Given to Vote: Pearl Jam gets political again during hiatus

PHILADELPHIA — Stone Gossard made some serious promises this campaign season. It might still be a little bit of time.” Gossard and Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready told The Associated Press on a recent Zoom that tour rehearsals off the band’s first studio album in seven years were completed. we’re going to keep moving forward, hopefully.” The band, which signs up fans for a voting pledge by texting a five-digit number, hoped the tour would wind through swing states like Pennsylvania closer to the Nov. 3 election where they could push from their stage their PJ Votes campaign — vote by mail, recruit three friends and don’t wait. When one of us is successful in terms of raising awareness or generosity and really doing something that’s really helpful, it really inspires all of us to continue that tradition and support that across the band.” Pearl Jam played its first show 30 years ago on October 22, 1990 and the hiatus crimped an anniversary celebration. What about us here?” Pearl Jam performed during the “All In WA: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief” livestream concert and plans to satiate fans with the release Thursday of an April 29, 2016, show from Philadelphia when it played for only the second time its debut album “10” from beginning to end on a night a banner was raised to the rafters celebrating 10 South Philadelphia sellouts.