Pearl Jam - 1996-09-29 New York, NY (Full Concert)

[@Trey7105]

This was my first concert ever. I was 15. How they stop in the middle of Animal and resume right where they left off is sick! What a night! Thanks for posting this. This is fantastic!

[@brucecopeland6831]

I was thinking the same thing. Not too many bands ever had that kind of moxy

[@jackstraw2656]

I was there and they were relentless! I’ve seen Grateful Dead 40 some times and this ranks right up there with some of their better shows

[@Trey7105]

@@jackstraw2656 I've seen Phish over 260 times and this is still one of my favorite shows ever! They stopped on the middle of Animal to clean up the pit a little cause peeps were getting crushed and when they resumed, it was right back in the middle of the song. My mind was always blown away by that.

[@jackstraw2656]

@@Trey7105 Saw Phish at Bloomsburg U, PA…Haas Center, about 2000 capacity. It was way better than the other times I saw them. Trey got behind the drums, Jonathan did his thing with the vacuum cleaner. Awesome! The encore was Axis Bold as Love, then they put down their instruments, stepped to the front of the stage, and did A Capella Amazing Grace.

[@stephpavone]

Yes! My first PJ concert ❤ l’ll never forget it

[@nfgmusic]

This was my very first of almost 30 Pearl Jam shows! I was in the Vitalogy Health Club (that was what the fan club was called over 20 years ago) They were fighting Ticketmaswter, so I could order 2 tickets thru the club, and I also called some 1-800 number, which I think was a raffle and won 4 tickets that I of course paid for. I got a 3 CD bootleg of this show in 98 and now I can see this video for the first time. Pjvideoguy is THE MAN! He has everything!

[@stephpavone]

nfgmusicPaul the yessss the vitalogy health club! I still have my ticket stubs. They were huge tickets with an awesome graphic on them. It was my first PJ concert. Oh man, makes me misty eyed. #memories

[@EdGloss]

I remember this show like it was yesterday. My friends and I kept commenting on the fact that the show felt like it was never going to end.. We savored every second of it as we had been waiting for years to see them as they had not toured because of their disagreement with Ticketmaster (which was so silly as we ended up spending what seemed like the same amount from their third-party ticket vendor). As avid concert goers, this was the show my friends and I most looked forward to seeing. It was absolutely amazing. And I of course have my ticket stub along with the other two hundred or so I've amassed.

[@scottsparks5231]

I'd give anything to go back to the 90s , time needs to slow down

[@notreallyhome]

I was there covered in mud!

[@jackstraw2656]

@@notreallyhome somehow I avoided the mud, but not the mushrooms. The band was simply unrelentless. The encore just kept going until they put the house lights on as if to say “hey, we work here and we’d like to go home please“ Like Phish, in 1993 Bloomsburg University.… my first PJ concert was much better than the other three or four or five times I saw them

[@nicolei9876]

100% agree. After 1999, time sped up. Got my first mobile phone in 1998, since then nothing has been the same as the early nineties, cut off army pants, Doc Martin boots. CDs. Oh man. Love to go back!

[@AllanOstermann]

I was there! I almost suffocated from the crowd surging forward. It was scary. Such a fucking great show, especially when I moved to the side.

[@melissahankins3524]

Me too! Awesome memories!

[@joesnow1180]

Me 3 my first concert . My pops took me . I'll never forget ! Crazy show if i remember he had to stop the show a couple times to tell people to calm down

[@raymondgaertner8892]

I was there also, getting gropped the closer I got to the pit. Had to get out of there. Moved over to the right side to safety. LOL.

[@joeboombatz]

Was there also the surge when they first came on pushed me all the way upfront just went with it felt if I didn’t I would have gotten trampled turned out was the best thing to ever happen was the best show I’ve ever seen and closest I’ve ever got to a stage

[@amyb4381]

Same here. I ended up having to move over to the right side, too. Man, this was an amazing concert. Nothing like a PJ show, espec in the 90s. Btw, I love how Eddie always looks out for the crowd. ❤️

[@nycdoc88]

oh my, i was here, this was the most amazing show ever, stood in the mud, rain til 2 am, every time you thought it would end , they just kept playing and playing. Went home a wet muddy mess and wanted more

[@timbrosnan5536]

Absolutely. I listened to the second half of Yellow Ledbetter walking out to my truck so I could get a head start on traffic to get home in time for a few hours sleep before an 8am class the next day. If I could do it over, I'd just skip class.

[@notreallyhome]

YES, there too! covered in mud head to toe to point where it was like who cares! not many people were there either probably b/c of mud + rain

[@JakiOkay]

Me too! My shoes were loaded with blood after walking over the bridge. Dirtiest most beautiful concert I’ve ever been to!

[@stephpavone]

God I love this! My first PJ concert! I’ll never forget it! Was it really almost 20 years ago????

[@BraedenD]

Almost 30

[@tommytunes303]

Greatest Rock Concert of my Life!! So lucky to be able to say I was at this show. I remember going with one of my best friends Gonzo, took Ecstacy, and went on an Epic 3-hour journey with one of the best bands (if not the best) ever, In New York City, the greatest city in the world, with some of the craziest people in the world, all at the highlight of their existence. The energy this night truly was otherworldly, it felt so much bigger than us all, because it truly was!

[@AlanGonzalez-vq7bj]

1:57 Sometimes 4:52 Go 7:41 Spin The Black Circle 10:36 Hail, Hail 14:09 Animal 21:13 Tremor Christ 26:33 Who You Are 30:41 Corduroy 35:37 Lukin 38:18 Better Man 42:10 Not For You 48:03 No Jeremy 53:06 Once 56:30 Rats 1:00:25 Last Exit 1:03:47 Habit 1:07:41 Rearviewmirror 1:14:38 Immortality 1:20:03 Whipping 1:22:48 I Got Id 1:26:40 Black 1:32:31 Alive 1:38:38 Porch 1:49:28 In My Tree 1:53:42 Even Flow 1:58:41 Daughter 2:07:47 Mankind 2:11:30 Long Road 2:16:29 Leaving Here 2:20:22 Yellow Ledbetter (Fakeout) 2:21:59 Off He Goes 2:27:38 Present Tense 2:35:40 Yellow Ledbetter

[@bbk5625]

My dad and his friends were here, and he ended up getting backstage after the show and met the whole band AND had a whole conversation with eddie vedder (the legend). That is my flex

[@rudyhernandez1043]

Jealous as shit!!

[@aliceyevoli804]

I was there remember the part he told everyone to step back 5 feet ...i loved this concert ..id do anything to go back

[@klegion8662]

Intro/Sometimes; Go 4:53; Spin the Black Circle 7:42; Hail, Hail 10:35; Animal (with long pause to help control crowd) 14:09; Tremor Christ 21:13; Who You Are (Eddie talks about people being hurt at a PJ concert) 25:36; Eddie gets angry at the pit/Corduroy 30:15; Lukin 35:38; Better Man 36:45; Not For You 42:10; Jeremy 48:02; Once 53:06; Rats 56:30; Last Exit 1:00:25; Habit 1:03:25; RVM 1:07:45; Immortality 1:13:57; Whipping 1:20:04:; I Got Id 1:22:47; Black 1:26:42; Alive 1:32:31; Porch/encore break 1:38:29; Eddie talks running for president/In My Tree 1:49:03; Even Flow 1:53:42; Daughter/The Real Me/Another Brick In the Wall/WMA 1:58:36; Mankind 2:07:29; Long Road 2:11:30; Leaving Here 2:16:29; Yellow Ledbetter fakeout/Off He Goes 2:19:30; Present Tense 2:27:30; Yellow Ledbetter 2:34:02

[@ego-smack-sequel2661]

Eddie such a sweet dude. I appreciate his heart and his concern for others and couldn’t agree more. I’m the same way. I’m very empathic. I would die for anyone and often say that I’d give my life if it would make other lives of strangers better in my prayers

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!! Amen

[@womanofsteele3331]

I was one of the unfortunate ones who got stuck in the rain at the show on the 28th (where the antics of the audiences were way worse than on the 29th) but lucky enough to get to go the second night. It was crowd insanity at its worst both days. They let us in at like 1:00 where hundreds/thousands of fans sat for 8 hours waiting to see PJ. There were other bands but it was just meh all day. With nothing to do all day but sit on the ground and drink from the beer stand, by the time PJ came on, probably half of the male audience was piss drunk and very rowdy. They weren't moshing, they were just beating the shit out of each other. On the 28th, Eddie just watched the ambulances coming and going at the side of the stage taking ppl who were getting hurt off to the hospital but he didn't say anything. On the 29th, he wasn't having any more bullshit. I did not expect a PJ crowd to be such a bunch of dicks. Now they're all bald and fat accountants. LOL.

[@ST-lm9bh]

I do remember little children pretending to be adults but thats not exclusive to a PJ show. I was at both and I remember one was play the hits night and one wasnt and the one were they played the less popular ones was way way better.

[@pjvideoguy]

No worries. Thought it would be fun to post the full video instead of breaking it up into individual songs, like I normally do.

[@07foxmulder]

Ah, good old Pearl Jam. Look at them taking the stage before 8pm and playing for more than 2 1/2 hours. They really put most bands/artists to shame when it comes to concerts.

[@Umuliuz]

Haha...I just read the setlist "Animal...pause to help control the crowd". Everyone that has been at a PJ show where Anilmal comes on as the forth or fifth song knows exactly what that is like. Especially if you are in the front. The crowd fucking explodes!!!

[@AllanOstermann]

I was there. Almost got crushed to death. Still one of the best concerts ever!!!!

[@katkagrobelnikova8936]

It was 24 years ago I was 18 and I was there!!! Cannot find the right words.. I still love them as then..looking forward the new album. It is great to get older with Pearl Jam💖

[@Megacooltommydee]

This was the same day the Nintendo 64 came out.

[@lordbeaky3496]

Tommy Dee Imagine getting the N64 and going to a Pearl Jam at the same time.

[@sccu2225]

Lord Beaky hi

[@KendrickLacannabis]

Hell yeah, I was 23 days old!

[@evanisovich]

Wow, now that puts this into perspective. I feel real old. 😜

[@Acquit808]

I remember going to this show, it was absolute madness up front. Best show I’ve ever been to. Thanks for posting and thanks for the memories!

[@ed301]

I was there, my first pj concert

[@williamvanvelson3460]

I was there stayed in left stands with my binoculars. Oh the flashback from that day. Thanks for posting this audio is real good.

[@EdGloss]

I attended this show after Pearl Jam finally found a ticket vendor that wasn't Ticketmaster. The show seemed endless with them playing some 30 songs. It was one of my favorite concerts and I've got over 400 under my belt since '92 Metallica/Guns.

[@robindaboogiedownbx7588]

Right on same experience I just wrote about it above ... blasting concert now while I get ready to go out tnite to see my friends band thy r my motivation n start my day out with ... ☮️

[@chalo7124]

Irons is a fine percussionist. In another level. They became a better band with him.

[@MrShaggy1016]

I was there too. Great show. Sounds pretty darn good considering it probably came from some 1996 or older cam Corder. Wish they would release this show.

[@codajamfan]

Pearl Jam did have that like side-stepping groove to them back in the 90's with those other drummers. I don't understand Ed, because sure he is older now and yes I get it that you been there and done that, however, get that groove back. Imagine Mind Your Manners being played that old fashioned way! WOW!

[@ritchelivedder4303]

I prefer this song such as it is,it's perferct for me. I'm a fan thet followed tha band, i enjoy all the albuns. PJ is a fuking good rock band

[@jpd3070]

Wow! Mind Your Manners is at least 4 yrs old already. Jesus.

[@jenlac2026]

This band is great, miss them bunches!

[@jokerstyle666]

I was at this show & the night before at Randalls Island.....this clip reminded me of Eddie's efforts to get things settled in the front of the stage.. Things eventually got under control...and both shows were epic...."Alive" in the rain is unforgettable

[@joeboombatz]

Was at this show was crazy as soon as the lights went down everyone rushed the stage got pushed all the way upfront to a fence that separates the stage they were 5 feet from me needless to say was the best show I’ve ever been to

[@klegion8662]

great show, thanks for posting....gotta love any set that includes Eddie getting pissed off momentarily, Immortality, I Got Id, Long Road and Off He Goes all in one.

[@Tinkherbella]

I like the full video better because little things are missed when it's broken up. Thank you for posting this!!

[@crystalbean23]

Thank you for posting! This was my favorite concert of all times!

[@chrisallenrichie]

My first PJ concert. Thanks for a great memory.

[@melissahankins3524]

Me too!!

[@robindaboogiedownbx7588]

This was one of many shows we went to over 50 shows thru the years ....we were there the night before at randal's island the rain was so bad so show was cut short went next night n this for me was one of the best shows 3 hours the made up from night before n more!!! PJ is incredible n my zeppelin of this era ty for posting ... Have a great day keep on rocking in a free world!!! ☮️

[@tooton]

Thanks pjvideoguy, this is fantastic!

[@stephpavone]

My first Pearl Jam concert ever!

[@Trey7105]

My first as well!

[@michaeljamesmccabe]

Thanks for posting. Loving this.

[@agnieszkagro1712]

thanks a lot for this! I've seen them first time one month after that show, on Nov 01, 1996 in Warsaw Poland. Those were the best times...

[@joeandel]

I was at this show. This was when they took on Ticketmaster. Damn…this was a hard ticket to get. It sounds SO GOOD.

[@zenpaganwarrior]

Love this setlist...awesome show!

[@kellydeegan4879]

26:08 he said he would never be able to play again. i remember the panic I felt. I guess he got over that.

[@luvsthecoors]

Dude this is awesome. This was my 1st PJ show.

[@stoicr9400]

this is so awesome.Jack Irons baby!! thx!!!

[@pjvideoguy]

Setlist is also in the description. Same as what you are looking at here, but also indicates which songs include alternate (closer) footage.

[@krzysztofwojtasik1288]

Anyone else with a new-found respect for how they handled the situtation 15 minutes in? Bummer that it's hard then not to think about Roskilde.

[@jackstraw2656]

This was definitely not my first concert, but it was my first Pearl Jam concert. They were absolutely unrelentless. The encore just kept going until the house lights were put on as if to say “hey we work here and we want to go home please” I never knew Rand Island existed, even though it’s very close to the Brooklyn Bridge

[@codajamfan]

To the Garza guy who commented on Matt Cameron drumming for Pearl Jam, you no, I may be in agreement. I tried to fight it so hard thinking PJ is the greatest and my life saver and all that, however, they have lost that PJ groove they had with those previous drummers. Matt is excellent yes indeed, but not for PJ

[@ego-smack-sequel2661]

I wish I could hang with Eddie and then get to sing 1 or more of his own songs so he can here how much I sound like him. But practicing to sing like him since 92 and have perfected it pretty much

[@lodiwater111]

Thank you for this!! So many great memories!!!

[@AllanOstermann]

When the crowd surged towards the stage, I almost got trampled. First Eddie politely asked the audience to stop. When he saw the potential for serious injury, he shouts, "There's a fucking psych. ward a mile from here (Bellevue Hospital). I think some of you are from there!" He helped prevent disaster that night, and we were treated to Pearl Jam at their very best..for almost 3 hours and perhaps their longest set list up til then. A true treat at a forgotten ancient stadium on an island of mud, but a safe haven, safe from the greedy clutches of Ticketmaster.

[@CurbBlurbs]

What a great post. Thank you for sharing. Eddie was aware of that surge even before Roskild 2000. Makes it even sadder .

[@michellesuttenberg4440]

Was there and it was amazing!!

[@kellydeegan4879]

@pjvideoguy Thanks you sooooooooooooooo much!!!!!

[@laurawatters914]

Just freakin amazing during Animal instantly stops makes sure everyone is ok and then starts Animal where they left off, and also I love Tremors Christ!!! I LOVE PEARL JAM ❤️🤘😊✌️

[@vladkanemcekova8487]

years years ago, fantastic...

[@jamlive6650]

This version of Jeremy is often referred to as “No Jeremy.” Not a huge fan of No Jeremy to be honest but someone on KZbin made a remix of No Jeremy going into Jeremy. In that instance the suspense that No Jeremy built into regular Jeremy was SO COOL!!! Love these Jack Irons shows. He gets a lot of flack because of his style but hearing this, it’s undeniably Jack Irons. Matt Cameron was always better in Soundgarden and sounds somewhat robotic interpreting the DA and JI material in Pearl Jam. Always loved Pearl Jam and just got off of a 10 year break from them. Love rediscovering these classic songs.

[@Xavia720]

thnx for this pjvideoguy!!

[@sixxychik87]

Thank you so much for this! I got kicked in the face at this concert and had to leave :( So happy to finally get to see it 17 years later!

[@laurawatters914]

Immortality was amazing!! Mike McCready solo🎸 and Jack Irons 🥁 solo freakin amazing!!!

[@julianholland4009]

In My Tree with Irons on drums is magical

[@macdanmoxy1807]

Jack Irons the best !!!! The best concert!!!!! Thank you!....

[@TheMrAMT]

Who You Are sounded incredible.

[@luisgarza3375]

Pearl Jam sounds so great with Dave Abbruzzese and Jack Irons on drums, and not so great with Matt Cameron . Matt Cameron is a good drummer ( excellent for soundgarden, he did a great jog when he played drums for Geddy Lee's My Favorite Headache ), but for some reason Pearl Jam's music has never sounded that good without Iron's drumming or Abbruzzese's .....

[@oscarsolis6008]

The reason is eddie vedder. Is a egocentric superstar, It became what he hates the most.

[@AaronStark1993]

Agreed. They had such great grooves with Dave A and Jack. Matt was phenomenal in Soundgarden but in Pearl Jam his playing just doesn't fit.

[@thomasriley9534]

Considering the timeline I would say that Jack Irons is behind the kit but sounds like Abbruzzese so kudos to Jack if so cause Dave was the pinnacle of the entire era’s drumming imo

[@Mono_8080]

Not again... Do we have to read about this topic in every Pearl Jam post?! Geeeeeezzzz get over it!

[@ostreds]

was this at Randall's Island?...I was there...had two girls that night at the same time..greatest concert ever.

[@Fakename70]

You were there but you don't remember the venue?

[@ostreds]

Fakename70 it was a rough day/night..lol

[@joesnow1180]

My first show ever was this concert . My pops took me i was 15 it was amazing i was right up front the whole show . Ben Harper opened with the Razorbacks before him i believe it was . I got a shirt at the show i was kicked out of school for wearing . It was a picture of one of the little clips in the vitology album sleeve . It looked like a dick on someone's face lol . I don't think i even noticed when i bought it . Great memories

[@joem1152]

OMG!! I had that same shirt and got it there! I didn’t notice either and at school everyone was like wtf?

[@gratongraton5134]

I did it! Saw the whole thing.

[@AllanOstermann]

"There's a fucking psych. ward right near here..think some 'a you are from there"--Eddie..(Bellevue, I think). Crazy, scary, at first, show. Almost got crushed...but didn't. SO GREAT!

[@AwesomeLemur]

Eddie stopped his famous climbing on the 'porch' :(

[@Megamando93]

+hellou4 he stopped that by late 92-93

[@goldenhourkodak]

@@Megamando93 He did it in once again in 2006, 2014 and 2016.

[@evanisovich]

I have a question for the people that were there: how intense was the pit? Could you describe how it was?

[@jackmcdonald7391]

It was very intense.People were crowd surfing all night it seemed.I was one of them.A lot of moshing and pushing but fun.It was my only Pearl Jam concert and it was 2 nights

[@kellydeegan4879]

I remember when Eddie stopped Animal! I thought I remember him saying if someone died at one of his shows he could never go on, was that cut out or maybe I read it somewhere? People died in 2000 at that Danish set at a festival.

[@davidpollak685]

No Code Tour

[@michaelpalos5987]

Please bring back Dave A the original bad ass any drum can sound good however the man on the throne will not ever

[@chalo7124]

now say it without crying!

[@goldenhourkodak]

The year Eddie's voice changed

[@Alli8833]

Never understood why people find it so hard not to crush other people in crowds. Fuck.

[@Agos1425]

GOD SAVE THE pjvideoguy!

[@robertk2007]

Is this show John popper showed up on stage?

[@benmurray1162]

Seriously... why can't they have a gate at the front to let the squashed people out??? 🤷‍♂️

[@ecstazyrm]

David abbruzesse missed this one

[@samsquanch1996]

was there a fog machine in there, or was everyone smoking up? lol, good lord look at all that smoke in the air

[@stephpavone]

samsquanch1996 smoke 💨 from things you inhale

[@barfs3147]

neither really, check out at about 13:40

[@canerkurban5922]

don't delete i bagging u

[@reclusiveperson9409]

WTF did they do to “Jeremy”? Otherwise the rest of the show was amazing.

[@elenid7530]

Jeremy Ledbetter they probably didn't want the crowd to go crazy and surge forward, crushing the people in front. Maybe... It was an amazing show though

[@losputtanatore]

1:44:00

[@MEANS911]

Bong dreams: means

[@jamescaramanno5461]

funny the media wouldnt give them the credit they d

[@ego-smack-sequel2661]

Silly duck. No one leaves a Pearl Jam.concert

[@NEWSUPERCHARGER2001]

its unique knowing a Red Hot Chili Peppers member was in this band during this era

[@thegihona]

thank for posting.... LOVE PJ... help us get them to Israel #bringpearljamtoisrael

[@KendrickLacannabis]

"Oh, what now we got a fight? What there's a republican in the audience, ya know?" Hahaha! That was some funny shit!

[@dontdrinkthekoolaid.]

Pearl Jam the spinal tap of alternative rock lol...

[@MEANS911]

Pipe dreams: Means

[@jenlac2026]

How funny of Jeff to do that.......

[@russellbaker3514]

‘sKiP TOWN’& Mr RAGS In N.Y.C.new van Also’

[@jenlac2026]

How disrespectful, that crowd.

[@ST-lm9bh]

I just hung out in the middle in the rain whichever night that was. I do remember one night being mostly the popular songs and the other not as much and that was the better night. I could look it up but id rather post it this way.

[@AllanOstermann]

I was there. Almost got crushed to death. Still one of the best concerts ever!!!!