago!!

mookeywrench

This is the second time I've seen Sea refer to them as Deep Sea Divers.

Gonna have to wave my finger of shame to the moderator of the Pearl Jams.

mshnayder

Greatest live band in the world. That is all. What an incredible show and crowd. Perfect set list as well except could have done without repeating Small Town and Daughter from night one but that is a minor gripe.

ianpickus

Will be listening to see if the wrongly tuned bass for the first half of Last Kiss makes the boot!

The best band. Sad my leg is over, looking forward to next time already. They’re a gift. 

Hopped Up

One of the best main sets I’ve ever seen (tonight was show #52 for me). I am Mine was rocking. DTE/Last Exit/Once got the crowd going. Loved Severed Hand. Encore was a mixed bag but MN folks ate up Purple Rain. And EB tribute was emotional. 

RatherStarved

Mic drop 

wwsuicide

This was a damn good one!!

tylermoore

All personal preference but man....N1 blew this show out of the water. The encore was rough for someone who’s seen multiple shows. Still amazing. I laughed and cried and danced. But man that encore sucked the energy out of the show for me. 

Colaresi

I loved it. Eddie sounded great, the band was in synch and I felt the emotions in almost every song. Joy, frustration, regret, exuberance, in turn. I love Prince and Purple Rain so I thought that was a great closer. In Hiding was fantastic and Last Exit and Whoever Said were highlights for me.

JimmyV

Fun show. Felt a little off at times and I'm not sure why. Curious to see the written setlist and what was changed. Liked the main set a lot. Pendulum, Off He Goes, NAIS, I Am Mine, Severed Hand, In Hiding, Once...it was great. Encore was ok. We are conditioned to hope for rarities in those slots - Undone!!! - so Last Kiss, Better Man and Jeremy sometimes disappoint. Two of those three are still a blast live, though. And I'll be honest...Purple Rain beats RITFW for me. It was unexpected and they crushed it. 

My only show this year was a fun one. 

wolfamongwolves

All albums accounted for. That's what I like to see! 

lastexitlondon

Anyone score guitar picks?

yosi

wolfamongwolves said:

All albums accounted for. That's what I like to see! 

100%

Roosky830

For me night 2 was just as wonderful as night 1.  I really enjoyed wondering what they were going to play next and enjoying the set list.  Wish they didn't sell out of night two posters though.  Did not get the chance to grab one.  Nevertheless still woke up this morning with the show in my head and a smile on my face.   Which is all this girl can ask for!

Crazy Out of my Mind

What's with the repeats playing the same city?  With the catalog they have is it necessary?

2-feign-reluctance

That’s a hell of a pair of shows lucky folks! Can’t wait to bliss out to the bootlegs! 

2-feign-reluctance

Crazy Out of my Mind said:

What's with the repeats playing the same city?  With the catalog they have is it necessary?

It is when you have new fans coming to shows. New generations are getting into Pearl Jam & this is a good thing! 

iOnlyownMymind

Show was on fire and caught two picks from Mike! Thanks to @aisleseats for the drop! Finally got NAIS. Always great to hear In Hiding. I Am Mine was great and Severed Hand a nice surprise. Lots of energy from the band. It was clear that they were on a mission to tear it up last night. 

drakeheuer14

I want to hear take the long way so bad in Texas! Great set! 

gotthebottle

I'm in the N1 setlist better for me but both great.. except for Daughter  both shows

danlee1095

Roosky830 said:

For me night 2 was just as wonderful as night 1.  I really enjoyed wondering what they were going to play next and enjoying the set list.  Wish they didn't sell out of night two posters though.  Did not get the chance to grab one.  Nevertheless still woke up this morning with the show in my head and a smile on my face.   Which is all this girl can ask for!

10C will be selling at some point but act fast when they do as I’m betting these go quick.

troubled_soul

Excellent show! Totally different energy from night 1,equally good just different. Standouts for me were DTE, Last Exit, In Hiding, Unthought Known, Got Some! Why does Eddie have to be such a damn great guy with his helping kids and charity work. I think I got something in my eye because it started watering a couple times during the encore. 

Gern Blansten

Crazy Out of my Mind said:

What's with the repeats playing the same city?  With the catalog they have is it necessary?

They weren't repeats for the majority of the people there 

tbergs

I'll write up more later, but fantastic show last night. Definitely more fan songs than casual listener. I feel like Eddie's voice got stronger as the night went on. Highlights were the album opener trilogy, Got Some, Severed Hand and In Hiding (never thought I'd hear that one). Best Betterman I've ever witnessed. Ed nailed it perfectly. Amazing show and energy. I felt like they didn't want to leave the stage last night. Loved the huddle before Alive as they tried to decide which song to play next. Totally expected RITFW so I'll take Purple Rain over that any day.

Merkin Baller

What a night. I don’t know who had more fun, the crowd or the band. Pendulum, Off He Goes, Last Exit, In Hiding, NAIS, were highlights. Mike McCready was channeling another planet (again). He’s so f’ing entertaining, I’ll never get tired of seeing him live. I Am Mine was incredible, as was Purple Rain. 

I love this band, and this community…. Eric, Marni, Jimmy, Jeff & Jess… so nice to meet you folks this week. Enjoy the rest of the tour, those of you who are continuing on. 

Roosky830

danlee1095 said:

Roosky830 said:

For me night 2 was just as wonderful as night 1.  I really enjoyed wondering what they were going to play next and enjoying the set list.  Wish they didn't sell out of night two posters though.  Did not get the chance to grab one.  Nevertheless still woke up this morning with the show in my head and a smile on my face.   Which is all this girl can ask for!

10C will be selling at some point but act fast when they do as I’m betting these go quick.

Great point!  Thank you!  

Vitalogensia

Both nights were great, N2 was much more fun. Energy from the band and crowd made it one of the best shows I’ve been to (of 29). 

URthekey

Loved hearing Severed Hand again and that Brain Damage into I am Mine was next level. Loads of energy in the crowd & the band was on fire!
Met some great people in MN this weekend, from all over the world!
Some pics from my view 3 deep in front of Ed:

drakeheuer14

Ditched the hokas and went back to Jordans? He is still young folks! 

great pictures - especially love that guitar reflection one

RedMosquitoSmile28

Amazing show. This show may be one of those that is debated a bit down the road, but it is a top three for me (16 shows). It seems like people in that number range feel it was up there more than others, but we only know what we know.

Anyway I just thought it all fit. The songs from every album was amazing. Severed Hand is about my white whale and I just was floored. I get the debate about the encore some, but people like Last Kiss and this crowd seemed to, and Jeremy fit in my mind. Plus Got Some was great. I think Purple Rain is just fine for this venue and it is certainly an awesome song. I don't want to see them add it as a staple, but I enjoyed it.

Just the whole night, I loved it. Met some cool people waiting to get in early for merch, got all that but the basketball and duffle bag which for whatever reason they can't hold enough for the second show inside, but that is another story. One guy I was with got the very last basketball at our stand (we were the first 10 people there and that was the only one), and he was so happy. I think that was great he got it.

One of my best PJ experiences last night and even though N1 didn't come close to it, this was a great trip and a great doublebill.