Pearl Jam 1993 European and North American Tour

1993 European/North American Tour

Tour by Pearl Jam
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	Vs.
Start date	June 26, 1993
End date	September 6, 1993
Legs	2
No. of shows	15 in Europe 11 in North America 26 in total
Pearl Jam concert chronology

The Pearl Jam 1993 European/North American Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Pearl Jam.

History

Pearl Jam embarked on this tour after completing the recording sessions for its second album, Vs.[1] The Europe leg included a few shows in which the band opened for U2 on the band's Zoo TV Tour, while both legs included several shows in which the band opened for Neil Young on his Harvest Moon tour.[2] Guitarist Mike McCready said that when the band opened for U2 in Europe the crowds hated Pearl Jam.[3] The short tour of North America focused on Canada and the West Coast of the United States. When the band opened for Neil Young, Young often brought the band out for encores to perform "Rockin' in the Free World".[4] Bassist Jeff Ament said that playing with Neil Young was "the most inspiring thing that we've ever been involved in."[5]

Tour dates

Information taken from various sources.[6][7][8]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Supporting
Warm-Up Shows
June 16, 1993	Missoula	United States	University Theatre, University of Montana	Orgone Box
June 17, 1993	Spokane		The Met	Lazy Susan
Europe
June 26, 1993	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
June 27, 1993			Isle of Calf Festival (Kalvoya)		Neil Young
June 28, 1993	Stockholm	Sweden	Sjöhistoriska Museet	Red Fun
June 30, 1993	Helsinki	Finland	Jäähalli
July 2, 1993	Verona	Italy	Stadio Bentegodi		U2
July 3, 1993
July 6, 1993	Rome		Stadio Flaminio
July 7, 1993
July 10, 1993	Slane	Ireland	Slane Concert		Van Morrison, Neil Young
July 11, 1993	London	England	Finsbury Park	James, Teenage Fanclub, 4 Non Blondes	Neil Young
July 13, 1993			Brixton Academy	Tribe After Tribe
July 14, 1993
July 16, 1993	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportspaleis Ahoy
July 17, 1993
July 18, 1993	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
North America Leg
August 11, 1993	Calgary	Canada	Max Bell Arena	Cadillac Tramps
August 12, 1993	Edmonton		Convention Center
August 14, 1993	Gimli		Gimli Motorsport Park
August 17, 1993	Hull		Robert Guertin Arena	Doughboys
August 18, 1993	Toronto		Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Blues Traveler, Soundgarden[9]	Neil Young
August 19, 1993	Montreal		Verdun Auditorium	Doughboys
September 2, 1993	Los Angeles	United States	The Viper Room	The Darling Buds
September 4, 1993	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place Stadium		Neil Young
	Seattle	United States	Rendezvous Club
September 5, 1993	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre	Blind Melon	Neil Young
September 6, 1993	Portland		Portland Meadows

Band members

• Jeff Ament – bass guitar
• Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar
• Mike McCready – lead guitar
• Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar
• Dave Abbruzzese – drums

Songs performed

Originals "Alive" "Animal" "Black" "Blood" "Daughter" "Deep" "Dirty Frank" (snippet) "Dissident" "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" "Even Flow" "Footsteps" "Garden" "Glorified G" "Go" "Hard to Imagine" (snippet) "Indifference" "Jeremy" "Leash" "Oceans" "Once" "Porch" "Rats" "Rearviewmirror" "Release" "State of Love and Trust" "W.M.A." "Whipping" "Why Go"

Covers "Across the Universe" (The Beatles) (snippet) "Angie" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Baba O'Riley" (The Who) "Beast of Burden" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams) "Fuckin' Up" (Neil Young) "Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "The Kids Are Alright" (The Who) "MLK" (U2) (snippet) "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Yes) "Pulled Up" (Talking Heads) (snippet) "The Real Me" (The Who) (snippet) "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young) "Ruby Tuesday" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Sonic Reducer" (The Dead Boys) "Suck You Dry" (Mudhoney) (snippet) "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Tearing" (Rollins Band) (snippet) "Tonight's the Night" (Neil Young) (snippet)

References

1. "Pearl Jam: Timeline". Pearljam.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
2. Crowe, Cameron (1993-10-28). "Five Against the World". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
3. Hiatt, Brian (2006-06-16). "The Second Coming of Pearl Jam". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
4. Consideine, J.D. "Neil Young: Mirror Ball". Rolling Stone. February 2, 1998.
5. Ament, Jeff. "Rockline Interview". KISW-FM, Seattle. October 18, 1993.
6. "Pearl Jam: Set Lists". Pearljam.com. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
7. "The Five Horizons Concert Chronology". fivehorizons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
8. "The Pearl Jam Concert Chronology". twofeetthick.com. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
9. "Neil Young / Pearl Jam / Soundgarden / Blues Traveler". Concert Archives. Aug 18, 1993.