See full list in :Category:Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs. The Pearl Jam "official" bootlegs are a large, continually growing series of live albums by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam noted the desire of fans to own a copy of the shows they attended and the popularity of bootleg recordings. They had been open in the past about allowing fans to make amateur recordings, and these "official bootlegs" were an attempt to provide a more affordable and better quality product. The official bootlegs are a complete record of almost every show the band plays, excluding club "warm-up" dates.
As of 2008, the band had sold more than 3.5 million copies of shows since launching the bootleg series in 2000.Cohen, Jonathan. "Pearl Jam, Verizon Go Mobile For Live Bootlegs". Billboard. June 10, 2008.
2000–2001 Pearl Jam's official bootleg program was begun for the band's 2000 Binaural Tour. 72 of the "bootlegs" were released to stores in three waves in late 2000 and early 2001, with the 25 European bootlegs coming first. Every show was released in a cardboard sleeve containing two CDs, with the exception of the 72nd and final show on the tour, November 6, 2000, at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle show was released as a triple-disc set, and was the highest-charting of the series, peaking at number 98 on the Billboard 200, and was called an "essential live document" by Allmusic.Siwek, Douglas. [ "Live: 11-6-00 – Seattle Washington Review"]. Allmusic. Eighteen shows from the tour were chosen by the band as "Ape/Man" shows, which, according to bassist Jeff Ament, were shows the band found "really exciting."Cohen, Jonathan. "Pearl Jam: Spreading The Jam". Billboard. March 30, 2001. With the release of these official bootlegs, Pearl Jam would set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time.
2000 official bootlegs * Asterisk denotes Ape/Man shows
Europe BootlegsReleased: September 26, 2000 1 5/23/00, Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal 2 5/25/00, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain (Catalonia) 3 5/26/00, Velodromo de Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain (Basque Country) 4 5/29/00, Wembley Arena, London, England 5 5/30/00, Wembley Arena, London, England 6 6/1/00, The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland 7 6/3/00, SECC, Glasgow, Scotland 8 6/4/00, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England 9 6/6/00, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales 10 6/8/00, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France 11 6/9/00, Rock am Ring, Nürburg, Germany 12 6/11/00, Rock im Park, Nuremberg, Germany 13 6/12/00, Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Netherlands 14 6/14/00, Paegas Arena, Prague, Czech Republic 15 6/15/00, Spodek, Katowice, Poland 16 6/16/00, Spodek, Katowice, Poland 17 6/18/00, Residenzplatz, Salzburg, Austria 18 6/19/00, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia 19 6/20/00, Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy 20 6/22/00, FILA Forum Arena, Milan, Italy 21 6/23/00, Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland 22 6/25/00, Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany 23 6/26/00, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany 24 6/28/00, Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 25 6/29/00, Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
North America Leg 1 BootlegsReleased: February 27, 2001 26 8/3/00, GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia 27 8/4/00, Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, North Carolina 28 8/6/00, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina 29 8/7/00, Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia 30 8/9/00, Mars Music Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida 31 8/10/00, Mars Music Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida 32 8/12/00, Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida 33 8/14/00, New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana 34 8/15/00, Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tennessee 35 8/17/00, AmSouth Amphitheater, Antioch, Tennessee 36 8/18/00, Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana 37 8/20/00, Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 38 8/21/00, Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, Ohio 39 8/23/00, Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, New York 40 8/24/00, Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, New York 41 8/25/00, Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, New York 42 8/27/00, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York 43 8/29/00, Tweeter Center Boston, Mansfield, Massachusetts 44 8/30/00, Tweeter Center Boston, Mansfield, Massachusetts 45 9/1/00, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 46 9/2/00, Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre, Camden, New Jersey 47 9/4/00, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland 48 9/5/00, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
North America Leg 2 BootlegsReleased: March 27, 2001 49 10/4/00, Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 50 10/5/00, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 51 10/7/00, The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan 52 10/8/00, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin 53 10/9/00, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois 54 10/11/00, Riverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Missouri 55 10/12/00, Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas 56 10/14/00, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas 57 10/15/00, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas 58 10/17/00, Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, Texas 59 10/18/00, United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas 60 10/20/00, Mesa Del Sol Amphitheatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico 61 10/21/00, Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona 62 10/22/00, MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada 63 10/24/00, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California 64 10/25/00, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California 65 10/27/00, Selland Arena, Fresno, California 66 10/28/00, Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore, California 67 10/30/00, Sacramento Valley Amphitheater, Marysville, California 68 10/31/00, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California 69 11/2/00, Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon 70 11/3/00, Idaho Center, Nampa, Idaho 71 11/5/00, KeyArena, Seattle, Washington 72 11/6/00, KeyArena, Seattle, Washington
Chart positions Year Album Chart positions US AUS AUT BEL FRA IRE NLD NOR SWE SWI UK2000 5/29/00, Wembley Arena, London, England — — — — — — — — — — 140 5/30/00, Wembley Arena, London, England 137 — — 50 — — — — — — 172 6/1/00, The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland — — — — — 18 — — — — — 6/4/00, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England — — — — — — — — — — 174 6/8/00, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France — — — — 56 — — — — — — 6/12/00, Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Netherlands — — — — — — 63 — — — — 6/16/00, Spodek, Katowice, Poland 103 — — — — — — — — — — 6/18/00, Residenzplatz, Salzburg, Austria — — 17 — — — — — — — — 6/20/00, Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy 134 46 — — — — — — — — — 6/22/00, FILA Forum Arena, Milan, Italy 125 — — — — — — — — — — 6/23/00, Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland — — — — — — — — — 46 — 6/26/00, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany 175 — — — — — — — — — — 6/28/00, Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden — — — — — — — — 50 — — 6/29/00, Spektrum, Oslo, Norway — — — — — — — 14 — — —2001 8/12/00, Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida 181 — — — — — — — — — — 8/15/00, Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tennessee 191 — — — — — — — — — — 8/18/00, Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana 174 — — — — — — — — — — 8/25/00, Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh, New York 159 — — — — — — — — — — 8/29/00, Tweeter Center Boston, Mansfield, Massachusetts 163 — — — — — — — — — — 9/1/00, Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre, Camden, New Jersey 179 — — — — — — — — — — 9/5/00, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania 176 — — — — — — — — — — 10/22/00, MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada 152 — — — — — — — — — — 11/6/00, KeyArena, Seattle, Washington 98 — — — — — — — — — —
2003
The CDs continued for the 2003 Riot Act Tour, but they were not available in stores at first. They had to be ordered through the band's official website, and were mailed out. The bootlegs were made available within a week of each show date. After each leg of the tour, however, certain standout shows were released in stores: February 23, 2003, in Perth, Australia; March 3, 2003, in Tokyo, Japan; May 3, 2003, in State College, Pennsylvania; July 8, 2003, and July 9, 2003, in New York City; and July 11, 2003, in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The State College show was a three-hour, triple disc show, which vocalist Eddie Vedder vowed to make "the longest Pearl Jam show ever played." It was surpassed by the Mansfield show, from the Tweeter Center Boston, in which the band played 45 songs, including an acoustic set. The New York shows, from Madison Square Garden, were released both separately and as a boxed set. The July 8, 2003 show was also released as the Live at the Garden DVD. In 2004, Pearl Jam released Live at Benaroya Hall, and while it came in similar packaging to the bootlegs, it is not considered to be part of the series.
2003 official bootlegs * denotes a bootleg released to retail stores on June 10, 2003 ** denotes a bootleg released to retail stores on July 15, 2003 *** denotes a bootleg released to retail stores on September 16, 2003 **** denotes a bootleg released as a special edition to retail stores only in Mexico
Note: Number 53 in the series was to have been the band's show at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, however the show was cancelled.
Australia/Japan Bootlegs 1 2/8/03, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia 2 2/9/03, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia 3 2/11/03, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia 4 2/13/03, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia 5 2/14/03, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia 6 2/16/03, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia 7 2/18/03, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia 8 2/19/03, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia 9 2/20/03, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia 10 2/23/03, Burswood Dome, Perth, Australia 11 2/28/03, Izumity 21, Sendai, Japan 12 3/1/03, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan 13 3/3/03, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 14 3/4/03, Kosei Nenkin Kaika, Osaka, Japan 15 3/6/03, Nagoyashi Kokaido, Nagoya, Japan
North America Leg 1 Bootlegs 16 4/1/03, Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado 17 4/3/03, Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 18 4/5/03, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, San Antonio, Texas 19 4/6/03, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas 20 4/8/03, UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana 21 4/9/03, Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Pelham, Alabama 22 4/11/03, Sound Advice Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, Florida 23 4/13/03, St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida 24 4/15/03, Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, North Carolina 25 4/16/03, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, North Carolina 26 4/18/03, AmSouth Amphitheater, Antioch, Tennessee 27 4/19/03, HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Georgia 28 4/21/03, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky 29 4/22/03, Savvis Center, St. Louis, Missouri 30 4/23/03, Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois 31 4/25/03, Gund Arena, Cleveland, Ohio 32 4/26/03, Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 33 4/28/03, First Union Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 34 4/29/03, Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York 35 4/30/03, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York 36 5/2/03, HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York 37 5/3/03, Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania
North America Leg 2 Bootlegs 38 5/28/03, Adams Fieldhouse, University of Montana-Missoula, Missoula, Montana 39 5/30/03, GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 40 6/1/03, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California 41 6/2/03, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, California 42 6/3/03, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, California 43 6/5/03, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California 44 6/6/03, MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada 45 6/7/03, Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona 46 6/9/03, Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, Texas 47 6/10/03, Alltel Arena, Little Rock, Arkansas 48 6/12/03, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas 49 6/13/03, Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa 50 6/15/03, Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota 51 6/16/03, Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota 52 6/18/03, United Center, Chicago, Illinois