Set List: Interstellar Overdrive, Corduroy, Hail Hail, Brain of J., Last Exit, Tremor Christ, Given To Fly, Jeremy, Faithfull, Nothingman, Improv, MFC, Habit, Off He Goes, Even Flow, Once, All Those Yesterdays, Go, Immortality; Encore: Do The Evolution, Leatherman, Better Man, Wishlist, Alive, Smile

Sound credit: Egidie Scherr (eascherr@cloudnet.com)

Mike Strangfeld (packfan@csd.uwm.edu)
Wow it was hard to believe PJ could put on a show equal to Friday night.

They opened up with Corduroy, Hail Hail, and Brain of J; each the hardest song from their respective album. That was great!

One of the best songs of the night was Nothingman, I didn't think they'd play it. The crowd sang along great!

The encore was one I'll never soon forget. Leatherman followed by Better Man, Wishlist, and a rocking Alive.

The best moment (and why PJ is easily the best) is when they finished it all up with Smile! The night before my buddy and I had made a "Smile" sign out of Christmas wrapping paper and spray paint. We held it up during the 1st encore and Eddie saw it. After the encore we threw it up on stage. When they came back out Jeff picked it up and put it on stage for all to see. Then Eddie threw his harmonica to us, but the guy in front of us got it. When they finished with Smile tonight we went nuts, we'd like to think we had a little bit to do with getting Eddie to play it.

PJ-thanks for 2 incredible nights in Wisconsin, and Ed keep wearing your cheesehead around the house!

Egidie Scherr (eascherr@cloudnet.com)
Since I successfully recorded the concert Saturday night I included a few clips. I included Eddie apologizing for his "cheesehead" joke and also an interview with a fan explaining the meaning of "Yellow Ledbetter." This was my first Pearl Jam concert and I must say it was unbelievable. I have been a fan for years and was more than willing to make the long drive to East Troy. Thanks Pearl Jam!!!!!!!!
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The meaning behind Yellow Ledbetter - fan interview: [aif] [wav]

Bakeradam@aol.com
There are great talents, and then there are transcendent talents. Michael Jordan is a transcendent athletic talent -- a player with the spectacular ability to rise above others, to will himself to excellence.

Pearl Jam is Jordan's musical equivalent.

As one of the few bands making any new music of note (Radiohead is the only other that springs readily to mind) PJ has too many great songs to play them all. I really was hoping to hear "Daughter," "Black," or "Elderly Woman." None of these made the cut for June 27, but there was still plenty left for a great show. They played heavily from their newest, the excellent "Yield," delivering nearly half the album live over the course of the nearly two-hour show. They also dipped heavily into the well for plenty of great cuts from "Vitalogy" ("Betterman" was a crowd favorite), the underrated "No Code" and by-now-classic "Ten." The only cut from "Vs." was "Go," half through the concert.

The band was focused and super-tight musically throughout the show. The sound quality was surprisingly good for the open-air venue.

PJ may not be the biggest band in the world anymore (although their last two albums have gone platinum--how many bands wouldn't love to have just one platinum record?), but they're still one of the best. Concerts like this prove that although it may not be as big as it once was, Pearl Jam's fire still burns as brightly or brighter than that of any other band.