Global InformationLightning Bolt Tour information
| Tour by Pearl Jam | |
| Location |
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| Associated album | Lightning Bolt |
| Start date | October 11, 2013 |
| End date | October 26, 2014 |
| Legs | 6 |
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| Pearl Jam concert chronology | |
The Lightning Bolt Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt (2013).[1] The tour started with two legs in North America, the first on the East Coast in October 2013, followed by a second leg on the West Coast the following month[2][3][4][5] before finishing in their hometown of Seattle in December.[6][7][8] Rolling Stone listed the tour as one of the 19 hottest tours to see in the fall of 2013.[9]
Prior to these shows, the band played two shows in July, one in London, Ontario[10][11] and the other at Wrigley Field, Chicago.[12][13] The Chicago show became the fastest concert to sell-out at Wrigley Field.[14] On July 3, 2013, guitarist Stone Gossard said that the Wrigley Field show would be "a special experience".[15] The Wrigley show was interrupted for more than two hours due to the threat of lightning.[16] The band returned onstage around midnight to continue their set, which included two new songs from their tenth studio album Lightning Bolt,[17][18] before finishing at 2 am.[19][20]
On July 31, 2013, the press announced that the band would play the Big Day Out festival in New Zealand and Australia in January 2014.[21][22] Following these shows, frontman Eddie Vedder played solo dates in Australia in February.[23]
On December 13, 2013, the band announced an eleven-date European leg starting on June 16 at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and finishing on July 11 at the Milton Keynes Bowl, England.[24] On the next day a second date was added at the Ziggo Dome. On April 22, 2014, Pearl Jam's website announced that the band would play one night of each weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in October.[25] One month later, the band added another ten shows in the American Midwest, also scheduled for October.[26][27]
After the shows in the Midwest, the band played at the annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California.[28][29] The twenty 2014 shows grossed US$18.7 million and were attended by more than 264,000 people.[30]
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- ^ "Pearl Jam Announces Fall Tour Dates". Hollywood Reporter. July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Will Return to Key Arena in December". Seattle Weekly. July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
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- ^ "From Pearl Jam to Kanye, Fall's 19 Hottest Tours". Rolling Stone. September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam chooses London for advance show". LF Press. July 15, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam delivers for sold-out Budweiser Gardens in London". Toronto Sun. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Wrigley Field Show Sells Out: Event Wrigley's Quickest Concert Sellout Ever". Huffington Post. July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam is fastest Wrigley Field concert sell-out ever". Chicago Sun-Times. July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Merch Stand Opens, Fans Get Ready For Friday's Sold-Out Concert at Wrigley Field". Huffington Post. July 19, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Wrigley Field Show Will Be A Special Experience". Alternative Nation. July 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Lightning Prompts Suspension of Pearl Jam Concert". NBC Chicago. July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Rocks Wrigley Field, Debuts New Songs Despite Rain Delay". Billboard. July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "Watch Pearl Jam perform new songs: "Lightning Bolt" and "Future Days"". Consequence of Sound. July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "Live Review: Pearl Jam at Chicago's Wrigley Field (7/19)". Consequence of Sound. July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "Concert review: Pearl Jam at Wrigley Field". Chicago Tribune. July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "'I thought Blur was all over': Alex James talks the band and headlining Big Day Out". Sydney Morning Herald. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam, Blur and Arcade Fire head Big Day Out line-up". The Australian. July 31, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder to go on solo tour after Big Day Out". Sydney Morning Herald. December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Announces Summer 2014 European Tour". Pearl Jam. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Pearl Jam to Headline Austin City Limits". Pearl Jam. April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Fall 2014 US Tour". Pearl Jam. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Announces Fall U.S. Tour". Billboard. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ "Neil Young, Pearl Jam and More to Play Bridge School Benefit". Rolling Stone. September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ "Pearl Jam To Play Bridge School". Pearl Jam. September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ "Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2014" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 20, 2015.