around the bend
Ever since, when at the spry young age of eleven, an elementary school friend of mine played me a dubbed cassette copy of Ten, I've had a very special place in my music loving heart for Pearl Jam (for the record, I've since purchased pretty much every release they've put out and seen them live six times - see home taping didn't kill music after all). So, it was with great excitement that I opened my email to see that the Ten Club (PJ's Official Fan Club) had sent an announcement of their upcoming 15-date Canadian tour. Starting in Vancouver on September 2nd and ending 22 days later in St. John's, Nfld, the jaunt across our home and native land sees the band playing places they haven't been to in more than a decade. Tickets are on sale now til May 5th for fanclub members, with a regular on-sale to follow once they sort out the seating (Ten Club members get priority seating on regular Pearl Jam tours). The dates are as follows (all dates in September):
2nd Vancouver - GM Place
4th Calgary - the Saddledome
5th Edmonton - Rexall Place
7th Saskatoon - Credit Union Centre
8th Winnipeg - MTS Centre
9th Thunder Bay - Ft. Williams Gardens
11th Kitchener - Memorial Auditorium
12th London - John Labatt Centre
13th Hamilton - Copps Coliseum
15th Montreal - the Bell Centre
16th Ottawa - the Corel Centre
19th Toronto - Air Canada Centre
20th Quebec City - Colisee Pepsi Arena
22nd Halifax - the Metro Centre
24th St. John's - Mile One Stadium
If PJ isn't your style, check out some great little animated videos for music bythe Shins, Arcade Fire, and Mogwai (among others), at Plates Animation. (via Brooklyn Vegan)
now playing: Pearl Jam - Last Exit (live at the Commodore 5-11-00)