Pearl Jam Quebec Concert History

List of Pearl Jam Concerts in Quebec

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September 1, 2022 – Videotron Centre, Quebec City, QC, CAN

Main Set: Daughter, Footsteps, Buckle Up, Other Side, Off He Goes, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, Why Go, Even Flow, Quick Escape, Corduroy, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Who Ever Said/((I Can't Get No) Satisfaction), Take The Long Way, I Got Id, Mind Your Manners, Black, Porch

encore 1: Present Tense, Do The Evolution, Alive, Purple Rain, Indifference

Show Notes:

The band comes out seated, just like in Amsterdam. Daughter is the opener for the first time since 2010, four times in total. It’s played full acoustic without a tag at the end. After Footsteps, Ed toasts the crowd and…

Show Notes: 

The band comes out seated, just like in Amsterdam. Daughter is the opener for the first time since 2010, four times in total. It’s played full acoustic without a tag at the end. After Footsteps, Ed toasts the crowd and says:

 “…we’re gonna play slow songs, fast songs, loud songs, quiet songs, new songs, tight songs, so buckle up…” 

This leads into…Buckle Up. He dedicates a song for a friend in the community who lost his brother, saying he lost his brother as well, and it’s Other Side! It was sound checked earlier in the day, this is only the 4th performance ever! Afterwards, Ed speaks about his friend Dr. Pete from Quebec who had recently walked the Pacific Crest trail from Mexico to Vancouver, and shows him on the video screen. He gets passionate during the requested Off He Goes, and Mike does a flamenco-style solo. Corduroy has an extended solo, Ed telling Mike to keep playing. Black has some improv lyrics at the end: “…where will your heart be when you know….one more life, one more chance…” Crowd starts big ‘ole’ chants during the encore break. Present Tense is played for former ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne, and a kid in the crowd whom Ed mentions as ‘Cole’s brother.’ Stone starts Alive and then stops for Ed to make a dedication to Venus and Serena Williams. Klinghoffer is thanked profusely before stepping to the front for Purple Rain. Before Indifference, Ed says

“Alright, I guess we’re on tour now…thanks for a great beginning.”

Special thank you to Danielle Tatlow for relaying the setlist live, and livestreaming in the Pearl Jam Podcast Community Facebook group.

May 5, 2016 – Centre Videotron, Quebec City, QC, CAN

Main Set: Of The Girl, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Once, Last Exit, God’s Dice, Even Flow, Pilate, Light Years, Severed Hand, Corduroy, You Are, Mind Your Manners, Whipping, Nothing As It Seems, Given To Fly, State Of Love And Trust, I’m Open, MFC, Why Go, Better Man/(Save It For Later)

encore 1: The Needle And The Damage Done, Thumbing My Way, Sleeping By Myself, Wash, Comatose, Lightning Bolt, Sad, Surrender, Porch

encore 2: Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop/It’s O.K.), Do The Evolution, Jeremy, Black, Alive, Baba O’Riley

Show Notes:

Of the Girl opens, the first of 4 Binaural songs in the main set. Matt jumps the gun and starts Last Exit after Small Town but stops and Once is played first. Ed introduces Pilate by saying “alright, this is…

Show Notes: 

Of the Girl opens, the first of 4 Binaural songs in the main set. Matt jumps the gun and starts Last Exit after Small Town but stops and Once is played first. Ed introduces Pilate by saying “alright, this is going to be fun…” Light Years is dedicated to a man and his family. Stone grooves on a powerful You Are. After the first NAIS since 2014, Ed makes a long speech about life and love and dedicates Given to Fly to Valerie and “her great man Jan, who’s still here in the next song.” I’m Open is a nice little gem to break up the pace and breathe after SOLAT, and takes the place of Untitled, flowing naturally into MFC. An almost 8-minute Better Man ends the main set, with Ed riffing on Save it for Later. After the break, Ed says, “I’m going to play a song by Uncle Neil. And to sing like Neil, you gotta sing high, but you don’t have to sing perfect. So I’m going to keep that in mind, and you keep that in mind too in case you want to join in… Neil, one of the things he taught us, if it ain’t perfect, it’s perfect. I’m sure this is going to be a perfect version,” and plays a solo version of The Needle and the Damage Done. The band then joins Ed on stage for an amazing Thumbing My Way. Wash comes out of nowhere to transition out of the mellow section. After Lightning Bolt, Ed sees a kid with a sign in the front row and brings him up on stage, saying “I saw him play this song with his pop” (his mom had sent a video of him playing it) and introduces 10-year-old Noah Keeley. Noah plays along to Sad, and does a great job! Stone plays right next to him and Mike comes over to play the solo beside him. Noah gets a huge ovation as he leaves the stage, and Ed remarks, “Noah, you are a badass. That took a lot of guts,” then continues, “We’re going to play one for Noah’s mom and dad” before launching into Surrender. After the second break, Ed speaks about the Capitales, a local baseball team, and sports a jersey made for them to celebrate 25 years together. He then introduces Daughter, saying “He is gonna start this next song. He wrote it. He wrote all the good ones…Mr. Stone Gossard.” McCready is unreal on the Black solo, pure and powerful. Ed concludes the evening by saying “We will never forget this one.”

September 7, 2011 – Bell Centre, Montreal, QC, CAN

Main Set: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Last Exit, Hail, Hail, The Fixer, Amongst The Waves, Severed Hand, Setting Forth, Corduroy, Given To Fly, Insignificance, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop), Glorified G, 1/2 Full, Do The Evolution, Unthought Known, Why Go

encore 1: Even Flow, Come Back, Sleight Of Hand, Down, Black/(We Belong Together), Arms Aloft, Lukin, Porch

encore 2: Better Man, Crazy Mary, Alive, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

The band officially kicks off their Fall 2011 tour with this absolute scorcher of a show in Montreal. Coming a few nights after the epic two-night PJ20 Festival at Alpine Valley, the show has a fantastic career-spanning set, great band…

Show Notes: 

The band officially kicks off their Fall 2011 tour with this absolute scorcher of a show in Montreal. Coming a few nights after the epic two-night PJ20 Festival at Alpine Valley, the show has a fantastic career-spanning set, great band jams, and a totally raucous crowd. Small Town and Last Exit get the crowd revved up immediately before the band delivers a one-two combo of Hail, Hail and The Fixer to keep the energy level high. Ed finally addresses the crowd for the first time after The Fixer, saying that the vibe at the show already feels “really, really good.” Severed Hand is a blast – punctuated by a great full-band jam at the end. Setting Forth is a request of Matt Cameron’s. Killer, but tight versions of Corduroy and Given to Fly follow put the crowd at a fevered pitch. Before Insignificance, Ed shares his appreciation that Montreal’s electrical outlets are the same as those in the USA. Ed thanks the crowd for their singing on Daughter that featured a Blitzkrieg Bop tag. Before Glorified G, Ed takes a moment to point out that Canada has “good singers and less guns”. The first set ends with a great run of Do The Evolution, Unthought Known, and a bopping Why Go.

Even Flow is a perfect encore opener, pulling the crowd right back into things after a short break. Before Come Back, Ed gives a shout out to Mike McCready (rightfully so). Sleight of Hand is a disaster with Ed barely getting through the first verse before finally recovering. Black, with a We Belong Together tag, is a massive singalong. Arms Aloft makes one of its semi-regular 2010-2011 setlist appearances before Lukin and Porch bring the encore to a roaring finish. Before the second encore, Ed says he couldn’t think of a better place to start the tour. “You guys brought it!” he tells the crowd before telling a funny story about how his horoscope that day said to avoid crowds. Better Man and Crazy Mary feel a little standard, but still excellent. McCready shreds his way through the Alive solo. In his final remarks to the crowd, Ed says he can’t believe it’s been six years since they played Montreal but that it won’t be that long before they return and the band closes with a perfect version of Yellow Ledbetter. 2011 was a hugely memorable anniversary year for the band and coming off the heels of PJ20, the band delivered a powerful, intense tour opener in Montreal.