Episode 198: Hamilton, ONT, CA - 9/13/2005

It's the final week of tour preparation as Pearl Jam finishes up the last of the Canadian dates, and I guess because the 2022 Hamilton show took place a day before this was released, it's not quite a part of the preparation? But as you'll hear many times in this spectacular Hamilton show from 2005, there is a lot to celebrate with this one. We couldn't do another Canadian show and not talk about 2005. This was the first time that the band got to experience Canada from end to end, hitting up all of the big towns like Toronto and Montreal, but also making pit stops in places like Thunder Bay, Kitchener and Halifax. The band expresses their admiration for the country, and they do it by raising a toast nearly every time that Ed speaks. It'll be a running theme that all culminates in Go sounding like he did one too many. This setlist on paper is mind blowing, and on stage it absolutely meets that expectation. We get the very rare appearance of Porch as the opening song in the set that kicks off some of the craziness, then an injection of Lost Dogs such as Sad and U. But there are so many show stealers in this that it's hard to pick just one from Present Tense, Untitled/MFC, Harvest Moon and a hybrid of the normal and alternative takes from In My Tree. Visit the Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs