TODAY: 30 years without Andrew Wood

In 2020, we celebrate three whole decades of Pearl Jam. But March 19, 2020 also marks the 30th anniversary of Andy Wood’s death. Aged just 24, the Mother Love Bone frontman died of a heroin overdose right before his band’s debut album Apple was released and was promised to shoot the band to stardom in the early grunge days. Surviving bandmembers Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament decided to start over with a new band, that would later be known as Pearl Jam. The life and death of Andy Wood are therefore important to how Pearl Jam was created and maybe even how the musical landscape of the early 90s was drawn.

This article is a big fan’s portrait of Andy Wood and a discussion of what might have happened, if history had been different.

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Tour rumours: What we think we know about the Pearl Jam 2020 tour

The rumours have been circulating both on and off the great internet for quite a while now. The November Ten Club newsletter included a reminder to keep fanclub memberships up to date (and we all know what that usually means), and Santos L. Halper (Ten Club) has been reminding people to do the same on the official Pearl Jam forum.

Lately, we have been hearing the same cities and approximate days from a variety of unrelated sources, so now we dare to share what we think we know about the tour plans for 2020.

We will be updating this article if we hear new rumours or if something changes to the dates and cities that we have already listed. So keep checking back.

Pearl Jam live in concert
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Top 10 musts for Pearl Jam fans in Seattle

Space Needle, Pike Place Market, and Mount Rainier may be the first places that come to mind, when you think of Seattle – and they are indeed very recommendable for all tourists visiting. But when you are a Pearl Jam fan, some other places are absolute Meccas to visit!

This is a list of the top 10 most exciting and historic Pearl Jam related places and experiences in the Emerald City:

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Bring Pearl Jam to Iceland

A little while back, an Icelandic fan started an online petition to get Pearl Jam to play a show in Iceland. As there are not many places that we would prefer more to see Pearl Jam than Iceland, we had to support the cause – but we were also curious to know more about the background for the petition. Who was behind it and how was the idea born?

We got in contact with Throstur Bragason, the man behind the petition, and did a small Q&A with him.

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. Photo by Brian Rasic/WireImage
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
Photo by Brian Rasic/WireImage
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Mike is going on the road with Infinite Color and Sound

Mike McCready and Kate Neckel, who together form the music/art duo Infinite Color and Sound will be going on the road in the US this summer/fall. They will be joined by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Josh Klinghoffer.

Infinite Color and Sound is a music/art duo consisting of Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and artist Kate Mendel.
Photo: Chris Adams
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Eddie Vedder in Berlin – experienced from a bad Ten Club seat

Danish fan Sofie went to see her second ever Eddie Vedder concert in Berlin – which was amazing, of course! Though she travelled to Germany alone, she ended up hanging out with many (new) Pearl Jam friends – and went on a little treasure hunt around town to try to meet Eddie.

After a night of meeting and drinking with other Pearl Jam fans, I met my Norwegian friend Cecilie in front of Hotel de Rome in the morning of the day of the concert. We waited for Eddie to come out for 4,5 hours in the burning sun, but nothing happened. A couple of friends showed up and kept us company for a while and we also talked to two German guys who also waited for Eddie. At noon, I got a tip that Eddie was at The Ramones Museum, and Cecilie and I got a cab – but when we got there, Eddie had already left the building. Cecilie and I hung out and got something to drink in the tiny, but awesome café/museum and the two German guys showed up too and joined us.

Sofie Thybo Pedersen with PJ Nordic admin Cecilie Bolgen and Lulu & Henrik Tuxen waiting for Eddie Vedder in Berlin. Photo by Cecilie Bolgen.
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Eddie Vedder, Heartland Festival, June 3rd 2017 – Fan review

The following article is a fan review of Eddie Vedder’s first and so far only show in the Nordic coutries, played at Heartland Festival in the small town of Kværndrup in Denmark two years ago today, on June 3rd, 2017. The fan review was written the day after the show and published on the Pearl Jam Nordic Facebook page.

Today, as we anticipate Eddie Vedder’s European tour which starts this Sunday in Amsterdam, we bring this article in remembrance of an amazing experience in Denmark in 2017.

Eddie Vedder at Heartland Festival, Denmark. June 3, 2017.
Eddie Vedder at Heartland Festival, Denmark. June 3, 2017.
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Win a ticket to see Eddie Vedder in Berlin

We are giving away one Ten Club ticket to see Eddie Vedder in Berlin on June 28, 2019. The contest takes place on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/pearljamnordicofficial

Check out or Facebook page for a chance to win a ticket to see Eddie in Berlin!

But nothing comes for free! You have to help us come up with a name for our new mascot, the punk skeleton. The artwork was done by Chicho from Tigre Tattoo Parlour in Copenhagen, and we’re already feeling like the little skinny punk is already a part of our Jamily. So of course it needs a name. It is up to you to decide if it’s a boy or a girl or something completely different.

Help us find a name for this little dude/dudette.
Artwork: @chichotigretattoo

Hope to see you in Berlin! 🙂