Pearl Jam 2016 North America Tour
| Tour by Pearl Jam | |
| Associated album | Lightning Bolt |
|---|---|
| Start date | April 8, 2016 |
| End date | August 22, 2016 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 26 (1 cancelled) 25 in total |
| Pearl Jam concert chronology | |
The Pearl Jam 2016 North America Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The tour consisted of twenty-six shows in the United States and Canada, including appearances at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the Bonnaroo Music Festival. This was the band's first tour following the Latin American Tour that finished in 2015.
The first leg of the tour started on April 8 in Sunrise, Florida and finished on May 12 in Toronto. The band then played at the Bonnaroo Festival in June, before playing two shows at Fenway Park, Boston and two shows at Wrigley Field, Chicago in August. Additional festival appearances at the Ride Festival and the Pemberton Music Festival in July were announced after the arena dates had been published.
Rolling Stone listed the tour as one of the 20 hottest tours of 2016. Music website Alternative Nation named it as the greatest Pearl Jam tour to date.
The two shows at Wrigley Field grossed more than $5.7 million, finishing as the 50th-highest-grossing concerts in 2016. The tour was the 45th-highest-grossing tour in North America and the 64th-highest-grossing tour in the world for 2016.
The tour started on April 8 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, a venue the band had not played at before. In Miami the band covered Cat Power's song "Good Woman" for the first time. Chris Joseph writing for the Miami New Times described the show as "emotional, visceral, honest, droll, raw, heartfelt, and political". The tour continued with two more dates in Florida, including the band's first ever show in Jacksonville. On April 16 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, the band played the whole of their second album, "Vs.", in order for the first time during the show.
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