Pearl Jam 2025 Tour Reaction: Ep. 11 – Pittsburgh Night 2

It’s bittersweet that it’s come to this. After 11 shows that began in the tropics of Florida, ran it’s way through music city and ended up in steel town, the Dark Matter tour has come to an end. Throughout this run, this band has shown that they are still willing to break out of their comfort zone and mix things up enough to provide a unique experience for every audience member on every single night. We celebrate these moments and relive them with one another because that’s what connects us together. That’s what we’ve been doing on every reaction episode this tour.

The last night of the tour will forever be defined as a an homage to a friend and music legend that passed away 8 years to the date – Chris Cornell. Many people expected that Gigaton song Comes Then Goes would never see the light of day at a show, but this is the show where everything changed as it was performed as a tag on the backend of Wishlist, with lyrics that harpen back to the In My Tree moment from Fenway of last year. Then the icing on the cake, a performance of Hunger Strike that had this crowd singing along and celebrating the man’s life.

For one last time in 2025, we give the floor to our friends out in Pittsburgh. Javi speaks with Aaron, Mike, Lori, Bradley, Tim and a mess of others as this tour comes to a close.

If you’ve been checking out these episodes this tour run, from the bottom of our hearts we thank you. We can’t do this project without you, and the insight and personal stories that are shared during the episodes are second to none. We don’t know when the next time will be, but whenever that time comes, we’ll be back to celebrate it all over again. Keep locked into the main feed later this week for a full 2025 tour recap episode!