This marked Pearl Jam’s first time playing in Central America. There is a crowd surge at the gates during Animal where fans bypass the security checkpoint making a beeline for the GA. The crowd is up for Corduroy and Ed…
Main Set: Go, Animal, Corduroy, Unthought Known, Comatose, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Given To Fly, The Fixer, Deep, Jeremy, Supersonic, Even Flow, You Are, Daughter/(Red Rain), Why Go, Rearviewmirror
encore 1: Just Breathe, Oceans, Do The Evolution, State Of Love And Trust, Black, Better Man/(Save It For Later)
encore 2: Last Kiss, Mother, Once, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter/(Little Wing)
Show Notes:
Show Notes:
This marked Pearl Jam’s first time playing in Central America. There is a crowd surge at the gates during Animal where fans bypass the security checkpoint making a beeline for the GA. The crowd is up for Corduroy and Ed reacts by shrieking like a madman. After Unthought Known, Ed addresses the crowd in Spanish discussing the band’s venti amos (20th anniversary) and tells them to look out for one another. An oddity of setlist construction finds Comatose as the lead-in to Small Town, where on the latter the line is changed to “we finally see this place.” By the time Jeremy hits, Ed has exhausted just about all the power in his voice. Mike finally gets a moment to shine 12 songs in during Even Flow, a short but expressive version. Daughter has a great call and response on the tag which includes a snippet of Peter Gabriel’s Red Rain. While the crowd continues to sing towards the end, it transitions seamlessly into the drum intro of Why Go. A quick main set finishes with Rearviewmirror, featuring a majestic sounding solo from Stone during the bridge.
Starting the encore, Ed tees up Just Breathe by saying he misses his wife and misses holding hands with her. Matt sings backup vocals on the song without playing at the kit. Oceans is another of many Ten songs played on this night as eight out of eleven are featured at this show. Do The Evolution doesn’t quite have the same participation that the South American crowds present, but they bring their a-game on Black. Mike channels something deep during Black’s solo, absolutely ripping it apart. Mike continues a hot streak into Better Man obliterating the solo before the tag. Last Kiss gets off to a rough start on the technical side, but the crowd saves the performance. Ed continues to exhaust everything he has left towards the end as Once is a bit labored, but another strong performance from Mike on Alive includes a War Pigs tag. Matt’s son Ray joins for RITFW, which happens to be Boom’s best performance of the show, getting time to flourish a bit during the interludes. Little Wing is tagged off Ledbetter, and the crowd showers them with ole chants as they say goodbye.