Pearl Jam Performs Yield In Its Entirety In Milwaukee

Just a few nights after performing No Code in its entirety, Seattle rockers Pearl Jam worked another full album performance into last night’s show in Milwaukee. Eddie Vedder and Co. played each and every song off 1998’s Yield at the Bradley Center on Monday night, but that was just one of the surprises the band had in store for yet another capacity crowd.

The evening started with the Yield instrumental “Red Bar” used to intro “Pendulum” and then Pearl Jam romped through three songs before welcoming Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen up for a cover of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” From there, the full performance (minus “Red Bar”) of Yield took place.

Vedder shouted out Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and led a birthday tribute to Tom Petty that included a solo performance of “I Won’t Back Down.” Other covers played over the course of the three-hour-plus show were “Crazy Mary,” “Fuckin’ Up” and “The Star Spangled Banner.” Eddie even called the performance “the best of tour,” but we’ll see if the band tops it with the tour finale in Denver tomorrow night. After that Pearl Jam heads to California for this year’s Bridge School Benefit Concerts.

Watch Eddie Vedder’s cover of “I Won’t Back Down” shot by JMEJJP:

Here’s the first video of Nielsen joining Pearl Jam on “Baba O’Riley” to surface, thanks to Jeff Holden:

Take a look at the setlist from last night’s show: