The Official 2025 Tour Rumor Thread

kaw753 · April 24

EMizner said:

setlist41 said:

matt84 said:

DEGBTI said:

listening to Rob on PJ radio a couple days ago, he said the Ohana lineup was a couple weeks away. So, that would be mid-leg of this tour.

Based on previous years, is that a later announcement than usual?

Yea, it's usually mid April.

With the rumor of Green Day being a headliner I think we won’t get an Ohana announcement until after May 8 when the Coachella radius clause ends.

Wait, didn't they already play at Coachella? Why couldn't they announce a show if Coachella already happened?

pjl44 · April 24

kaw753 said:

EMizner said:

setlist41 said:

matt84 said:

DEGBTI said:

listening to Rob on PJ radio a couple days ago, he said the Ohana lineup was a couple weeks away. So, that would be mid-leg of this tour.

Based on previous years, is that a later announcement than usual?

Yea, it's usually mid April.

With the rumor of Green Day being a headliner I think we won’t get an Ohana announcement until after May 8 when the Coachella radius clause ends.

Wait, didn't they already play at Coachella? Why couldn't they announce a show if Coachella already happened?

Bullet 3

kaw753 · April 24

pjl44 said:

kaw753 said:

EMizner said:

setlist41 said:

matt84 said:

DEGBTI said:

listening to Rob on PJ radio a couple days ago, he said the Ohana lineup was a couple weeks away. So, that would be mid-leg of this tour.

Based on previous years, is that a later announcement than usual?

Yea, it's usually mid April.

With the rumor of Green Day being a headliner I think we won’t get an Ohana announcement until after May 8 when the Coachella radius clause ends.

Wait, didn't they already play at Coachella? Why couldn't they announce a show if Coachella already happened?

Bullet 3

I see the point, but the bullet makes no sense. Why would Green Day announcing a show after Coachella is done impact Coachella? Kills the vibes? DVD sales?

uglybabo · April 24

Lady Gaga played Coachella and already announced solo shows in LA and SF

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-22/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-kia-forum-july-august

Shaindli1 · April 24

uglybabo said:

Lady Gaga played Coachella and already announced solo shows in LA and SF

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-22/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-kia-forum-july-august

The embargo is about "competing festivals."

uglybabo · April 24

Shaindli1 said:

uglybabo said:

Lady Gaga played Coachella and already announced solo shows in LA and SF

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-22/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-kia-forum-july-august

The embargo is about "competing festivals."

It says ‘or a headlining show in Southern California’

aisleseats · April 24

uglybabo said:

Shaindli1 said:

uglybabo said:

Lady Gaga played Coachella and already announced solo shows in LA and SF

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-22/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-kia-forum-july-august

The embargo is about "competing festivals."

It says ‘or a headlining show in Southern California’

"Publicizing any performances at competing festivals in California...until May 8"

DEGBTI · April 24

so lady gaga ef'ed up?

aisleseats · April 24

DEGBTI said:

so lady gaga ef'ed up?

No. Not a festival.

uglybabo · April 24

aisleseats said:

DEGBTI said:

so lady gaga ef'ed up?

No. Not a festival.

Publicizing any performances at competing festivals in California, it’s bordering states and Washington or a headlining concert in Southern California until May 8.

njhaley1 · April 25

DEGBTI said:

so lady gaga ef'ed up?

To be fair, so did Green Day when they "accidentally" posted a promo/give away for Ohana tickets. Totally an accident, not at all a way to circumvent this silly contract.

Guess we'll be waiting a couple of weeks for an update.

enddem · April 25

It's possible Lady Gaga asked for, and received, an exception. Or negotiated it as part of her agreement to perform at Coachella.

DE4173 · April 25

She's excellent in negotiations. Phenomenal poker face.

enddem · April 25

DE4173 said:

She's excellent in negotiations. Phenomenal poker face.

😂

Lost In Ohio · April 25

drfox said:

My instinct is that there’s no more shows or just a few in South America. The merch for these Spring shows is all labelled as “Dark Matter 2025 Tour”. If more shows I would have guessed it would be labelled Spring Tour or US Tour.

My instinct is they are taking a full year off after May and will be back next for Europe in June/July next year.

This. If there were more shows planned and they were just in the "maybe possibly if things work out" stage, I'm sure the merch would be as you said.

I think Ohana is the last holdout...but that might just be EV solo (with or without the Earthlings).

If things were looking hopeful, they'd probably at least say "US 2025" or "Spring 2025".

I've had the "2018/2019" feeling for a while now...enjoy these shows. These could be it for a while. OTOH, when they re-emerge after Pittsburgh (could be a while), the possibility for new music is definitely higher than 1%, given we know they recorded in Australia.

ON THE OTHER HAND... I'd be surprised as all hell if they took the entirety of 2026 off.

What was:
2013 - Lightning Bolt and tour through 2016.
2017 - Relatively quiet year
2018 - South America, announced album and Home/Away Tour
2019 - Break year
2020 - Gigaton released and COVID craziness.
2021 - Beach Shows
2022 - Tour
2023 - Small tour
2024 - Dark Matter

What could have been:
2013 - Album
2018 - Album and tour
2019 - Tour
2020 - Tour? Album?
2021 - Album?
2022 -

2018-2022 really screwed the band's cycle up. The good news? We're past that now.

DE4173 · April 25

Honest question, and I'm not trying to be a smartass (really)...couldn't the merch for additional US dates still have "Dark Matter 2025 Tour" on it?

Lost In Ohio · April 25

DE4173 said:

Honest question, and I'm not trying to be a smartass (really)...couldn't the merch for additional US dates still have "Dark Matter 2025 Tour" on it?

Of course it *could* but...why would the first night have "2025 tour" and other merch be different?

DE4173 · April 25

**** This is just for fun; I'll delete if it's a problem****

My ChatGPT effort (with sad spelling output 😆):

Purple Fairy Tree · April 26

Hello, does anyone know if Pearl Jam are coming to England this year? Thank you.

stones · April 26

Purple Fairy Tree said:

Hello, does anyone know if Pearl Jam are coming to England this year? Thank you.

There’s nothing rumoured for Europe this year.

kmcmanus · April 26

Lost In Ohio said:

drfox said:

My instinct is that there’s no more shows or just a few in South America. The merch for these Spring shows is all labelled as “Dark Matter 2025 Tour”. If more shows I would have guessed it would be labelled Spring Tour or US Tour.

My instinct is they are taking a full year off after May and will be back next for Europe in June/July next year.

This. If there were more shows planned and they were just in the "maybe possibly if things work out" stage, I'm sure the merch would be as you said.

I think Ohana is the last holdout...but that might just be EV solo (with or without the Earthlings).

If things were looking hopeful, they'd probably at least say "US 2025" or "Spring 2025".

I've had the "2018/2019" feeling for a while now...enjoy these shows. These could be it for a while. OTOH, when they re-emerge after Pittsburgh (could be a while), the possibility for new music is definitely higher than 1%, given we know they recorded in Australia.

ON THE OTHER HAND... I'd be surprised as all hell if they took the entirety of 2026 off.

What was:
2013 - Lightning Bolt and tour through 2016.
2017 - Relatively quiet year
2018 - South America, announced album and Home/Away Tour
2019 - Break year
2020 - Gigaton released and COVID craziness.
2021 - Beach Shows
2022 - Tour
2023 - Small tour
2024 - Dark Matter

What could have been:
2013 - Album
2018 - Album and tour
2019 - Tour
2020 - Tour? Album?
2021 - Album?
2022 -

2018-2022 really screwed the band's cycle up. The good news? We're past that now.

They sat on DM for over a year. I don’t expect new music until 27 or 28 no matter when it’s finished. They seem to be trying to stretch things out.

Zen23 · April 26

On the one hand, it's a shame that they won't be back in Europe until 2026 at the earliest, but it does increase the chance that they'll get away from the fixed, predictable Dark Matter blocks in their setlist. If they also sell their visuals by then, that would be a dream come true. Once again Pearl Jam in its purest and most unpredictable form. I'd even pay their outrageously expensive ticket prices in Europe again for that. Oh, I'd even round it up to 200 euros. Let's see how close I can get to my dream again.

drfox · April 26

Zen23 said:

On the one hand, it's a shame that they won't be back in Europe until 2026 at the earliest, but it does increase the chance that they'll get away from the fixed, predictable Dark Matter blocks in their setlist. If they also sell their visuals by then, that would be a dream come true. Once again Pearl Jam in its purest and most unpredictable form. I'd even pay their outrageously expensive ticket prices in Europe again for that. Oh, I'd even round it up to 200 euros. Let's see how close I can get to my dream again.

I was kind of disappointed when Europe didn’t happen this year. But if they are having a year long rest, a European tour next year will be fantastic. I imagine they’ll turn up fully energised and raring to go!

darwinstheory · April 26

kmcmanus said:

Lost In Ohio said:

drfox said:

My instinct is that there’s no more shows or just a few in South America. The merch for these Spring shows is all labelled as “Dark Matter 2025 Tour”. If more shows I would have guessed it would be labelled Spring Tour or US Tour.

My instinct is they are taking a full year off after May and will be back next for Europe in June/July next year.

This. If there were more shows planned and they were just in the "maybe possibly if things work out" stage, I'm sure the merch would be as you said.

I think Ohana is the last holdout...but that might just be EV solo (with or without the Earthlings).

If things were looking hopeful, they'd probably at least say "US 2025" or "Spring 2025".

I've had the "2018/2019" feeling for a while now...enjoy these shows. These could be it for a while. OTOH, when they re-emerge after Pittsburgh (could be a while), the possibility for new music is definitely higher than 1%, given we know they recorded in Australia.

ON THE OTHER HAND... I'd be surprised as all hell if they took the entirety of 2026 off.

What was:
2013 - Lightning Bolt and tour through 2016.
2017 - Relatively quiet year
2018 - South America, announced album and Home/Away Tour
2019 - Break year
2020 - Gigaton released and COVID craziness.
2021 - Beach Shows
2022 - Tour
2023 - Small tour
2024 - Dark Matter

What could have been:
2013 - Album
2018 - Album and tour
2019 - Tour
2020 - Tour? Album?
2021 - Album?
2022 -

2018-2022 really screwed the band's cycle up. The good news? We're past that now.

They sat on DM for over a year. I don’t expect new music until 27 or 28 no matter when it’s finished. They seem to be trying to stretch things out.

Imagine having something so good and just not releasing it. Crazy yo!

PrezIntense · April 26

I don’t know if this has been posted yet but…

kmcmanus · April 26

PrezIntense said:

I don’t know if this has been posted yet but…

Fake. It was on Reddit a couple days ago and people were giving date conflicts for several of these bands

JABK · April 27

Zen23 said:

On the one hand, it's a shame that they won't be back in Europe until 2026 at the earliest, but it does increase the chance that they'll get away from the fixed, predictable Dark Matter blocks in their setlist. If they also sell their visuals by then, that would be a dream come true. Once again Pearl Jam in its purest and most unpredictable form. I'd even pay their outrageously expensive ticket prices in Europe again for that. Oh, I'd even round it up to 200 euros. Let's see how close I can get to my dream again.

2026 it is! I allways love when a band does a non-album tour...it usually mean better setlists. Hoping for Prague or a double date in Stockholm.

Ryan · April 27

After seeing the first two shows, it would be a shame if this leg is the only tour for 2025 with how good the band sounds.

southerngarden · April 27

Have we heard anything about a possible Dark Matter Europe tour? Is South America first? So maybe Europe in the Fall?

Anything? Anyone?

Robbert · April 27

southerngarden said:

Have we heard anything about a possible Dark Matter Europe tour? Is South America first? So maybe Europe in the Fall?
Anything? Anyone?

We already had a DM EU Tour

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