I don't know how many times I've played this song as I fall to sleep at night. Just caps off the day perfectly. It has my favorite lyric of the whole album. "They say in the end everything will be ok, and if it's not ok well then it ain't the end."
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I wanna see more Pearl Jam shows end with Setting Sun.
Come out to the 2025 shows for a chance.
Hopefully they will add more shows this summer & fall.
LOVED seeing them close with Setting Sun in Seattle last May, for both nights.
Both nights, I was the idiot screaming SS at the back of the pit behind Jill, she complemented me. Eddie definitely noticed. A couple fans were laughing. Who cares. Best song in forever. Close with SS you pussies
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I wanna see more Pearl Jam shows end with Setting Sun.
Come out to the 2025 shows for a chance.
Hopefully they will add more shows this summer & fall.
LOVED seeing them close with Setting Sun in Seattle last May, for both nights.
Both nights, I was the idiot screaming SS at the back of the pit behind Jill, she complemented me. Eddie definitely noticed. A couple fans were laughing. Who cares. Best song in forever. Close with SS you pussies
Good job! 👍
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We All Believe
Eastchester, NY - Proud South Canadian. Posts: 638
Here's my petition suggesting that "Setting Sun" closes all PJ tour shows.
A suggestion, since no one TELLS the band what to do lol.
100K signatures, and it goes to Pennsylvania Avenue for review.
I love reading every post in this thread as I feel the same about the song.
I hope this catches the band’s attention too.
There’s a big difference between radio singles meant to catch a listener - and the songs like Black or Setting Sun that are never released, but resonate with fans on a deeper level.
I would hope like Inside Job has stayed in rotation long since that tour, that Setting Sun will be played a lot more throughout the Dark Matter tour and the song will stick around and be played often enough going forward. It’s that good. It deserves to be played most every night.
I wanna see more Pearl Jam shows end with Setting Sun.
Come out to the 2025 shows for a chance.
Hopefully they will add more shows this summer & fall.
LOVED seeing them close with Setting Sun in Seattle last May, for both nights.
Why no April/May shows for you?
To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."
"Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."
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I wanna see more Pearl Jam shows end with Setting Sun.
Come out to the 2025 shows for a chance.
Hopefully they will add more shows this summer & fall.
LOVED seeing them close with Setting Sun in Seattle last May, for both nights.
Why no April/May shows for you?
It's because I'm seeing Pearl Jam this Summer & Fall.
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Just kidding. We wanted to see Pearl Jam in Pittsburgh. Couldn't pull the trigger. Been pretty busy with work & family life so decided to skip the April / May shows.
Photos of @pearljam at @thegarden, with my film for “Setting Sun,” Sep 4 2024. The circle was a thematic thread through all of the Dark Matter tour visuals, with the “Setting Sun” finale bringing elements from other parts of the show together to close the circle. NYC was (and always will be) a second home to me, so it was extra special to bring this show to Madison Square Garden and have it perfectly framed by the building’s iconic circle looming over and reaching down towards our cosmic scenery, like the “Close Encounters” UFO.
As a personal aside: By design the show’s visuals have no hard cuts at all, and very few moments where the video is rhythmic or meant to hit at exact beats in a song. One of the few occasions is in “Setting Sun,” when the sun that has been slowly zooming out in one very long shot suddenly bursts open exactly on the downbeat into the guitar solo. This was a clever bit of visual design to pull off, as like everything else in the show the transition is triggered live by @kkpearl66’s manual lighting cues. It worked out so well that it became one of @eddievedder’s favorite visual moments, and each night it filled me with pride to watch him always turn around to watch the screen in awe for that moment. You can see it if you zoom in on the close-ups in slides 9 and 10. 🖤
I still have a bunch of photos to go through from last year’s PJ tour, I’ll drop them here as I get to them.
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A suggestion, since no one TELLS the band what to do lol.
100K signatures, and it goes to Pennsylvania Avenue for review.
https://chng.it/R92CTWWTpv
Join the fight to prevent suicide at www.afsp.org
Proud South Canadian.
"Me knowing the truth, I can not concur."
1996: Toronto - 1998: Chicago, Montreal, Barrie - 2000: Montreal, Toronto - 2002: Seattle X2 (Key Arena) - 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Seattle (Benaroya Hall) - 2004: Reading, Toledo, Grand Rapids - 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec City - 2006: Toronto X2, Albany, Hartford, Grand Rapids, Cleveland - 2007: Chicago (Vic Theatre) - 2008: NYC X2, Hartford, Mansfield X2 - 2009: Toronto, Chicago X2, Seattle X2, Philadelphia X4 - 2010: Columbus, Noblesville, Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford - 2011: Montreal, Toronto X2, Ottawa, Hamilton - 2012: Missoula - 2013: London, Chicago, Buffalo, Hartford - 2014: Detroit, Moline - 2015: NYC (Global Citizen Festival) - 2016: Greenville, Toronto X2, Chicago 1 - 2017: Brooklyn (RRHOF Induction) - 2018: Chicago 1, Boston 1 - 2022: Fresno, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto, NYC, Camden - 2023: St. Paul X2, Austin X2 - 2024: Vancouver X2, Portland, Sacramento, Missoula, Noblesville, Philadelphia X2, Baltimore - 2025: Hollywood X2, Atlanta 2, Nashville X2, Pittsburgh X2
https://chng.it/R92CTWWTpv
Join the fight to prevent suicide at www.afsp.org
Proud South Canadian.
Photos of @pearljam at @thegarden, with my film for “Setting Sun,” Sep 4 2024. The circle was a thematic thread through all of the Dark Matter tour visuals, with the “Setting Sun” finale bringing elements from other parts of the show together to close the circle. NYC was (and always will be) a second home to me, so it was extra special to bring this show to Madison Square Garden and have it perfectly framed by the building’s iconic circle looming over and reaching down towards our cosmic scenery, like the “Close Encounters” UFO.
As a personal aside: By design the show’s visuals have no hard cuts at all, and very few moments where the video is rhythmic or meant to hit at exact beats in a song. One of the few occasions is in “Setting Sun,” when the sun that has been slowly zooming out in one very long shot suddenly bursts open exactly on the downbeat into the guitar solo. This was a clever bit of visual design to pull off, as like everything else in the show the transition is triggered live by @kkpearl66’s manual lighting cues. It worked out so well that it became one of @eddievedder’s favorite visual moments, and each night it filled me with pride to watch him always turn around to watch the screen in awe for that moment. You can see it if you zoom in on the close-ups in slides 9 and 10. 🖤
I still have a bunch of photos to go through from last year’s PJ tour, I’ll drop them here as I get to them.
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