The Official 2026 Tour Rumor Thread

KJ228171 · August 30

on2legs said:

KJ228171 said:

on2legs said:

Bruce, for one, didn’t lip synch his appearance. For the record… I think it’s highly unlikely Pearl Jam plays the Super Bowl. But it would be fun to see as a fan.

Not his vocals or his solo but E Street Band's and backup vocals were prerecorded. Same for Prince and Lady Gaga but they are exceptions. I don’t think Stone, Jeff and Mike want to pretend play there instruments. For the Peppers Anthony was singing over prerecorded audio and the Flea and Josh didn’t even plug in their instruments.

Yes... that's why I said Bruce did not lip sync. Prerecorded audio is not the same as lip syncing. And the only reason the band's audio was prerecorded is because there is so little time to set up before the performance. It has nothing to do with the band's commitment to authenticity or ability to play live.

Even he was singing along to a prerecorded track. The reason is they want a perfect performance. If it’s up to the song engineers to pick and choose what the audience hears in the end.

on2legs · August 30

KJ228171 said:

on2legs said:

KJ228171 said:

on2legs said:

Bruce, for one, didn’t lip synch his appearance. For the record… I think it’s highly unlikely Pearl Jam plays the Super Bowl. But it would be fun to see as a fan.

Not his vocals or his solo but E Street Band's and backup vocals were prerecorded. Same for Prince and Lady Gaga but they are exceptions. I don’t think Stone, Jeff and Mike want to pretend play there instruments. For the Peppers Anthony was singing over prerecorded audio and the Flea and Josh didn’t even plug in their instruments.

Yes... that's why I said Bruce did not lip sync. Prerecorded audio is not the same as lip syncing. And the only reason the band's audio was prerecorded is because there is so little time to set up before the performance. It has nothing to do with the band's commitment to authenticity or ability to play live.

Even he was singing along to a prerecorded track. The reason is they want a perfect performance. If it’s up to the song engineers to pick and choose what the audience hears in the end.

Yeah… you said Super Bowl performers lip sync. I said Bruce didn’t lip sync (which is correct). The rest of your replies seem to be some type of semantics mixed with a maze of circular logic. My only point is that Bruce sang live. Peace ✌🏻

Get_Right · August 30

IF they go back on the road in 2026, it will include a festival. The money is too big. I do not think PJ would go over well as the super bowl halftime show. Its rare they have a pure rock band perform. Not enough flash for the NFL. Petty and Springsteen are exceptions because they both cross over to a pop audience.

pjl44 · August 31

They should finally play the Newport Folk Fest

darwinstheory · August 31

They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.

mcgruff10 · August 31

darwinstheory said:

They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.

Agree! Do something, anything!

Haijay · August 31

You people are out to lunch. The Super Bowl is an American event, Pearl Jam are a HUGE American band. Hilarious
Pearl Jam has too much integrity to play that corporate knob-shining shit show. They would NEVER lower themselves to not playing live and/or lip synching. But, dont kid yourselves, they are most certainly big enough to play it, ffs

SomethingCreative · August 31

If they had all decided to play that joke, I’d quit too.

TN49724 · August 31

Haijay said:

You people are out to lunch. The Super Bowl is an American event, Pearl Jam are a HUGE American band. Hilarious
Pearl Jam has too much integrity to play that corporate knob-shining shit show. They would NEVER lower themselves to not playing live and/or lip synching. But, dont kid yourselves, they are most certainly big enough to play it, ffs

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Ed has played a ton of private, Corporate “knob-shining” events over the years. Anyone who has convinced themselves that the band is above this is way out of touch. I have absolutely nothing against them doing this, but don’t kid yourselves into believing they stand on some moral high ground.

darwinstheory · September 1

mcgruff10 said:

darwinstheory said:

They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.

Agree! Do something, anything!

Seriously, when was the last time they 0layed there? 05? They love destination weekends...how does this not meet/exceed their expectations? The merch alone....💰 💸 💲

demetrios · September 1

darwinstheory said:

They should be playing an annual weekend series at the Gorge.

Indeed.

KJ228171 · September 1

Haijay said:

You people are out to lunch. The Super Bowl is an American event, Pearl Jam are a HUGE American band. Hilarious
Pearl Jam has too much integrity to play that corporate knob-shining shit show. They would NEVER lower themselves to not playing live and/or lip synching. But, dont kid yourselves, they are most certainly big enough to play it, ffs

They aren’t big enough to anchor a Super Bowl halftime show. That’s beyond question.

pdalowsky · September 1

JimmyV said:

Halftimes are there so you can walk the dog.

This.

to think they are going to bring the half time nonsense to the world cup next year is a pitiful prospect

Imo a total distraction to an important sporting event

josevolution · September 2

lol you think they’ll play halftime 😂😂 zero chance!

Weston1283 · September 2

It's sort of hard to believe that in an 18 month stretch.... we have gone from their best album in 20 years (Dark Matter) and all of the surrounding hype - to now to a drummer-less band that to me, feels more dead than it has in my 15-20 years of following them.

Zod · September 2

Weston1283 said:

It's sort of hard to believe that in an 18 month stretch.... we have gone from their best album in 20 years (Dark Matter) and all of the surrounding hype - to now to a drummer-less band that to me, feels more dead than it has in my 15-20 years of following them.

I guess? It's only been a few months since they played their last show. I assume it's going to take a bit to sort out the drummer situation and chart the next path. They'll get there.

gotthebottle · September 2

There's more important shit going on right now than bands touring...

pjl44 · September 2

gotthebottle said:

There's more important shit going on right now than bands touring...

I mean there always is and yet here we are on a band's website in a thread about touring

pjl44 · September 2

I just went on a needlepoint forum to make sure they knew there was more important shit than needlepoint right now

Kwieneke · September 2

gotthebottle said:

There's more important shit going on right now than bands touring...

this takes me away from that stuff

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