Pearl Jam to play San Bernadino

By Marten Lewerth
Daily Forty-Niner

Pearl Jam fans have two more chances to catch the band in action this weekend before its current North American tour moves out of state.

The veteran outfit began a swing of four shows in the Southern California area Tuesday at the Greek Theatre. Eddie Vedder and the boys hit the Selland Arena in Fresno Friday, and finally, the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion on Saturday.

Rising from the ashes of Mother Love Bone in Seattle almost a decade ago, Pearl Jam exploded onto the rock scene with its multi-million seller "Ten" in 1991. 10 years and five studio albums later, the band remains at the forefront of American acts that sprung into prominence in the early 90s.

Although Pearl Jam's recent releases have not matched the mainstream success of "Ten," "Vs." and "Vitalogy," the band's sound has matured with age and the material on "No Code," "Yield" and "Binaural" arguably contain some of the outfit's strongest material to date.

PJ is touring in support of "Binaural."

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Pearl Jam, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, left to right, concludes its swing through Southern California at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion on Saturday.