Earlier this week, Pearl Jam performed two shows in Raleigh, NC – the first of which happened to land on Mother’s Day this past Sunday (May 11th).
Before opening the encore with a solo rendition of “Just Breathe,” frontman Eddie Vedder took some time to admit to the audience that he had made a massive mistake.
“I’m gonna ask for your help,” Vedder said to the crowd. “Earlier today, I was doing things to get ready for the show… There’s a few things you need to do. You need to warm up. You need to make a setlist that you will later f*ck up. You need to check in back home in Seattle with my girls, my great wife. But then I was like, ‘Oh, sh*t. I gotta call my mom back at home.’ I mean, that’s Mother’s Day, I gotta call…”
“And then it got a little busy, and then I took a shower, and then I had to do more warmin’ up, and then blah blah blah – Okay, I f*cked up. I didn’t remember to call her,” he admitted before enlisting the audience’s help.
“So, right now, maybe help me because we’ll say, ‘Happy Mother’s Day Karen.’ So mom, I forgot to call you, but I wanted to wait until I had more people to celebrate you with,” he said, chuckling and waving to the camera. “Hi mom. Hi Karen. Karen, my mom, she did a hell of a job under difficult circumstances and she was always on the case. So, mom, on behalf of me and the brothers, everybody, happy Mother’s Day Karen! Happy Mother’s Day mom!”
(Transcribed by Alternative Nation)
