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"Did he ask me to write a song with him? I didn’t take that seriously. We’d had a few pints." The night Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder hung out 'til dawn with Bob Dylan in an Irish bar in New York

Peal Jam's Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready covered a Bob Dylan classic at one of the most star-studded concerts ever staged in New York, then headed out for beers with the folk-rock legend

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“It’s the most spontaneous thing I’ve ever been involved in”: the story of Mad Season, the grunge supergroup that Mike McCready hoped would save Layne Staley

The band brought together members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees and they emerged with one of the most underrated rock records of the 90s

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“F*ck rock stars, tonight we’ve got musicians!”: saluting Self-Pollution Radio, Pearl Jam’s chaotic and star-studded foray into broadcasting

Thirty years ago, Eddie Vedder & co. aired a live radio show and delivered a cult classic featuring guest slots from their heavyweight grunge pals

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“This band works like a ouija board. No one’s fully in charge of how it operates, but you keep looking at the letters and seeing what they spell”: How Pearl Jam made Lightning Bolt and embraced their inner Pink Floyd

Thirty years after being blindsided by fame, Pearl Jam were still doing things on their own terms

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It’s Eddie Vedder’s 60th birthday today and there’s no better way to celebrate than listening to this festive selection of Pearl Jam Christmas crackers

There’s a raft of Yuletide tunes by the Seattle titans to see you through the festive period

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"Chris Cornell shows why he was one of the premier vocalists of his era": Temple Of The Dog's eulogy for a fallen friend still shines

Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music

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“You have great voices here. We’d like to have you use them with us now.” Watch Pearl Jam's emotional cover of Temple Of The Dog classic Hunger Strike, performed for the first time since Chris Cornell’s death

Pearl Jam share rare outing of Temple Of The Dog masterpiece Hunger Strike in Sydney, Australia

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Pearl Jam kicks off Dark Matter tour down under

Pearl Jam have fronted their first Australian concert in 10 years as the grunge stalwarts opened their Dark Matter tour on the Gold Coast.

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"I was trying to make the music I wanted to be making, I remember wanting everything to be faster": Eddie Vedder on Spin The Black Circle, the song that reinvented Pearl Jam

The lead single from Vitalogy turns 30 this week and now appears to be a line in the sand for the Seattle giants

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Baseball Stars Who Rock: Music Careers Beyond The Diamond

Explore the fascinating connection between baseball and music, from players showcasing musical talents to executives sharing the stage with rock icons.

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“I realised it had been a while since we had a powerful young woman up onstage with us.” Watch Pearl Jam cover Taylor Swift's The Best Day with help from a very special guest

Earlier this year Eddie Vedder attended his first Taylor Swift concert. Now Pearl Jam have covered one of her songs

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Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder team up with Roger Waters to sing Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb at the most star-studded concert of this millennium

Eddie Vedder's surprise cameo with Roger Waters at the 12-12-12 concert brought Madison Square Garden to its feet

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“I begged to have an electric guitar. I walked in Christmas morning and I could see the silhouette of it, and my heart dropped”: Eddie Vedder recalls the time he received his first guitar – and mistook it for a vacuum cleaner

A Christmas to forget quickly became one to remember when a 12-year-old Vedder eventually got the present of his dreams

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Pearl Jam cover Ted Nugent's Stranglehold but give the lyrics an anti-gun update. Ted Nugent, as you might imagine, is not happy about it

Left-leaning Pearl Jam won't be surprised that right winger Ted Nugent doesn't love their take on his song

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Listen to Eddie Vedder team up with members of AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers for new version of Tom Petty's Room At The Top, one of 21 Petty covers on the soundtrack to Bad Monkey

The soundtrack to new Apple TV+ show Bad Monkey features Tom Petty covers recorded by Eddie Vedder, Weezer, The War On Drugs, Larkin Poe and more

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“He took out this big knife, put it on the table with a loud thud, looked at us and said, There's a lot of crazy people out there.” Eddie Vedder on the night Pearl Jam supported Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards

Supporting Keith Richards was a memorable experience for the members of Pearl Jam

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Eddie Vedder's 'Save It For Later' Debuts On Billboard Chart

Eddie Vedder's solo cover of 'Save It For Later' climbs Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart, showcasing his musical versatility.

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“Kim Thayil is one of the coolest and most inventive guitar players ever… Chris Cornell is definitely in my Mount Rushmore of singers”: Mark Tremonti weighs in on the biggest bands of the ’90s (including Creed)

As Creed return, Tremonti shares his thoughts on Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and a host of other ’90s icons

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“You really know how to play guitar?” This superfan travelled 7,000 miles to see Pearl Jam live – and wound up playing guitar on Yellow Ledbetter

Armed only with a bottle of wine and a handmade sign, the Chilean guitarist flew to Spain for the gig – and the Seattle icons let him live out his dreams

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"It felt like maybe you couldn't breathe, and maybe you wouldn’t make it through the night": Eddie Vedder opens up on alarming illness that led to the cancellation of three Pearl Jam shows

Eddie Vedder tells a Barcelona crowd that the illness "almost felt like a near-death experience"

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Why That Peacock-Paramount Plus Rollup Seems Inevitable

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we poke 'The Bear' to see if it's been vastly overrated, we ponder YouTube's lofty valuation ... and we review a shifty review from a certain Hollywood trade

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"Eddie Vedder is running the shop today": the time the Pearl Jam frontman reported for duty at his local record store

Easy Street Records was short-staffed and their most famous customer came to the rescue

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Sickness, soaring ticket prices and setlist changes: not even the curse of Co-Op Live can stop Pearl Jam at their chaotic but ultimately triumphant Manchester show

Eddie Vedder might be stricken with illness, but a vocal crowd help make Pearl Jam's Manchester show a success against the odds

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