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As we anxiously await Pearl Jam's next studio album, here's a look back at the first time they played the title track from their prior LP onstage
Listen to lesser-known gems from the band's catalog
Pearl Jam frontman played at the Global Citizen Festival in South Africa alongside Beyonce, Jay-Z, Chris Martin, Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams
Morning softball games, "glorified pellet guns" and other trivia surrounding the band's hit 1993 LP
Pearl Jam singer also joined Johnny Marr onstage to cover the Smiths' “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
Pearl Jam frontman also recruited Liz Phair for stripped-back take on "Better Man"
Coldplay's Chris Martin, Pharrell Williams, Femi Kuti and more also slated for Johannesburg, South Africa concert celebrating centennial of Nelson Mandela's birth
Pearl Jam frontman covered 1999 Heartbreakers track during ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment
Brandi Carlile, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Dave Matthews Band's Stefan Lessard also joined for "Personal Jesus" at Seattle charity concert
As alt-rock was devolving into a cliché, Eddie Vedder & Co. dismantled their sound and broke free
