Pearl Jam Mexico City, MX Concert History

List of Pearl Jam Concerts in Mexico City, MX

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November 28, 2015 – Foro Sol, Mexico City, MEX

Main Set: Pendulum, Release, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Why Go, Mind Your Manners, Do The Evolution, Breakerfall, Corduroy, Garden, Even Flow, Daughter/(It’s O.K.), I Want You So Hard, Sirens, Given To Fly, You Are, Lightning Bolt, Rearviewmirror

encore 1: Throw Your Arms Around Me, Sleeping By Myself, Imagine, Comfortably Numb, Animal, Save You, Faithfull, Black, Porch

encore 2: Last Kiss, Jeremy, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

The 2015 tour ends in Mexico City with a proper send off. The crowd is ready to explode from the outset, and a back-to-back Pendulum and Release opener only builds the tension. Small Town feels more like a large city…

Show Notes: 

The 2015 tour ends in Mexico City with a proper send off. The crowd is ready to explode from the outset, and a back-to-back Pendulum and Release opener only builds the tension. Small Town feels more like a large city singing along, and the pot finally boils over during Why Go and Do The Evolution, prompting Ed to scream “Hola, Mexico!!!!” Speaking in broken Spanish, he says “We are well and this is the last night of the tour.” After Even Flow, he intimates “…this is a great crowd…it’s like surfing…great waves.” Daughter is next, and the It’s O.K. tag is sung in both Spanish and English. The band then breaks into a cover of I Want You So Hard by Eagles of Death Metal for the 3rd and final time to date, a tribute to those impacted by the Paris attacks. Lightning Bolt features a nice little jam at the end. Matt is on fire during the RVM jam, pounding and bashing throughout. After the break, Ed introduces Throw Your Arms Around Me as “a request for newlyweds.” The ukelele is brought out, Ed stating  “[it’s] shy and small and doesn’t want to come out in front of a lot of people.” Imagine is played to honor both John Lennon and the victims of the Paris attack once again. The stadium is once again ready to boil over with energy after a soaring Comfortably Numb, and the pop happens this time with Animal in an unusual encore spot. Ed follows by saying “We got a nice letter from a little 12-year-old girl from Atlanta…where we made many records. She wrote that she has the best dad. That is her favorite song, and she said her dad was at this show and she wanted to dedicate that song to him. That was Rebecca writing for her dad, Michael. She is a pretty cool kid with a pretty good dad.” Faithfull is played for a young woman in the front who has a flag requesting the song, Ed adding “We’re going to change the program for the woman right there.” Ed drops out during the Porch intro to acknowledge the crowd, who’s singing every note, a powerful moment. After Jeremy, Ed wishes Matt a happy birthday and leads the crowd in singing to him. More palpable energy from the crowd as they almost drown Ed out during the Better Man intro. Ed leaves by saying “this is the end…gracias…we’ll go home with this in our hearts, and our suitcases, and in our minds. Thank you everyone for tonight. It’s really hard to leave. Thank you so much,” before Yellow Ledbetter closes the show and the year.

Written by: Justin Goulet

November 24, 2011 – Foro Sol, Mexico City, MEX

Main Set: Release, Last Exit, Severed Hand, Corduroy, Given To Fly, Brain Of J., Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Faithfull, Even Flow, Setting Forth, Unthought Known, Red Mosquito, Daughter, Of The Earth, Nothingman, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Porch

encore 1: Just Breathe, Off He Goes, Do The Evolution, Black, Spin The Black Circle, The Fixer, Jeremy, Why Go

encore 2: Ole, Last Kiss, Leash, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World, Indifference, Yellow Ledbetter/(Little Wing)

Show Notes:

The 2011 tour closer kicked off with Ed joining opening band X wearing a luchador mask during Devil Doll. This is their only show played on American Thanksgiving in their history. Release kicks things off in the massive soccer stadium…

Show Notes: 

The 2011 tour closer kicked off with Ed joining opening band X wearing a luchador mask during Devil Doll. This is their only show played on American Thanksgiving in their history. Release kicks things off in the massive soccer stadium with a great sing along. The early set is Vitalogy (Last Exit, Corduroy) and Yield heavy (Given To Fly, Brain of J.) with both album openers bookending the section. A great soaring version of Faithfull gives the crowd another from Yield before a mid-set Even Flow. Ed would do his best translation by introducing “Rojo Mosquito” prior to playing the “Red” English version. The Mexico City fans are given a treat as non-album cut Of The Earth is broken out. The seldom played song has a powerful jam and brings the house down towards the end of the set. Ed changes up the lyrics in the Save It For Later tag. Crowd is wild when they return for the encore as the Just Breathe/Off He Goes combo brings a slow burn acoustic setting to ease back into the set. Do The Evolution has an excellent crowd response and brings a jolt back into the set. The crowd is up for Black as well, very strong on the We Belong Together tag. Jeremy is played with a faster bridge than usual, and Why Go was a thunderous ending to the first encore. Fans chanting “Pearl Jam” and clapping to a beat when the band comes back on. They deliberate on stage and choose to play Ole… which at best is at least appropriate for the setting. Leash gets a huge reaction used in a big spot before getting into your usual end of the set construction. John Doe and X are invited on stage to play RITFW. In a rare occurrence, both Indifference and Ledbetter are played to end the night and the 2011 tour year. Mike tags Little Wing on the backend of Ledbetter sounding top notch.