Pearl Jam to release documentary movie and soundtrack album

By Martin Kielty
( Classic Rock )
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Watch 2 trailers for Let’s Play Two concert movie, recorded during Pearl Jam performance at Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field in 2016

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam have confirmed the release of a documentary movie set around their 2016 performance at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, complete with accompanying soundtrack album. Watch two trailers below.

Let’s Play Two is to be premiered for members of the band’s Ten Club on September 27 and 28 at the Metro in Chicago. It will then appear in select cinemas around the world between September 29 and October 3, before being released for purchase on November 17. It’s to be premiered on the FS1 network in the US on October 31. The accompanying album arrives on September 29.

The concert took place during the Cubs’ historic World Series championship season, which saw them winning the coveted title for the first time in 108 years.

Producers say: “With Chicago being a hometown to Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam has forged a relationship with the city, the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field that is unparalleled in the world of sports and music.

“From Ten to Lightning Bolt, the feature film shuffles through Pearl Jam’s ever-growing catalogue of originals and covers, spanning the band’s 25-year career.

“Through the eyes of Danny Clinch and the voice of Pearl Jam, the film showcases the journey of the special relationship, using the past and present of both the band and the Chicago Cubs through the music, the sweat and the eternal hopes of being both a Cubs and Pearl Jam fan.”

Director Clinch adds: “”In my films and photographs, I love to explore the relationship between a band, their fans and the location. When it happens that the main characters of your film are Pearl Jam, the Chicago Cubs, their fans, and Wrigley Field during a historic moment, you know it’s going to be epic.

“Our instincts were correct to follow the story. I have learned to welcome the unexpected and it always pays off if you’re ready for it.”

Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two tracklist

  1. Low Light
  2. Better Man
  3. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
  4. Last Exit
  5. Lightning Bolt
  6. Black Red Yellow
  7. Black
  8. Corduroy
  9. Given To Fly
  10. Jeremy
  11. Inside Job
  12. Go
  13. Crazy Mary
  14. Release
  15. Alive
  16. All The Way
  17. I’ve Got A Feeling

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Martin Kielty
Freelance Online News Contributor

Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.