Pearl Jam Announces the First Leg of World Tour in Support of Their New Self-Titled Record Due out May 2

Business Wire, March 7, 2006

SEATTLE -- Pearl Jam announced today the first leg of their 2006 worldwide tour. Leg one of the tour is scheduled to kick off on May 9th in Toronto, and will wrap up on June 3rd in East Rutherford, NJ.

My Morning Jacket will open on this leg of the tour.

Public on-sale dates and ticket information will be announced in local markets in the coming weeks.

Leg One of Pearl Jam's 2006 World Wide Tour Follows:

DATE         CITY                     VENUE
May 9        Toronto, ON              Air Canada Centre
May 10       Toronto, ON              Air Canada Centre
May 12       Albany, NY               Pepsi Arena
May 13       Hartford, CT             New England Dodge Music Center
May 16       Chicago, IL              United Center
May 19       Grand Rapids, MI         Van Andel Arena
May 20       Cleveland, OH            Quicken Loans Arena
May 22       Detroit, MI              Palace of Auburn Hills
May 24       Boston, MA               TD Banknorth Garden
May 27       Philadelphia, PA         Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
May 30       Washington, D.C.         Verizon Center
June 1       East Rutherford, NJ      Continental Airlines Arena
June 3       East Rutherford, NJ      Continental Airlines Arena

Dates are subject to change due to professional sports team playoff
schedules, etc.

Pearl Jam's 2006 worldwide tour is in support of the band's new, self-titled studio record due out May 2. The first single off the forthcoming album, "World Wide Suicide" is available now for a limited period of time for FREE as an unrestricted download on www.pearljam.com.

For more information on Pearl Jam, visit www.pearljam.com.

For more information on My Morning Jacket, visit www.mymorningjacket.com.