Pearl Jam Announce Global "Gigaton Listening Experience"

Attention, Pearl Jam fans: the Seattle legends have announced the chance to listen to the band's new album Gigaton two days ahead of its release in "immersive sound system" Dolby Atmos.

Eddie Vedder and co. have just unveiled The Gigaton Listening Experience, which will be taking place in over 200 equipped theatres across the globe on March 25. Described as a "one-night-only audio-visual event", the experience includes a playback of the record in full, as well as being enhanced by "a choice set of visuals curated and created by Evolve, the filmmaker and artist behind the music video for the first single Dance Of The Clairvoyants".

Read the full description of the event below:

The Gigaton Listening Experience – a special, one night only audio-visual event in 200+ Dolby Atmos equipped theaters around the world on March 25, 2020.

The immersive event takes over the big screen just two days before the release of Pearl Jam’s anxiously awaited new album, Gigaton on March 27, 2020.

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The Gigaton Listening Experience includes a playback of the entire album in Dolby Atmos. Since this immersive sound system is still new to the consumer market, Pearl Jam fans will have a unique opportunity to hear the album in a completely different way.

The Gigaton Listening Experience will be enhanced with a choice set of visuals curated and created by Evolve, the filmmaker and artist behind the music video for the first single Dance of the Clairvoyants.

Gigaton is set for release on March 27. Of the album, Mike McCready says: “Making this record was a long journey. It was emotionally dark and confusing at times, but also an exciting and experimental road map to musical redemption.

“Collaborating with my bandmates on Gigaton ultimately gave me greater love, awareness and knowledge of the need for human connection in these times.”

The band are touring North America in March and April this year, before hitting the UK and Europe in the summer. Get your UK tickets here.

March

18 Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
20 Ottowa, ON, Canadian Tire Centre
22 Quebec City, QC, Videotron Centre
24 Hamilton, ON, FirstOntario Centre
28 Baltimore, MD, Royal Farms Arena
30 New York, NY, Madison Square Garden

April

2 Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
4 St. Louis, MO, Enterprise Centre
6 Oklahoma City, OK, Chesapeake Energy Arena
9 Denver, CO, Pepsi Centre
11 Phoenix, AZ, Gila River Arena
13 San Diego, CA, Viejas Arena
15 Los Angeles, CA, The Forum
16 Los Angeles, CA, The Forum
18 Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena
19 Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena

June

23 Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany
25 Berlin Waldbuhne, Germany
27 Stockholm Lollapalooza Festival, Sweden
29 Copenhagen Royal Arena, Denmark

July

2 Werchter Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium
5 Imola Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italy
7 Vienna Wiener Stadhalle, Austria
10 London American Express presents BST Hyde Park, UK
13 Krakow Tauron Arena, Poland
15 Budapest Budapest Arena, Hungary
17 Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland
19 Paris Lollapalooza Festival, France
22 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Netherlands

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