Pearl Jam has been forced to cancel the final two shows of its spring U.S. tour tonight (May 18) in Sacramento, Calif., and Friday in Las Vegas after bassist Jeff Ament tested positive this morning for COVID-19. Drummer Matt Cameron had already missed the last three shows due to COVID, requiring Pearl Jam to rely […]
Original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen rejoined his former bandmates on stage Monday night (May 16) in Fresno, Calif., his first multi-song concert performance with the group since May 25, 1991. With Matt Cameron still sidelined with COVID-19, Krusen became the latest drummer to fill in by playing all but two songs from Pearl Jam’s […]
Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron‘s positive COVID-19 diagnosis didn’t stop the band from soldiering on Thursday night (May 12) at the first of two shows at Oakland Arena, as touring member Josh Klinghoffer and longtime Jeff Ament collaborator Richard Stuverud filled in behind the kit throughout the set. It was Cameron’s first missed show since […]
Pearl Jam paid tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins last night (May 7) in Los Angeles, performing the Hawkins-sung Foos song “Cold Day in the Sun” during their second of two shows at the Kia Forum. Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, Hawkins’ friend and collaborator in Nighttime Boogie Association, took the mic and […]
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was a guest today (May 6) on The Bill Simmons Podcast, where he discussed the band’s long-awaited return to touring, his enduring NBA fandom, how he hopes the experience of recording the score for the new FX on Hulu show Under the Banner of Heaven will rub off on Pearl […]
Pearl Jam was in a reflective mood last night (May 3) at San Diego’s Viejas Arena for the oft-postponed opener of its North American tour in support of the 2020 album Gigaton. Performing in a city where both frontman Eddie Vedder and drummer Matt Cameron have long-standing roots, the band saluted a host of friends […]
Josh Klinghoffer utilizes a deserted concrete bunker as an unexpected performance space in the new video for “Offend,” drawn from his latest album under the Pluralone moniker, This Is the Show. Klinghoffer strums a red, white and blue acoustic guitar in the Stephi Duckula-directed clip and is eventually accompanied by a doppelganger of himself on […]
Arcade Fire took the stage at the Mojave Tent last night, just a day after announcing their addition to the Coachella lineup. After briefly halting their performance to direct medical attention to the crowd, the band dove into a 13-song set that included fan favorites as well as a few songs from their upcoming album WE. […]
Pearl Jam, Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Kings of Leon, Alanis Morissette and Brandi Carlile will headline a stacked lineup for the Bourbon & Beyond festival, which will be held Sept. 15-18 at Louisville’s Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Expo Center. The event is returning after a two-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other […]
When it comes to Josh Klinghoffer’s musical output, it helps to have Google and Wikipedia handy to keep track of his voluminous work on dozens of projects by everyone from PJ Harvey and Gnarls Barkley to his own bands Dot Hacker and Pluralone. Of course, the 42-year-old Los Angeles native is best known for his […]