September 14, 2011 – Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON, CAN

Pearl Jam Show Notes 9/14/2011:

After a couple shows in Toronto, the boys traveled northeast to pay a visit to the nation’s capital. It was their first performance in Ottawa since 2005. Eddie made note of that during the opening song, Elderly Woman, by changing the lyrics to “my God it’s been six years…” before letting the crowd take over part of the chorus. After the sing-a-long start, they ramped up the energy with Last Exit and then went on to play four from Yield within the next five songs, with Unthought Known was thrown in as well. For the 4th show in a row, the band played Setting Forth off of Eddie’s Into the Wild solo record. A couple fast paced Vitalogy tracks and Even Flow followed. Eddie then points out two flags in the audience and directs the next song to one of them and pledges his Grievance. A typically quick Lukin leads into Breath, where Jeff’s bass work is very noticeable for good reasons. Ed talks about wildest dreams and gives a shout out to the Wishlist Foundation as it was the 5th anniversary of the organization, and thanks the founder. Wishlist is played and dedicated to the founder. An improvised tag is added to the end with these lyrics:

“I wish for nothing cuz we got
so much more than we ever thought
my one desire is no desire
giving gifts gets you so much higher
and actions speak so much louder than words
we hereby thank Laura for hers
we thank you too cuz as good as its been
it’s beyond our wildest dreams”

New song, Ole, is played for just the third time before closing out the main set with 1/2 Full and Better Man. Eddie comes out by himself for the first encore and says that because of the sadness he hopes no one can relate to the next song and plays The End. The band joins him as they go through Inside Job and Just Breathe. Ed asks the crowd if they want another campfire song or if they should get to the rockers? He teases Off He Goes and the cheers lead them to play the full song. As promised, the rest of the encore set is full of rockers capped off with a seven and a half minute version of Rearviewmirror. Returning for the second encore, Ed says that he hopes it doesn’t take six more years for them to visit again, and mentions that the next song was a fan request as Come Back is performed. The band finishes off the night with The Real Me, Alive and Yellow Ledbetter.