Published: April 05, 2006

Pearl Jam Announces Second Leg of U.S. Tour

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Tour Includes Special Guests Robert Pollard and Sonic Youth Plus Four Special Shows With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Pearl Jam announced today the second leg of their 2006 U.S. tour in support of their new, self-titled album due out May 2. Leg two is scheduled to kick off on June 23 in Pittsburgh, PA and will finish on July 22 in George, WA.

Public on-sale dates and ticket information will be announced in local markets in the coming weeks.

DATES AND OPENING ACTS FOR LEG TWO OF PEARL JAM'S 2006 U.S. TOUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DATE           CITY                VENUE                    OPENING ACT
June 23    Pittsburgh, PA       Mellon Arena              Robert Pollard
June 24    Cincinnati, OH       US Bank Arena             Robert Pollard
June 26*   St. Paul, MN         Xcel Energy Center
June 27*   St. Paul, MN         Xcel Energy Center
July 2*    Denver, CO           Pepsi Center
July 3*    Denver, CO           Pepsi Center
July 6     Las Vegas, NV        MGM Grand Garden Arena      Sonic Youth
July 7     San Diego, CA        Cox Arena                   Sonic Youth
July 9**   Los Angeles, CA      The Great Western Forum     Sonic Youth
July 10**  Los Angeles, CA      The Great Western Forum     Sonic Youth
July 13    Santa Barbara, CA    Santa Barbara Bowl          Sonic Youth
July 16    San Francisco, CA    Bill Graham Civic Aud.      Sonic Youth
July 18    San Francisco, CA    Bill Graham Civic Aud.      Sonic Youth
July 22    George, WA           The Gorge                "An Evening with
                                                           Pearl Jam"

* Special shows with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

** Pearl Jam's July 9 Los Angeles concert went on sale Saturday, April 1 and sold out. A second show has been added for July 10.

The first single off of Pearl Jam's forthcoming album, "World Wide Suicide," is at its third week at the #1 position on the modern rock radio chart. Rolling Stone gave "World Wide Suicide" 4 stars and described the single as, "[a] furious but melodic anti-war tune...careening Pete Townshend-esque power vocal chords...."

For more information on Pearl Jam, visit www.pearljam.com.