Eddie Vedder Walked Off Stage And Paid Shocking Amount To Keep Playing For Fans

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A fan is claiming that Eddie Vedder paid a large amount of money to continue playing a solo show in Dublin at 3 Arena on Friday night.

ten-vs-vitalogy wrote on the PearlJam.com forums, “A lad who works at the 3arena said Eddie walked off stage and signed a cheque for €25,000 so he could keep playing.”

Below is the setlist and notes posted by Sea via John on the PearlJam.com forums.

Setlist:
01. Trouble-(Stevens)
02. Brain Damage-(Waters)
03. Sometimes
04. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
05. Thumbing My Way
06. I Am Mine
(Ed tells the story of playing this song over the phone to his friend and favorite bartender Donnie Kruse while he was on his deathbed.)
07. I’m One-(Townshend)
08. Can’t Keep
09. You’re True (for Jill)
Quartet enters the stage
10. Sleeping By Myself-with strings
(The next song is an experiment. It is in honor of all the young people getting out and voting in the election yesterday.)
11. Jeremy-with strings {Ed sings but doesn’t play anything. Quartet are the only instruments. Audience sings along}
Quartet leaves the stage
12. Far Behind
13. Setting Forth
14. Guaranteed
15. Rise
16. Immortality
17. Masters Of War-(Dylan)
18. Better Man/Save It For Later-(Charley, Cox, Morton, Steele, Wakeling)
19. Porch
{Instead of going back stage for the encore break Ed goes into the audience }
20. I’m So Tired-(Fugazi)
21. Wishlist
22. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away-(Lennon, McCartney)
(an audience member named Andrew Bennett wants to sing with Ed. They whisper for a bit to find a song they both know and settle on Black)
Quartet enters the stage
23. Black with audience member Andrew Bennett singing along with Ed and strings.
24. Lukin (fast) with strings
25. “Heroes”-(Bowie, Eno) with strings {Partial}
26. Just Breathe with strings
27. Sleepless Nights-(Bryant, Bryant) with Glen Hansard
28. Falling Slowly-(Hansard, Irglová) Glen sings main vocal and plays guitar. Ed sings harmony vocal and lead vocal in the bridge. With string quartet
Quartet exits the stage
29. Society-(Hannan) with Glen Hansard
30. The Auld Triangle-(Dicky Shannon) with Glen Hansard
31. Dublin You Are-(Stephen James Smith) {performed by Stephen James Smith with Glen quietly strumming The Auld Triangle chords}
32. Rockin’ In The Free World-(Young) with Glen
33. Hard Sun-(Peterson) with Glen Hansard, Red Limo Quartet and Stephen James Smith

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