The Dark Matter World Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam in support of their twelfth studio album Dark Matter (2024). The tour began on May 4, 2024, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, and concluded on May 18, 2025, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, United States.
The first leg of the tour consisted of eleven shows on the West Coast. The second leg of the tour, focused in Europe, originally had 9 scheduled shows, however, their June 29 London show as well as their July 2 and July 3 shows in Berlin were cancelled due to illness in the band. The third leg returned to North America with a mix of shows in the East Coast, Midwest, and Western United States. On July 25, 2024, Pearl Jam announced they would be playing two shows at the band run Ohana Festival which would be added at the end of the third leg of the tour. The fourth leg of the tour went to Oceania, featuring shows in New Zealand and Australia. The fifth leg of the tour was announced on December 5, 2024, with additional date on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on January 15, 2025, and consisted of 11 shows focused on the Southeastern United States.
The tour was the band's last to feature longtime drummer Matt Cameron, who announced his departure from the group in July 2025.
Opening acts
Seattle band Deep Sea Diver were the openers for leg one. The Murder Capital and Richard Ashcroft both opened for the band on the second leg. Glen Hansard opened on the third leg of the tour, and the fourth leg was opened by Pixies for every show on the leg, and Liam Finn, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, and Cosmic Psychos for select shows.
Set list
The following set list was obtained from the concert held on August 22, 2024, at the Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, United States. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
"Given to Fly" "Nothing as It Seems" "Low Light" "Why Go" "Corduroy" "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" "Scared of Fear" "React, Respond" "Wreckage" "Even Flow" "Hard to Imagine" "Dark Matter" "Won’t Tell" "Upper Hand" "Jeremy" "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon cover) "Porch" "Her Majesty" (The Beatles cover) "Just Breathe" "Smile" "Wasted Reprise" "Life Wasted" "Do the Evolution" "Setting Sun" "Alive" "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young cover)
Tour dates + List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueDate (2024)CityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenueMay 4VancouverCanadaRogers ArenaDeep Sea Diver 27,654 / 27,654 $4,262,442May 6May 10PortlandUnited StatesModa Center14,088 / 14,088$2,125,364May 13SacramentoGolden 1 Center11,787 / 11,787$2,299,936May 16Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena 25,180 / 25,180 $4,672,853May 18May 21InglewoodKia Forum 27,823 / 27,823 $4,664,690May 22May 25Napa ValleyNapa Valley Expo May 28SeattleClimate Pledge ArenaDeep Sea Diver 29,423 / 29,423 $5,893,644May 30June 22DublinIrelandMarlay ParkThe Murder Capital — —June 25ManchesterEnglandCo-Op Live — —July 6BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant Jordi — —July 8July 11MadridIberdrola Musicrowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" July 13LisbonPortugalPasseio Marítimo de AlgésAugust 22MissoulaUnited StatesWashington–Grizzly StadiumGlen Hansard 25,326 / 25,326 $3,932,418August 26NoblesvilleRuoff Music Center 24,697 / 24,697 $2,282,757August 29ChicagoWrigley Field 81,910 / 81,910 $13,689,882August 31September 3New YorkMadison Square Garden 28,600 / 28,600 $5,800,000September 4September 7Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 29,132 / 29,132 $6,300,000September 9September 12BaltimoreCFG Bank Arena 12,188 / 12,188 $2,600,000September 15BostonFenway Park 74,802 / 74,802 $12,547,015September 17September 27Dana PointDoheny State Beachrowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" September 29November 8AucklandNew ZealandMount Smart StadiumPixies Liam Finn 71,000 / 71,000 $7,900,000November 10November 13Gold CoastAustraliaPeople First StadiumPixies 46,900 / 46,900 $7,000,000November 16MelbourneMarvel StadiumPixies Cosmic Psychos 116,000 / 116,000 $15,700,000November 18Pixies Teen Jesus and the Jean TeasersNovember 21SydneyENGIE StadiumPixies Cosmic Psychos 80,000 / 80,000 $11,100,000November 23Pixies Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
+ List of 2025 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueDate (2025)CityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenueApril 24HollywoodUnited StatesHard Rock LiveDead Pioneers — —April 26April 29AtlantaState Farm Arena — —May 1May 3New OrleansFair Grounds Race CourseMay 6NashvilleBridgestone ArenaTeen Jesus and the Jean Teasers — —May 8May 11RaleighLenovo Center — —May 13May 16PittsburghPPG Paints Arena — —May 18 Total 726,510 $112,771,001
Notes
Cancelled dates Date City Country Venue Reason for cancellationJune 29, 2024LondonEnglandTottenham Hotspur StadiumIllnessJuly 2, 2024BerlinGermanyWaldbühneJuly 3, 2024
Personnel Pearl Jam Jeff Ament – bass guitar Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar Mike McCready – lead guitar Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Matt Cameron – drums Additional musicians Boom Gaspar – hammond B3, keyboards Josh Klinghoffer – guitars, keyboards
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