Pearl Jam Czech Republic Concert History

Nothingman is met with a huge ovation from the crowd and turns into a campfire moment early in the show. Corduroy kicks over the campfire into a booming singalong. Evolution gets the crowd hopping, singing, and sweating. Tremor Christ is played for the first time since 2016. After Lightning Bolt, Ed comments “Sometimes, let’s say this isn’t happening in the United States, when you have a really horrible leader, it sure makes you remember how lucky you were to have a great one, how we don’t have a great leader in our country, and when it makes you remember when you had a great one.” Dissident is dedicated to Vaclav Havel (a dissident from the Czech Republic who became their president), Ed mentioning how “Havel was a great human and one of the great figures of the 20th Century, and was a huge fan of the Velvet Underground.” Love Boat Captain has an improv as a lead-in, with the lyrics “No, I won’t be quiet, I won’t mind my manners, in your devices, in your evil plans, I will use my voice and everything I got, we all deserve to know we’re not?” It transitions into the song perfectly. The first verse and chorus of the Beatles’ “Help!” are debuted by Ed solo, which leads into Help, Help, the first time ever for the Help!/Help, Help combo. State of Love and Trust stays true as a crowd favorite, with Ed going down and giving the mic to the crowd before returning to the stage for the end of the song. I’m Waiting For The Man, by the aforementioned Velvet Underground, is tagged along with Save it for Later on Better Man. Together, Mike and Jeff destroy the faces of the crowd in Porch. After the break, Ed sees a couple of requests for All or None and says, “they don’t know all, they know none, but they do know some of the or.” The End makes its 2018 debut, played by Ed solo. Crowd is full on jumping for Given to Fly! Tonight’s song to the back of the stage is Small Town, and Indifference closes the show, bookending the campfire vibe that started early.

Ed greets the crowd in Czech: “Dobrý večer” (good evening), and he encourages the crowd to “…let me hear ya…” as Sometimes opens. Given to Fly lyric is changed to “…made it to the river, had a smoke on a bridge…” Ed again makes special mention of openers X, introducing all the band members by name. They play Elderly Woman and afterwards, Ed says that while X were playing earlier in the night, he saw a vision of a god’s eye, and “this next song we’re going to call ‘Gods’ Eye’” before they launch into Gods’ Dice. Jeff is bouncing all over the stage during Corduroy. Matt lets loose on Push Me, Pull Me, which is followed by a haunting Garden. Ed asks to see all the flags in the crowd, saying it is a “multicolored flag audience,” and thanks everyone for having them visit. Ed yells “…what the FUCK?” after “…the haves be having more, yet still bored…” line in ½ Full, and uses his guitar to reflect a beam of light from one of the stage lights out into the audience and around the arena during Mike’s solo. Unthought Known is dedicated to John Doe of X. During Why Go, someone throws a Turkish flag up on stage which Ed drapes over the low speakers in front of him and it stays there for the rest of the show. The first encore begins with a beautiful Of the Girl, played for the first time since 2010. Just Breathe is played as a solo acoustic number by Ed, who dedicates it to two people Stone met: Xavier and Martha, who are about to “engage in a voyage of love together” and get married. Stone cruises around the stage for Crazy Mary, taking time to jam with everyone, and Mike saunters across to jam out with Boom for a fair chunk of the solo section. A brief “Angie” tag is added in at the end. Evolution closes out the first encore, and when the band leaves the stage, the audience keeps singing quietly until they walk back out and Ed joins them for a quick “whoa oh oh.” He tells the crowd that X’s lead singer Exene told him they were “a great fucking crowd tonight,” and thanks her for “starting the dance party.” To kick off the second encore, Ed introduces the band members using his loose version of Czech, saying “kytara” for guitar when he introduces Mike, “basa” (bass) for Jeff, and “bici’” (drums) for Matt. Boom is introduced in English, and because Stone holds Eddie’s notebook for him while he reads out his notes, he says “kytara and paper holder” when he introduces Stone. The crowd joins in and takes over parts of Better Man after Ed requests that they give him a break from singing. The lyrics at the end of Black are changed to “we didn’t belong together…” The crowd goes nuts when Ed starts throwing tambourines out during Baba O’Riley. Ed calls out “…alright Mikey, it’s all you buddy!” for Ledbetter and Mike delivers the goods. Good energy from the crowd and the band is in high spirits.