Hey all! Hope all is well on your SuperSunday. I received this
email through my www.pjvault.com site on Jan. 27 but haven't posted
it to the news section as I have been unable to confirm it. It
seems consistent with other rumors out there and thought it was time
to share. Enjoy!
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2006 a big year for Jamming

PEARL JAM's eighth studio album will be released internationally
during the week beginning May 1st.

The yet-to-be titled album, their first through new label J Records,
is a heavier effort than their recent albums and is sure to please
fans. In late February they will release the first single "Worldwide
Suicide", a rocker that breaks the mould of previous Pearl Jam
singles, accompanied by a music video and exclusive CD-ROM
components for fanclub members. The band penned 25-30 new songs
over the recording period and finalised 12 album tracks in their new
Seattle studio last week.

A representative for the band has also stated that although no
specific tour dates have been finalized, Pearl Jam will begin their
most comprehensive world tour on the US East Coast in May,
followed by a West Coast/Canada leg. Fans in Europe will also get to
see the band for the first time since 2000 in October and November,
before the band concludes their stretch of shows in Australia and
New Zealand in December.




The long-awaited follow-up to Pearl Jam's 2002 album 'Riot Act' is
soon ready to hit record store shelves via J Records. The aptly
titled upcoming album 'New World' is set for a US/European release
on 9 May.

Songs to appear on the album:

'Worldwide Suicide',
'2x4',
'Crapshoot Rapture',
'Parachute',
'Of The Earth',
'Severed Hand',
'Big Job',
'Fearless'
'Sun Down',
'Cold Concession',
'Gone',
'Unenployable' and
'Marker'.

Pearl Jam will release a first single on March 13th called Worldwide
Suicide with two unreleased b-sides: 'Walkin' Man' and 'Deepest
Thing'.

To coincide with the album launch, Pearl Jam will also announced
live dates for a 39-date US Tour that will see the band play gigs in
different countries. The band is also set to play a major European
tour this late summer/autumn, but dates have not been officially
confirmed yet.

Walkin' Man can be added to the live show Man-Medley, fits right in the Nothing, Better & Leather Men.

the other (and more strongly) rumored title of the album is Pangaea (or Pangea, depending how you wanna spell it.

They're really taking the 'Ishmael' thing to new places.

Thanks for the info. I hear their fan club is really great.

Christmas single (on vinyl) and preferred seating at concerts.

I was at the Thunder Bay show last September and got 2nd row seats on the floor. I was all happy and proud until I saw solace sitting directly in front of me.

I'm joining the fan club. Sounds cool. I hope they play in either Chicago or Los Angeles.

i'm kinda in the mood for a PJ comeback. The last couple of albums have been dismal.

Wonder if Eddie can still sing, The last time I listened to Pearl Jam (which was like a decade ago) his voice didn't seem to be as epic as it used to be.

he sounds like Cornell's hoarse Audioslave scream on Blood now

Some of those song-titles don't look to promising ('Crapshoot Rapture', ugh). I hope they're not going to try and make an angry political record. They're too old and Vedder's lyrics are too unconvincing to sell it. Why do they think "the fans are sure to like a heavy record"? Since when were PJ fans mindless headbangers? (I realise its the writer not the band talking there).

and sadly PJ still have a lot of "mindless headbangers" who show up at their shows holding on to the glory days.

i really think they have one great album left in them, no more, no less. just hoping that this is that one

as much as i love Pearl Jam, and they are def the most important band for me in the last 15 years (i can't say they're still my favorite band, or that i listen to then much at all anymore), they've made 5 really GOOD albums, and 2 average records, but have yet to make a truly CLASSIC and amazing album imo (most people would claim Ten is, but it's not even close to my fave PJ record. i'll agree that it will always be considered Classic by some tho).

they have the talent to do it too, which is what's so frustrating.

at least they still bring it live i guess, i just wish they'd give me something worth getting excited for in the studio.

Champaign '03 was such a FANTASTIC show. i saw 6 shows in '03 (only one on the first leg), and Champaign was def top 2.

first full band Driven To Tears cover = money

Champaign '03 was such a FANTASTIC show. i saw 6 shows in '03 (only one on the first leg), and Champaign was def top 2.

Fans in Europe will also get to
see the band for the first time since 2000 in October and November,
before the band concludes their stretch of shows in Australia and
New Zealand in December.

they've made 5 really GOOD albums, and 2 average records, but have yet to make a truly CLASSIC and amazing album imo (most people would claim Ten is, but it's not even close to my fave PJ record. i'll agree that it will always be considered Classic by some tho).

re: Long Road and I Got Shit on Mirrorball, i suppose that'd work for me too (i realize they are from the same sessions basically).

I may be wrong, but I believe that was the original intention... until Epic vetoed any major use of Vedder's vocals on the album.

hmm... i'd never heard that. Ed's still pretty easy to pick out of "I'm The Ocean" and even sings 2 full lead lines on "Peace and Love"

i saw them debut Long Road in Casper, WY (6/16/95) when they opened the show/tour with it. I was so blown away by it, even tho the song was entirely new to me at the time.

yeah, maybe if you're lucky Fall Out Boy will play Bridge this year

rad!

my fiancee and i scored big time at Thunder Bay in Sept. i caught a Tambourine (thrown by Eddie Spaghetti's 4 year old boy) and she got the main and encore setlists along w/ hand written lyrics to RITFW (for Eddie Spaghetti)

and yeah, Champaign was way better than Alpine or Chicago '03. i was fairly dissapointed w/ Chicago that year, besides the Release opener and a few other songs (along w/ RITFW w/ Idlewild), that encore was total hitsville. Alpine '03 was my first Sometimes tho, which was cool, Breath too (even if it was kind of a botched version).

Chicago and Alpine in '00 were both freakin' memorable as hell tho, both for very diff reasons

i tried to get tix for those Red Rocks shows but was shut out for both nights. i have a pro-shot video of the 2nd night, the one you're referring to with them coming out sitting on chairs cuz of the altitude (fuck the seats!)