Pearl Jam returns to Vegas for first time in 16 years

The groundbreaking rock band is booked at MGM Grand Garden on May 20. The show is the band’s first Vegas tour stop since playing the Grand Garden in July 2006.

Public tickets will be available through the Ticketmaster Verified Fan registration process, which is ongoing now through 10 p.m. March 27. Go to verifiedfan.ticketmaster.com/pearljam to enter the online lottery (no prices are listed). The next stop, if you are shut out, is to go to secondary market sites.

Pearl Jam was forced to cut down its North American tour in March 2020. The band has since passed its 30th anniversary as a live act, and also released its most recent studio album, “Gigaton.”

A leader in the wave Seattle grunge bands in the early 1990s, Pearl Jam has sold more than 85 million albums and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. All 11 of its studio albums have reached the top 5 of the Billboard album charts, with “Vs.,” “Vitalogy,” “No Code,” “Backspacer,” and “Lightning Bolt” hitting No. 1.

Pearl Jam’s 1991 debut, “10,” was No. 2 and is the band’s top-selling album, reaching Diamond status (or, 13-times Platinum) with more than 13 million sales.

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