Pearl Jam have announced they are giving away two free live-CDs with their forthcoming album Backspacer, out September 21.
Fans who buy the album will, via the new eBridge application, be able to preview eleven Pearl Jam shows before selecting two to download, although, sadly, their spectacular London O2 show is not among them.
Buyers will also [...]
In June, news broke that Target stores had secured the exclusive big-box retail rights for Pearl Jam’s upcoming album Backspacer. But while Walmart has its own digital music store and Best Buy owns Napster, Target doesn’t have a notable digital music presence. To level the playing field, Target and iTunes announced yesterday that the two [...]
Pearl Jam treated fans to a bonus set of covers and rare songs at their Molson Amphitheatre gig in Toronto on Friday (August 21).
The band chose to effectively support themselves after their scheduled opening act, Ted Leo, got delayed at the border. Rather than leave fans waiting, Pearl Jam played a set of covers and [...]
“Super poppy.”
“Just plain fun.”
“Surprisingly optimistic.”
“Catchy as hell.”
These are not adjectives often used to describe Pearl Jam, the 30 million-selling purveyor of angst-ridden guitar rock now approaching its 19th year of existence. And yet these are the words being used on blogs to describe “The Fixer,” the first song from the Seattle rock band’s ninth album, [...]