Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Pearl Jam will return to St. Paul for the first time in more than eight years when they headline Xcel Energy Center on Aug. 31 and Sept. 2.
Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program, which requires advance registration and is open through 7 p.m. April 25. Tickets will then go on sale at 10 a.m. April 28 through Ticketmaster. Neither the venue nor the promoter announced ticket prices.
As usual, the band is selling “the majority of tickets to Ten Club members” who had already joined the fan club prior to the concert announcement. They’re also selling what they’re calling PJ Premium tickets through Ticketmaster. They make up about 10 percent of all seats, are located in “preferred locations” in the arena and are priced at market rate. All tickets are non-transferable, with listed prices including all additional fees.
Formed in Seattle in 1990, Pearl Jam broke through with its 1991 debut album, “Ten.” It spawned three hit singles with “Alive,” “Even Flow” and “Jeremy” and has topped 10 million in sales. A spot on the 1992 Lollapalooza tour helped establish the band as must-see live act.
Starting with their second album, “Vs.,” the band stopped following many of the traditional rules of the mainstream music business, refusing to make videos and conducting few interviews. In 1994, the band famously took on Ticketmaster, claiming the company was a monopoly that charged too many fees.
Pearl Jam released their 11th album, “Gigaton,” in late March 2020, two weeks after the country went into the pandemic lockdown. The singles “Dance of the Clairvoyants” and “Superblood Wolfmoon” both found a warm reception on rock radio.
Over the past two decades, Pearl Jam has only played the Twin Cities four times, headlining the X in 2003 and 2014 and sharing the bill at the arena with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for a pair of concerts in 2006.
