November 9, 2011 – Estadio Parana do Clube, Curitba, BRA

Pearl Jam Show Notes 11/9/2011:

A South American Pearl Jam show is always packed full of energy, from the band to the audience and back to the band. This show was no exception. The band came out with a bang opening with Go, followed by Arms Aloft and Animal. The crowd sings along loudly during Animal. The band was already feeding off the crowd’s energy, locking in with a great rendition of Ole. After Why Go, Ed addresses the crowd in Portuguese before starting Elderly Woman. The crowd then erupted with energy as Ed hit the first notes of Corduroy. The band got into a groove with Given To Fly, Dissident and The Fixer. Ed introduced Mike and Stone before Even Flow rolled out. Not for You is played with an excellent extended jam before the Modern Girl outro. Ed cheers the crows with his bottle of wine and the band cranks into Red Mosquito. The first set wraps up with Got Some, World Wide Suicide and Porch. During Porch, Ed has a problem with his guitar right before the first verse starts, which extends the song a bit as the band regroups with Ed singing sans guitar.

After the encore break, Ed checks on the crowd, thanks them for having the band back, and breaks into Just Breathe, followed by a request of Off He Goes. The band then breaks out some rare songs in Breath followed by Supersonic, before breaking out a string of hits with Black, Jeremy and Better Man. Jeremy finds the band at its most energetic of the night with the crowd chanting and jumping up and down with the song. The band follows the hits with Leaving Here, giving Jeff three of the solo riffs towards the end of the song and a Matt drum fill. The set is wrapped up with the reverse Momma-Son Trilogy starting with Footsteps, then Once and finishing with Alive. Baba O’Riley and Yellow Ledbetter are great anchors for this energized 32-song set.