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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Pearl Jam shows will be The Spectrum's last

As a concert venue, the Spectrum will not live to see Halloween. The Pearl Jam shows on October 28 and October 30 will be the Spectrums last.  Comcast-Spectacor announced this morning that the dates by Eddie Vedder and crew, which were announced last week and go on sale Friday on ComcastTIX.com, will be the final shows at the storied venue. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will play the building on October 13 and 14 (tix on sale July 27), and other big names for the fall are expected to announced in the coming weeks. Phish is one rumor; Bon Jovi wouldn't be a big surprise. When PJ last played the Spectrum in 2003, Vedder said: "It's really great to play a place with so much history and so much integration of culture. To be able to play the Spectrum is very memorable for us." 

Here's a fan video of PJ doing Neil Young's "Keep On Rockin' In The Free World" at the Wachovia Center in 2005, with Corinne Tucker of Sleater-Kinney helping out Vedder on vocals.

Previously: The Death Of The Coverage Of The Death of Michael Jackson 
Posted by Dan Deluca @ 11:17 AM  Permalink | File Under: News | 26 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:08 AM, 07/15/2009
    I CAN'T F'ING WAIT TO SEE PEARL JAM!!!
    — Tacony Palmyra
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:24 AM, 07/15/2009
    I CANT F'ING WAIT EITHER!!!!!
    — FatTony
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:32 AM, 07/15/2009
    hopefully they can blow up the spectrum with pearl jam still inside haha
    — glassyman
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:34 AM, 07/15/2009
    This is inaccurate. Phish will be there in November but they are just withholding that info from you. Nov. 13-15 Phish will be there.
    — admin
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:36 AM, 07/15/2009
    I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!!!
    — CrayzeeGuy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:39 AM, 07/15/2009
    How sick would it be if PJ decided to whip out thier first ever Grateful dead cover......Samson & Delilah.....If I had my way !!! I would tear this ol buildin down!!!
    — FatTony
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:41 AM, 07/15/2009
    hope i do not see john clark there singing in the crowd again like the show in June 08.
    — Serge_Matthews
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:53 AM, 07/15/2009
    Phish might be playing on a pile of rubble if they show up in November. I'm surprised Big Ed is waiting this long and hasn't already ordered the bulldozers through the Spectrum to make way for his new mall.
    — Tacony Palmyra
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:02 AM, 07/15/2009
    Wonder if Eddie got his D S'd after that show.
    — Marky Biz Kiss
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:20 AM, 07/15/2009
    ok, ever comment before 11:03am (exception admin)is very, very, very strange. On to the next article....
    — T3rdEyevisual
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:23 AM, 07/15/2009
    Why aren't they building an outdoor concert arena like at the Camden Waterfront?
    — BFlint
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:30 AM, 07/15/2009
    FatTony, The Dead actually closed their second night with Samson & Delilah when they played the Spectrum in May. I was there, and I'll be there in October, can't wait!
    — sla6yer
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:43 AM, 07/15/2009
    Any way glassyman could be in the building when its imploded...loser...
    — Discostu


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Dan Deluca is the music critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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