“We were actually talking about trying to get in before Bridge School, but I think this Band Of Horses with Brad is going to make that harder to do. 1 on the Billboard 200, are just in the early stages, according to Gossard. Meanwhile, plans for the follow up to the Seattle rock veterans’ 2009 album “Backspacer,” which debuted at No. and European tour and released digital bootlegs of every show - Gossard divulges that the band is mulling a South American trek for 2011. Though Pearl Jam has been plenty busy this year - they’ve done both a U.S. No other acts, aside from Neil Young, have yet been announced for the 2010 Bridge concerts. “I think we’ve just stayed on course in a way that’s maybe encouraged people and surprised people, and I think there’s more that we can do.” “It’s so great that it’s still going on, isn’t it? ‘Just stick together,’ that’s the advice we got from Paul McGuinness,” back in the early 90s, Gossard says, laughing. 22 marks the date in 1990 that the band, then called Mookie Blaylock, played its first show in Seattle’s tiny Off Ramp club. The Bridge School dates, which will likely be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater, begin the day after Pearl Jam’s exact anniversary. The group first played the benefit, which supports Young’s school for children with severe physical disabilities, back in 1992. It’s not about us, it about all those kids that are on stage with you and about Neil Young and his commitment, his influence.” It will be Pearl Jam’s eighth Bridge appearance. “So that’s our 20th anniversary, which is fitting.
“The only thing we’ve got going on in October is Bridge School, which is really special,” Gossard told Billboard while in New York to support the new album by his side-band, Brad. NEW YORK - Pearl Jam fans, save the date: guitarist Stone Gossard says the closest thing to a 20th birthday gig for the band will be a slot on the bill of Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, Calif.
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