Pearl Jam Announces Rome 2018 Concert Livestream

Pearl Jam will air never-before-seen footage of a concert from 2018 via a pay-per-view HD video stream. The band’s June 26, 2018 performance at Stadio Olimpico in Rome premieres on nugs.tv this Saturday, December 19 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. The video will be available on-demand through January 3 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

The impressive concert featured 35 songs, or 39 if you include intros and “tags,” and ran over three hours. Pearl Jam mixed such classics as “Release,” “State Of Love & Trust,” “Black” and “Alive” with newer material including “Again Today,” “Can’t Deny Me” and “Mankind.” Guitarist Mike McCready channeled Eddie Van Halen on “Eruption” and the show also featured a number of other covers with Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” among them.

Pearl Jam treated fans in Italy to five tour debuts as part of the show. “Pilate,” “Wasted Reprise,” “Imagine,” “Black Diamond” and “Comfortably Numb” each saw action for the first time eight concerts into the 15-show tour. “Black Diamond” is a Kiss cover that Pearl Jam has yet to play again.

The footage was filmed using multiple HD cameras by videographer Blue Leach. Pearl Jam archivist Kevin Shuss edited the video, which features audio mixed in stereo and 5.1 digital surround sound by Josh Evans.

Head to nugs.tv to pre-order the video stream.