Eddie Vedder

It’s that most relatable of woes again. You front one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the past twenty five years. A band that can be relied on to sell out arenas and stadiums the world over with their legendary blend of scything 90’s grunge rock and thunderous 70’s hard rock. However, just what is to be done when you want to take some time off from all that? The only way is down in terms of musical intensity and venue size but not necessarily in quality, as Eddie Vedder’s sojourn into ukulele led folk-rock magnificently shows. What’s more, it only gets better when he performs it live. Performing alone, for most part, on a stage strewn with ukuleles, acoustic guitars, suitcases and tape decks, Vedder captivates from the very start. That unmistakable voice more subtly deployed than in his day job but no less affecting. Playing songs from his two solo albums Ukulele Songs and the Into the Wild soundtrack dispersed with a multitude of covers that change from night after night, Vedder also finds himself joined onstage by a revolving cast of guests, artists like Roger Daltrey, Glen Hansard, Tom Morello, Cat Power and many more have performed with the Pearl jam frontman on stage and it’s electric every time. Even though you might know him best when he’s playing histrionic rock and roll, every side of Eddie Vedder is worth spending an evening with, and if you have any time at all for laid back folk then I can’t recommend a show of his enough.

It is pretty difficult to come away from a multi-platinum selling band capable of selling out arenas who are recognised around the globe and forge a solo career of your own that takes a different sonar appearance. This is exactly what Eddie Vedder has done, most commonly known as the lead singer of Pearl Jam.

Moving away from the grunge rock sound of the band, Vedder is more inspired by folk/rock and with ukulele in hand goes about entertaining the crowd with both his own work and inventive covers of his band's discography. There is quite an intimate attraction to seeing Eddie without the show of Pearl Jam and instead just taking to a relatively sparse stage with a few accompanying musicians. He goes about demonstrating the strength of his own recordings before reimagining 'Porch' and 'Man Of the Hour' all of which are received well by the devoted fans. Both the covers and solo work sound very unique to Vedder and once again shows his skill as a musician and his understanding of genre conventions.

Eddie is a class act. Great with the fans, giving away guitar picks via slingshot, always in a great mood, really enjoys playing and sharing his music as also admiring the historic venues in which he is given a chance to play live. He tries to speak a bit of the local language even though he sucks at it but aknowledges it with class and humor. Lots of great Pearl Jam material, epic covers and, of course, the best of his solo work. Creative, with great improvisation and great musical guests. From Porch to Unthought Known, to a symphonic, totally instrumental version of Alive, to Guaranteed and Without You, as also a lot of other classics like Can't Keep, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Off he Goes, Immortality and legendary covers like David Bowie's Heroes, The Beatles' You Gotta Hide Your Love Away and, his apparent favorite: Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World.

I attended the 2nd show Eddie gave in Amsterdam. After a hesitating start Eddie took over the Afas theatre only the way he can. Almost 30 songs in a bit more than 2 hours with some surprising covers and less obvious Pearl Jam songs. Sometimes he seemed a bit fragile and in his words to the audience there were jokes but also grieve was very present. Highlight for me was Man of the Hour in honor of his wife's grandfather.

Also the collaboration with the Red Limo Stringquartet was great, and even that great that they will be touring with him the next shows. Also the duets with Glen Hansard, even though he was in hospital all day because of a sore throat, were highlights.

Please keep on doing these kind of gigs next to Pearl Jam, and keep on amazing us.

I know realise how expensive tickets were, mine was one of the cheapest and it costed me 64 euros!!!
I can remember Pearl Jam's trial twenty years ago, against Ticket Master(which was selling tickets for this gig in Madrid yesterday by the way) , claiming for their tickets not to be more than 19.50 dollars, when Ticket Master was charging unethically 2 euros for management costs. Where are those times nowadays?
The concert was not any bad, but , once more, I got just astonished at the prices of merch: 30 euros a cotton
t-shirt!!! Ok , I think this is just going to be last time I go see Mr Vedder, guess he's grown up and forgot about his justice principles, BUT I HAVEN'T and I won't contribute no more to this incoherence.

Excellent intimate and personal experience with Eddie. Great crowd and atmosphere throughout the night!!
Glenn Hansard brought Dublin to the show and the Irish fans and visitors loved it...
Apart from the odd fool that drank too much and talked through aloud through some of the songs it was a very memorable night.
Highlight for me was Jeremy dedicated to UK election results and change in the world!!

I've always been a huge fan of Pearl Jam, but I confess I didn't really thought that Eddie could pulled a solo concert with that greatness. I was absolutely in awe with his concert at Firenze!
Imagine run a solo, acoustic concert, in a crowd of 55 thousand people, for over 2 hours, and let everyone in ecstasy? Well, he did it!!!!
Well done, Eddie Veder, well done!

Brilliant show. One of the best I've seen in the Marquee in Cork. Said it was his favourite visit to Ireland and it showed. Seemed like he was never going to stop. Good show by Glen Hansard as well - showed real camaraderie between himself and Eddie. Here's hoping he'll be back with Pearl Jam.

Incredible artist and talent as good a performer as you will ever likely see. Gig was brilliant could not have enjoyed it more. True rock legend and amazing guy. Great to hear some alternative versions of my fav pearl jam songs too

It was so amazing and so emotional because he played so beautifully and gave a heartwarming speech about Chris Cornell and It was just amazing he played all the best songs as well one of the best nights of my life xxxx