TheBackspacer Tour was a concert tour by the Americanrock bandPearl Jam to support its ninth studio album,Backspacer (2009). Fifty-six shows were played, across North America, Europe and Oceania.

Pearl Jam promotedBackspacer with tours in Europe, North America and Oceania in 2009^[1] and further legs in North America and Europe in 2010.

In August 2009, Pearl Jam headlined theOutside Lands Music and Arts Festival,^[2] which was preceded by five shows in Europe and three in North America.^[3][4][5] This tour preceded the release of Pearl Jam's 2009 album,Backspacer. On August 11, 2009, the band played an intimate show at theShepherd's Bush Empire in London. The band was joined onstage byThe Rolling Stones guitaristRonnie Wood to play a cover of "All Along the Watchtower".^[6] Later that night the band was joined bySimon Townshend, younger brother ofPete Townshend, to performThe Who's "The Real Me".^[6]

On August 21, 2009, the band played inToronto.Ted Leo and the Pharmacists were scheduled to be the support band, butLeo was unable to attend, after being stuck at the border.^[7] This resulted in vocalistEddie Vedder taking to the stage to coverNeil Young's "Sugar Mountain" and "The Needle and the Damage Done".^[7] GuitaristMike McCready then played two songs, followed by guitaristStone Gossard covering "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" byJohnny Thunders, before The Pharmacists played their set.^[7]

In October 2009, Pearl Jam headlined theAustin City Limits Music Festival.^[8] The Austin City Limits appearance took place amidst the fourteen-date North American leg of the tour.^[1] On October 6, 2009, the band played in Los Angeles at theGibson Amphitheatre. They were joined onstage by formerSoundgarden frontmanChris Cornell to perform theTemple of the Dog song "Hunger Strike".^[9] This was followed with an appearance byAlice In Chains guitaristJerry Cantrell on "Alive".^[9]

Pearl Jam was the final band that performed at theWachovia Spectrum with four shows that took place on October 27–28 and October 30–31. At the final show at the Spectrum, the band played the song "Bugs" from their 1994 albumVitalogy for the first time.^[10] The band also performed a cover of Devo's "Whip It" in full costume.^[11] An additional leg consisting of a tour of Oceania took place afterward.^[12] The band played at theNew Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 1, 2010.^[13] They then played twelve dates in America in the same month^[14][15] and completed a second European leg in July 2010.^[16]

While most shows on the 2010 US leg were met with positive reviews,^[17][18][19] Dan Aquilante of theNew York Post commenting on the first night atMadison Square Garden, said the lyrics were "mostly indiscernible" and "were little more than garbled jibber-jabber".^[20] At the show at theO₂ in Dublin, a fan broke his arm in three places, after he jumped off the balcony and landed on the canopy above the mixing desk.^[21]

Official bootlegs are available for this tour through the band's official website inFLAC,MP3, andCD formats.^[22]

• Gomez — 2009 European leg (excluding August 11)
• The Pharmacists — August 21, 2009
• Bad Religion — August 23 & 24, 2009 and October 30 & 31, 2009
• Ben Harper and Relentless7 — September 21, 2009 – October 9, 2009 (excluding October 4), Oceania, 2010 European tour (excluding festival dates)
• Social Distortion — October 27 & 28, 2009
• Liam Finn — Oceania
• Band of Horses — 2010 North America leg (excluding May 20)
• The Black Keys — May 20, 2010

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Pearl Jam

• Jeff Ament –bass guitar
• Stone Gossard –rhythm guitar
• Mike McCready –lead guitar
• Eddie Vedder –lead vocals,guitar
• Matt Cameron –drums

Additional musicians

• Boom Gaspar –Hammond B3 andkeyboards

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  Pearl Jam fans outside theShepherd's Bush Empire, London, England on August 11, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in London, England on August 11, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in London, England on August 11, 2009
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  Pearl Jam, withRonnie Wood, performing "All Along the Watchtower" in London, England on August 11, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Manchester, England on August 17, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Manchester, England on August 17, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Manchester, England on August 17, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Manchester, England on August 17, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Adelaide, Australia on November 17, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Adelaide, Australia on November 17, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Melbourne, Australia on November 20, 2009
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  Eddie Vedder in Melbourne, Australia on November 20, 2009
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  Ben Harper and Eddie Vedder covering "Under Pressure" in Sydney, Australia on November 22, 2009
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  Eddie Vedder in Sydney, Australia on November 22, 2009
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  Ben Harper and Eddie Vedder covering "Under Pressure" in Brisbane, Australia on November 25, 2009
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  Pearl Jam in Brisbane, Australia on November 25, 2009
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  Pearl Jam atMadison Square Garden on May 20, 2010
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  Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden on May 20, 2010
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  Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden on May 21, 2010
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  Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden on May 21, 2010

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• 2010 concert tours
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