Jessica Letkemann

It’s Alive! Pearl Jam’s Iconic Single Turns 20

by John Reynolds , Kathy Davis , Jessica Letkemann on August 3, 2011

Alive

One of their earliest group collaborations hits the airwaves a month prior to Ten’s release

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United STATs: Eddie Vedder’s 2011 U.S. Tour By The #s

by Jessica Letkemann on July 24, 2011

Vedder live. 20 shows. 16 venues. 12 states. An orgy of graph-laden goodness deconstructing it all.

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Sax & Swell Seasons: Eddie Vedder in Philly 6/25/2011

by Jessica Letkemann on June 27, 2011

Despite the shouters, Ed & his uke rock Philly – with help from Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova… and Jake Clemons!

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The Uke’s Got Balls: Eddie Vedder at the Beacon, Night 2

by Jessica Letkemann on June 23, 2011

Eddie Vedder, live at the Beacon 2

TFT Review of the second of two nights at the Beacon Theatre, June 22, 2011.

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Pearl Jam Release 30s “Pearl Jam Twenty” Movie Clip

by John Reynolds , Jessica Letkemann on April 27, 2011

Pearl Jam Twenty

It’s amazing how much cool stuff can be shown in 30 seconds, but here it is.

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Pearl Jam Announces Festival Details: F**king Circus!

by John Reynolds , Jessica Letkemann , Kathy Davis on April 1, 2011

F**king Circus

Well, it’s April! Although we don’t know the venue for PJ20 Festival yet, we spoke to Elan Pavelily, a music promoter at Zombo.com, who gave us the details!

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TFT Interviews Jeff Ament

by Jessica Letkemann on March 18, 2011

Jeff Ament fields questions about everything from plans for a new Pearl Jam album and tantalizing tidbits about the Pearl Jam festival this year, to touring with old buddies Dug Pinnick and Richard Stuverud (and Mike McCready!) in Tres Mts., a new Jeff solo album and Ed on tour solo, and lots more.

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How Did Mookie Blaylock become Pearl Jam?

by Jessica Letkemann , John Reynolds on March 10, 2011

The band that formed around the nucleus of Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder may have come together and played its first show in October of 1990, but “Pearl Jam” was officially born on the same day that Jeff celebrated his 28th birthday — exactly 20 years ago today: March 10, 1991.

The United States of Pearl Jam

by Jessica Letkemann on February 8, 2011

We crunched all 20 years of show location data in the Concert Chronology to create this heat map of where Pearl Jam has played in North America and how often.

Jeremy Spoke In Class Today

by Jessica Letkemann on January 7, 2011

Exactly 20 years ago this weekend, a Texas high-schooler named Jeremy ended his life tragically and “Jeremy,” one of Ten’s classic songs, was born.