Man they were so good. Really effin good.
Started out acoustic, almost like unplugged with everyone seated. 5 songs. A couple were rare gems (Yellow Moon, Man of the Hour). By the 6th song, the crowd was wanted to let loose and we got the perfect song for it - Given to Fly. Eddie obviously knows how to hold a crowd, both musically and verbally. He knew about Hamilton - the hockey team etc. He knew about a member of their fan club who passed away recently. He know about another who made the trip from Berlin cause it was on his birthday. I doubt he does this sleuthing himself, but there must be someone whose job it is to prowl the social networks for this stuff. He read people's signs, he scoped what PJ gear people were wearing.
One song (Sad) in the playlist hadn't been played live in 6 years.
They even flipped around and played a tune for the people sitting behind the stage.
The stage itself wasn't much, but the show ROCKED
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pearl-jam/2022/firstontario-centre-hamilton-on-canada-13b08999.html