Pearl Jam

Austin City Limits is proud to welcome Pearl Jam, one of the most popular and influential rock bands of the past two decades. With its 16-times plantinum debut Ten and its many hits (“Jeremy,” “Alive,” “Evenflow”), the Seattle quintet  rose from the ashes of 80s Pacific Northwest combos Green River and Mother Love Bone to become the champions of grunge, outselling even Nirvana. Challenging itself and its audience, the band has remained a major force in rock & roll, as much for its aggressive loyalty to its social and political principles and resteless experimentation as for its rock radio staples and bestselling albums. Tracks like “Better Man,” “Yellow Ledbetter,” “Given to Fly,” “World Wide Suicide” and the gold-selling charity single “Last Kiss” continue to be heard on radios, films and TV shows everywhere. No longer tied to a major label, Pearl Jam comes to 6A to celebrate both the release of Backspacer, its first self-released album, and its headlining performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival