LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder
will launch his first solo tour in Vancouver on April 2 to help
promote his soundtrack album for "Into the Wild," according to
a statement issued on Friday.
But the brief "April Fools" theater trek will take him only
as far as California: Santa Cruz (April 5), Berkeley (April 7),
Santa Barbara (April 10), Los Angeles (April 12, 13) and San
Diego (April 15).
Tickets, priced at $65 before fees, go on sale on February
22, except for Santa Barbara, where they will be available on
February 29.
New Zealand singer/songwriter Liam Finn will open the
shows. Vedder and Finn have played together before, and Vedder
is a longtime fan of Split Enz, the art-rock band led by Finn's
father Neil and uncle Tim.
Vedder won acclaim with his soundtrack for "Into the Wild,"
director Sean Penn's adaptation of the nonfiction book about a
college graduate's ill-fated expedition to Alaska. Vedder won a
Golden Globe for the track "Guaranteed," but was a surprise
omission when Oscar nominations were announced last month. The
song also received a Grammy Award nomination.
Pearl Jam, meanwhile, after a relatively quiet 2007, will
headline the Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival, which takes place
in Manchester, Tenn. on June 12-15. Tickets go on sale on
Saturday.
(Reporting by Dean Goodman)
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