Pearl Jam have cancelled their show in Vienna, after Eddie Vedder developed throat problems following an outdoor gig in Paris. On Thursday, the band also nixed their show scheduled for Friday in Prague, the Guardian reports. The band explained that "due to the extreme circumstances at the last outdoor site outside of Paris (heat, dust, and smoke from the fires) our singer Ed Vedder’s throat was left damaged". Also from the PJ camp: Eddie Vedder booted a fan out of a Pearl Jam concert in Zurich after they started a fight with another attendee - "you’re out of here. Violence is not allowed”, Vedder said.

Former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese has joined forces with the Pearl Jam Family France Facebook community to rerecord the band’s 1993 classic 'Rearviewmirror', Loudwire reports. The seven-minute video cuts between several fans taking turns on vocals, guitars, and bass, while Abbruzzese handles the drums, just as he did on the original recording. Abbruzzese was let go from the band in 1994 because of personality conflicts with Eddie Vedder, but has a strong fan following.

Pearl Jam have launched Deep, a digital collection of their official site which allows visitors access to 186 bootlegs and 5,404 tracks spanning from 2000 to 2013. Each gig is accompanied by show descriptions written by members of the band’s Ten Club fan club. Fans will also be able to create gigs via the Custom Setlist Generator with the dream setlist turned into a streamable playlist. Pearl Jam are planning to start European tour in June.

In recognition of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Pearl Jam released the uncensored version of their 1992 video for 'Jeremy', one of their most chilling and affecting, and popular songs, based on the real-life suicide of high school student Jeremy Wade Delle, who shot himself in front of his classmates in January 1991. The uncensored version includes the haunting final scene with Jeremy putting a gun in his mouth. “The increase in gun violence since the debut of ‘Jeremy’ is staggering” Pearl Jam wrote in an accompanying social media post, adding - “We can prevent gun deaths whether mass shootings, deaths of despair, law enforcement, or accidental,” the band added".

The Weeknd's 'After Hours' remains atop the Billboard 200 in its second week on the charts with 138,000 equivalent album units, while 6 new albums enter the Top 10, as Billboard reports. Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer scores its fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart as 'Calm' surges from No. 62 to No. 2 with 133,000 equivalent album units (up 1,159%). UK pop singer Dua Lipa lands her first top 10 album, as her second effort, 'Future Nostalgia', debuts at No. 4 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned. Grunge veterans Pearl Jam return to the Billboard 200 with their first studio album since 2013, as 'Gigaton' jumps in at No. 5 with 63,000 equivalent album units earned (14,000 copies sold on vinyl, the second-largest week on vinyl for a 2020 release). Canadian r'n'b singer PartyNextDoor lands at No. 8 with 50,000 equivalent album units earned with 'PartyMobile'. American rapper Joyner Lucas makes his chart debut with his first studio album, 'ADHD' selling in 39,000 equivalent album units, enough for No. 10 spot.

Spin turned back to 30 years of Pearl Jam, trying to explain the how:

The ability to say "No" to anything that didn’t feel right

Getting Jack Irons to play with them - he was the grounding force that allowed the band to concentrate on music

Having Neil Young as a friend - he helped them keep their heads on straight through all manner of turmoil and triumph

Getting a perspective - Eddie Vedder got into a crappy van in 1995 to play sideman on Minuteman bassist Mike Watt’s solo club tour

Having Pete Townshend as a friend - after the 2000 Roskilde Festival tragedy The Who’s Pete Townshend helped the band survive with advice and consolation

Getting Matt Cameron into the band - the former Soundgarden drummer was just the friendly quick study who could learn the band’s catalog in three weeks, saving the summer tour right then and there and in fact turning it into a particular powerhouse

Miley Cyrus has called off a trip to Australia, where she was due to headline a bushfire benefit concert on Friday, Sydney Morning Herald reports. Two Madonna shows in Paris have been cancelled after the French government banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people, Roling Stone reports. Pearl Jam have postponed their US and Canada tour, saying the risk "is simply too high for our comfort level", but their summer tour in Europe will carry on for now, Variety reports. Bloomberg reports the Coachella music festival in California - due to take place in April - will be put back to October.

ol #1 Dark Blue' by London band Caroline is nice, psychedelic folk floating on a violin; 'A Thousand Words' is some arty-pop by Jay Som; Pearl Jam released an animated video for their new song 'Superblood Wolfmoon'; Neck of the Woods play progy death metal on 'Vision Loser'; instrumental trio Vasudeva play psycho/post-rock on 'Breaks'; jazz-pop singer-songwriter and violinist Joe Kye advocates for immigrant families on 'Stick on Me', a great video to go with.

In the week he turned 30, The Weeknd dropped 'After Hours', title song from his album of the same name, a slow-burning nightly record; Nnamdi released an unusual folk song 'Flowers to my Demons'; American soul/r'n'b veteran Swamp Dogg got some help from Bon Iver's Justin Vernon on 'Good, Better, Best'; Canadian dream-pop band Purity Ring shared a song 'Stardew' from their first new album in five years; Greg Dulli made a great sunny song 'A Ghost'; Pearl Jam go retro rock on 'Superblood Wolfmoon' experimentalists Horse Lords go reggaeton and make a cool video to go with 'People's Park'; Yves Tumor stays in the weird-pop lane with 'Gospel For A New Century'; underground rap legend Kool Keith released a collaboration 'Hallucinations' with duo Thetan; Sightless Pit, the new collaborative project of Lee Buford (The Body), Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota), and Dylan Walker (Full of Hell), have shared two new songs.

To hear a snippet on new Pearl Jam single, 'Superblood Wolfmoon' fans have to visit moon.pearljam.com via their mobile phones and point their phone camera at the moon. As Billboard explains, the regular moon will turn into a bright red "Superblood Wolfmoon" and the song will automatically start playing. The experience is available through Feb. 18. The song is coming out on Pearl Jam's 11th studio album, 'Gigaton', March 27.

Pearl Jam have released 'Dance Of The Clairvoyants', the first single from their new album 'Gigaton', out March 27, the Rolling Stone reports. Jeff Ament wrote on Twitter - “‘Dance’ was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration… We’ve opened some new doors creatively and that’s exciting”. At the first listen it reminds of the change U2 have made in the 1990s with their album 'Pop'. Pearl Jam start a world tour in March.

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready hosted the first-ever Peak to Sky Music Festival in Big Sky, Montana this last weekend, and two-day fest led up to all-star super jam consisting of McCready, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, […]

A diverse array of artists honored the memory of Chris Cornell at the I Am The Highway tribute concert in Los Angeles last week. Members of Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Jane’s Addiction, Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age, Black Sabbath and others took park. Rolling Stone...

Consequence of Sound has a nice text about Pearl Jam's 'Vs', on album's 25th birthday. "A band that has seen the horror that is the rock and roll fantasy, how it just eats you up and spits you out with no regard for anything but the money... The visible damage that success, fame, and the […]