May 8, 2016 – Canadian Tires Centre, Ottawa, ON, CAN
Show at a Glance
- Venue: Canadian Tires Centre
- Location: Ottawa, ON
- Number of Songs: 30
- Show Length: 2:50
Setlist
Main Set: Lightning Bolt, Mind Your Manners, Do the Evolution, Save You, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Love Boat Captain, Deep, Faithfull, I Am Mine, Even Flow, Setting Forth, Corduroy, Immortality, Given to Fly, Big Wave, Why Go, Jeremy, Porch
Encore 1: Bee Girl, Speed of Sound, Parachutes, Sirens, Love, Reign O’er Me, Better Man, Blood
Encore 2: All I Want is You, Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted, Black, Alive, Fuckin’ Up
Pearl Jam Show Notes 5/8/2016:
Lightning Bolt opens for only the second time, and includes the line “…towards the Great White North…” Ed greets the crowd before Small Town, talking about Trump, the fires in Alberta, and “the fact that Canada doesn’t have a team in the NHL playoffs” as signs of the end of the world “so let’s do some singing and try to make the world right tonight!” Love Boat Captain includes the “let the show begin” line. A fan in the front gets to sing on Faithfull. After Even Flow, Ed mentions that Into the Wild author Jon Krakauer is in the crowd tonight and how his books had a profound effect on him, leading into Setting Forth.
Big Wave is played for the first time since 2014 for all the surfers in the crowd, Ed saying he knows that there are at least two. 3 songs from Ten close out the set, and during the encore, Ed makes a toast to his brothers Jason and Chris, who are in attendance. A few rare songs are broken out after the break, beginning with Bee Girl, and the tour debuts of Speed of Sound and Parachutes. Not to be outdone, Love, Reign O’er Me is played for the first time since 2013. Encore 2 starts with Ed playing part of the U2 song “All I Want Is You” on the acoustic guitar. Mike and Stone really bring it during Black, blistering solos by both that bring the crowd to a crescendo. Matt goes nuts at the end of Alive, bashing everything in sight. Fuckin’ Up is for their “favorite Canadian” (if you have to ask at this point…) Great energy from the crowd and band all evening on what most would consider Pearl Jam’s 1000th show.
Share Your Memories