Pearl Jam

April 26, 2003
Mellon Arena: Pittsburgh, PA

Official Bootleg #32

Source: SBD
Tools:  Official Bootleg > SHN (EAC v0.95 prebeta 3) > WAV (mkwACT v0.96e)
        [log files included]

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Disc 1:
01 - Small Town                                     - 03:54
02 - Hail Hail                                      - 03:21
03 - Save You                                       - 03:51
04 - Corduroy                                       - 04:51
05 - Insignificance                                 - 04:37
06 - Cropduster                                     - 04:03
07 - Daughter                                       - 05:16
08 - Even Flow                                      - 07:19
09 - Faithful                                       - 04:51
10 - Whipping                                       - 02:41
11 - Immortality                                    - 06:58
12 - Blood                                          - 04:58
13 - Down                                           - 03:09
14 - Love Boat Captain                              - 05:00
15 - Wishlist                                       - 07:26
Total:  72:18

Disc 2:
01 - Betterman                                      - 06:04
02 - Go                                             - 03:06
03 - Encore Break                                   - 01:34
(Encore 1)
04 - Last Kiss                                      - 03:19
05 - Breakerfall                                    - 02:42
06 - Once                                           - 03:40
07 - Alive                                          - 07:51
08 - Footsteps                                      - 05:32
09 - Rearviewmirror                                 - 11:03
10 - Encore Break                                   - 02:32
(Encore 2)
11 - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away              - 03:00
12 - Know Your Rights                               - 03:35
13 - Do The Evolution                               - 03:45
14 - Porch                                          - 07:26
15 - Yellow Ledbetter                               - 06:03
Total:  71:16
Notes (from 5H):
Ed does a cool slide intro to 'Corduroy.' Ed greets the crowd before 'Daughter' with: "Steeltown, Saturday night." Mike runs across the stage during his 'Even Flow' solo and Ed leans against him. 'Blood' has a bit of a jam in the middle, with Matt's added drum fills at the end. Ed says, "Normally that song is at the end of a set because it is pretty hard to sing anything after that ..." (pointing at his throat) and he acts like that is the end of the show. "I'm just kidding; this throat's made of steel. It came from Pittsburgh ... We've got steel vocal chords and iron tempo. You can't beat that! And then Mike and Stone listen to a lot of metal so we're pretty galvanized here. Give us a little "Nitro," Mike. Mike proceeds to play about 10 seconds of speed metal which is hysterical. This leads to introducing 'Down' as a song written by Mike. After screwing up the second line of 'Wishlist,' Ed says, "I've sabotaged myself already." For the outro, Ed sings, "I wish I controlled the TV. I wish I controlled the newspapers. I wish I controlled the media, so I could put forth the truth," and then continues with a lovely tag along the lines of "the truth is all we need; give us the truth; we can handle the truth ... let us be free; the truth will set you free." The audience sings the entire first verse of 'Better Man' with Ed pausing before the chorus because of the deafening cheers.
For the encore, Ed points to the crowd behind the stage and says the next song is for those who can understand the body language of the song, leading to 'Last Kiss' and the whole band turns around to play. Stone plays a quick AC/DC riff before 'Once,' followed by 'Alive' with Ed using the mirror to illuminate the audience. He notices the skyboxes, where people have been turning the lights on and off, creating a strobe. He laughs, says it's good to see the people in the skyboxes have a little creativity and that Jeff has said it looks like the "Hollywood Squares" up there. 'Footsteps' is played full band, with Ed on harmonica, thus the trilogy (out of order). 'RVM,' with a huge, long jam closes the second set.
Ed returns for the second encore to perform 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away,' explaining again how it has taken on a new meaning about freedom of speech. 'Porch' also has an amazing bridge with a long Mike solo. 'YL' closes with the band jumping, lots of wine, great crowd in a good arena.