Refugee 7 Report post Posted June 12, 2008 Gearing up for an early-summer tour, Pearl Jam will offer its fans exclusive "mobile bootlegs" of several songs from each performance along the road. As the veteran rockers progress along the tour, the band's studio engineer will mix three songs on Verizon Wireless's mobile studio unit that will be accompanying the tour. Verizon customers with V CAST will then be able to download one of the songs for free, and will have the choice of purchasing the other two cuts. Each free song will be available until the next show during the tour, which kicks off tonight (6/11) in West Palm Beach, FL. Customers will be able to access and purchase all three tracks from each show through the end of the tour, however. The songs can be downloaded as ringtones, ringback tones or complete songs. Full details are posted at Pearl Jam's website. The 10-city outing includes a June 14 stop at Manchester, TN's Bonnaroo Festival, and concludes with a pair of shows in suburban Boston late in the month. Details are below. Pearl Jam continues to tour behind its eighth and most recent studio album, a self-titled 2006 release, but the band reportedly has begun recording demos for a possible follow-up with producer Brendan O'Brien, who has worked with the group on several albums, most recently 1998's "Yield." "It's really in its infant stages right now," guitarist Mike McCready told RollingStone.com last month. "We have about five ideas that have been worked on. "Brendan is another set of ears that we respect, and he's going to give us a different way to go but I don't know what that is yet," he added. [Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.] June 2008 11 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre 12 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum 14 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival 16 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Center 17 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Amphitheatre 19, 20 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center 22 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center 24, 25 - New York, NY - Madison Square Arena 27 - Hartford, CT - Dodge Music Center 28, 30 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
