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The band rocked through a 21-song set, featuring many of their classic hits - “Alive,” Even Flow,” "Better Man” - as well as covers of Kiss’ “Black Diamond,” Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.”įan shot footage from the performance can be found below. The lingering damage forced Pearl Jam to cancel additional concerts in Vienna (July 20), Prague (July 21) and the first of two Amsterdam shows (July 24).Ĭlearly, Vedder was feeling better in time for Pearl Jam’s July 25 concert, held at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. There’s just no throat available at this time.”

“As a band, we are deeply sorry and have tried to find options to still play. He has seen doctors and had treatment but as of yet, his vocal cords have not recovered,” a message posted to Pearl Jam's social media read in part. RIP chap.“Due to the extreme circumstances at the last outdoor site outside of Paris (heat, dust, and smoke from the fires) our singer Ed Vedder’s throat was left damaged. I don’t blame him for ending up the way he did, considering his life experiences. Which is sad for his friends, family & the music industry. Some, like the lead singer of Alice in Chains, I don’t think wanted saving. But these past few years have given me many things & one of those things is an appreciation that there are so many colours in the spectrum & not everything is as black & white as drugs & addicts are not worth at least attempting to understand & help. We don’t want that for our loved ones but wouldn’t it be better to find out why someone does any of the above, rather than just slate the person? Im not a user of drugs or alcohol (except prescribed pain killers) btw. I get that people don’t want that around their lives & for their loved ones, but its very easy to become a lost soul & try to find yourself in anything, be that drink, drugs, self harm, etc. He just knows that he is meant to despise drug users. I heard someone recently say, “whats the loss in a junky” & I say, fuck him.

The sadness of their story & the lost of the lead singer & his artistic ability still shining through despite his loss & addiction is admirable. My own stupidity cost me years of enjoying a bands brilliance. Recent live events have given me a lot of free time in recent years & recently ‘discovered’ that I was far too hasty by dismissing them, & have been enjoying their music as much as I ever did with Nirvana & Pearl Jam. Weirdly, living through Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc, era, I always just overlooked Alice in Chains because I heard one of their tunes & I wasn’t overly impressed by them.