The Pearl Jam 2012 Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band

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. The first leg of the tour consisted of thirteen shows in Europe, including a headlining appearance at the

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. American punk band X were the opening band for the arena shows. Due to high ticket demand for pre-sale tickets, the third-party website handling the sale had to be taken offline. The Pearl Jam fanclub cited "an act of sabotage" to the site. For the second show at the

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in Amsterdam, a fan of the band created the setlist. In May 2012, Pearl Jam announced they were playing three festival dates in the US, including a headlining slot at

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's Made in America Music Festival. In June 2012, the band announced they would be playing at the Adams Centre in

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. This was scheduled to be the band's only non-festival show in the United States in 2012. At the

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, Pearl Jam were joined onstage by Jay Z to perform the song "

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". For their appearance at Made in America, the band earned $2 million. Some of the footage of Pearl Jam's set featured in the 2013 documentary film '' Made in America'', directed by

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Opening acts

* X (excluding festivals) *

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(Missoula only)

Tour dates

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" :This concert is a part of "

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" :This concert is a part of "Budweiser Made in America Festival" :This concert is a part of "De Luna Festival" :This concert is a part of "

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Band members

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Jeff Ament Jeffrey Allen Ament (born March 10, 1963) is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Pearl Jam, which he co-founded alongside Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. Ament wrote or co-wrote many of Pearl Jam's hits, ...

– bass guitar *

Stone Gossard Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966) is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of the ...

– rhythm guitar, lead guitar *

Mike McCready Michael David McCready (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician known for being a founding member and lead guitarist of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season (band), Ma ...

– lead guitar *

Eddie Vedder Eddie Jerome Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. He was previously a gues ...

– lead vocals, guitar *

Matt Cameron Matthew David Cameron (born November 28, 1962) is an American musician who is the drummer for the rock band Pearl Jam. He first gained fame as the drummer for Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he joined in 1986, appearing on each of the ...

– drums ;Additional musicians * Boom Gaspar –

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and keyboards

Gallery

File:PearlJamManchester1-2012.jpg, Pearl Jam at the

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, Manchester, England on June 20, 2012 File:PearlJamManchester2-2012.jpg, Pearl Jam at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, England on June 21, 2012 File:PearlJam-Amsterdam-2012.jpg, Pearl Jam at the

, Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 26, 2012 File:PearlJamBerlin1-2012.jpg,

(drums) and

in Berlin on July 4, 2012 File:PearlJamBerlin2-2012.jpg, Eddie Vedder (front) and

(bass) in Berlin on July 5, 2012 File:PearlJam-Stockholm-2012.jpg, Eddie Vedder in Stockholm on July 7, 2012 File:PearlJam-Oslo-2012.jpg,

playing the song "Mankind" in Oslo on July 9, 2012 File:PearlJam-Copenhagen-2012.jpg, Pearl Jam in Copenhagen on July 10, 2012

References

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