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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!

The adage for this tour seems to be that shows continue to get better and better as they keep happening. The following night always topping the last one. Last night in Pittsburgh is no different. On the 25th anniversary of the release of Binaural, Sleight of Hand and Grievance were broken out for the first time in a very long time. Grievance thanks to democracy, Sleight Of Hand featured in the “hand trilogy” that was once a duo in Raleigh (how about Severed Hand’s third play this tour?). Man Of The Hour, My City Of Ruins, Comatose, Got To Give, and onwards, this set was another indication that great things are happening in this community right now. With one left to go, the band is pulling out all the stops to make it special.

You’ll hear from Aaron, Mike, Jason, Amy, Lori, Tim, Ryan, Bradley and a bunch of others who you may or may not know as they run down the entire night. One more to go, see you Sunday!

WHOA. What a show this was! Not only was this setlist on fire, but everybody who was there has a great story to share. Families bonding, families REUNITED!, tambourines acquired, other gifts received and just an unmatched energy throughout this entire building. And yeah, when I say families reunited, I mean MINE.

This is a LOADED episode, and one that you are gonna want to listen to. If you’re wondering what the Rocky Marciano stuff is in the beginning, it’s referencing the end of the Wreckage streak! Carolina In My Mind, Immortality, Leaving Here, a Setting Sun opener?!?!?! Yeah, no lack of amazing discussion.

After two massive shows in Nashville, did you think it would be possible for Pearl Jam to top what happened there to follow up in Raleigh? We should all know this by now, they will always one up themselves when afforded the opportunity, and tonight’s show proved that there are tons more tricks up this band’s sleeve. On a night dedicated to Mothers on Mother’s Day, this mother fucking crowd was red hot! Great stories from songs like Light Years getting to hear them talk about their former crew member Skully, Hold On dedicated to our father and son friends Richie and Dermot, a double dose of hand songs, a powerful Daughter speech, Smile, Satan’s Bed and everything else across the board. What a night to remember after having to cancel nine years ago.

We’re joined by Patrick, Steve, Alex, Tanya, Tasker and Travis out on site as everyone seemingly had their minds blown for this one. Save some for Tuesday! Hope to see you there!

Holy shit… This run in Nashville has truly been something special this week. We got so many rarities on night 1 that made people turn their heads that left the bar extremely high for night 2. But with it broadcast over Sirius XM’s Pearl Jam Radio, it was pretty clear that something big was bound to happen. There are a few major headlines here: Reaviewmirror as the THIRD song in the set, an Insignificance sighting, and an incredible version of Black featuring Peter Frampton. Yeah, I think we have some things to talk about here.

Javi, Aaron, Alex and the gang give their reactions to this instant classic show, riding high off of the amazing experience. After their reactions, I will have a few things to say about this run in Nashville that may perk a few ears. Listen in, and let us know what you think about the show!

Man oh man! We’re six shows into this tour here and I think it is safe to say that we have found our groove. There is always a show that comes along that sets the bar extraordinarily high for the rest of the tour to match, and Night 1 in Nashville is going to be tough to top. Indifference opening up the show sets the tone for a night where surprises are your theme. We got Brain Of J at this show, Green Disease, Come Back and the US debut of Dark Matter deep cut Got To Give! Can you believe that they played Got To Give before Waiting For Stevie on this tour? The performances were tight, the stories and dedications were prolific and the night was a great example of what Pearl Jam can do when they want to gift the crowd something special.

Javi was out on site with all of our friends – Aaron, Mar, Alex, John, Tim, Erin the birthday girl and more as they give you the full rundown of how special this night truly was!

We’re just about half way through the tour here and last night’s show was their first in New Orleans in nine years. It was their third appearance at a Jazzfest playing in the early evening as the sun was shining. Usually festival sets are known for harboring the greatest hits, but this show had a couple of collector’s items for the followers. Tremor Christ played due to them recording the song there in 1993, Love Boat Captain got played and Danny Clinch made his way onto the stage to play the harp on Red Mosquito as he’s known to do. We also got to see the massive three headed monster of Ledbetter, Baba and Rockin to close the night, only the 5th time that these songs have all been in the same setlist together.

It’s a big episode! We hear from Mar, Alex, Brian and John and get their reaction on the songs and the environment down in the Big Easy!

Pearl Jam hadn’t been to Atlanta in 13 years, but they made their time down in Georgia worthwhile with two nights of memorable performances. While night 1 was a hodgepodge of their entire catalog, night 2’s show found a wheelhouse within their most popular timeframe – the 90’s classics. There was a conscious effort to add in stories about the Fox Theater show in 1994 into this show, and that’s where Dissident and Better Man came in. We also saw some great deep cuts from No Code and Yield like Off He Goes and All Those Yesterdays, not to mention the first time Present Tense has opened up a show since 2013. Vs. also had a good showing on this night as Rearviewmirror was a surprise in the encore after Porch had closed the main set, and Leash was also a late addition.

We’ll talk to our crew out on site – Jason, Alex, Mar and more friends as they share some of their personal favorite moments, and discuss what may still happen in the coming shows. See you back for Jazzfest on Saturday!

Night 3 of the tour finds us in Atlanta, Georgia for the first time in 13 years, and the band seemed to understand that they had to make up for a lot of lost ground. This show featured songs from 9 of the 12 albums with No Code, Binaural and Gigaton being the only ones unaccounted for. There was a willingness to dig a little bit deeper into the catalog with this show as Can’t Keep was a nice surprise as the opener, two Avocado songs featured in Severed Hand and Inside Job, Unthought Known gave Backspacer 3 for 3 on representation at shows so far, and even a cover of Warren Zevon’s Keep Me In Your Heart felt special instead of a usual Tom Petty cover to kick off the encore.

We’ll hear from Jason, Mike and Alex on site talk about their favorite moments and share some of the stories that came out of this show. Once again, many apologies for some of the technical difficulties out on site. Hoping that changes when it comes to Thursday’s show!

Live from Florida on Saturday night is the second of two nights at the intimate Hard Rock Casino. While night one was certainly a great showing, the band doubled down for this show, and had some impressive crowd energy to work off of.

Join the Live On 4 Legs crew for this episode where they’ll react and respond to all of the events from the evening. Some of the highlights include a tremendous performance of Black, Immortality, a great story to go along with Small Town where Jeff received the bass that he recorded the song with, and good vibes all around the room.

However, as we seem to find on these reaction episodes from time to time, we will hear another rant from Crib where he pleads with people to stop being assholes.

I apologize for the audio quality in this episode, it’s not up to the standards we hold ourselves to, but when you are out on site, the service and connection is what it is. So thankfully it didn’t cut out or get unintelligible, but there isn’t much that you can do in a situation like that. Off to Atlanta for the next two!

We are under way with our first show of 2025, and what a show to kick us off here! The crew from out on site gives their instant reaction to what they just witnessed at the special 7,000 venue at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. From Oceans to kick us off and Amongst The Waves to follow a short beach theme, to the 15 year hiatus of So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star broken, this show had it’s fair share of stories and positive energy.

You’ll hear from myself and the other folks in the pit about the experience down there, and maybe get to hear a tip on what you could do with some Crazy Mary wine. But lest I forget that our major talking point here is that Setting Sun has finally reclaimed it’s rightful spot in the closer role! It feels good to say that, and for all of us who had begged for it to happen again, I commend you for willing it into existence.

Check out the episode and let us know what you thought of this one, and predict a little bit for Saturday’s show as well!