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  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,600
    edited February 11

    Pearl Jam Is ‘Between Eras’ but ‘Excited About the Future,’ Eddie Vedder Says

    Seven months after Matt Cameron's departure, Pearl Jam's frontman declines to say whether they've found a new drummer — but confirms the band is "woodshedding"
    February 11, 2026

    It’s been seven months since drummer Matt Cameron left Pearl Jam, so what’s going on with the band? In a Zoom interview with Rolling Stone that was otherwise focused on his moving new documentary Matter of Time, about his charity work to support medical research, frontman Eddie Vedder said he recently read a description of the group’s current state that rang true. “The quote was, I think, ‘Pearl Jam is in between eras at the moment,'” he said. “And I thought that was actually pretty concise.”

    Vedder dodged the question of whether the band has already found a new drummer, in a manner that may raise fans’ eyebrows. “ If I were to say anything,” he said, “I think we’d wanna have a band discussion about what we’d wanna say or who would be the messenger or whatever.”

    But Vedder did make it clear that he and the other members of Pearl Jam are currently playing together, and feeling open to evolution. “We’re in the lab, we’re woodshedding, excited,” he said. “It’s cool to think of change. As much as we’d like to have done it the way we did it forever — and we’ll still be able to do that thing — I think we’re all just excited for the future.” - the gist of it, to save you a click :)
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    35 years, 35 shows.

    Song Wishlist: Alone, Let Me Sleep, Brother, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, and the Mamasan Trilogy.

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  • pmcgrath5
    pmcgrath5 Posts: 91
    Love this. Playing together and excited about the future. Patience everyone I know it sucks to wait but 2027 could be epic. Still think we get some warm up type shows fall/end of this year. 
  • Shaindli1
    Shaindli1 Worcester, MA Posts: 3,286
    Yes, give me nothing.
    #Grievance2025 
  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,600
    Shaindli1 said:
    Yes, give me nothing.
    You got a request played less than a year ago. I don’t wanna hear it😂
    35 years, 35 shows.

    Song Wishlist: Alone, Let Me Sleep, Brother, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, and the Mamasan Trilogy.

    Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08

    ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
  • eboweddie
    eboweddie Posts: 1,192
    Are they 'In the lab' trying different concoctions i wonder.  Trying different drummers. Guessing here

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • Kwieneke
    Kwieneke Indiana Posts: 2,231
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. Its hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!
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  • Reissy
    Reissy St. Louis Posts: 542
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. Its hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!
    Agree. Outside of a drummer/tour announcement, I think this is the best news we could hope for
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  • JG242853
    JG242853 Posts: 400
    I dig this non update update. One could interpret the article as they're in the lab [with a new drummer].  At least, that's how I read it. 
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,941
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. Its hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!
    This is blasphemous. 
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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,118
    Tells me Ohana 2026
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  • Shaindli1
    Shaindli1 Worcester, MA Posts: 3,286
    Go Animal said:
    Shaindli1 said:
    Yes, give me nothing.
    You got a request played less than a year ago. I don’t wanna hear it😂
    Two, actually...
    #Grievance2025 
  • Shaindli1
    Shaindli1 Worcester, MA Posts: 3,286
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. Its hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!
    What is this life you speak of?
    #Grievance2025 
  • aisleseats
    aisleseats Posts: 1,688
    eboweddie said:
    Are they 'In the lab' trying different concoctions i wonder.  Trying different drummers. Guessing here
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  • mr bungle
    mr bungle Posts: 1,444
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. It’s hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,914
    Long Road back 
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  • TenDays
    TenDays Utah, USA Posts: 111
    Kwieneke said:
    We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. 
    I gave up social media, so this is where I spend my Internet time now!!
  • ddeschler
    ddeschler Posts: 697
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. Its hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!

    Did someone say shows without a drummer?  Would be cool!  I'd still go.
    I've seen quite a few Pearl Jam shows.
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,366
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. Its hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!


    Well said.
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  • DM282158
    DM282158 Beverly, MA Posts: 745
    Kwieneke said:
    A couple of things here. People: please remember there is a life outside of Pearl Jam. We are all fanatics here but this should not consume all your free time. Secondly, this should be welcome news. The guys are together. It’s hard to play without a drummer. I am sure they have a shortlist of options at this point and they are figuring it out. I personally don't think we see them this year but 2027 could be great!
    Precisely why Seinfeld hijacked this thread :)

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  • dreamweaver
    dreamweaver New York Posts: 764
    josevolution said:
    Long Road back 
    tour opener 2027?
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