Pearl Jam have announced that they will release their eagerly anticipated new studio album Backspacer¹ on September 21st.
Their highly charged new single The Fixer¹ is out September 7th and released digitally August 24th.
Backspacer¹ is the band's first release with Universal/Island records. They reunited with producer Brendan O¹Brien for Backspacer¹ who produced four of Pearl Jam¹s earlier albums and the re-master of their seminal debut Ten¹, which was released in March.
The band recently premiered Got Some¹, one of the many highlights from their new 11-track record on the debut of US chat show, The Tonight Show with Conan O¹Brien, June 1st.
Their performance gained an unprecedented amount of views on YouTube and received the biggest US chat show audience figures in 5 years.
In the US, Backspacer¹ will be self-released by the band for the first time, following the end of their deal with Sony.
Pearl Jam - Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (guitar) Matt Cameron (drums) and Mike McCready (guitar) play four European dates including two UK shows before touring the US in September.
Pearl Jam¹s European Dates are:
August
Thu 13th ROTTERDAM, Sportspaleis Ahoy
Sat 15th BERLIN, Wuhlheide
Mon 17th MANCHESTER, MEN Arena
Tue 18th LONDON, O2 Arena