Eddie Vedder praises ‘very positive’ demonstration against suspended sentence for solider who assaulted woman in Limerick
, have mellowed into dad rockers fuelled by humour, optimism and fashion-forward hats. It’s more than a decade since they last played Ireland – though frontman Eddie Vedder has performed several solo shows in the interim – and, by way of making up for the absence, their beefy 140-minute set at Marlay Park is loaded with favourites.
Pearl Jam weren’t just the biggest brand in grunge after Nirvana. Rejecting the greed and hypocrisy of the boomer generation that had preceded them, they also tried to stand for something. They famously boycotted Ticketmaster in 1994 – having had a premonition of the monster it would become – and, in the decades since, have been consistently vocal about social justice.
a demonstration close to his St Stephen’s Green hotel against the suspended sentence handed down to Defence Forces member Cathal Crotty after the soldier pleaded guilty to punching a woman unconscious in LimerickWhy did a south Dublin institution, Newpark Academy of Music, announce it was closing suddenly?“There was a well organised but powerful loud march going on,” Vedder says.
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