Pearl Jam Confirms World Tour In Support Of Newly Announced Album ‘Dark Matter’

Pearl Jam will embark on a massive 35-date global tour in support of their newly announced album, Dark Matter. The band shared the title track off their 12th album set for release on April 19 through Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records.

Pearl Jam has never before simultaneously announced a new album and tour dates and the band has never released global tour dates at the same time. The band will perform across nine countries and 25 cities throughout 2024. The Dark Matter World Tour 2024 begins with the first North American leg commencing on May 4 in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they will also perform on May 6.

The Dark Matter Tour continues on May 10 in Portland, followed by a stop in Sacramento, California on May 13. Two night stands in Las Vegas on May 16 and 18 and in Los Angeles on May 21 and 22 come ahead of a previously confirmed spot at the BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley California. The first North American leg wraps with the band’s first hometown performance in six years when they play shows in Seattle on May 28 and 30.

Pearl Jam’s tour heads overseas for a European leg that will see the band performing in Ireland, England, Denmark, Germany, Spain and Portugal between June 22 and July 13.

A second North American leg of Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter Tour will begin on August 22 in Missoula, Montana. A previously postponed show at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana will now take place on August 26.

Pearl Jam will then perform near frontman Eddie Vedder’s hometown with concerts at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on August 29 and 31. Madison Square Garden in New York City will host Pearl Jam on September 3 and 4. Another two-night run will be held on September 7 and 9 in Philadelphia. The rest of the North American tour dates include September 12 in Baltimore and a two-night engagement at Boston’s Fenway Park on September 15 and 17.

Pearl Jam will return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time in a decade for a tour dates slated for November. Support on the tour will come from Deep Sea Diver (North America Leg 1), Glen Hansard (North America Leg 2), The Murder Capital (UK/EU), Richard Ashcroft (Dublin/London) and Pixies (Australia/New Zealand).

Tickets will be available via a Ten Club members-only presale through Ticketmaster Request. Ticketmaster registration for a separate presale for Dark Matter World Tour 2024 tickets is open now through Sunday, February 18 at 11:59 p.m. local time for Europe, Australia and New Zealand tour dates and through Sunday, February 18 at 11:59 p.m. PT for North America tour dates. According to the announcement, “This will be the only way for fans to participate in the onsale. Registration does not guarantee access to the sale.”

The tour will support Dark Matter, Pearl Jam’s first new studio album since 2020’s Gigaton. Vedder, bassist Jeff Ament, guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready and drummer Matt Cameron went to Rick Rubin’s Shangri-La Studios in Malibu to record the new album with producer Andrew Watt. The 11-track LP was written and recorded in the span of three weeks.

Pearl Jam recently previewed Dark Matter at an invite-only listening party held at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

“I’m getting chills, because I have good memories,” Vedder said from the Troubadour stage. “We’re still looking for ways to communicate. We’re at this time in our lives when you could do it or you could not do it, but we still care about putting something out there that is meaningful and we hopefully think is our best work. No hyperbole, I think this is our best work.”

“What Ed said about getting us in a room at this point, we felt like we were about to make a really important record,” said Ament. “A lot of that had to do with the atmosphere Andrew set up. He has encyclopedic knowledge of our history, not only as a band and how we wrote songs, but as players. He could pinpoint things we did on old songs to the point where I was like, ‘What the fuck is he talking about?’ His excitement was contagious. He’s a force. I just want to say thanks for keeping us on track. I couldn’t be prouder of us as a band. I feel so grateful for the fans, but mostly for my brothers and these people I’ve made music with.”

“It’s a lot heavier than you’d expect,” McCready said of the album in an interview with Classic Rock. “There’s the melody and energy of the first couple of records. Andrew pushed us to play as hard and melodic and thoughtful as we’ve done in a long time. I feel like Matt Cameron’s drumming has elements of what he did in Soundgarden.”

Dark Matter artwork features light painting art by Alexandr Gnezdilov. Stream the Dark Matter title track and view the tracklist below:

Dark Matter Tracklist

1. Scared of Fear
2. React, Respond
3. Wreckage
4. Dark Matter
5. Won’t Tell
6. Upper Hand
7. Waiting for Stevie
8. Running
9. Something Special
10. Got to Give
11. Setting Sun