Gigaton Tour

The Gigaton Tour is an upcoming concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The tour was scheduled to consist of seventeen shows in North America,[1][2] and fourteen shows in Europe during 2020.[3][4] It would have been the band's first tour since 2018.[5] However, on March 9, 2020, the band announced that the first leg of North American shows would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to reschedule them for a later date.[6][7] On April 10, 2020, Pearl Jam announced that the European leg had been postponed until June/July 2021, also due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On July 23, 2020, Pearl Jam announced rescheduled dates for the European leg in the Summer of 2021.[9] On October 5, 2020, two dates at BST Hyde Park in London, England were also announced.[10][11]

Gigaton Tour
Tour by Pearl Jam
Associated albumGigaton
Start dateJune 16, 2021
End dateJuly 25, 2021
Legs1
No. of shows17 in Europe
17 in total
Pearl Jam concert chronology

Tour dates

Postponed shows

The North American leg of the tour was going to coincide with the release of the band's eleventh studio album, Gigaton.[12] The first show would have taken place in Toronto,[13] with the leg concluding with two shows in Oakland.[14] Prior to the first show in the United States, the band were due to play at the Apollo Theater in New York City.[15] It would have been an invitation-only show, for Sirius XM listeners and subscribers to Pandora.[16]

Pixies, IDLES and White Reaper were announced as supporting the band across the dates in Europe 2020.[17] The 2020 European leg was also scheduled to include several indoor shows, as well as outdoor festival shows at Rock Werchter,[18] Lollapalooza in Stockholm and Paris,[19] and the BST Hyde Park concert in London.[20] The show at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen would have been on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Roskilde tragedy.[21] However, on April 8, 2020, the show in London was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[22]

Date City Country Venue
North America
March 18, 2020 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena
March 20, 2020 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
March 22, 2020 Quebec City Videotron Centre
March 24, 2020 Hamilton FirstOntario Centre
March 26, 2020 New York City United States Apollo Theater
March 28, 2020 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena
March 30, 2020 New York City Madison Square Garden
April 2, 2020 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
April 4, 2020 St. Louis Enterprise Center
April 6, 2020 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
April 9, 2020 Denver Pepsi Center
April 11, 2020 Glendale Gila River Arena
April 13, 2020 San Diego Viejas Arena
April 15, 2020 Inglewood The Forum
April 16, 2020
April 18, 2020 Oakland Oakland Arena
April 19, 2020
Europe
June 23, 2020 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
June 25, 2020 Berlin Waldbühne
June 27, 2020 Stockholm Sweden Gärdet
June 29, 2020 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
July 2, 2020 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
July 5, 2020 Imola Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
July 7, 2020 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
July 10, 2020 London England BST Hyde Park
July 13, 2020 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena
July 15, 2020 Budapest Hungary Budapest Arena
July 17, 2020 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
July 19, 2020 Paris France Lollapalooza
July 22, 2020 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
July 23, 2020

Rescheduled shows

The European dates were announced in July 2020.[23]

Date City Country Venue
Europe
June 16, 2021 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
June 17, 2021
June 20, 2021 Landgraaf Pinkpop Festival
June 23, 2021 Berlin Germany Waldbühne
June 26, 2021 Imola Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
June 29, 2021 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
July 1, 2021 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
July 4, 2021 Stockholm Sweden Gärdet
July 6, 2021 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
July 9, 2021 London England BST Hyde Park
July 10, 2021
July 14, 2021 Budapest Hungary Budapest Arena
July 16, 2021 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
July 18, 2021 Paris France Lollapalooza
July 21, 2021 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
July 23, 2021 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena
July 25, 2021 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena

References
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  20. "Pearl Jam announce BST Hyde Park 2020 show". NME. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  21. "They're still alive! Pearl Jam coming to Denmark next year". The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  22. "BST Hyde Park 2020, where Pearl Jam were set to headline, cancelled due to COVID-19". Radio X. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  23. "Pearl Jam Announce Rescheduled 2021 European Tour". Kerrang. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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