Welcome to the PEARL JAM RUMOR PIT Issue #41 - April 30, 2000 Hey Jammers! This newsletter was created as a direct link to the fans. If you would like to ask a question about Pearl Jam, the Vitalogy Health Club asks that you please direct your questions to DigitalKat@aol.com or OfTheSea@aol.com. Ready? We're getting warmed-up so into the pit! BINAURAL AND THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We've come up with a list of things for us to do while we're waiting for Pearl Jam's new album, "Binaural," to come out on May 16th in North America. 1. Decorate the house in a "space" theme in honor of the new album. 2. Play "Nothing As It Seems" until the neighbors beg for mercy. (just kidding!) 3. Eagerly await the Set Lists and Fanviews from the warm-up shows in Bellingham, WA and Vancouver, B.C. 4. Make sure our headphones are in good shape. 5. Make plans for the tour! Soon Pearl Jam fans across the land will be feverishly plotting out their course to secure tickets for the North American Tour. Some lucky fans already have tickets to the warm-up shows so they'll be singing and dancing with Pearl Jam in Bellingham, WA at the sold out Mt. Baker Theater on May 10, and in Vancouver on May 11th at the Commodore Ballroom. Wow, to see Pearl Jam in a small venue is a rare treat. Thank you PJ. We hope everyone has a rockin' time and warms them up reeallll good, ok? It'll be great to hear back that they were all pumped up for that first Euro date on May 23rd in Lisbon, Portugal! Please note: the venue for that show has been changed to Restelo Stadium. Please feel free to make your own personal list too. Lists can be fun. In fact, in case you missed the Rumor Pit update Thursday, here's the list of North American venues and on-sale dates. (Please open your e-mail window as indicated or this will look funky...not funky in a good way, funky in a bad way.) <-----------------------------------------------open this wide --------------------------------------------------> Date Place Venue On Sale 8/3 Virginia Beach, VA GTE Virginia Bch Amphitheatre 5/13/00 8/4 Charlotte, NC Blockbuster Pavilion 5/20/00 8/6 Greensboro, NC Coliseum 5/20/00 8/7 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena 5/13/00 8/9 WPB, FL Mars Music Amphitheatre 5/13/00 8/12 Tampa, FL Ice Palace 5/13/00 8/14 New Orleans, LA Arena 6/3/00 8/15 Memphis, TN The Pyramid 6/3/00 8/17 Nashville, TN AmSouth Amphitheatre 6/3/00 8/18 Indianapolis, IN Deer Creek Music Center 5/13/00 8/20 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 5/13/00 8/21 Columbus, OH Polaris Amphitheater 5/13/00 8/23 NY/Wantagh Jones Beach 5/5/00 8/24 NY/Wantagh Jones Beach 5/5/00 8/27 SaratogaSprings, NY Saratoga Performing Arts 5/13/00 8/29 Boston, MA Tweeter Center 5/6/00 9/1 Philadelphia, PA E-Center 5/13/00 9/4 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pav. 5/13/00 9/5 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pav. at Star Lake 5/13/00 10/4 Montreal, Canada Molson Center 5/13/00 10/5 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre 5/13/00 10/7 Detroit, MI The Palace 5/13/00 10/8 Milwaukee, WI Alpine Valley 5/13/00 10/9 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena 5/13/00 10/11 St. Louis, MO Riverport Amphitheatre 5/13/00 10/12 Kansas City, MO Sandstone Amphitheatre 5/13/00 10/14 Houston, TX Woodlands Pavilion TBD 10/17 Dallas, TX Starplex Amphitheatre TBD 10/18 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena 5/13/00 10/20 Albuquerque, NM Mesa del Sol 5/13/00 10/21 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion 5/13/00 10/22 Las Vegas, NV MGM 5/13/00 10/25 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena 5/13/00 10/28 San Bernadino, CA Glen Helen Blockbuster Pav. 5/13/00 10/31 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 5/7/00 11/3 Boise, ID Idaho Center 5/13/00 11/5 Seattle, WA TBD TBD All info is subject to change. Any changes or updates to this info will be posted on Synergy. General public ticket sale information will also be announced on local radio. The Ten Club rocks! There's a very informative Ten Club Ticket update for you today at http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/tenclub/tenclub.html. Try not to miss it. :) WHO WILL BE OPENING? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We're happy to be able to confirm the following so far: In Europe: TheMonkeywrench will be at Wembley on Oct. 29 and 30. Dismemberment Plan will be opening from June 14 - July 3. In North America: Sonic Youth will be opening the first leg from Aug. 3 through Sept. 5. Supergrass will be opening the second leg from Oct. 4 through Nov. 5. Other openers: They'll reveal later, baby. RUMORS, RUMOURS, RUMORS... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PEARL Rumor: Sonic Youth and Supergrass are both opening at Boston. T/F? JAM Fact: False. PEARL Rumor: Bad Religion will be opening the Toronto show. JAM Fact: No. PEARL Rumor: Modest Mouse will also open for PJ in the U.S. JAM Fact: No. ~Q&A~Q&A~Q&A~Q&A~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q: Is there an update on the 24-Oct TBA show date? A: Not telling. Q: Brendan O'Brien remixed some songs on the new album. A: True. Q: Is a new Monkey Wrench radio broadcast going to happen? A: Maybe. Q: Any news on the possible cybercast of a show during the tour yet? A: Not yet. Q: Will Pearl Jam do an online chat? Any hints or details? A: Yes. May 15th on Lycos. REMINDER: Please keep checking for updates to Ten Club ticketing info and other fan club updates at http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/tenclub/tenclub.html with additional info on the official Ten Club site at http://www.tenclub.net/. The Ten Club's new email addy is info@tenclub.net. Please write only to them with fan club questions. HEARD RUMORS? HAVE QUESTIONS? ASK, WE'RE AN EAR... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you send your rumors and questions in to us at the Rumor Pit, please put **PJ RUMOR PIT** in the Subject line of your question message and please remember that personal questions, requests for autographs, lyrics, and bootleg information won't be answered. New Subscribers: Here's your first emailed issue of the Rumor Pit! Updates can be frequent when the guys get busy so for current news in between issues, please visit us on Synergy at http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/. Just click on What's New. Good luck to all! Be well, stay safe and, most importantly, it's music so have fun! Much Love, Sea and Kat