Tour stats so far

BF25394

There have been 201 songs played in total across eight shows, for an average of 25.1 songs per set. There have been 88 different songs played across the eight shows, for an average of 11 unique songs per show. Dark Matter tracks have accounted or 64 of the 201 songs played thus far on the Dark Matter Tour (an average of eight per night), or 31.8 percent of the total. All albums have been represented.

PJNB

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

BF25394

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

PJNB

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

BF25394

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

Hankj25

The focus on pre 2000’s stuff in the other spots is very intriguing to me.  The setlists have been pretty good, but I’d love to hear a little more Binural, Avacado, etc instead of 5-6 songs from Ten.  

However, given the nature of the DM tour, those songs are probably being squeezed due to the need to feature 7-8 DM songs per night.  My hope is by US leg 2 they’ll cut that down to about 5.  DM stuff sounds good live though, so it’s not the worst decision to play it!

PJNB

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

Its a big difference imo.

iOnlyownMymind

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

It’s a big difference imo.

They know DM is a much better album. 30+% of the set is a lot though. Five songs a night seems plenty. 

yosi

BF25394 said:

All albums except Backspacer have been represented.

This is the way. 

BSully

iOnlyownMymind said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

It’s a big difference imo.

They know DM is a much better album. 30+% of the set is a lot though. Five songs a night seems plenty. 

I mean, this is the Dark Matter tour...

BF25394

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

Its a big difference imo.

I don't disagree with you that it's a big difference, but that was why I singled out Gigaton, i.e., because the circumstances of the Gigaton tour were unlike any prior tour, where a lot of time elapsed between the album's release and the shows because of the postponements, and even still they played a significant number of songs from it, at least at the start before the tour got derailed. I still think their approach this time is consistent with their general M.O. when they have a new album. The shows in the fall of 2009 were heavy on Backspacer. The shows in the fall of 2013 were heavy on Lightning Bolt. Etc.

BF25394

iOnlyownMymind said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

It’s a big difference imo.

They know DM is a much better album. 30+% of the set is a lot though. Five songs a night seems plenty. 

I don't think it's that. I think they were psyched to play Gigaton songs, but by the time they got the chance to do it, two years had passed. Eight Gigaton songs in San Diego and six on Night 1 in L.A. still shows they wanted to play the new stuff. Once Matt went down, those songs fell out of rotation because Josh only knows the first five albums (by his own account-- he told me this directly) and Richard was learning on the fly.

BF25394

Hankj25 said:

The focus on pre 2000’s stuff in the other spots is very intriguing to me.  The setlists have been pretty good, but I’d love to hear a little more Binural, Avacado, etc instead of 5-6 songs from Ten.  

However, given the nature of the DM tour, those songs are probably being squeezed due to the need to feature 7-8 DM songs per night.  My hope is by US leg 2 they’ll cut that down to about 5.  DM stuff sounds good live though, so it’s not the worst decision to play it!

I would happily replace much of the Ten material with stuff from Riot Act through Gigaton, but I'm generally going to enjoy whatever they play. I'm not chasing any songs, although I do have favorites, of course.

pjl44

BSully said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

It’s a big difference imo.

They know DM is a much better album. 30+% of the set is a lot though. Five songs a night seems plenty. 

I mean, this is the Dark Matter tour...

I think the issue is how it's contributing to so many repeats on 2 night stands so far. 9/25 repeats with around half coming from Dark Matter is a lot. If we were getting the full album over both nights with maybe a song or two repeated, totally cool.

PJNB

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

Its a big difference imo.

I don't disagree with you that it's a big difference, but that was why I singled out Gigaton, i.e., because the circumstances of the Gigaton tour were unlike any prior tour, where a lot of time elapsed between the album's release and the shows because of the postponements, and even still they played a significant number of songs from it, at least at the start before the tour got derailed. I still think their approach this time is consistent with their general M.O. when they have a new album. The shows in the fall of 2009 were heavy on Backspacer. The shows in the fall of 2013 were heavy on Lightning Bolt. Etc.

Of course they are heavy with the new album. Everyone should have expected that.

9 shows a night though is still a surprise. Its a lot. 

Johnny Abruzzo

I think Vegas 2 had 6 DM songs, and they played 10 unique out of the 11 over 2 nights. I wanted to hear Waiting for Stevie again though. 

BF25394

pjl44 said:

BSully said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

It’s a big difference imo.

They know DM is a much better album. 30+% of the set is a lot though. Five songs a night seems plenty. 

I mean, this is the Dark Matter tour...

I think the issue is how it's contributing to so many repeats on 2 night stands so far. 9/25 repeats with around half coming from Dark Matter is a lot. If we were getting the full album over both nights with maybe a song or two repeated, totally cool.

It's totally cool either way. Most acts repeat way more than nine songs out of 25 in a two-night stand. Springsteen played two nights in L.A. last month and repeated 23 songs out of 31 the second night.

pjl44

BF25394 said:

pjl44 said:

BSully said:

iOnlyownMymind said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

It’s a big difference imo.

They know DM is a much better album. 30+% of the set is a lot though. Five songs a night seems plenty. 

I mean, this is the Dark Matter tour...

I think the issue is how it's contributing to so many repeats on 2 night stands so far. 9/25 repeats with around half coming from Dark Matter is a lot. If we were getting the full album over both nights with maybe a song or two repeated, totally cool.

It's totally cool either way. Most acts repeat way more than nine songs out of 25 in a two-night stand. Springsteen played two nights in L.A. last month and repeated 23 songs out of 31 the second night.

I typically don't go to more than one show on any given tour for this reason. Pearl Jam has been a very rare exception.

pjl44

And by the way I also understand how this makes no difference for some people. U2 has a fairly standard set on a given tour and I know more than one person who will follow them around. It's just not for me. There are just way too many shows around right now. Not to mention prices being what they are.

yoyo

for the statistics...🤘😁

I had fun making the setlists for the 4 shows that I will have the chance to attend if no loss of voice or worse... Eddie if you read me!?

Berlin1

01. Oceans

02. Fatal

03. Black

04. Present Tense

05. Scared of fear

06. React, Respond

07. Wreckage

08. Leach

09. Dark Matter

10. Wishlist

11. Lukin

12. Running

13. Even Flow

14. Upper Hand

15. Waiting for Stevie

16. Hail Hail

17. Nothing as it seems

18. Last Exit

Encore break

19. Can't Keep

20. Retrograde

21. Insignificance

22. Corduroy

23. Breath

24. Alive

25. Yellow Ledbetter

26. Setting Sun

Berlin2

01. Release

02. I'm open

03. Pendulum

04. Smile

05. Scrared of fear

06. React, respond

07. Wreckage

08. Blood

09. Dark Matter

10. Given to Fly

11. Light Years

12. Running

13. Jeremy

14. Upper Hand

15. In My Tree

16. Dirty Frank

17. Unemployable

18. Rearviewmirror

Encore break

19. All or None

20. Bugs

21. Brain Of J

22. Not for you

23. Just a girl

24. Deep

25. Setting Sun

Barcelona1

01. Long road

02. Seven o'clock

03. Off He Goes

04. Won't tell

05. Scared of fear

06. React, respond

07. Wreckage

08. Animal

09. Dark matter

10. Spin the black circle

11. Slow Lukin

12. Running

13. Better man

14. Upper Hand

15. Waiting for Stevie

16. Sad

17. Of the girl

18. Porch

Encore break

19. Walking the cow

20. Inside Job

21. No way

22. Corduroy

23. Indifference

24. Amongst the wave

25. Setting Sun

Barcelona2

01. Who you are

02. Hard to imagine

03. Around the bend

04. Go

05. Fear of fear

06. React, respond

07. Wreckage

08. Rats

09. Dark matter

10. Just a Girl

11. Sleight of hand

12. Running

13. Garden

14. Upper Hand

15. Waiting for Stevie

16. Tremor Christ

17. Strangest Tribe

18. I Got Shit

Encore break

19. River Cross

20. Infaillible

21. Do the evolution

22. Nothing man

23. Got Some

24. Alive

25. Believe you me/Immortality

26. Setting Sun

27. Invincible...

😉🤘🤟🎵😁

These pieces could potentially be suitable just in case!?

Grievance

Rival

Bushleaguer

I am mine

Save you

The end

Who ever said

Push me, pull me

Faithfull

Parting Ways

You are

Army Reserve

...

😁

PJNB

Nice sets Yoyo! 

If they play Parting Ways at any of my 9 shows this tour I can die a happy man! 

BF25394

pjl44 said:

And by the way I also understand how this makes no difference for some people. U2 has a fairly standard set on a given tour and I know more than one person who will follow them around. It's just not for me. There are just way too many shows around right now. Not to mention prices being what they are.

I am (myself) like you (somehow). The only bands I will see repeatedly are Pearl Jam and Wilco. Pearl Jam always changes things up a lot from night to night, and Wilco usually does.

pjl44

BF25394 said:

pjl44 said:

And by the way I also understand how this makes no difference for some people. U2 has a fairly standard set on a given tour and I know more than one person who will follow them around. It's just not for me. There are just way too many shows around right now. Not to mention prices being what they are.

I am (myself) like you (somehow). The only bands I will see repeatedly are Pearl Jam and Wilco. Pearl Jam always changes things up a lot from night to night, and Wilco usually does.

The only other one for me is My Morning Jacket. They'll consistently go no repeats when they have multiple shows in a city. If I was into jam bands this would be like every show.

Johnny Abruzzo

pjl44 said:

BF25394 said:

pjl44 said:

And by the way I also understand how this makes no difference for some people. U2 has a fairly standard set on a given tour and I know more than one person who will follow them around. It's just not for me. There are just way too many shows around right now. Not to mention prices being what they are.

I am (myself) like you (somehow). The only bands I will see repeatedly are Pearl Jam and Wilco. Pearl Jam always changes things up a lot from night to night, and Wilco usually does.

The only other one for me is My Morning Jacket. They'll consistently go no repeats when they have multiple shows in a city. If I was into jam bands this would be like every show.

MMJ essentially has a guarantee of no repeats in the same city. And they always bring it.

pjl44

Johnny Abruzzo said:

pjl44 said:

BF25394 said:

pjl44 said:

And by the way I also understand how this makes no difference for some people. U2 has a fairly standard set on a given tour and I know more than one person who will follow them around. It's just not for me. There are just way too many shows around right now. Not to mention prices being what they are.

I am (myself) like you (somehow). The only bands I will see repeatedly are Pearl Jam and Wilco. Pearl Jam always changes things up a lot from night to night, and Wilco usually does.

The only other one for me is My Morning Jacket. They'll consistently go no repeats when they have multiple shows in a city. If I was into jam bands this would be like every show.

MMJ essentially has a guarantee of no repeats in the same city. And they always bring it.

Always, every time, and without exception 

TA243471

I haven't minded seeing so much of the new album yet. Also, You can't help but have fun when you see how energized Stone is during the new songs.

danofun

TA243471 said:

I haven't minded seeing so much of the new album yet. Also, You can't help but have fun when you see how energized Stone is during the new songs.

Viewing a setlist and using that as the sole factor in determining an evenings "success" misses a number of key, contributing factors, not the least of which is the energy inside the room. It's live music and the feelings evoked are what keep us constantly coming back for more!

BF25394

Original post updated to reflect L.A. shows.

Spiritual_Chaos

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

BF25394 said:

PJNB said:

Surprised at how many DM are played each night especially the same city 2 show nights. 

I'm not really surprised since this is the Dark Matter Tour. And it's also consistent with how Pearl Jam has approached prior tours. Even with Gigaton, despite the year-and-a-half delay (and two full years for a proper tour), there was an effort to play a lot of the new tracks until Matts COVID diagnosis forced them to radically change the plan.

Check LA N1 and N2 2022 out. Its not even close to the same. 

I was at those shows. They played six songs from Gigaton the first night, after having played eight at the prior show in San Diego. Given that it had been two years since the album came out, that's still a pretty serious commitment to playing their newest material.

They played 9 new songs over two nights in LA. 

They are playing 18 new songs roughly over two nights now. 

Its a big difference imo.

I don't disagree with you that it's a big difference, but that was why I singled out Gigaton, i.e., because the circumstances of the Gigaton tour were unlike any prior tour, where a lot of time elapsed between the album's release and the shows because of the postponements, and even still they played a significant number of songs from it, at least at the start before the tour got derailed. I still think their approach this time is consistent with their general M.O. when they have a new album. The shows in the fall of 2009 were heavy on Backspacer. The shows in the fall of 2013 were heavy on Lightning Bolt. Etc.

@PJNB isn’t saying album tours are not heavy on the album they are out touring. 


1998 - LA (Yield tour)
Night 1: 6
Night 2: 5
= 11
Overlap: 4
44 songs total over two nights
25% Yield

2006 - LA (S/T tour)
Night 1: 10 including Wasted Reprise
Night 2: 5
= 15
Overlap: 4 songs
58 songs total over two nights
26% Avocado with Wasted Reprise
24% Avocado without Wasted Reprise

2009 - LA (Backspacer Tour)
Night 1: 8
Night 2: 6
= 14
Overlap: 5 songs
58 songs total over two nights
24% Backspacer

2013 - LA (Lightning Bolt Tour)
Night 1: 6
Night 2: 7
= 13
Overlap: 3 songs
66 songs total over two nights
20% Lightning Bolt

2022 - LA (Gigaton Tour)
Night 1: 6
Night 2: 3
= 9
Overlap: 0 songs
48 songs played over two nights
19% Gigaton

2024 - LA (Dark Matter tour)
Night 1: 9
Night 2: 7
= 16
Overlap: 6 songs
51 songs played over two nights
31% Dark Matter

Math and data can be wonky