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Billboard Bits: Pearl Jam

The music heard as Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel was about to board a plane to Paris in last week's final episode of "Friends" might have sounded familiar, but its usage was an unfamiliar situation for the artist in question. In fact, the snippet of Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter" used in the scene marked the first time the veteran Seattle rock act had ever licensed its songs for a television show.

According to a group spokesperson, it was simply a matter of the show's producers asking permission, which Pearl Jam granted. Although never included on an album until last year's rarities collection "Lost Dogs," "Yellow Ledbetter" has taken on a life of its own since its release as a B-side in 1992. The cut wound up appearing on seven Billboard charts in the mid-'90s, despite never being worked to radio.

Pearl Jam is preparing to end its break from the road and the studio, following an extensive 2003 tour in support of its latest studio album, "Riot Act." The group is discussing how it may get involved with voter registration efforts as the U.S. presidential election approaches, including possible live appearances.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

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Well, I have my own thoughts on the whole Friends thing, but perhaps that's another thread for another time...


It's interesting that throughout the rest of the PJ sites and Boards, everyone's most excited about the potential for more live shows. I think if they do get together for some gigs, it'll be a short little run like the Benaroya/Bridge benefit/Santa Barbara stretch from October... I don't see it as being any more extensive than that, but I also don't think of it as being an outright replacement for that old proposed mini-tour Ed was talking about from the stage last summer.


With regards to studio time, I recall Mike mentioning in interviews that they were going to get together in April, but until I hear or read otherwise, I'd imagine those sessions weren't all that extensive since already we're hearing about them joining up again. This just my guess, but I figure that April reunion ended up being just the rehearsal(s) for the Impact Awards performance.


Always great to hear about them getting together after a break...The idea of them creating new music together, and of them each bringing in demos of their individual work to share with the band is very pleasing and encouraging.



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http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000603670


Pearl Jam Eyeing Winter Studio Return






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After Pearl Jam reassembles in early October for its first live shows in nearly a year, the Seattle rock outfit will get busy on its eighth studio album. "I think they're planning on going back to the studio this winter," manager Kelly Curtis tells Billboard.com. As for a possible release date, Curtis would only say, "When they're done, they give it to us and we go."

The group will play six shows in October as part of the Vote for Change tour, which Curtis helped organize with the managers of Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, R.E.M. and the Dixie Chicks. The trek kicks off Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania and will proceed to eight additional presidential election battleground states.

"We were getting bombarded with requests to play around the election, and I thought I would seek out some advice," he says of the tour's genesis. "So I called [Sprinsgteen manager] Jon Landau to see how they were dealing with all the stuff coming in. The more we talked, the more we thought it would be a good idea to get a bunch of managers together and try to get educated."

"What came out of there was five managers connecting and deciding that we should try to pull off some kind of swing-state tour. Then, it became a logistical nightmare," he adds with a laugh. Curtis declined to comment on the possibility of additional acts being added to the tour or rumors of an Oct. 10 all-star finale show in Florida.

As for Pearl Jam's specific concerts with Death Cab For Cutie, on-sale dates are still being finalized. Curtis doesn't expect the shows to be made available as part of Pearl Jam's ongoing authorized bootleg series, because "it might be a little shorter set from Pearl Jam [than usual], or a lot of collaboration. But then you're dealing with other people's record companies and it gets too complicated."

Curtis hinted at additional Pearl Jam shows in 2004 but declined to reveal specifics. Asked if the band would unveil some new material at Vote for Change appearances, he said, "I'm sure that will be the case."

Having left longtime label Epic last year, Pearl Jam crowned its free agent status with the July 27 release of "Live at Benaroya Hall" via its own Ten Club fan organization and a distribution deal with BMG. The set debuted last week at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Internet Album Sales tally and No. 18 on The Billboard 200 thanks to first-week sales of 52,000 copies.

"This was a perfect record to try something new with some different folks," he says. "Luckily, we don't have to decide [about potentially signing with a new label] right now. We want to do as much as we can ourselves, and for what we can't do or don't want to do, we'll rely on someone else."


-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.


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