Pearl Jam’s spring 2020 tour was one of the first big dominoes to fall when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but now the grunge heroes of yesteryear are back in action and there’s a buzz in the air conjuring the seminal alt-rock era of the 1990s. It’s not like they didn’t play any shows since their last national tour in 2013, though why they never made it back to California from 2014-19 remains a mystery.

Thus a lot of eager alternative rock fans have made their way here to the tranquil Southern California beach town of Dana Point.Īttendees are greeted at the festival entrance with larger-than-life replicas of the new Pearl Jam Funko Pop! action figures, which lends a truly momentous vibe to the scene due to those eight long years since Pearl Jam last rocked the Golden State.

Due to the postponement of the band’s 2020 spring tour, tonight will also be Pearl Jam’s first California show since 2013. Festival curator Eddie Vedder has headlined the previous two nights, but this will only be Pearl Jam‘s second show of the year following their 2021 debut the previous week at the Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. It’s an overcast yet still balmy day by the Pacific Ocean here at Doheny State Beach in Orange County on Sunday, 26 September, as music fans fill the park for the conclusion of this weekend’s Ohana Festival.

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