Pearl Jam Announces Second Leg of U.S. Tour

SEATTLE, WA (Pearl Jam) - Pearl Jam announced today the second leg of their 2006 U.S. tour in support of their new, self-titled album due out May 2. Leg two is scheduled to kick off on June 23 in Pittsburgh, PA and will finish on July 22 in George, WA.
Public on-sale dates and ticket information will be announced in local markets in the coming weeks.

DATES AND OPENING ACTS FOR LEG TWO OF PEARL JAM'S 2006 U.S. TOUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DATE CITY VENUE OPENING ACT
June 23 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena Robert Pollard
June 24 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena Robert Pollard
June 26* St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
June 27* St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
July 2* Denver, CO Pepsi Center
July 3* Denver, CO Pepsi Center
July 6 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena Sonic Youth
July 7 San Diego, CA Cox Arena Sonic Youth
July 9** Los Angeles, CA The Great Western Forum Sonic Youth
July 10** Los Angeles, CA The Great Western Forum Sonic Youth
July 13 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl Sonic Youth
July 16 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Aud. Sonic Youth
July 18 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Aud. Sonic Youth
July 22 George, WA The Gorge "An Evening with Pearl Jam"

* Special shows with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
** Pearl Jam's July 9 Los Angeles concert went on sale Saturday, April 1 and sold out. A second show has been added for July 10.

The first single off of Pearl Jam's forthcoming album, "World Wide Suicide," is at its third week at the No 1 position on the modern rock radio chart. Rolling Stone gave "World Wide Suicide" 4 stars and described the single as, "[a] furious but melodic anti-war tune...careening Pete Townshend-esque power vocal chords...."
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