Pearl Jam Brazil Concert History

List of Pearl Jam Concerts in Brazil

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March 24, 2018 – Lollapalooza, Autódromo de Interlagos, São Paulo, BRA

Main Set: Wash, Corduroy, Do The Evolution, Why Go, Mind Your Manners, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Can’t Deny Me, Even Flow, Mountain Song, Breath, (Pulled Up)/Unthought Known, Jeremy, Sirens, Down, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Hold On, Black/(We Belong Together), Once, Lukin, Porch

encore 1: Smile, Comfortably Numb, Alive, Baba O’Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

Livestreaming on SiriusXM and local television in Brazil, the final night of the South American tour kicks off with a slow-driving Wash. Early Do The Evolution gets the crowd going. Can’t Deny Me includes an intro referencing the youth-led, gun…

Show Notes: 

Livestreaming on SiriusXM and local television in Brazil, the final night of the South American tour kicks off with a slow-driving Wash. Early Do The Evolution gets the crowd going. Can’t Deny Me includes an intro referencing the youth-led, gun control-focused “March For Our Lives” demonstrations. Ed’s subsequent introduction to Even Flow asserts that the only weapon a young person needs in this world is a “fucking guitar, and a big ol’ fucking amp…like Mike McCready.” Speaking in his trademark broken Portuguese, Ed welcomes friend and original Lollapalooza creator Perry Farrell to the stage, serenading him with a “Happy Birthday” singalong, leading into a pounding cover of  Jane’s Addiction’s “Mountain Song,” with Farrell sharing lead vocal duties with Ed. Pulled Up is played for the first time since 1992, brief yet poignant. Ed dedicates Better Man to Stone for his conservationist work in the Amazonian rainforest. Hold On is played for only the 5th time and the first since 2014. Ed introduces his new, Brazilian-made green guitar before Lukin. Short encore after a long main set. A rushed Ledbetter concludes abruptly to meet the local curfew.

Written by: Jeff Benanto

March 21, 2018 – Estadio Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Main Set: Release, Low Light, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Go, All Night, Animal, Given To Fly, In Hiding, Jeremy, Corduroy, Even Flow, Immortality, Wishlist, Mind Your Manners, Lightning Bolt, Garden, Can’t Deny Me, Porch

encore 1: Sleeping By Myself, Inside Job, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop/W.M.A.), Do The Evolution, Black, Leaving Here, Blood, Better Man/(Save It For Later)/(I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend), Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

Band is in a great mood for the 3rd show of 2018. Release, Low Light and Small Town set the early tone, but after Ed’s brief greeting they kick into high gear with Go, All Night, and Animal. This show…

Show Notes: 

Band is in a great mood for the 3rd show of 2018. Release, Low Light and Small Town set the early tone, but after Ed’s brief greeting they kick into high gear with Go, All Night, and Animal. This show is filled with extended jams and many songs are played longer than normal. 1-2-3 punch of Jeremy, Corduroy, and Even Flow punctuates the middle section, giving Mike the spotlight. Jeff leads the outro jam on Immortality. Chad Smith (RHCP) joins the band for the third live performance of new song Can’t Deny Me. The South American crowd puts their stamp once again on Do the Evolution. Ed goes on a delicate improv after We Belong Together during an almost 9-minute Black, with the lyrics:

You’re still in my heart
You’re still here in my heart
I keep you, keep you
Not in a box, not in a box
In my heart

Jeff takes the first 3 solo breaks on Leaving Here, leaving the 4th to Matt. Blood is dedicated to the opening band Royal Blood. It’s all fan favorites to finish off the night, starting with a crowd-heavy Better Man, with some call and response and a snippet of the Ramones “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” before Save it for Later kicks into high gear. Josh Klinghoffer, also from the Chili Peppers, takes Mike’s guitar for Alive and shreds. Chad Smith returns for Rockin’ in the Free World, and Josh gets a little lost on his solo but finds his groove. A Ten-heavy setlist, with 7 songs featured.

Written by: David Ritter

November 22, 2015 – Estadio Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Main Set: Oceans, Present Tense, Corduroy, Hail, Hail, Mind Your Manners, Do The Evolution, Amongst The Waves, Save You, Even Flow, Who You Are, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Setting Forth, Sirens, Given To Fly, I Want You So Hard, Comatose, Lukin, Rearviewmirror

encore 1: Yellow Moon, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Just Breathe, Imagine, Jeremy, Why Go, The Fixer, Porch

encore 2: Last Kiss, Comfortably Numb, Spin The Black Circle, Black, Better Man, Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

After an hour delay, Oceans begins but abruptly stops. Ed points to Stone, they converse for a moment, then the song begins again. Matt’s bass drum skin has a picture of the Eiffel Tower in homage to Paris and the…

Show Notes: 

After an hour delay, Oceans begins but abruptly stops. Ed points to Stone, they converse for a moment, then the song begins again. Matt’s bass drum skin has a picture of the Eiffel Tower in homage to Paris and the victims of the mass terrorist attacks that took place a week earlier. The crowd embraces Corduroy and sings the bridge back to the band. The crowd offers some assistance to Ed with pronunciation as he speaks after Amongst the Waves. Even Flow wraps up and Ed introduces Mike, Matt and Stone, noting that “Stone wrote that part you are singing along to.” I Want You So Hard by Eagles of Death Metal is played for the 2nd time. Comatose kicks in with a rough start, prompting the band to stop playing, Ed telling the crowd “and then that just happened,” and the song is restarted. Small Town ends with a joyous crowd singalong. Ed notices a man in the crowd holding a sign stating, “It’s my birthday, let me sing a song with you,” and he responds “I saw you three days ago and you had that sign…and four days before that! I wish I was you and everyday was my birthday.” The crowd laughs and cheers as Ed tells the man he will buy him a drink and “discuss this whole singing thing.” Ed then addresses the crowd again in Portuguese, naming couples having anniversaries, and gives a special nod to Jeff and Stone, who have been together longer than anyone. Ed speaks to the crowd about the attacks in Paris and how music can bring joy and help you deal with anger, saying “the fact that this happened during a concert with a great band and great Parisian fans, it hurts us and breaks our hearts to the core.” Ed tells the audience about a long time Pearl Jam fan, Pierre-Antonie Henry, who lost his life during the attack on the Bataclan Theater, “and it broke our hearts even more deeply when we heard someone, a really good man, father of two, great husband, brother, a great son, was always in the front row when we played in Europe,” and dedicates Imagine to him. Ed brings up the birthday guy from earlier to sing the opening of Porch and share his bottle of wine. Better Man ends with Ed tossing his white Gibson guitar into the air and then proceeding to smash it several times on the stage. As the show wraps up with Yellow Ledbetter, a fan tosses a pair of red speedos to the stage. Ed asks if they are for him and places them on his head, then pulls them over his shorts to finish out the performance. 

November 20, 2015 – Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, BRA

Main Set: Rain, Sometimes, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Go, Mind Your Manners, Once, Got Some, Rearviewmirror, Pilate, Even Flow, Infallible, Given To Fly, I’m Open, I Am Mine, Satan’s Bed, Deep, Jeremy, Why Go

encore 1: Bee Girl, Sleeping By Myself, Imagine, Sirens, Do The Evolution, I Want You So Hard, Corduroy, Mankind, Porch

encore 2: Eruption, Garden, Comfortably Numb, Lightning Bolt, Black/(Time Heals/Androgynous Mind), Sonic Reducer, Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter/(Little Wing)

Show Notes:

After a long day of rain, most concertgoers were soaked, or at least prepared to be, while donning rain gear. Rumors of the stage being struck by lightning earlier in the evening,but as Pearl Jam enters the stage, the rain…

Show Notes: 

After a long day of rain, most concertgoers were soaked, or at least prepared to be, while donning rain gear. Rumors of the stage being struck by lightning earlier in the evening,but as Pearl Jam enters the stage, the rain stops. As an acknowledgment (or maybe an offering, considering), a cover of the Beatles’ Rain opens. Ed seems playful tonight and begins the set playing his vintage Martin 000-15. They transition seamlessly into Sometimes, with impassioned vocals. Playing off the crowd energy after Small Town, Ed rips off his overshirt, and the band throws it down literally and figuratively with a bass-heavy Go. Matt’s drum kit is lit up with an image of the Eiffel Tower as a tribute to the Paris terrorist attacks that took place a week prior. Ed’s voice cracks on Once, but makes up for it by belting out the rest and throwing his mic into the crowd for help on the final chorus. Unusual early Rearviewmirror, with a very short jam and some fumbled lyrics by Ed and impeccable drumming. Stone gets a spotlight and the volume turned up for his groove in Even Flow, Ed making shadow puppets on the side-stage wall, then after the song, grabs a piece of paper and attempts a longer speech in Portuguese bringing attention to the local dam/mining tragedy near Bento Rodrigues, stating “It’s tough when these large companies use and abuse the land just for profit, with no respect for the environment. Accidents that take lives and destroy rivers so they can still profit. We hope and expect them to be punished harshly and never forget the sad disasters they caused.” Before I’m Open, Ed grabs a custom green sparkly guitar and tells the crowd it was a gift “made by one of your countrymen in Brazil…one of my favorite things”. The guitar is inspired by Ed’s black holoflake Telecaster, and made with local wood and hardware by a man dubbed “Sergio Vedder.” Satan’s Bed is “about somebody that I don’t believe in, but it makes for a good song…one thing Satan’s been good for is music like Black Sabbath, Jimmy Page, and Robert Johnson.” Sirens” has some echoing notes at the end and inspires a vow from Eddie to get a fund going for the toxic mine/dam disaster (PJ donates $100,000 to the cause shortly after the show). The mood is lifted from somber to scathing with Do The Evolution, Stone getting the literal spotlight on this and Ed accenting the vocals with guttural bits, high notes and screams. A cover of “I Want You So Hard” by Eagles of Death Metal is debuted as a tribute to the Paris attacks, one of which was during the Eagles of Death Metal performance days prior. Comfortably Numb appears again, having debuted in Porto Alegre. Mike’s solo is tight and Ed salutes the heavens. Ed ties up Black with an eerie, repeated whisper of “hey, hey, it’s okay, it’s okay.” Mike throws in a short tease of Little Wing into the Yellow Ledbetter ending, and the crowd serenades the band with the Ole chant as they exit the stage. Pendulum and Wishlist are on the setlist but not played. 

November 17, 2015 – Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha, Brasilia, BRA

Main Set: Release, Wash, Nothingman, Corduroy, Lightning Bolt, Mind Your Manners, Brain of J., Tremor Christ, In My Tree, Even Flow, Rain, Unthought Known, My Father’s Son, Animal, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)), Habit, Given To Fly, Lukin, Rearviewmirror

encore 1: Redemption Song, Mother, Sirens, Jeremy, Supersonic, Why Go, Leash, Porch

encore 2: Last Exit, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Better Man, Do The Evolution, Crazy Mary, Alive, Baba O’Riley, Indifference

Show Notes:

The third of five shows in Brazil begins with the combination of Release and Wash, incredibly played back-to-back to open a show for the first time since THIS DAY in 1991! Mike’s lyrical solo on the new, extended Corduroy kicks…

Show Notes: 

The third of five shows in Brazil begins with the combination of Release and Wash, incredibly played back-to-back to open a show for the first time since THIS DAY in 1991! Mike’s lyrical solo on the new, extended Corduroy kicks the show into high gear. After a couple of Lightning Bolt selections, it’s back to the 90’s for a rare triplet of Brain of J., Tremor Christ, and a soaring In My Tree. Matt shows out near the end of the Even Flow solo, thrashing and pounding away. Some bad weather early in the day means that the Beatles’ Rain makes an appearance, and for only the 6th time. Habit is a standout, Ed growls “speaking as a child of the 90’s…,” fitting for a show heavy on their 90’s output, and the frenetic outro leads Mike to manhandle his guitar to the ground and wrench some otherworldly sounds from it. Ed emerges after the break to comment on the prevalence of mosquitos swarming the stage and audience, saying “I’ve never eaten so many bugs in my life while I have been singing tonight…fuckers!” Interestingly enough, neither Red Mosquito nor Bugs are played. He does proceed to play Bob Marley’s Redemption Song, accompanied by Boom. The Eagles of Death Metal song “ I Want You So Hard” is on the setlist, but scratched, and instead Ed opens the floor to requests, and the band responds with a driving Why Go. Leash follows, also by request, and Ed prefaces it with “you might not know it…WE might not know it…” An expansive Porch closes the encore before they quickly return with Last Exit, Ed exclaiming “Don’t go to bed yet!” over the iconic drum intro. South American favorite Do The Evolution is saved for late, following the crowd-friendly Small Town and Better Man. Boom takes over Crazy Mary, he and Mike trading off playfully until they meet up for a few riffs of Paint It Black, leading to an epic showdown before the song crashes out past the 8-minute mark. 24 of the 35 songs are from the 90’s, with only 6 from the 2000’s.

November 14, 2015 – Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, BRA

Main Set: Long Road, Of The Girl, Love Boat Captain, Do The Evolution, Hail, Hail, Why Go, Getaway, Mind Your Manners, Deep, Corduroy, Lightning Bolt, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Even Flow, Come Back, Swallowed Whole, Given To Fly, Jeremy, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Rearviewmirror

encore 1: Footsteps, Imagine, Sirens, Whipping, I Am Mine, Blood, Porch

encore 2: Comatose, State Of Love And Trust, Black, Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

The band takes the stage less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris during an Eagles of Death Metal concert where 89 were killed. Ed is wearing his traditional peace sign shirt, Jeff’s shirt reads…

Show Notes: 

The band takes the stage less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris during an Eagles of Death Metal concert where 89 were killed. Ed is wearing his traditional peace sign shirt, Jeff’s shirt reads “Unfuck the World” and there’s a picture of the Eiffel Tower drawn with a sharpie on Matt’s bass drum. They open with a soaring version of Long Road that sets the tone for an emotionally charged evening. Following Of the Girl, Ed addresses the crowd in Portuguese. Although later claiming his Portuguese sounds like “pieces of shit,” his words loosely translate to “love goes out to the people in Paris right now, there is healing we need to do together.” A powerful Love Boat Captain follows, with the lyrics being changed to “lost many friends we’ll never know, just only yesterday.” At the end of the song, the crowd sings along with Ed, repeating “love” back and forth. The crowd does a tremendous job of singing the lead guitar parts on Do the Evolution. Ed remarks on the incredible crowd size, saying if the entire band went into the crowd to shake their hands, it would take a few years to complete the job. During Lightning Bolt, the harsh wind and rain and wind forces the GA area to be evacuated. With the conditions being so poor, the crew gets the band to briefly exit the stage so they can lay tarps over the equipment. Ed makes sure the crowd is okay and blames himself for the incident. Without the rest of the band on stage, Ed calls an audible, picking up an acoustic guitar and playing a version of Elderly Woman with a beautiful intro. As the crowd sings along with every word, the rain dies down enough for the band to come back on stage, with Ed saying “come on Mikey, fix this shit!” before a blistering Even Flow. Come Back is another emotional dedication to the Paris attacks. The rain pours down again during Better Man, but the crowd and band play through it with a strong performance. The RVM jam is short but stellar, Matt leading the way. After the break, Imagine, Sirens and I Am Mine continue the theme of healing. During the intro to Porch, Ed plays a bright green guitar that depicts the Brazilian flag, and then later makes his way into the crowd. The crowd sings the guitar melody at the end of Black, and it’s “We didn’t belong together” tonight, Ed adding in the “hey hey, it’s ok” lyrics from Sonic Youth’s Androgynous Mind. Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World and Yellow Ledbetter seemingly end the night, but after the band leaves the stage, Ed calls them back out for one more song, and they treat the crowd to All Along The Watchtower in a 3rd encore to officially close this emotionally charged evening.

March 31, 2013 – Lollapalooza, Jockey Club, São Paulo, BRA

Main Set: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Why Go, (Interstellar Overdrive)/Corduroy, Comatose, Olé, Do The Evolution, Wishlist, Got Some, Even Flow, Nothingman, Insignificance, Daughter/(W.M.A.), World Wide Suicide, Jeremy, Unthought Known, State Of Love And Trust, Rearviewmirror

encore 1: Given To Fly, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Better Man/(Save It For Later), Black/(We Belong Together), I Believe In Miracles, Go, Alive, Baba O’Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

Small Town is jovial and vowel-heavy to open, getting the enormous crowd warmed up before an energetic Why Go. Ed encourages chants from the audience prior to Mike’s clear and crisp Corduroy solo. Stone is tapped into the energy this…

Show Notes: 

Small Town is jovial and vowel-heavy to open, getting the enormous crowd warmed up before an energetic Why Go. Ed encourages chants from the audience prior to Mike’s clear and crisp Corduroy solo. Stone is tapped into the energy this night as well, as indicated by his rhythm and dance moves. Ed checks in with everyone on how they’re doing, speaks Portuguese briefly, and offers a “chocolate egg called Olé”. Lights go out and flip on again to a short succession of screams into Do the Evolution. Ed takes a moment during Wishlist to look up from his solo to engage the audience in a sing and clap along. The crowd rolls like a sea of flowing arms during Even Flow, Mike’s solo is long and aggressive with a markedly ‘70’s sound. Nothingman ends with a passionate last verse. More soccer chants before Daughter, and Ed walks the side extensions of the stage to pay a visit to the vast crowd. Ed begins World Wide Suicide with some major guitar distortion. Ed thanks the crowd with a Portuguese accent, rather than in Portuguese, discusses making a new album, and asks for help singing Jeremy. Entire band is soaked from the heat by State. Lengthy, anthemic RVM bridge with an “I won’t forget” repetition added midway, and a drum solo to round things out. Stone goes hard on the outro and the strobe lights add to the atmosphere. 6 “Obrigado”s end the main set. Ed thanks the Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Puscifer, Perfect Circle, Maynard, and “Red Wine.” Mike and Jeff play off each other during Given to Fly. There’s a bit of call-and-response with the crowd on Not For You, and Stone closes out with a great solo which Ed transitions into Modern Girl. Black is beautiful, with Stone making his way over to jam on the outro with Mike. The audience shows massive appreciation with perfect “doo doo doo’s” and Ed agrees. I Believe in Miracles is dedicated to the Ramones and a “hey ho, let’s go” chant segues into Go. Baba gets a wild response, a super combo with Matt’s drumming and Mike’s guitar, and some classic tambourine antics. Ed thanks the crowd “very, very, very much” and gives props for being one of the safest and best crowds to play for. The show is brought to a close with Yellow Ledbetter, after which he exchanges his wine for a beer and a Brazilian flag before a bow and a goodbye.

November 11, 2011 – Zequinha, Porto Alegre, BRA

Main Set: Why Go, Do The Evolution, Severed Hand, Corduroy, Got Some, Low Light, Given To Fly, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Even Flow, Unthought Known, Present Tense, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop)/(It's OK), 1/2 Full, Wishlist, Rats, State Of Love And Trust, Black

encore 1: Just Breathe, Oceans, Comatose, Light Years, I Believe In Miracles, The Fixer, Rearviewmirror

encore 2: Last Kiss, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Crazy Mary, Jeremy, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World, Indifference, Yellow Ledbetter/(Little Wing)

Show Notes:

A brawny run of Why Go, Do The Evolution, Severed Hand and Corduroy wastes no time hot wiring this lengthy show played under a low hung moon. Low Light cools things down with Ed greeting the crowd in Portuguese afterwards.…

Show Notes: 

A brawny run of Why Go, Do The Evolution, Severed Hand and Corduroy wastes no time hot wiring this lengthy show played under a low hung moon. Low Light cools things down with Ed greeting the crowd in Portuguese afterwards. He mentions this is the fifth and final show in Brazil, and that they have the best fans in the world prior to launching into a raucous crowd singalong to Given To Fly. Daughter is punctuated by Ed letting out a vintage “She will rise abooovve!” scream and the audience perfectly hitting their cues as the song transitioned into It’s OK. The tag was as good as you would imagine from a passionate South American crowd with the call and response sung loud and proud. Rats pokes its head out of the storm drain for its first appearance on this tour and provides a funky change of pace after a leisurely Wishlist. Mike lights up ½ full with Jeff and Matt lurking heavily underneath for a great version of the underplayed gem. Ed caps off the outro using a reflecting mirror on the crowd after the “Won’t someone save the world?” part. Black closes the set with Ed getting crossed up a bit lyrically, mistakenly singing the “twisted, thoughts that spin ‘round my head” in the first verse but recovers like a pro. Mike provides a wrenching, slow boiling solo with Ed nailing the We Belong Together outro with the crowd right there with him.

Encore 1 has Ed donning his Walter Payton jersey as he leads the crowd in a Happy Birthday chant for wife, Jill, segueing into Just Breathe. Then the rarely performed Oceans is played in an encore spot, unusual from its normal spot in the opening sequence. Ed introduces it by simply saying “this was a request”, creating a beautiful pairing with Just Breathe. A heartfelt Light Years is dedicated to Johnny Ramone. As the song concludes, the band leaves some swirling feedback, seemingly to prime the upshift into I Believe in Miracles.

An overstuffed encore 2 features eight songs, all heavy hitters, rewarding the crowd for their endurance. During Boom and Mike’s soloing stand-off during Crazy Mary, Ed invites a young boy up on stage saying “This is Victor. He was down in front all night. We’re going to make him more comfortable” as Ed sets him up with a side stage spot for the rest of the night. This section feels like an endless PJ party with great crowd singing, especially on a deafening Jeremy. The band opted for a monster triple closer of Indifference/RITFW/Yellow Ledbetter to close the show which was a popular set choice for this part of the 2011 tour. Also to note, Ed joined X for a performance of Devil Doll. Overall, this was going-the-distance night of classics highlighted by another screaming cannonball of a South American crowd.

November 9, 2011 – Estadio Parana do Clube, Curitba, BRA

Main Set: Go, Arms Aloft, Animal, Ole, Why Go, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Corduroy, Given To Fly, Dissident, The Fixer, Even Flow, In Hiding, Setting Forth, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Red Mosquito, Got Some, World Wide Suicide, Porch

encore 1: Just Breathe, Off He Goes, Unthought Known, Breath, Supersonic, Black, Jeremy

encore 2: Better Man/(Save It For Later), Leaving Here, Footsteps, Once, Alive, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

A South American Pearl Jam show is always packed full of energy, from the band to the audience and back to the band. This show was no exception. The band came out with a bang opening with Go, followed by…

Show Notes: 

A South American Pearl Jam show is always packed full of energy, from the band to the audience and back to the band. This show was no exception. The band came out with a bang opening with Go, followed by Arms Aloft and Animal. The crowd sings along loudly during Animal. The band was already feeding off the crowd’s energy, locking in with a great rendition of Ole. After Why Go, Ed addresses the crowd in Portuguese before starting Elderly Woman. The crowd then erupted with energy as Ed hit the first notes of Corduroy. The band got into a groove with Given To Fly, Dissident and The Fixer. Ed introduced Mike and Stone before Even Flow rolled out. Not for You is played with an excellent extended jam before the Modern Girl outro. Ed cheers the crows with his bottle of wine and the band cranks into Red Mosquito. The first set wraps up with Got Some, World Wide Suicide and Porch. During Porch, Ed has a problem with his guitar right before the first verse starts, which extends the song a bit as the band regroups with Ed singing sans guitar.

After the encore break, Ed checks on the crowd, thanks them for having the band back, and breaks into Just Breathe, followed by a request of Off He Goes. The band then breaks out some rare songs in Breath followed by Supersonic, before breaking out a string of hits with Black, Jeremy and Better Man. Jeremy finds the band at its most energetic of the night with the crowd chanting and jumping up and down with the song. The band follows the hits with Leaving Here, giving Jeff three of the solo riffs towards the end of the song and a Matt drum fill. The set is wrapped up with the reverse Momma-Son Trilogy starting with Footsteps, then Once and finishing with Alive. Baba O’Riley and Yellow Ledbetter are great anchors for this energized 32-song set.

November 6, 2011 – Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Main Set: Unthought Known, Last Exit, Blood, Corduroy, Given To Fly, Nothingman, Faithfull, Even Flow, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop), Habit, Immortality, The Fixer, Got Some, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Why Go, Rearviewmirror

encore 1: Just Breathe, Come Back, I Believe In Miracles, State Of Love And Trust, Of The Earth, Do The Evolution, Jeremy

encore 2: Mother, Better Man, Black, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World, Indifference, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

You can feel the energy in the crowd as Eddie walks out with wine and notebook in hand and grabs a guitar to kick off the night with Unthought Known. The crowd immediately shouts along and claps. While Eddie is…

Show Notes: 

You can feel the energy in the crowd as Eddie walks out with wine and notebook in hand and grabs a guitar to kick off the night with Unthought Known. The crowd immediately shouts along and claps. While Eddie is offstage during Last Exit, the crowd helps out and sings the chorus until Ed comes back. The band and Ed clap and “hey” along during the breakdown of Blood. Only after Corduroy does the band stop for break, and Ed addresses the crowd in their native tongue. The crowd responds with uproarious cheering. During GTF, Eddie lifts the back of his shirt over his head as he and the entire audience scream, “Well fuckers we still stand.” There is a great singalong during Nothingman. At this point the vibe between the band and crowd seems obvious through the interplay of the clapping, dancing, and singing along with one another. Lots of singing along and dancing during Even Flow. During Daughter, the connection between the crowd and band is clear as Eddie plays off the crowd and follows the crowd a bit into an It’s OK tag. Immortality is dedicated to “someone over there,” and Ed seems to lose himself in Mike’s killer solo. The crowd is really into the newer music, and Eddie really gets into the groan on Got Some. During the beginning of Why Go, the crowd and Eddie sing the heys at a thunderous volume.

To begin encore 1, Eddie says “we have to argue about the songs we want to play, because we want to play many more of them.” He goes on to talk about Matt Cameron playing drums in another legendary band. He says that while Pearl Jam is 20, X is 35 and this is their first time in Brazil. Eddie says, “you were perfect!” Ed introduces Just Breathe by talking about an asteroid coming to Earth. At the end of the story, he says that you need to tell the person next you that you love them. The crowd sings along for the entire song almost louder than Ed. The band is super tight during I Believe In Miracles, but the crowd seems unfamiliar; this is one of the few songs they don’t sing along to. During State Of Love And Trust, Mike comes over to Ed towards the end of his solo for Ed to scream “He na na na na, there’s somethin’!” into Mike’s guitar as as he shreds. Ed introduces Of The Earth by prefacing, “you may not know this song,” but the band has a big time jam during the breakdown. Do The Evolution is full of dancing in the crowd and on stage. Mike jumps, Eddie moves back and forth strutting like Mick Jagger and Jeff is grooving and doing some jumps of his own. Even Stone starts dancing during his brief solo. Jeremy continues the sing along section, and the crowd continues singing the “Oh’s” after the song is over. And Eddie says, “From here to there to there from here to there…One of the best groups of people we could ever play for. The most active. Thank you. We’re very grateful for you.”

Ed introduces Pink Floyd’s Mother as a song they’ve never played before a large crowd before, the only time it was covered was for The Tonight Show back in September. During Better Man the crowd provides the perfect vocal accompaniment to Ed’s strumming on the entirety of the first verse until Ed points at himself to say it’s his turn and he holds the note. It’s a beautiful moment. During Black, Eddie and the crowd go back and forth on the vocals towards the end including the We Belong Together tag, and Eddie sways back and forth with his wine bottle in hand. Black Balloons somehow enter the audience before Stone kicks off Alive. During RITFW, Ed throws what seems like dozens of tambourines, guitar pics, and more memorabilia to enthusiastic audience members while the band jams. Ed asks if they can handle one more and they go into Indifference. Ed forgets the first lines and looks to the audience for help and the audience provides confusing direction; Ed picks it up for “One more day in hell.” It was awesome how neither the audience nor Ed knew the first verse at that moment. Yellow Ledbetter ends with Mike seated on the edge of the stage strumming and waving goodbye to folks.

November 4, 2011 – Estadio do Morumbi, São Paulo, BRA

Main Set: Go, Do The Evolution, Severed Hand, Hail, Hail, Got Some, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Given To Fly, Gonna See My Friend, Wishlist, Amongst The Waves, Setting Forth, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Even Flow, Unthought Known, The Fixer, Once, Black

encore 1: Just Breathe, Inside Job, State Of Love And Trust, Ole, Why Go, Jeremy

encore 2: Last Kiss, Better Man/(I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend)/(Save It For Later), Spin The Black Circle, Alive, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

Show Notes:

The band hit the stage with a blast of energy starting the show with Go followed by Do The Evolution. Stone sets the tone with a blistering solo. From there, the band burned through Severed Hand, Hail, Hail and Got…

Show Notes: 

The band hit the stage with a blast of energy starting the show with Go followed by Do The Evolution. Stone sets the tone with a blistering solo. From there, the band burned through Severed Hand, Hail, Hail and Got Some. Ed addressed the crowd commenting how beautiful they are. The energy slowed for Elderly Woman, but quickly picked back up with Given to Fly and Gonna See My Friend. The crowd got involved singing on Wishlist, carrying the “ah ah oh oh” after the band wrapped up the song. The band continued selecting songs from Backspacer, breaking out Amongst the Waves, and Setting Forth seamlessly transitions into Not For You. The band has back-to-back false starts for Unthought Known and The Fixer, before the home stretch of the first set with Once and Black.

Coming back from the encore break, Ed gives thanks to those in the crowd who came out five years ago to see them. He also thanks X, the opening band, going into a story about his younger days of getting a fake ID to get into a show to see X, ending up on the rail and ending up holding a beer for the lead singer and passing it back and forth to her all night. Just Breathe opens the encore, but leading into Inside Job, Ed shares the first time he heard the song when Mike played it for him in a hotel room in São Paulo. Matt jumps ahead in the set by starting the drum beat for Why Go before the band resets and jumps into State Of Love And Trust. Being in South America, Ole makes an appearance with a lot of energy from the crowd. The first encore wraps up with Why Go and Jeremy.

Starting encore two, Ed leads the crowd in a chant and the band breaks into Last Kiss. Halfway through the song, the band gets out of sync. However, the crowd continues singing the song, allowing the band to regroup and continue playing the song. The set wraps up with Better Man, Spin the Black Circle, Alive, Baba O’Riley and Yellow Ledbetter to end the show.

November 3, 2011 – Estadio do Morumbi, São Paulo, BRA

Main Set: Release, Corduroy, Why Go, Animal, World Wide Suicide, Got Some, Even Flow, Unthought Known, Whipping, Daughter/(W.M.A.), Ole, Down, Save You, The Fixer, Do The Evolution, Porch

encore 1: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Just Breathe, Come Back, I Believe In Miracles, Alive

encore 2: Comatose, Black, Better Man, Rearviewmirror, Rockin' In The Free World

Show Notes:

Night one of this South America 2011 leg is actually the second scheduled São Paulo show after the 11/4 gig sold out. The cavernous Estadio do Morumbi was not quite full for this added show, but the energy and performances…

Show Notes: 

Night one of this South America 2011 leg is actually the second scheduled São Paulo show after the 11/4 gig sold out. The cavernous Estadio do Morumbi was not quite full for this added show, but the energy and performances more than filled it up. Release sounds huge with Ed’s vocals sounding well rested and raring to go for this next tour leg. This version includes an “oh dear John” lyric for Johnny Ramone. Primed by Release, the band offers a classic escalating run of Corduroy, Why Go and Animal to get the crowd pogoing. Ed then leads a brief swirling feedback drenched e-bow jam before the band drives hard into World Wide Suicide with Stone particularly locked in. After Got Some, Ed greets the crowd in some approximate version of Portuguese saying good evening we are happy you are in São Paulo, thank you for being so devoted. Ed misses a lyric in Unthought Known singing the “swallowed whole” part early instead of “working hard”, but stays on beat so it’s barely noticeable. Ed appears to indicate Small Town is next with the “1-2-3-4-2-3” count off, but pulls back as the crowd breaks into an “ole, ole” stadium chant with the band joining behind them for an extended fun jam. Matt then stands out with a controlled pummeling of his kit on Whipping, which makes its sole appearance on this leg. Ed uses a lyric sheet during the strobe heavy South American debut of Ole. Jeff and Stone’s backup vocals in the outro add some frantic energy to the new song. A late in the set Save You highlights the back end with Jeff and Matt throwing down hard. There was no traditional South American guitar sing along in Do the Evolution.

Ed introduces the band at the start of encore 1 in Portuguese leading into a vibrant Small Town. Just Breathe is a full band version and afterwards Ed tips his cap opener X. Ed then switches to Portuguese and mentions The Ramones playing Brazil and says Come Back was composed for Johnny Ramone. Alive features Mike switching over to Stone’s side during his solo to sear both sides of the crowd equally. Black closes with Ed doing a wordless high register vocal and Mike stinging it with a few piercing notes. Better Man is concise with Ed opting for a windmill Townshend finish in lieu of a tag. Ed then remarks:

“Obrigada. You know most Americans are a bit stupid when it comes to languages. We don’t know many. That’s I guess why we are so thankful that we play music which seems to communicate to people just about everywhere… It’s been five or six years since we’ve been here…. we see the Brazilian flag at more of our shows than any other flag, so we are very happy to be back with all Brazilians.”

The show finishes up with RVM getting an under-used nod as an encore 2 anchor before RITFW finishes things out featuring a Brazilian flag lyric reference “There’s colors of the street, green, yellow and blue”. Setlist edits for encore 2 had RVM moving from after Comatose to before RITFW, Spin The Black Circle being switched to Black and Wasted Reprise being cut before Better Man.