Pearl Jam Honors Chris Cornell & Tom Petty, Welcomes Soundgarden & Mudhoney Members In Seattle [Video]

Last Wednesday, the iconic ’90s rock act Pearl Jam began their brief U.S. run of “Home” and “Away” shows, which kicked off with a pair of performances in their native Seattle, WA, marking their first shows in their home city in five years. Following Wednesday night’s performance Safeco Field, for their second and final performance at the arena on Friday night, the group continued the trend of inviting out special guests and offering standout covers in addition to their more traditional catalog.

Across the band’s extended set and double encore, Pearl Jam offered up plenty of standard, classic tunes, such as hits “Even Flow” and “Daughter”. However, Eddie Vedder and company used the performance to honor recently lost musical icons in addition to paying to tribute to Seattle’s ’90s grunge scene, which the band first grew to popularity in. The first tribute of the night was the live debut of “Missing”, paying tribute to Chris Cornell who penned the song. Later, to start the first encore, the group performed Tom Petty‘s “I Won’t Back Down”, honoring another iconic artist lost in 2017.

Up next, Pearl Jam yet again referenced the Seattle grunge scene, performing a cover of Mother Love Bone‘s “Crown Of Thorns”. Kim Thayil, the guitarist for Cornell’s Soundgarden, came out for the next song, a take on MC5‘s “Kick Out The Jams”. The guitarist later returned for the second encore, performing Iggy & The Stooges‘ “Search And Destroy” and Dead Boys‘ “Sonic Reducer” with Steve Turner and Mark Arm of the grunge band Mud Honey.

Setlist: Pearl Jam | Safeco Field | Seattle, WA | 8/10/2018

Set: Oceans, Footsteps, Nothingman, Why Go, Brain of J., Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd cover), Corduroy, Rats, In Hiding, Whipping, Even Flow, Missing (Chris Cornell cover), Daughter (with “W.M.A” and “It’s Ok” tag), Immortality, I’m Open, Unthought Known, Can’t Deny Me, Do the Evolution, Lukin, Porch

Encore One: I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty cover) (EV solo), Thin Air, All or None, Better Man (with “Save It for Later” by English Beat tag), Crown of Thorns (Mother Love Bone cover), Kick Out the Jams (MC5 cover) (with Kim Thayil), Spin the Black Circle, Rearviewmirror (with “Fernando” (ABBA) snippet)

Encore Two: Crazy Mary (Victoria Williams cover), Jeremy, Leash, Search and Destroy (Iggy and The Stooges cover) (With Kim Thayil, Steve Turner, and Mark Arm), Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover) (With Kim Thayil, Steve Turner, and Mark Arm), Alive, Baba O’Riley (The Who cover), Yellow Ledbetter

You can check out select videos from Pearl Jam’s guest-filled hometown performance below.

“Missing” (Chris Cornell cover)