Binaural Tour

The Binaural Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its sixth album, Binaural.

Binaural Tour

Tour by Pearl Jam
Associated album	Binaural
Start date	May 23, 2000
End date	November 6, 2000
Legs	3
No. of shows	47 in North America 26 in Europe 73 in total
Pearl Jam concert chronology

History

Pearl Jam promoted Binaural with tours in Europe and North America. Before the tour started on May 23, with a show in Lisbon, Portugal,[1] two warm-up concerts were performed in Bellingham, Washington, on May 10,[2] and Vancouver on May 11.[3]

Pearl Jam's 2000 European tour ended in tragedy on June 30, 2000, with an accident at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Nine fans were crushed underfoot and suffocated to death as the crowd rushed to the front.[4] After numerous requests for the crowd to step back, the band stopped playing and tried to calm the crowd when the musicians realized what was happening, but it was already too late. The two remaining dates of the tour were cancelled, and the band seriously considered retiring after this event.[4] Pearl Jam was initially blamed for the accident, but the band was later cleared of responsibility.[5] Two additional concerts through July were cancelled.[6]

A month after the European tour concluded, the band embarked on a two-leg North American tour, starting on August 3 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.[1] The first leg of the tour focused on the East Coast of the United States, and then the band moved to the Midwest and the West Coast for the tour's second leg. On performing after the Roskilde tragedy, vocalist Eddie Vedder said that "playing, facing crowds, being together—it enabled us to start processing it."[7] On October 22, 2000, the band played the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, celebrating the tenth anniversary of its first live performance as a band. Vedder took the opportunity to thank the many people who had helped the band come together and make it to ten years. He noted that "I would never do this accepting a Grammy or something."[8] The song "Alive" was purposely omitted from all shows on this tour until the final night on November 6, 2000 in Seattle at KeyArena. The band performed that night for over three hours, playing most of its hits along with covers such as "The Kids Are Alright" and "Baba O'Riley" by The Who.

The European and North American tours were documented by a long series of official bootlegs, all of which were available in record stores as well as through the band's fan club.[9] The band released 72 live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time.[10] Following the conclusion of the 2000 tour, the band released Touring Band 2000, a DVD which featured select performances from the North American legs of the tour.

Tour dates

Information taken from various sources.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Live album
Warm-up shows
May 10, 2000	Bellingham	United States	Mount Baker Theatre	C Average
May 11, 2000	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
Europe leg
May 23, 2000	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio do Restelo	The Vandals
May 25, 2000	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
May 26, 2000	San Sebastián		Velódromo de Anoeta
May 29, 2000	London	England	Wembley Arena	The Monkeywrench
May 30, 2000					5/30/00 – London, England
June 1, 2000	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre	The Vandals
June 3, 2000	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
June 4, 2000	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
June 6, 2000	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena		6/6/00 – Cardiff, Wales
June 8, 2000	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy		6/8/00 – Paris, France
June 9, 2000	Nürburg	Germany	Rock am Ring
June 11, 2000	Nuremberg		Rock im Park
June 12, 2000	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Pinkpop Festival
June 14, 2000	Prague	Czech Republic	Paegas Arena	The Dismemberment Plan
June 15, 2000	Katowice	Poland	Spodek
June 16, 2000			Spodek Previously scheduled for the Petőfi Csarnok in Budapest, Hungary.		6/16/00 – Katowice, Poland
June 18, 2000	Salzburg	Austria	Residenzplatz
June 19, 2000	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Hala Tivoli
June 20, 2000	Verona	Italy	Arena di Verona		6/20/00 – Verona, Italy
June 22, 2000	Milan		Fila Forum Arena		6/22/00 – Milan, Italy
June 23, 2000	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
June 25, 2000	Berlin	Germany	Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
June 26, 2000	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
June 28, 2000	Stockholm	Sweden	Sjöhistoriska Museet
June 29, 2000	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
June 30, 2000	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival 9 men were crushed to death at this performance
July 2, 2000	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter Cancelled
July 3, 2000	Rotterdam	Netherlands	The Ahoy Cancelled
North America leg 1
August 3, 2000	Virginia Beach	United States	GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater	Sonic Youth
August 4, 2000	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
August 6, 2000	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
August 7, 2000	Atlanta		Philips Arena		8/7/00 – Atlanta, Georgia
August 9, 2000	West Palm Beach		Mars Music Amphitheatre
August 10, 2000
August 12, 2000	Tampa		Ice Palace		8/12/00 – Tampa, Florida
August 14, 2000	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
August 15, 2000	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
August 17, 2000	Antioch		AmSouth Amphitheater
August 18, 2000	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
August 20, 2000	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
August 21, 2000	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater		8/21/00 – Columbus, Ohio
August 23, 2000	Wantagh		Jones Beach Amphitheater
August 24, 2000					8/24/00 – Jones Beach, New York
August 25, 2000					8/25/00 – Jones Beach, New York
August 27, 2000	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 29, 2000	Mansfield		Tweeter Center Boston		8/29/00 – Boston, Massachusetts
August 30, 2000
September 1, 2000	Camden		Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre
September 2, 2000
September 4, 2000	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 5, 2000	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion	Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, and Jim O'Rourke
North America leg 2
October 4, 2000	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre	Supergrass
October 5, 2000	Toronto		Air Canada Centre
October 7, 2000	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills		10/7/00 – Detroit, Michigan
October 8, 2000	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
October 9, 2000	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		10/9/00 – Chicago, Illinois
October 11, 2000	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater
October 12, 2000	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
October 14, 2000	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
October 15, 2000
October 17, 2000	Dallas		Smirnoff Music Centre
October 18, 2000	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena
October 20, 2000	Albuquerque		Mesa del Sol Amphitheatre
October 21, 2000	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
October 22, 2000	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Arena		10/22/00 – Las Vegas, Nevada
October 24, 2000	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
October 25, 2000	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena		10/25/00 – San Diego, California
October 27, 2000	Fresno		Selland Arena
October 28, 2000	San Bernardino		Blockbuster Pavilion
October 30, 2000	Wheatland		Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
October 31, 2000	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
November 2, 2000	Portland		Rose Garden Arena
November 3, 2000	Nampa		Idaho Center		11/3/00 – Boise, Idaho
November 5, 2000	Seattle		KeyArena	Supergrass, Red Hot Chili Peppers
November 6, 2000				Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wellwater Conspiracy	11/6/00 – Seattle, Washington

Band members

• Jeff Ament – bass guitar
• Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar, lead guitar
• Mike McCready – lead guitar
• Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar
• Matt Cameron – drums

Songs performed

Originals "Alive" "Animal" "Better Man" "Black" "Brain of J." "Breakerfall" "Breath" "Corduroy" "Daughter" "Dead Man" "Dissident" "Do the Evolution" "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" "Evacuation" "Even Flow" "Faithfull" "Footsteps" "Garden" "Given to Fly" "Go" "Gods' Dice" "Grievance" "Habit" "Hail, Hail" "I Got Id" "Immortality" "In Hiding" "In My Tree" "Indifference" "Insignificance" "Jeremy" "Last Exit" "Leatherman" "Light Years" "Long Road" "Lukin" "Mankind" "MFC" "Not for You" "Nothing as It Seems" "Nothingman" "Oceans" "Of the Girl" "Off He Goes" "Once" "Parting Ways" "Pilate" "Porch" "Present Tense" "Rearviewmirror" "Red Mosquito" "Release" "Rival" "Sleight of Hand" "Smile" "Sometimes" "Soon Forget" "Spin the Black Circle" "State of Love and Trust" "Thin Air" "Tremor Christ" "U" "Untitled" "W.M.A." (snippet) "Wash" "Whipping" "Wishlist" "Yellow Ledbetter"

Covers "Androgynous Mind" (Sonic Youth) (snippet) "Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd) (snippet) "Baba O'Riley" (The Who) "Beautiful Way" (Beck) (snippet) "Beginning to See the Light" (The Velvet Underground) (snippet) "Behind Blue Eyes" (The Who) (snippet) "Bull in the Heather" (Sonic Youth) (snippet) "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley) "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams) "Crown of Thorns" (Mother Love Bone) "Don't Be Shy" (Cat Stevens) "Everyday" (Buddy Holly) "Fuckin' Up" (Neil Young) "Hold On" (Tom Waits) (snippet) "I Am a Patriot" (Steven Van Zandt) "I Believe in Miracles" (Ramones) (snippet) "I Got You" (Split Enz) "In the Colosseum" (Tom Waits) (snippet) "In the Mood" (Robert Plant) (snippet) "Interstellar Overdrive" (Pink Floyd) (snippet) "It's OK" (Dead Moon) (snippet) "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "The Kids Are Alright" (The Who) "Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran) "Leaving Here" (Edward Holland, Jr.) "Little Wing" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (snippet) "Love Me Two Times" (The Doors) (snippet) "Naked Eye" (The Who) "'O Sole Mio" (Giovanni Capurro and Eduardo di Capua) (snippet) "On a Rope" (Rocket from the Crypt) (snippet) "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Led Zeppelin) (snippet) "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young) "Romanza" (anonymous) (snippet) "Save It for Later" (The Beat) (snippet) "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" (Arthur Alexander) "Sonic Reducer" (The Dead Boys) "Stop Your Sobbing" (The Kinks) (snippet) "Substitute" (The Who) (snippet) "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet) "Timeless Melody" (The La's) "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (Hunters & Collectors) "Trouble" (Cat Stevens) "Without Your Love" (Roger Daltrey) (snippet) "The Wrong Child" (R.E.M.) (snippet)

Gallery

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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Eddie Vedder on stage with Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Mike McCready on stage with Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.
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  Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 4, 2000.

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3. Pearl Jam Announces Free Vancouver Concert, MTV
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