Dark Matter World Tour

The Dark Matter World Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam in support of their twelfth studio album Dark Matter. The tour began on May 4, 2024 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, and concluded on May 18, 2025 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, United States.

Dark Matter World Tour

Tour by Pearl Jam
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Dark Matter
Start date	May 4, 2024
End date	May 18, 2025
Legs	5
No. of shows	48
Supporting acts	Deep Sea Diver The Murder Capital Glen Hansard Pixies Dead Pioneers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
Box office	$120 million (30 shows)[1][2]
Pearl Jam concert chronology

The first leg of the tour consisted of eleven shows on the West Coast. The second leg of the tour, focused in Europe, originally had 9 scheduled shows, however, their June 29 London show as well as their July 2 and July 3 shows in Berlin were cancelled due to illness in the band. The third leg returned to North America with a mix of shows in the East Coast, Midwest, and Western United States. On July 25th 2024, Pearl Jam announced they would be playing two shows at the band run Ohana Festival which would be added at the end of the third leg of the tour.^[3] The fourth leg of the tour went to Oceania, featuring shows in New Zealand and Australia. The fifth leg of the tour was announced on December 5, 2024, with additional date on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on January 15, 2025, and consisted of 11 shows focused on the Southeastern United States.^[4][5]

The tour was the band’s last to feature longtime drummer Matt Cameron, who announced his departure from the group in July 2025.

Opening acts

Seattle band Deep Sea Diver were the openers for leg one. The Murder Capital and Richard Ashcroft both opened for the band on the second leg. Glen Hansard opened on the third leg of the tour, and the fourth leg was opened by Pixies for every show on the leg, and Liam Finn, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, and Cosmic Psychos for select shows.^[6][7]

Set list

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on August 22, 2024, at the Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, United States. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[8]

1. "Given to Fly"
2. "Nothing as It Seems"
3. "Low Light"
4. "Why Go"
5. "Corduroy"
6. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
7. "Scared of Fear"
8. "React, Respond"
9. "Wreckage"
10. "Even Flow"
11. "Hard to Imagine"
12. "Dark Matter"
13. "Won’t Tell"
14. "Upper Hand"
15. "Jeremy"
16. "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon cover)
17. "Porch"
18. "Her Majesty" (The Beatles cover)
19. "Just Breathe"
20. "Smile"
21. "Wasted Reprise"
22. "Life Wasted"
23. "Do the Evolution"
24. "Setting Sun"
25. "Alive"
26. "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young cover)

Tour dates

List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Date (2024)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
May 4	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	Deep Sea Diver	27,654 / 27,654	$4,262,442
May 6
May 10	Portland	United States	Moda Center		14,088 / 14,088	$2,125,364
May 13	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center		11,787 / 11,787	$2,299,936
May 16	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena		25,180 / 25,180	$4,672,853
May 18
May 21	Inglewood[a]		Kia Forum		27,823 / 27,823	$4,664,690
May 22
May 25[b]	Napa Valley		Napa Valley Expo	—	—	—
May 28	Seattle		Climate Pledge Arena	Deep Sea Diver	29,423 / 29,423	$5,893,644
May 30
June 22	Dublin	Ireland	Marlay Park	The Murder Capital	—	—
June 25	Manchester	England	Co-Op Live		—	—
July 6	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi		—	—
July 8
July 11[c]	Madrid		Iberdrola Music	—	—	—
July 13[d]	Lisbon	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
August 22	Missoula	United States	Washington–Grizzly Stadium	Glen Hansard	25,326 / 25,326	$3,932,418
August 26	Noblesville[e]		Ruoff Music Center		24,697 / 24,697	$2,282,757
August 29	Chicago		Wrigley Field		81,910 / 81,910	$13,689,882
August 31
September 3	New York		Madison Square Garden		28,600 / 28,600	$5,800,000
September 4
September 7	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		29,132 / 29,132	$6,300,000
September 9
September 12	Baltimore		CFG Bank Arena		12,188 / 12,188	$2,600,000
September 15	Boston		Fenway Park		74,802 / 74,802	$12,547,015
September 17
September 27[f]	Dana Point		Doheny State Beach	—	—	—
September 29[f]
November 8	Auckland	New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium	Pixies Liam Finn	71,000 / 71,000	$7,900,000
November 10
November 13	Gold Coast	Australia	People First Stadium	Pixies	46,900 / 46,900	$7,000,000
November 16	Melbourne		Marvel Stadium	Pixies Cosmic Psychos	116,000 / 116,000	$15,700,000
November 18				Pixies Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
November 21	Sydney		ENGIE Stadium	Pixies Cosmic Psychos	80,000 / 80,000	$11,100,000
November 23				Pixies Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

List of 2025 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date (2025)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
April 24	Hollywood	United States	Hard Rock Live	Dead Pioneers	—	—
April 26
April 29	Atlanta		State Farm Arena		—	—
May 1
May 3[g]	New Orleans		Fair Grounds Race Course	—	—	—
May 6	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers	—	—
May 8
May 11	Raleigh		Lenovo Center		—	—
May 13
May 16	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena		—	—
May 18
Total					726,510	$112,771,001

Notes

1. Listed as Los Angeles in promotional material
2. The May 25, 2024 performance was a part of the Bottle Rock Festival.
3. The July 11, 2024 performance was a part of the Mad Cool Festival.
4. The July 13, 2024 performance was a part of the Nos Alive Festival.
5. Listed as Indianapolis in promotional material
6. The performances on September 27 and 29, 2024 were part of Ohana Festival.
7. The May 3, 2025 performance was a part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Gallery

Full band shot of Pearl Jam playing at Madison Square Garden, September 3rd, 2024

Eddie Vedder singing into the microphone at Madison Square Garden, September 3rd, 2024

Eddie Vedder singing into the microphone and raising his hand at Madison Square Garden, September 3rd, 2024

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason for cancellation
June 29, 2024	London	England	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Illness[16]
July 2, 2024	Berlin	Germany	Waldbühne
July 3, 2024

Personnel

Pearl Jam

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

Additional musicians

• Boom Gaspar – hammond B3, keyboards
• Josh Klinghoffer – guitars, keyboards