Longtime NBA fans Pearl Jam and Chicago sports fanatic Eddie Vedder have long been friends with former basketball player Dennis Rodman. when Pearl Jam released the album “No Code” the artwork consisted of 56 Polaroid photos that unfold into a 2×2 square including two of Rodman.
Check out this really cool photo of Eddie Vedder, Jack White & Paul Simon enjoying a Seattle Mariners game on August 27, 2014. Looks like Vedder (lives in Seattle) & White (from Detroit) decided to switched jerseys for the game.
I’ve seen Mickey Mouse play just about every instrument. Piano, Flute, Drums, Bass, & Guitar. It;s not wonder that John Lennon, Brian WIlson, Joe Walsh, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Dave Grohl, Michael Jackson, Psy all have rocked a Mickey Mouse Shirt.
When the Foo Fighters premiered their documentary “Back & Forth” on April 5, 2011 they also streamed a live performance of their new album “Wasting Light” in it’s entirety on foofighters.com.
Pearl Jam headlined the final night of the Made In America Festival in Philadelphia when they were joined on stage by the person who actually organized the event Jay-Z.
Rockers Billy Corgan and Tom Morello are huge fans of the Chicago Cubs baseball team but Eddie Vedder might be the biggest Cubbies fan in the rock world. Vedder has attended the Cubs fantasy camp for several years and has even written a song about the Cubs. Here’s some photo’s of Vedder at the 2011 Cubs Fantasy in Mesa, Arizona.
Is this the best concert line-up ever??? Red Hot Chili Peppers “Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tour” with Nirvana and Pearl Jam as support bands. The Smashing Pumpkins were on the first leg of the tour from October 16, 1991 thru December 14, 1991 with Pearl Jam instead of Nirvana.
Dhani Harrison looks so much like his father that I guess this as close as we can ever get to seeing George Harrison perform with Pearl Jam. On September 3, 2011 during PJ’s Destination Weekend 20 Year Anniversary concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre.
Howard Zinn was an American historian, academic, author, playwright and social activist. He met Eddie Vedder for the first time when, as Zinn said “I was sitting at home one day and the phone rang and a polite young man said ‘Mr. Zinn, my name is Eddie Vedder and I like to do an article with you for Interview Magazine, and I said OK, who are you?”
Check this out… Mike Watt & The Missingmen played a gig at Seattle’s Triple Door on April 27, 2010. During his set Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Eddie Vedder jumped on-stage and performed a version of Watt’s 1995 track ‘Big Train’.
