Riot Act Tour

Riot Act Tour

Tour by Pearl Jam
Location	Australia Japan North America
Associated album	Riot Act
Start date	February 8, 2003
End date	July 19, 2003
Legs	3
No. of shows	58 in North America 10 in Australia 5 in Japan 73 in total
Pearl Jam concert chronology

The Riot Act Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its seventh album, Riot Act.

History

Pearl Jam promoted Riot Act with tours in Australia, Japan, and North America in 2003. The tours were the band's first with keyboardist Boom Gaspar. The two legs of the North American tour focused on the Midwestern United States, the East Coast, and the West Coast. Opening acts for the tours included Johnny Marr, Sparta, Sleater-Kinney, Buzzcocks and Idlewild.

Pearl Jam received much publicity for its energetic politically charged performances during the tour. The band gave a noteworthy performance during the encore of its February 23, 2003 show in Perth at the Burswood Dome where it was joined on stage by Hunters & Collectors frontman Mark Seymour to perform "Throw Your Arms Around Me", a personal favorite of vocalist Eddie Vedder. At many shows during the 2003 North American tour, Vedder performed Riot Act's "Bu$hleaguer", a commentary on President George W. Bush, with a rubber mask of Bush, wearing it at the beginning of the song and then hanging it on a mic stand to allow him to sing. The band made news when it was reported that several fans left after Vedder had "impaled" the Bush mask on his mic stand at the band's April 1, 2003 show in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center. Following a performance of the song at Pearl Jam's April 30, 2003 show in Uniondale, New York at the Nassau Coliseum, the band was met with boos from the crowd and chants of "U-S-A." Vedder responded by defending his right to free speech and the band followed with a performance of The Clash's "Know Your Rights".

The song "Arc" was performed by Vedder at nine shows during the second North American leg of the tour as a tribute to the victims of the Roskilde disaster. On the second leg of the North American tour the band performed a three-day set of Boston shows at the Tweeter Center Boston. Pearl Jam played a completely different set list each night, spanning 105 songs from its catalog with only one repeat between the three shows, the popular concert-ending "Yellow Ledbetter". In May 2003, Pearl Jam extended its North American tour by announcing that it would be playing in Mexico for the first time. Before the first concert on July 17, 2003 in Mexico City at Palacio de los Deportes, the band gave its first press conference in almost ten years. In addition, the third concert was transmitted live on radio and television to all of Latin America for free.

The Australia, Japan, and North America tours were documented by a long series of official bootlegs, all of which were available through the band's official website. A total of six bootlegs were made available in record stores: Perth, Tokyo, State College, Pennsylvania, two shows from Madison Square Garden, and Mansfield, Massachusetts. One of the four warm-up dates was released as a DVD entitled Live at the Showbox, which was made available through the band's website. The first of two shows at Madison Square Garden was released as the Live at the Garden DVD.

Tour dates

Information taken from various sources.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Live album
Warm-up shows
December 5, 2002	Seattle	United States	The Showbox	NEO
December 6, 2002				Steve Earle	Live at the Showbox
December 8, 2002			KeyArena	Steve Earle, Brad
December 9, 2002				Brad, Mudhoney
Pacific leg
February 8, 2003	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Johnny Marr
February 9, 2003
February 11, 2003	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre	Johnny Marr, Betchadupa
February 13, 2003
February 14, 2003
February 16, 2003	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Johnny Marr
February 18, 2003	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
February 19, 2003
February 20, 2003
February 23, 2003	Perth		Burswood Dome		2/23/03 – Perth, Australia
February 28, 2003	Sendai	Japan	Izumity 21
March 1, 2003	Yokohama		Pacifico Yokohama
March 3, 2003	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan		3/3/03 – Tokyo, Japan
March 4, 2003	Osaka		Kōsei Nenkin Kaika
March 6, 2003	Nagoya		Nagoyashi Kokaido
North America leg 1
April 1, 2003	Denver	United States	Pepsi Center	Sleater-Kinney
April 3, 2003	Oklahoma City		Ford Center
April 5, 2003	San Antonio		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
April 6, 2003	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 8, 2003	New Orleans		UNO Lakefront Arena
April 9, 2003	Pelham		Oak Mountain Amphitheater
April 11, 2003	West Palm Beach		Sound Advice Amphitheatre
April 12, 2003	Orlando		House of Blues
April 13, 2003	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	Sleater-Kinney
April 15, 2003	Raleigh		Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
April 16, 2003	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
April 18, 2003	Antioch		AmSouth Amphitheater
April 19, 2003	Atlanta		HiFi Buys Amphitheatre	Sparta
April 21, 2003	Lexington		Rupp Arena
April 22, 2003	St. Louis		Savvis Center
April 23, 2003	Champaign		Assembly Hall
April 25, 2003	Cleveland		Gund Arena
April 26, 2003	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena
April 28, 2003	Philadelphia		First Union Spectrum
April 29, 2003	Albany		Pepsi Arena
April 30, 2003	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
May 2, 2003	Buffalo		HSBC Arena
May 3, 2003	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center		5/3/03 – State College, Pennsylvania
North America leg 2
May 28, 2003	Missoula	United States	Adams Fieldhouse, University of Montana	Idlewild
May 30, 2003	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
June 1, 2003	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 2, 2003	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 3, 2003
June 5, 2003	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
June 6, 2003	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Arena
June 7, 2003	Phoenix		Cricket Pavilion
June 9, 2003	Dallas		Smirnoff Music Centre
June 10, 2003	Little Rock		Alltel Arena
June 12, 2003	Bonner Springs		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 13, 2003	Council Bluffs		Mid-America Center
June 15, 2003	Fargo		Fargodome
June 16, 2003	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
June 18, 2003	Chicago		United Center
June 19, 2003	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center Cancelled
June 21, 2003	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre	Buzzcocks
June 22, 2003	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 24, 2003	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
June 25, 2003	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 26, 2003
June 28, 2003	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
June 29, 2003	Montreal		Bell Centre
July 1, 2003	Bristow	United States	Nissan Pavilion
July 2, 2003	Mansfield		Tweeter Center Boston
July 3, 2003
July 5, 2003	Camden		Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
July 6, 2003
July 8, 2003	New York City		Madison Square Garden		7/8/03 – New York, New York
July 9, 2003				Sleater-Kinney	7/9/03 – New York, New York
July 11, 2003	Mansfield		Tweeter Center Boston		7/11/03 – Mansfield, Massachusetts
July 12, 2003	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium
July 14, 2003	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
July 17, 2003	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
July 18, 2003
July 19, 2003

Band members

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 and keyboards

Live albums

February 23, 2003 Perth Australia- released June 10, 2003

Songs performed

Originals

• "1/2 Full"
• "Alive"
• "All or None"
• "All Those Yesterdays"
• "Animal"
• "Arc"
• "Better Man"
• "Black"
• "Blood"
• "Brain of J."
• "Breakerfall"
• "Breath"
• "Bu$hleaguer"
• "Can't Keep"
• "Corduroy"
• "Cropduster"
• "Daughter"
• "Dead Man"
• "Deep"
• "Dissident"
• "Do the Evolution"
• "Down"
• "Drifting"
• "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
• "Evacuation"
• "Even Flow"
• "Faithfull"
• "Footsteps"
• "Free Jazz"
• "Get Right"
• "Ghost"
• "Given to Fly"
• "Glorified G"
• "Go"
• "Gods' Dice"
• "Green Disease"
• "Grievance"
• "Habit"
• "Hail, Hail"
• "Help Help"
• "I Am Mine"
• "I Got Id"
• "Immortality"
• "In Hiding"
• "In My Tree"
• "Indifference"
• "Insignificance"
• "Jeremy"
• "Last Exit"
• "Leatherman"
• "Light Years"
• "Long Road"
• "Love Boat Captain"
• "Low Light"
• "Lukin"
• "Mankind"
• "MFC"
• "Not for You"
• "Nothing as It Seems"
• "Nothingman"
• "Oceans"
• "Of the Girl"
• "Off He Goes"
• "Once"
• "Parting Ways"
• "Porch"
• "Present Tense"
• "Rearviewmirror"
• "Red Mosquito"
• "Release"
• "Rival"
• "Satan's Bed"
• "Save You"
• "Sleight of Hand"
• "Smile"
• "Sometimes"
• "Soon Forget"
• "Spin the Black Circle"
• "State of Love and Trust"
• "Thin Air"
• "Thumbing My Way"
• "Tremor Christ"
• "U"
• "Untitled"
• "W.M.A." (snippet)
• "Wash"
• "Whipping"
• "Why Go"
• "Wishlist"
• "Yellow Ledbetter"
• "You Are"

Covers

• "Androgynous Mind" (Sonic Youth) (snippet)
• "Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd) (snippet)
• "Atomic Dog" (George Clinton) (snippet)
• "Baba O'Riley" (The Who)
• "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Ramones) (snippet)
• "Blue, Red and Grey" (The Who)
• "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams)
• "Crown of Thorns" (Mother Love Bone)
• "Dig Me Out" (Sleater-Kinney) (snippet)
• "Don't Be Shy" (Cat Stevens)
• "Don't Believe In Christmas" (The Sonics)
• "Driven to Tears" (The Police)
• "Everyday" (Buddy Holly)
• "Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• "Fuckin' Up" (Neil Young)
• "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon)
• "Give Peace a Chance" (Plastic Ono Band) (snippet)
• "Growin' Up" (Bruce Springsteen)
• "Guantanamera" (Joseíto Fernández)
• "Happy Birthday" (traditional)
• "Highway to Hell" (AC/DC) (snippet)
• "History Never Repeats" (Split Enz)
• "Hunger Strike" (Temple of the Dog)
• "I Am a Patriot" (Steven Van Zandt)
• "I Believe in Miracles" (Ramones)
• "I See Red" (Split Enz)
• "I Won't Back Down" (Tom Petty)
• "I've Been Tired" (Pixies) (snippet)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" (Pink Floyd) (snippet)
• "Jools and Jim" (Pete Townshend) (snippet)
• "The Kids Are Alright" (The Who)
• "Know Your Rights" (The Clash)
• "La Bamba" (Ritchie Valens)
• "Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran)
• "Leaving Here" (Edward Holland, Jr.)
• "Luck Be a Lady" (Frank Sinatra) (snippet)
• "No More Pain" (Embrace) (snippet)
• "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Led Zeppelin) (snippet)
• "People Have the Power" (Patti Smith)
• "Rains on Me" (Tom Waits) (snippet)
• "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young)
• "Save It for Later" (The Beat)
• "Should I Stay or Should I Go" (The Clash) (snippet)
• "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" (Arthur Alexander)
• "Song X" (Neil Young) (snippet)
• "Sonic Reducer" (The Dead Boys)
• "Start Me Up" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet)
• "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (Hunters & Collectors)
• "War" (Edwin Starr) (snippet)
• "Why Can't I Touch It?" (Buzzcocks) (snippet)
• "Wild Thing" (The Troggs) (snippet)
• "With My Own Two Hands" (Ben Harper) (snippet)
• "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (The Beatles)

Gallery

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  A ticket from the show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on May 30, 2003.