The Pearl Jam 2006 World Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its eighth album, Pearl Jam.

History Pearl Jam promoted its self-titled album with tours in North America, Europe, and Australia in 2006. As a warm-up for the tour, European fans were treated to a small show at the London Astoria in London, England on April 20, 2006, where Pearl Jam performed the new material and debuted live performances of "Marker in the Sand" and "Army Reserve". The first leg of the North American tour focused on the Northeastern United States. The band opened with a two-night stand in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Air Canada Centre which featured rock band My Morning Jacket as the opening act. Pearl Jam concluded on June 3, 2006, in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Continental Airlines Arena. The band moved to the Midwest and the West Coast for the tour's second leg. The second leg began on June 23, 2006, with a show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Mellon Arena and ended with a two-night stand at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. This tour included three two-night stands opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Petty's Highway Companion tour. Sonic Youth opened for Pearl Jam during the majority of the tour's second leg.

Pearl Jam went on to tour Europe for its first time in six years. The band began the 2006 tour with a show on August 23, 2006, in Dublin, Ireland at the Point Theatre. The concert gained wide radio play in the UK and Ireland. The band headlined the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2006, despite having vowed to never play at a festival again after Roskilde. In an interview in advance of the band's return to the festival circuit, guitarist Stone Gossard commented, "It seems like an era to trust that we're aware enough to get through those bigger shows. We have a heightened awareness of what needs to happen every night so people are as safe as they can possibly be."Kerr, Dave. "Explore and not Explode". The Skinny. May 2006. Vocalist Eddie Vedder started both concerts with an emotional plea to the crowd to look after each other. He commented during the Leeds set that the band's decision to play a festival for the first time after Roskilde had nothing to do with "guts" but with trust in the audience. Safety measures at the festivals included a second barrier in front of the main stage to prevent a crush at the front. The band continued on to the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, and Croatia and concluded on September 30, 2006, in Athens, Greece at OAKA Sports Hall. On September 19, 2006, at the Torino, Italy show at Palaisozaki, Pearl Jam played Pearl Jam in its entirety in order midway through its set."Pearl Jam Shows: 2006 September 19, Palaisozaki Torino, Italy – Set List" . pearljam.com.

Following Europe, the band headed to Australia in November of the same year (2006). The Australian tour began on November 7, 2006, in Sydney, before continuing through Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, and Adelaide, and concluding on November 25, 2006, in Perth at Subiaco Oval. Every city on this tour received at least two shows except for Newcastle and Perth; Sydney and Melbourne received three. Pearl Jam finished the year with a show in Hawaii, headlining a show on December 2, 2006, at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.

The official bootlegs on this tour were available via Pearl Jam's official website in MP3 and lossless FLAC formats. The band's shows at The Gorge Amphitheatre were released as part of the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set. A DVD documenting the band's shows in Italy entitled Immagine in Cornice was released in 2007.

Tour dates DateCityCountryVenue Attendance (tickets sold / total available) RevenueNorth AmericaMay 9, 2006TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre34,834 / 34,834$2,190,741May 10, 2006May 12, 2006AlbanyUnited StatesPepsi Arena 13,044 / 13,044 $710,984May 13, 2006HartfordNew England Dodge Music Center22,909 / 22,909$793,901May 16, 2006ChicagoUnited Center33,790 / 33,790 $2,429,361May 17, 2006May 19, 2006Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena12,397 / 12,397 $800,503May 20, 2006ClevelandQuicken Loans ArenaMay 22, 2006Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills16,219 / 16,219 $949,298May 24, 2006BostonTD Banknorth Garden27,941 / 27,941 $2,230,413May 25, 2006May 27, 2006CamdenTweeter Center at the Waterfront50,662 / 50,662$3,060,869May 28, 2006May 30, 2006Washington, D.C.Verizon Center15,128 / 15,128 $1,179,297June 1, 2006East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena35,868 / 35,868$2,175,643June 3, 2006June 23, 2006PittsburghMellon Arena12,633 / 12,633 $969,090June 24, 2006CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena 13,640 / 13,640 $870,880June 26, 2006St. PaulXcel Energy Center31,062 / 31,062$2,204,593June 27, 2006June 29, 2006MilwaukeeMarcus AmphitheaterJune 30, 2006July 2, 2006DenverPepsi CenterJuly 3, 2006July 6, 2006Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena 14,230 / 14,230 $1,573,953July 7, 2006San DiegoCox Arena11,153 / 11,875 $790,868July 9, 2006InglewoodThe Inglewood Forum31,861 / 31,861$1,767,792July 10, 2006July 12, 2006Los AngelesHenry Fonda TheaterJuly 13, 2006Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara BowlJuly 15, 2006San FranciscoBill Graham Civic AuditoriumJuly 16, 2006 July 18, 2006 July 20, 2006PortlandArlene Schnitzer Concert HallJuly 22, 2006George, WashingtonThe Gorge Amphitheatre43,878 / 43,878$3,166,654July 23, 2006EuropeAugust 23, 2006DublinIrelandPoint TheatreAugust 25, 2006LeedsEnglandBramham ParkAugust 27, 2006ReadingLittle John's FarmAugust 29, 2006ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome31,932 / 31,932$3,822,160 August 30, 2006AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis15,862 / 15,862 $1,389,266September 1, 2006BarcelonaSpainPavello Olimpic de Badalona8,685 / 8,685$521,099September 2, 2006VitoriaAzkena Festival GroundsSeptember 4, 2006LisbonPortugalPavilhão Atlântico33,460 / 33,460$3,286,166September 5, 2006September 7, 2006MadridSpainPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad 15,499 / 15,548 $1,058,986September 9, 2006MarseilleFranceLe Dôme de MarseilleSeptember 11, 2006ParisPalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy15,906 / 15,906 $1,395,370September 13, 2006BernSwitzerlandStade de Suisse38,762 / 38,762 $3,354,198September 14, 2006BolognaItalyPalaMalagutiSeptember 16, 2006VeronaVerona Arena 15,000 / 15,000 $1,234,879September 17, 2006MilanMediolanum Forum 9,500 / 9,500 $577,179September 19, 2006TorinoTorino Palasport OlimpicoSeptember 20, 2006PistoiaPiazza del DuomoSeptember 22, 2006PragueCzech RepublicSazka Arena18,000 / 18,000$1,922,912September 23, 2006BerlinGermanyWuhlheideSeptember 25, 2006ViennaAustriaWiener StadthalleSeptember 26, 2006ZagrebCroatiaDom Sportova September 30, 2006AthensGreeceOAKA Sports Hall OceaniaNovember 7, 2006SydneyAustraliaAcer ArenaNovember 8, 2006 November 10, 2006BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment CentreNovember 11, 2006 November 13, 2006MelbourneRod Laver ArenaNovember 14, 2006November 16, 2006 November 18, 2006SydneyAcer Arena November 19, 2006NewcastleNewcastle Entertainment CentreNovember 21, 2006AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment CentreNovember 22, 2006 November 25, 2006PerthSubiaco OvalNorth AmericaDecember 2, 2006HonoluluUnited StatesNeal S. Blaisdell Center

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances This concert was a part of "Summerfest" This concert was a part of "Leeds Festival" This concert was a part of "Reading Festival" This concert was a part of "Azkena Rock Festival"

Band members Pearl Jam Jeff Ament – bass guitar Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar, lead guitar Mike McCready – lead guitar Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar Matt Cameron – drums

Additional musicians Boom Gaspar – Hammond B3 and keyboards

Songs performed

Originals

"1/2 Full" "Alive" "All or None" "Alone" "Animal" "Army Reserve" "Around the Bend" "Bee Girl" "Better Man" "Big Wave" "Black" "Blood" "Brain of J." "Breakerfall" "Breath" "Bu$hleaguer" "Can't Keep" "Comatose" "Come Back" "Corduroy" "Daughter" "Dead Man" "Dirty Frank" "Dissident" "Do the Evolution" "Don't Gimme No Lip" "Down" "Drifting" "Education" "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" "Even Flow" "Faithfull" "Fatal" "Footsteps" "Garden" "Given to Fly" "Glorified G" "Go" "Gods' Dice" "Gone" "Green Disease" "Grievance" "Hail, Hail" "Hard to Imagine" "I Am Mine" "I Got Id" "I'm Open" (snippet) "Immortality" "In Hiding" "In My Tree" "Indifference" "Inside Job" "Insignificance" "Jeremy" "Last Exit" "Leash" "Leatherman" "Life Wasted" "Light Years" "Long Road" "Love Boat Captain" "Low Light" "Lukin" "Man of the Hour" "Marker in the Sand" "MFC" "Not for You" "Nothing as It Seems" "Nothingman" "Oceans" "Of the Girl" "Off He Goes" "Once" "Parachutes" "Parting Ways" "Porch" "Present Tense" "Rats" "Rearviewmirror" "Red Mosquito" "Release" "Sad" "Satan's Bed" "Save You" "Severed Hand" "Sleight of Hand" "Smile" "Sometimes" "Soon Forget" "Spin the Black Circle" "State of Love and Trust" "Thin Air" "Thumbing My Way" "Tremor Christ" "U" "Undone" "Unemployable" "Untitled" "W.M.A." (snippet) "Wash" "Wasted Reprise" "Whipping" "Why Go" "Wishlist" "World Wide Suicide" "Yellow Ledbetter" "You Are" "You're True"

Covers "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) "American Girl" (Tom Petty) "American in Me" (Avengers) "Androgynous Mind" (Sonic Youth) (snippet) "Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd) (snippet) "Atomic Dog" (George Clinton) (snippet) "Baba O'Riley" (The Who) "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) (snippet) "Beast of Burden" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil) (snippet) "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Ramones) (snippet) "The Boys Are Back in Town" (Thin Lizzy) "Check on It" (Beyoncé Knowles) (snippet) "Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young) (snippet) "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams) "Crown of Thorns" (Mother Love Bone) "Don't Be Shy" (Cat Stevens) "Forever Young" (Bob Dylan) "Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) "Fuckin' Up" (Neil Young) "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon) "Good Woman" (Cat Power) (snippet) "Happy Birthday" (traditional) "Harvest Moon" (Neil Young) "Hawaiʻi '78" (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) "Here's to the State of Mississippi" (Phil Ochs) "Hunger Strike" (Temple of the Dog) "I Believe in Miracles" (Ramones) "I Can't Explain" (The Who) "I Got You" (Split Enz) "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts" (X) "I Won't Back Down" (Tom Petty) "Interstellar Overdrive" (Pink Floyd) (snippet) "It Makes No Difference" (The Band) "It's OK" (Dead Moon) (snippet) "Kick Out the Jams" (MC5) "The Kids Are Alright" (The Who) "Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran) "Leaving Here" (Edward Holland, Jr.) "Little Sister" (Elvis Presley) "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) "Modern Girl" (Sleater-Kinney) (snippet) "Mother" (John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band) (snippet) "My Sharona" (The Knack) (snippet) "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) (snippet) "Picture in a Frame" (Tom Waits) "Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35" (Bob Dylan) "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young) "Romanza" (anonymous) (snippet) "Ruby Tuesday" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Save It for Later" (The Beat) (snippet) "So Lonely" (The Police) (snippet) "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (The Byrds) "A Sort of Homecoming" (U2) (snippet) "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith) "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (Hunters & Collectors) "Throw Your Hatred Down" (Neil Young) "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World" (Ramones) (snippet) "The Waiting" (Tom Petty) "Waiting on a Friend" (The Rolling Stones) "Walking the Cow" (Daniel Johnston) "War" (Edwin Starr) (snippet) "With My Own Two Hands" (Ben Harper) (snippet) "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (The Beatles)

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