Due to the mechanical failure of an American Eagle puddle jumper, I missed the first night of Pearl Jam's final stand at the Spectrum. (It's a long story.) C'est la guerre: There are three more shows in the offing. And never fear, Sam Adams was there on Tuesday for the Inquirer, and his review will be up on the web in the a.m. It's here.
Meanwhile, I got various accounts from within the hallowed hall, from tales of a "Yankees Suck!" chant, to Teenage Kicks blogger Trip McClatchy's report that Eddie Vedder revealed himself to be a "rock god." Here's what Vedder said from the stage about the Spectrum, according to Comcast-Spectacor PR poobah Ike Richman:
"There's a reason why bands like to play in this room. It sounds great in here. It's an honor this band takes seriously playing the last shows at this building. We were flying in yesterday. We can see a gigantic football stadium and a big baseball stadium. And the other arena. The Spectrum looked just like a baby, but the history is the biggest. So we heard Bruce Springsteen tore the roof of the place last week. We have our work cut out for us. We ain't gonna be the clean up crew. By Saturday at ... 2 a.m., we're going to try to play every song we know. there may be some nobody knows."
And here's the set list:
Corduroy/Whipping/Hail Hail/Supersonic/Dissident/Unthought Known/Faithful/Parachutes/Unemployable/Immortality/Green Disease/Not For You (Modern Girl)/Rival/Nothingman/Ghost/Evolution/Why Go/Bee Girl/Just Breathe/The End/All Those Yesterdays/State Of Love And Trust/Mankind/The Fixer/Don't Go/Daughter/Love Reign O'er Me/Black/Leash/Rum/Rockin' In The Free World
Previously: Meet The New Boss...
This guys job is music critic for the inquirer and he missed this show? If I were Brian Tearney this chump would be fired. I dont care what the excuse is, This was the show of the century.— summerdaleSULLY- You forgot Mankind on the Setlist. Stone sang. That was pretty epic. Here's the list in its entirety from pearljam.com. Set 1: Corduroy * Whipping * Hail, Hail * Supersonic * Dissident * Unthought Known * Faithfull * Parachutes * Unemployable * Immortality * Green Disease * Not For You(Modern Girl) * Rival * Nothingman * Ghost * Do The Evolution * Why Go Encore 1: * Bee Girl * Just Breathe * The End * All Those Yesterdays * State Of Love And Trust * Mankind * The Fixer * Go Encore 2: * Daughter * Love Reign O'er Me * Black * Leash * Rearviewmirror * Rockin' In The Free World— grljam
- I'm going tonight. Does anyone know how varied the set list will be or are they sticking to the same stuff? Also, can I sneak some beer past security?— Goirish77
- I'm going tonight. Does anyone know how varied the set list will be or are they sticking to the same stuff? Also, can I sneak some beer past security?— Goirish77
- Thanks, grljam. Fixed it. Goirish, I'm thinking the setlist is going to vary pretty much, because he said "we're gonna try to play every song we know."— ddeluca
- Yeah, they will undoubtedly mix it up. The show was incredible last night, they really love the Philly fans. Can't wait for tonight!!!— joeygrl
- Hey grljam, thanks for having a setlist that we can actually read! Come on Dan!!— wingslax35
- I went Tuesday and they said they were planning on playing every song they know over the 4 nights. So I'd guess they're mixing it up. They were awesome Tuesday. Best one I've seen.— Steve_B
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