53 10/9/00, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois.52 10/8/00, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin.51 10/7/00, The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan.50 10/5/00, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.49 10/4/00, Molson Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.48 9/5/00, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.47 9/4/00, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland.46 9/2/00, Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre, Camden, New Jersey.44 8/30/00, Tweeter Center Boston, Mansfield, Massachusetts.43 8/29/00, Tweeter Center Boston, Mansfield, Massachusetts.
27 8/4/00, Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, North Carolina.26 8/3/00, GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia.24 6/28/00, Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.23 6/26/00, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany.21 6/23/00, Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.20 6/22/00, FILA Forum Arena, Milan, Italy.19 6/20/00, Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy.18 6/19/00, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia.17 6/18/00, Residenzplatz, Salzburg, Austria.14 6/14/00, Paegas Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.13 6/12/00, Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Netherlands.12 6/11/00, Rock im Park, Nuremberg, Germany.11 6/9/00, Rock am Ring, Nürburg, Germany.10 6/8/00, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France.9 6/6/00, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales.8 6/4/00, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England.6 6/1/00, The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland.5 5/30/00, Wembley Arena, London, England.4 5/29/00, Wembley Arena, London, England.3 5/26/00, Velodromo de Anoeta, San Sebastian, Spain (Basque Country).2 5/25/00, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain (Catalonia).1 5/23/00, Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.Eighteen shows from the tour were chosen by the band as "Ape/Man" shows, which, according to bassist Jeff Ament, were shows the band found "really exciting." With the release of these official bootlegs, Pearl Jam would set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time. The Seattle show was released as a triple-disc set, and was the highest-charting of the series, peaking at number 98 on the Billboard 200, and was called an "essential live document" by Allmusic. Every show was released in a cardboard sleeve containing two CDs, with the exception of the 72nd and final show on the tour, Novemat KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. 72 of the "bootlegs" were released to stores in three waves in late 2000 and early 2001, with the 25 European bootlegs coming first. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic referred to Pearl Jam as "the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s.Pearl Jam's official bootleg program was begun for the band's 2000 Binaural Tour. Pearl Jam has outlasted and outsold many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the decade. To date, the band has sold more than 31.5 million records in the U.S, and an estimated 60 million worldwide. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame." One of the key bands of the grunge movement in the early 1990s, over the course of the band's career, its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices, including refusing to make music videos, giving interviews and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster. The band's fifth and current drummer is Matt Cameron of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998.įormed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten, in 1991. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Stone Gossard (guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), Mike McCready (guitar), and Eddie Vedder (vocals). Pearl Jam is an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990.