What are the greatest Pearl Jam live shows of all time?

[ilpazzo]

San Diego '06 should be considered when looking for hidden gems.

I admit, I have bias from attending the show, but the guys were all on fire that night, and really playing to Vedder and Cameron's "hometown" crowd, making various references during the evening. Also a handful of surprise rarities (Satan's Bed, Leash and Crown of Thorns all at the same show?!)

Long Road opened the first encore, and Ed shared the story of how the story of how the song came to be, after hearing about one of his favorite teacher's passing away, while they were recording with Neil Young. He made a touching speech on the power educators can have on the kids they teach, and announced that the bands charity of the evening was Ed's old high school where they were naming the new drama theater after the teacher who passed. There weren't many dry eyes in the house.

Cameron later had his old music teachers come out and play, surfer Kelly Slater joined them on Rocking in the Free World... It was probably as close as you could get to a hometown show, if you weren't in Seattle! ha ha

Pre-show:Soon Forget
Oceans
Severed Hand
Corduroy
Brain of J.
WWS
LBC
Gone
Even Flow
Unemployable
Wasted Reprise
Better Man (SiFL tag)
Satan's Bed
Not For you (Modern Girl tag)
You Are
Inside Job
Life Wasted
Rearviewmirror

Encore:
Long Road
Comeback
Small Town
Crazy Mary
Crown of Thorns
Alive

Encore 2:
Last Kiss (played to the crowd behind the stage)
Comotose
Leash
Big Wave (1st time live)
RIFW
Yellow Ledbetter

[BootsToAsses]

I've mentioned these before I think, but Nashville 2003 is an absolute gem of a show. Ed's banter is great and the band is tight. Nice little set too!

Adelaide night 1 from 2006 is also one of my favourites to listen to. It's almost the end of the tour and Ed is just destroying every song, sounding great. The opening run of Small Town-Go-DTE-God's Dice-Once-Immortality is just perfect.

I wasn't at either of these shows either.

[VinylGuy]

Hawai 06 is another amazing show

[Birds in Hell]

Adelaide night 1 from 2006 is also one of my favourites to listen to. It's almost the end of the tour and Ed is just destroying every song, sounding great. The opening run of Small Town-Go-DTE-God's Dice-Once-Immortality is just perfect.

I was at this show, and it was just as good in person.

[warehouse]

i was at the ten show!

[liebzz]

That San Diego ‘06 show was indeed one I listened to a lot and has always been a bootleg favorite of mine - though sadly I was not there.

[knee tunes]

i was at the ten show!

Me too

[BootsToAsses]

Adelaide night 1 from 2006 is also one of my favourites to listen to. It's almost the end of the tour and Ed is just destroying every song, sounding great. The opening run of Small Town-Go-DTE-God's Dice-Once-Immortality is just perfect.

I was at this show, and it was just as good in person.

That's great, I'm jealous! Ed sounds ferocious during "Go" and "DTE"!

Mike's solo during Immortality is also beautiful.

[liebzz]

MSG 2022 (had to do it…too soon?)

[tyweed]

Here are the best 20 shows I've heard:

1998 Washington D.C.
1995 Washington D.C. I
2000 Boise
1996 Berlin I
2000 Chicago
2000 Portland
2006 Camden
1995 Melbourne II
2000 Toronto
2003 Bonner Springs
2000 Kansas City
2000 San Diego
2006 San Francisco III
2014 Memphis
2014 Detroit
1995 Chicago
1998 Melbourne III
2000 Saratoga Springs
2014 Leeds
2000 Houston II