Pearl Jam's benefit concert for 'Youthcare'

SEATTLE (Perl Jam Fans/Youthcare Websites) - Pearl Jam will perform a special acoustic concert on Wednesday, October 22, 8PM, at Benaroya Hall. The show will be a benefit to raise money for Seattle-based YouthCare's Orion Center. No opening act is scheduled.

Pearl Jam's performance will be their first since wrapping up their 2003 Riot Act world tour in Mexico City mid-July. The band is also scheduled to perform at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit Concert in San Francisco on October 25-26. Pearl Jam last performed in their hometown in December of 2002, with two shows at the Showbox and two benefit concerts at Key Arena.

YouthCare is a non-profit organization that provides a number of services to Puget Sound area homeless and high-risk youth and their families, including: street outreach, adventure-based therapy, adolescent, transitional, independent living and its Orion Center.