June 28, 2014 – Friends Arena, Stockholm, SWE
Show at a Glance
- Venue: Friends Arena
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Number of Songs: 33
- Show Length: 2:50
Setlist
Main Set: Release, Sometimes, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Black/(We Belong Together), Go, Animal, Mind Your Manners, Why Go, Corduroy, Lightning Bolt, Red Mosquito, My Father’s Son, Given To Fly, Daughter/(Hey Jude/W.M.A.), U, Sirens, Even Flow, Green Disease, Jeremy, Spin The Black Circle, Rearviewmirror
Encore 1: Just Breathe, Oceans, Mother, Once, Supersonic, Sonic Reducer, Porch
Encore 2: Do The Evolution, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Alive, Baba O’Riley, Indifference
Pearl Jam Show Notes 6/28/2014:
The band takes the stage bathed in blue spotlights, easing into the evening with Release into an uptempo Sometimes. Black finishes with Mike reeling off a searing solo, Stone delivering a complementary dance of chords, and Ed asking “Did we belong together?” during the ending tag. Corduroy finishes in a storm of guitar sonics. Ed addresses the crowd before Lightning Bolt, saying “tomorrow I’m going to quit drinking, so TONIGHT…,” continuing in Swedish. Mike is supercharged during Red Mosquito, but the rest of the band gets lost getting to the finish line. The crowd picks this up and tries to guide the band, swaying in time, with Ed even adding “that’s nice, we made a mistake there and you made something beautiful out of it.” Ed grabs a monopod towards the end of Given to Fly and films the stage for a fan. Daughter is tagged with a brief bit of Hey Jude prior to the WMA tag. Introducing U, Ed states to the crowd, “lot of people out there, there’s maybe ten of you who know the next song.” Before Green Disease, he discusses how SwedeBank donated the naming rights of the arena to a youth support organization called Friends that works to prevent bullying. He references Jeremy and how it came about, and how great it is to see a corporation using their ability to promote social good. Rearviewmirror is dedicated to the Hives.
After the break, Ed notices a woman with a sign in the crowd that says “sign my shoe”. Ed manages to get her to throw both shoes on stage, which he promptly hands to a roadie to take backstage. He turns to the mic and deadpans “shoe the shoeless,” a comical nod to the infamous Indio 1993 improv. He then teases the fan, saying “you trusted me…you don’t know me.”
Prior to Oceans, Ed drinks wine from the sneakers before handing them back to their owner. Mike and Stone trade off excellent solos on a fever pitch Porch. Things start to get a little weird on stage as the band looks to kick off encore 2. Finally, Ed reins in the shenanigans with “…sneakers, flip flops, high heels… it’s evolution, baby!” A beautiful, poignant Indifference ends the night, and Ed leaves with another “Shaka” Hawaiian goodbye.
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