Just got home from Eddie Vedder's Tuesday night show in Berkeley -- simply amazing! And he did sing Yellow Ledbetter, after flying in a very special guest to help play the song... Fellow band mate, Mr. Mike McCready.

Unbelievable concert... One of the best I've ever witnessed.

I would like to point out that Mr. Eddie Vedder did not write the entire soundtrack for Into the Wild. Marin's own Jerry Hannan wrote Society and did the background vocals and guitar parts on the song, as well.

Cheers,
Cory Taylor

I've always felt ripped off by Eddie Vedder after he walked off stage at Golden Gate park when I was about 12 years old... I was young and I idolized him and I took that really personally... it hurt.

After last night's show in Berkeley... I idolize the man more than ever. He was absolutely AWESOME. He had a whole bag o' tricks with his guests and his humor and the OBAMA banner... he was just so laid back, and kind.. Truly inspiring. A great way to spend an evening, esp. in some remembrance of Chris McCandless. Rock on Eddie!

WTF Mitch!

He did play a Pearl Jam song? The most that I missed was 15 minutes. After the third song I had to leave and pack my camera gear up in the lobby. Then, I took a break during his first encore. So in those precious minutes, I may have missed something incredible.

That Monday evening, it's one of those rare instances where you see an artist be himself and in tune with his audience. He was a normal human being like all of us in the audience; a friend conversing with us as if he knew us already.

Well, the last part I wrote of him playing a Pearl Jam song was to mislead, purposely and end up as a surprise. And since I did miss it, I guess it would be a surprise to any fan seeing him tonight.

One thing I did forget to mention was that he was very humorous as Justin noted. Vedder said that he, Tim Robbins and Susan S. were made into trading cards: Activist of Evil. With Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin being the Queen card. That got a lot of laughs.

Yes, this is one of those concerts that only comes by once in a while. And for the lucky 4000 fans in the Bay who got a chance to see him live and sing his story, just smile and say, "I was there."

Drifting, Around the bend, I Am Mine, Arc, and Man of the Hour are but a few Pearl Jam songs that Eddie played. He was amazing!! After waiting outside for 2 hours, Eddie came out and signed autographs and shook the hands of all freezing, waiting fans. I've loved that band and that man for 17 years and my admiration grows daily. Btw, I flew in from Dallas, TX to go to this show and would've gone to them all if I could've afforded it. : )

This is in regards to the comment left by Justin Smith, about Eddie walking off stage at the show at the Pollow Fields back in the early 90's: Eddie walked off the stage due to stomach illness!!! The night before he was in the hospital, that day he spent the hours before the show on the floor of his trailer in agony, and then tried his best to go onstage and perform!!! I give him props for trying at all--he really didn't have to do that if he was sick. And then Pearl Jam came back a few months later to make up that show in San Jose, and people who went to the Pollow Fields got their tickets exchanged for the make up show. So not only did he try to perform while sick, he came back to make it up, and that show was incredible--it was even released on cd!! I know all of this because I was there, and never lost faith in Eddie to be loyal to his fans!!! If I were you I'd look up some info on the Pollo Fields show, you'd see there was more to the story than Eddie "walking off stage".

Credit Liam Finn for his entertaining warm up. Credit the Berkeley audience for engaging Eddie without pandering and (for the most part) not demanding an all Pearl Jam evening but acknowleding and appreciating an artist with the courage to venture into new territory. How many artists of his caliber are willing to experiment with a crowd of 3000 rather than follow the Rolling Stones model of selling out arenas with the same material decade after decade?

This was a truly special event, the kind that, even years from now, will trigger an instant bond between 2 strangers upon learning that they were both there that evening. Yeah, that's a bit melodramatic, but, if you were there, go listen to Big Hard Sun and see if you can keep from singing the chorus :)