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

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band Pearl Jam. The first leg of the tour consisted of thirteen shows in Europe, including a headling 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 headling slot at Jay-Z'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 Made in America Festival, 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) * Mudhoney (Missoula only)

Tour dates

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" :This concert is a part of " Rock Werchter" :This concert is a part of " Main Square Festival" :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

;Pearl Jam *

Jeff Ament Jeffrey Allen Ament (born March 10, 1963) is an American musician and songwriter who is best known as the bassist of the American rock band Pearl Jam, which he co-founded alongside Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. Prior to his wo ...

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

– rhythm guitar,

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Mike McCready Michael David McCready (born April 5, 1966) is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of the band. McCready ...

– lead guitar * Eddie Vedder – lead vocals,

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– drums ;Additional musicians *

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and keyboards

Gallery

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

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

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, Netherlands on June 26, 2012. Image:PearlJamBerlin1-2012.jpg,

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

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

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

References

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