Pearl Jam 2024 Tour Reaction: Ep. 23 – Madison Square Garden Night 1

Ahh, the mecca of entertainment! For the 12th time in their history, Pearl Jam played to a sold out New York City crowd at the world’s most famous arena. Special things have happened inside of that building from the stage shaking to major special guest moments and rarities galore. Tonight’s show had a fun setlist with a solid variety mixing in both brand new stuff with mid-2000s material and of course, the classics. Better Man at #2 mirrored the Porch moment we had in Wrigley, songs like Satan’s Bed and Out Of My Mind came out of no where, Love Boat Captain, Black and Inside Job were big moments and we FINALLY got to see Indifference this year!

We’ll discuss a few topics along with those mentioned above such as how the crowd varied depending on which section you sat in, an impassioned dedication to an autistic teenager named Adam before getting into Given To Fly, and why the numbers that the band used to prove that night 2 is their 50th show is completely incorrect, but who cares we may get an amazing show out of it! We’ll speak to friends on site – Patrick, Mike, Jason and Richard who will share their favorite moments and experiences.

Can’t wait to be in the building tomorrow!