Today, Pearl Jam’s website confirmed a rumor that has been floating around over the past few weeks: Eddie Vedder will headline the Saturday, June 24th date at Firenze Rocks, a three-day festival that runs from June 23 to 25 at Visarno Arena (also known as the Visarno Hippodrome) inside of Florence’s Cascine Park. This will be Vedder’s first ever solo show in Italy. Tickets will be on sale from Thursday, Feb. 23 (10 am CET) to Friday, Feb. 24 (10 am CET) through the Firenze Rocks’ official App, while the general public ticket sale will start at 11 am CET on Friday, Feb. 24. at TicketOne. Ten Club will not be conducting a ticket sale for this event. Stay tuned for more info — more dates tba!
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.