Set List: Go, Last Exit, Animal, Spin the Black Circle, Hail Hail, Red Mosquito, Who You Are, Off He Goes, Corduroy, Better Man, Habit, Even Flow, Daughter/Noise of Carpet, Jeremy, Sometimes, Rearviewmirror, Present Tense, Black, Alive, Encore: Mankind, Once, Hunger Strike, State of Love and Trust, Immortality, Smile, Porch

Ticket credit: Andrew McDougall, Australia
Set List credit: Sophie and Dora Kelle, USA

Prague Concert
by: deedy@shore.net (Conal)

I flew to Prague to meet with friends and see Pearl Jam. The venue was the Sports Hall and it was general admission. I arrived at 8PM and was amazed at the throng of people waiting in front of the gate. It took us about 15 minutes to decifer the sign that said the concert would begin at 10PM.

When the gates opened, we rushed to a choice viewing area and watched the stage crew hastily preparing the stage. Eddie came on stage at 10:20 to thank the truckers who made it through a snow storm in the Alps and to the crew who set up the stage in about an hour. He said the show was very close to being canceled.

So they skipped the Fastbacks and broke into "Go." Instantaneously the surfing began. For 2.5 hours the surfing was constant. Pearl Jam's music (mixed with 75 cent beers) had me and the crowd worked to a feverish pitch all concert. The sound was clear and LOUD.

The band hit highpoints with Red Mosquito, Rearviewmirror, Black and Alive. The encore started with Eddie asking Stone if the crowd was as loud last time he was there (with Neil Young). He replied "I don't think so" and Eddie introduced "Stone's Prague singing debut," Mankind. Eddie took requests for "SOLAT" and "Immortality." He climbed the lightset during "Immortality" with a nervous stagehand below him. He dedicated Smile to someone in the audience who was holding a sign, "today is my 20th birthday." He said, "I hope this makes you smile." Also interesting, Stone and Jeff switched guitars for this song. They finished the concert with "Porch".

For me it was a concert to never forget even though Luftansa lost my Prague/Budapest PJ poster.