Pearl Jam review – Manchester audience rescues a stricken Eddie Vedder
The Seattle band have settled handsomely into classic rock, and Vedder’s vocal struggles scarcely matter amid a set full of surprises, singalongs and showboating guitar
April 2024
Pearl Jam: Dark Matter review – the faithful will rejoice
With superproducer Andrew Watt working his magic, the Seattle grunge veterans sound on point and full of energy in their 35th anniversary year
October 2023
Grunge and rap to feature in new lesson aids for music teachers in England
Curriculum resources also to include more diverse English literature texts and history topics such as ‘imperial decline’
September 2023
Pearl Jam surprise Chris Chelios with news of Blackhawks jersey retirement
The Chicago Blackhawks had Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder deliver the news that Chris Chelios’ No 7 jersey will be retired by the team
July 2022
Eddie Vedder cancels Pearl Jam concert due to throat damage from extreme weather
Pearl Jam review – a sensitive, subversive new vision for classic rock
June 2022
Honest playlist
‘Nine Inch Nails is inappropriate for a Christmas party’: St Vincent’s honest playlist
The art-pop star was raised on Pearl Jam, wants Jacques Brel played at her funeral and thinks Iggy is sexy. But which song would she interrupt a haircut for?
September 2021
Elton John announces new album made with A-list guests in lockdown
Dua Lipa, Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj and Stevie Nicks are on eclectic guestlist for The Lockdown Sessions, with Elton describing himself as ‘a session musician’
April 2020
TV review
One World: Together at Home review – locked-down stars lift the spirits
There are stirring performances aplenty in the Lady Gaga-hosted singathon, but it’s the glimpses of celebs’ homes that are the real treat
March 2020
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Pearl Jam: Gigaton review – grunge gurus revel in the end times
Coachella postponed until October over coronavirus fears
June 2018
Heart of gold: Neil Young's online archives are a revolution in fandom
Michael Hann
The ornery singer-songwriter’s new online venture soups up the CD boxset with digital user-friendliness – and points the way to a new kind of music obsession
July 2017
Man with ALS who inspired ice bucket challenge is still alive, despite reports
Peter Frates posted a video of himself in a hospital bed while Pearl Jam’s Alive played in the background after multiple newspapers announced he had died
December 2016
Tupac Shakur, Yes and ELO join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The 2017 inductees also see Pearl Jam inducted in their first year of eligibility – and Chic spurned for the 11th time
November 2016
Temple of the Dog: Chris Cornell on the return of the 90s grunge supergroup
They might have existed for less than two weeks but the band, bringing together members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, retains a loyal cult following
April 2016
Pearl Jam join Springsteen in cancelling North Carolina show over anti-LGBT law
Band follow Ringo Starr and Bryan Adams in calling off concert, calling new law ‘a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination’
New band of the week
New band of the week: Weaves (No 99)
Finger-clicking Canadian indie band with the ferocious power of the Pixies and a cartoonish energy that is all their own
10 of the best
Pearl Jam – 10 of the best
We look back at the Seattle grunge-rockers’ finest tracks, from soulful ballads to political rants with riffs that could awaken the dead
October 2015
Small Changes
Can Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay make the global goals famous? – podcast transcript
Small Changes
Can Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay make the global goals famous? – podcast
