June 2009

Thanks to TheSkyIScrape, here’s news – our boys are headlining the Virgin Music Fest in Calgary Alberta Canada Aug. 8th! Read on for info…

Lost 9 friends we’ll never know, 9 years ago today

Aloha – Ed treats Maui crowd to a new cover, a new song -and a promoter mentions PJ’s return to Hawaii in late ’09 *UPDATED*

From Joe Elliott of Def Leppard to Sir Mix-A-Lot and beyond, other people like to talk about Pearl Jam almost as much as we do! Here’s a fun collection of mentions…

Michael Jackson Influenced Pearl Jam Too

by Jessica Letkemann on June 26, 2009

Believe it or not, Michael Jackson, who the world is mourning after his sudden death yesterday, played a formative roll in both Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament’s music life. “At an early age, I realized music was a very powerful thing,” Jeff told Bass Player in 1994. “I’d hear Michael Jackson singing [1972's] “Ben” and [...]

Ed Ved & Chris Chelios

by Kathy Davis on June 25, 2009

NHL Hockey star Chris Chelios recounts how he and Eddie knew each other from their days in San Diego

Blogger Anna Watson recalls Ed stories from her time spent helping with catering at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre in 1994

If you missed out on the Best Buy Exclusive PJ Rock Band game tracks, they are being released for all via Harmonix

The extraordinary Liam Finn took some lovely photos in Nashville – can you find yourself in the crowd? Click on for a mini-gallery…

Film yourself skating, surfing or doing some other action sport, win valuable PJ prizes – and be featured in a Fuel-TV created video set to “Ten” track “Porch”