Pearl Jam 'Backspacer' album

Pearl Jam will celebrate Halloween early with two concerts at Philadelphia's Wachovia Spectrum to be held October 28th and 30th. The shows are part of a brief North American tour which also includes stops in San Diego, Seattle and Los Angeles. Ben Harper and Relentless 7 will open all announced shows except for those in Philadelphia.

The tour dates come in support of Pearl Jam's self-released ninth album, "Backspacer," (Tsuami Entertainment) which will be out September 21st. As previously reported, Target will be the exclusive big-box retailer in the United States, while Universal will handle distribution internationally.

The new album's first single, the hard-charging rock track "The Fixer," will hit U.S. radio and digital retailers on July 20th and impacts Hot AC on September 14th. At recent solo shows, frontman Eddie Vedder has debuted three other tracks -- "Unthought Known," "The End" and "Speed of Sound" which are expected to appear on the album as well.

Also on tap is a headlining slot on October 4th at the Austin City Limits festival in Austin, Texas. The day before, Pearl Jam will tape an episode of the long-running TV series "Austin City Limits."

Pearl Jam tour dates
Sept. 21: Seattle (Key Arena)
Sept. 22: Seattle (Key Arena)
Sept. 30: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 1: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 6: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 7: Los Angeles (Gibson Amp.)
Oct. 9: San Diego (Viejas Arena)
Oct. 28: Philadelphia (Spectrum)
Oct. 30: Philadelphia (Spectrum)

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Pearl Jam will release its new album exclusively through Target. It's called "Backspacer" and will be out in the fall with a single hitting radio next month. The band's longtime manager Kelly Curtis confirmed that Pearl Jam shot a TV commercial for Target at Seattle's Showbox theater, directed by Cameron Crowe.

Mr. Curtis went on to say that after 18 years with Sony, the band does not have a record contract and is exploring partnerships with all sorts of entertainment companies including video game manufacturers.

"We'll have a lot of partners," says Curtis. Target ended up allowing us to have other partners. We'll be able to take care of all levels of the Pearl Jam fan... Target was cool enough to realize that little independent record stores are not their competition." Curtis also stated that Backspacer would be for sale via Ten Club, Pearl Jam's fan site.

Pearl Jam was on Conan O'Brien's debut as host of NBC's "Tonight" show this month and played their new single called "The Fixer," which impacts Rock on July 21st.

Kelly went on to confirm that Pearl Jam will tour once the new album is released.

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