Pearl Jam 2024 Tour Reaction: Ep. 26 – Philadelphia Night 2

The first night in Philadelphia on Saturday had everybody talking. It was a red hot crowd that was treated to some of the best songs the catalog has to offer. So to put an expectation on this show exceeding what night 1 brought is probably unfair to do, but it was still a fine show regardless.

We’ll talk about a few key moments here that made this show stand out such as the impromptu Rats decision. After Ed brought up the Spectrum having no working bathrooms and rats crawling around the floors, a group of fans were seen holding up a sign for Rats on the side stage. With democracy put to good use, decision was made and left Sonic Reducer on the cutting room floor. There was also a very cool moment with Alone where they were talking about the one and only JC Dobbs show from 1991. They showed a poster and a piece of the wall that the band had signed at Dobbs that a local music store owner had kept after the club closed down.

Those topics, and we’ll talk a little about what didn’t get played as Insignificance was crossed off the setlist in favor of Once. Total bummer! I’m joined by Patrick Boegel, Jason Weiss, and Mike Cribier from out in front of the arena to wave farewell to Philadelphia.