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Gigaton Tour
Tour by Pearl Jam
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumGigaton
Start dateMay 3, 2022
End dateSeptember 19, 2023
Legs4
No. of shows41
Pearl Jam concert chronology

The Gigaton Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam. It was the band's first tour since 2018.[1]

The tour was originally scheduled to consist of seventeen shows in North America,[2][3] and fourteen shows in Europe during 2020.[4] However, on March 9, 2020, the band announced that the first leg of North American shows would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to reschedule them for a later date.[5][6] On April 10, 2020, Pearl Jam announced that the European leg had been postponed until June/July 2021, also due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] On July 23, 2020, Pearl Jam announced rescheduled dates for the European leg in the summer of 2021.[8] On October 5, 2020, two dates at BST Hyde Park in London, England were also announced.[9][10] However, on March 30, 2021, the band confirmed that the planned shows for 2021 had been pushed back to 2022 due to the pandemic.[11][12] On November 16, 2021, the band posted an announcement on their website stating that North American tour would start in May 2022.[13]

History

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Original 2020 plans

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The North American leg of the tour was going to coincide with the release of the band's eleventh studio album, Gigaton.[14] The first show would have taken place in Toronto,[15] with the leg concluding with two shows in Oakland.[16] Prior to the first show in the United States, the band were due to play at the Apollo Theater in New York City.[17] It would have been an invitation-only show, for Sirius XM listeners and subscribers to Pandora.[18]

Pixies, IDLES and White Reaper were announced as supporting the band across the dates in Europe 2020.[19] The 2020 European leg was also scheduled to include several indoor shows, as well as outdoor festival shows at Rock Werchter,[20] Lollapalooza in Stockholm and Paris,[21] and the BST Hyde Park concert in London.[22] The show at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen would have been on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Roskilde tragedy.[23] However, on April 8, 2020, the show in London was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[24]

Leg 1, United States (2022)

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The rescheduled tour started on May 3, 2022, at Viejas Arena in San Diego,[25] with the band paying tribute to Taylor Hawkins, who had died in March 2022.[26] Four nights later, at Pearl Jam's second show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, drummer Matt Cameron led the band with a cover of the Foo Fighters' song "Cold Day in the Sun", which featured Hawkins on vocals.[27] However, Cameron would miss the next few shows after he tested positive for COVID-19, the first shows he had missed since joining the band in 1998.[28] For the two shows at the Oakland Arena, Richard Stuverud and Josh Klinghoffer played the drums each night in Cameron's absence.[29][30] On May 16, 2022 in Fresno, Stuverud and Klinghoffer continued to fill in for Cameron, along with the band's original drummer Dave Krusen.[31] Krusen played on the songs from Ten during the night, the first time he had played multiple songs with the band since he left in 1991.[32] The final two shows of the Spring tour, in Sacramento and Las Vegas, were both cancelled after bassist Jeff Ament also tested positive for COVID-19.[33][34]

Leg 2, Europe (2022)

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The European leg of the tour started on June 18, 2022, with Pearl Jam headlining the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands.[35] The tour continued, including shows in Berlin,[36] Zürich[37] and Werchter.[38] In between playing the Lollapalooza festival in Sweden and France,[39][40] Pearl Jam also played two back-to-back shows at BST Hyde Park in London, England.[41][42] The band were scheduled to play at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna on July 20, 2022.[43] However, lead singer Eddie Vedder damaged his throat from the impact of playing outdoors in Paris, due to the heat, dust and the smoke from nearby wildfires, with the show being cancelled.[44] The following show at the O2 Arena in Prague was also cancelled for the same reason.[45] The final shows of the European tour were scheduled to be two nights at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. The first show was cancelled due to Vedder's voice problems,[46] but the second night went ahead as scheduled.[47] The final show started with acoustic songs.[48] Later in the set, Stone Gossard sang lead vocals on "Mankind", Matt Cameron sang on a cover of "Black Diamond" by Kiss,[49] and Josh Klinghoffer sang on a cover of Prince's "Purple Rain".[50]

Leg 3, North America (2022)

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In September 2022, Pearl Jam returned to North America, performing shows in Canada and the United States that had originally been scheduled for 2020.[51] This leg included new dates in Camden and Louisville that had not been part of the original 2020 plans.[52] Highlights from this leg included Pearl Jam's first-ever performance at the Apollo Theater as well as a Madison Square Garden show on the 21st anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.[53][54]

Leg 4, United States (2023)

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In April 2023, Pearl Jam announced nine additional United States shows to take place in August and September, 2023. This leg of the tour began with two shows at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, and concluded with two shows at the Moody Center in Austin.[55] Deep Sea Diver opened the shows in Saint Paul and Fort Worth, while Inhaler opened in Chicago, and Austin.[56][57] During the final show in Austin, Vedder mentioned that it would be the final show of the Gigaton Tour as their next album would be released the following year.[58]

Tour dates

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The European dates were originally announced in July 2020,[59] with a revised set of dates announced in March 2021,[60] and a further update for the two Amsterdam shows announced in November 2021.[61] In March 2022, the band announced new and rescheduled dates for May and September 2022.[62] However, due to planned renovations at Royal Farms Arena, the band's previously announced Baltimore show was cancelled.[63]

Guitarist Mike McCready at BST Hyde Park, London, on July 8, 2022
Pearl Jam at BST Hyde Park, London, on July 9, 2022
List of 2022 concerts
Date City Country Venue
May 3, 2022 San Diego United States Viejas Arena
May 6, 2022 Inglewood Kia Forum
May 7, 2022
May 9, 2022 Glendale Gila River Arena
May 12, 2022 Oakland Oakland Arena
May 13, 2022
May 16, 2022 Fresno Save Mart Center
May 18, 2022 Sacramento Golden 1 Center (Cancelled due to Matt and Jeff contracting COVID)
May 20, 2022 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena (Cancelled due to Matt and Jeff contracting COVID)
June 18, 2022 Landgraaf Netherlands Pinkpop Festival
June 21, 2022 Berlin Germany Waldbühne
June 23, 2022 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
June 25, 2022 Imola Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
June 28, 2022 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
June 30, 2022 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
July 3, 2022 Stockholm Sweden Lollapalooza
July 5, 2022 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
July 8, 2022 London England BST Hyde Park
July 9, 2022
July 12, 2022 Budapest Hungary Budapest Arena
July 14, 2022 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena
July 17, 2022 Paris France Lollapalooza
July 20, 2022 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle (Cancelled due to Vedder's throat problems)
July 22, 2022 Prague Czechia O2 Arena (Cancelled due to Vedder's throat problems)
July 24, 2022 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome (Cancelled due to Vedder's throat problems)
July 25, 2022 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
September 1, 2022 Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre
September 3, 2022 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
September 6, 2022 Hamilton FirstOntario Centre
September 8, 2022 Toronto Scotiabank Arena
September 10, 2022 New York City United States Apollo Theater[64]
September 11, 2022 Madison Square Garden
September 14, 2022 Camden Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
September 16, 2022 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
September 17, 2022 Louisville Kentucky Exposition Center[65]
September 18, 2022 St. Louis Enterprise Center
September 20, 2022 Oklahoma City Paycom Center
September 22, 2022 Denver Ball Arena
List of 2023 concerts
Date City Country Venue
August 31 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center
September 2
September 5 Chicago United Center
September 7
September 10 Noblesville Ruoff Music Center
(Postponed to 2024 because of band Illness)
September 13 Fort Worth Dickies Arena
September 15
September 18 Austin Moody Center
September 19

Original tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
March 18, 2020 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena
March 20, 2020 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
March 22, 2020 Quebec City Videotron Centre
March 24, 2020 Hamilton FirstOntario Centre
March 26, 2020 New York City United States Apollo Theater
March 28, 2020 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena
March 30, 2020 New York City Madison Square Garden
April 2, 2020 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
April 4, 2020 St. Louis Enterprise Center
April 6, 2020 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
April 9, 2020 Denver Pepsi Center
April 11, 2020 Glendale Gila River Arena
April 13, 2020 San Diego Viejas Arena
April 15, 2020 Inglewood The Forum
April 16, 2020
April 18, 2020 Oakland Oakland Arena
April 19, 2020
June 23, 2020 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
June 25, 2020 Berlin Waldbühne
June 27, 2020 Stockholm Sweden Gärdet
June 29, 2020 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
July 2, 2020 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
July 5, 2020 Imola Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
July 7, 2020 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
July 10, 2020 London England BST Hyde Park
July 13, 2020 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena
July 15, 2020 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sports Arena
July 17, 2020 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
July 19, 2020 Paris France Lollapalooza
July 22, 2020 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
July 23, 2020

Band members

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Pearl Jam

Additional musicians

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