Yield Tour

The Yield Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its fifth album, Yield. A live album of the third Melbourne date on March 5, 1998, Give Way, was released in April 2023 after its intended release in August 1998.

Yield Tour

Tour by Pearl Jam
Location	North America Oceania
Associated album	Yield
Start date	February 20, 1998
End date	September 23, 1998
Legs	3
No. of shows	49 in North America 13 in Oceania 62 in total
Pearl Jam concert chronology

History

Pearl Jam promoted Yield with tours in Oceania, and North America in 1998. Following the tour of Australia and before its summer tour of North America began, drummer Jack Irons left the band due to dissatisfaction with touring, marked his last tour with the band. Pearl Jam's sound engineer Brett Eliason stated, "We went and did Hawaii and Australia with Jack. When we came back, Jack wasn't in a position to carry on. He made that decision more or less by himself. He can be a really great drummer but he had difficulty on tour putting out the energy for the length of shows they were doing. I don't know if he thought they'd put things on hold for him." He was replaced on an initially temporary basis with former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron. Cameron said, "I got a phone call out of the blue, from Mr. Ed Ved, Stoney and Kelly. I was ambushed. It was really short notice. He called and said 'hey what are you doing this summer?'" Cameron learned over 80 songs in two weeks.

Pearl Jam's summer tour of North America marked the band's return to full-scale touring and the use of Ticketmaster, when previously the band had protested against the use of Ticketmaster. For this tour and future tours, Pearl Jam once again began using it in order to "better accommodate concertgoers." The first leg of the tour focused on the West Coast of the United States and the Midwest, and then the band moved to the East Coast for the tour's second leg. Cameron stated, "The guys made me feel real welcome and it wasn't a struggle to get it musically, but my style was a little bit different, I think, than what they were used to. And they've been through so many different drummers, I don't even know if they knew what they wanted. So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band." During the tour an organized fan campaign dubbed the "Breath Campaign" was started in which fans brought signs to shows requesting the song "Breath". After a four-year absence, "Breath" finally made a return appearance at the band's September 11, 1998 show in New York City at Madison Square Garden. The North American summer tour was a big success, and after it was completed the band released its first live album, Live on Two Legs, which featured select performances from the tour. Guitarist Mike McCready stated that the band released the live album due to the strength of Pearl Jam's shows on the tour.

Tour dates

Information taken from various sources.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Supporting
Warm-up shows
November 12, 1997	Santa Cruz	United States	The Catalyst	Odd Numbers
November 14, 1997	Oakland		Oakland Stadium		The Rolling Stones
November 15, 1997
November 18, 1997
November 19, 1997
South Pacific leg
February 20, 1998	Maui	United States	Alexander M. Baldwin Amphitheatre	Mudhoney
February 21, 1998
February 26, 1998	Wellington	New Zealand	Queen's Wharf Events Centre	Shudder to Think
February 28, 1998	Auckland		Ericsson Stadium
March 2, 1998	Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Park
March 3, 1998
March 5, 1998
March 7, 1998	Adelaide		Thebarton Oval
March 9, 1998	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
March 11, 1998
March 12, 1998
March 14, 1998	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 15, 1998
March 19, 1998	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre
March 20, 1998
North America leg 1
June 20, 1998	Missoula	United States	Washington–Grizzly Stadium	Goodness
June 21, 1998	Park City		The Canyons
June 23, 1998	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre	Frank Black
June 24, 1998	Rapid City		Rushmore Civic Center Arena
June 26, 1998	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 27, 1998
June 29, 1998	Chicago		United Center
June 30, 1998	Minneapolis		Target Center
July 2, 1998	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater	The Murder City Devils
July 3, 1998	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
July 5, 1998	Dallas		Reunion Arena
July 7, 1998	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum	Spacehog
July 8, 1998	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 10, 1998	San Diego		Cox Arena
July 11, 1998	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center	Zeke, X
July 13, 1998	Inglewood		Great Western Forum	X, Tenacious D
July 14, 1998
July 16, 1998	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	X
July 18, 1998	Portland		Rose Garden Arena	Frank Black
July 19, 1998	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
July 21, 1998	Seattle	United States	Memorial Stadium	Zeke, The Wallflowers
July 22, 1998				The Wallflowers, Sean Lennon
North America leg 2
August 17, 1998	Noblesville	United States	Deer Creek Music Center	Iggy Pop
August 18, 1998	East Lansing		Breslin Student Events Center
August 20, 1998	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre	Cheap Trick
August 22, 1998	Barrie		Molson Park	Cheap Trick, All Systems Go!, Hayden, Cracker, Matthew Good Band
August 23, 1998	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Cheap Trick
August 25, 1998	Burgettstown		Star Lake Amphitheatre	Iggy Pop
August 26, 1998	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
August 28, 1998	Camden		Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre	Iggy Pop, Mudhoney
August 29, 1998
August 31, 1998	Raleigh		Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre	Mudhoney
September 1, 1998	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheater
September 3, 1998	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Coliseum
September 4, 1998	Greenville		BI-LO Center
September 6, 1998	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena
September 7, 1998	Virginia Beach		GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater
September 8, 1998	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	Ben Harper
September 10, 1998	New York City		Madison Square Garden
September 11, 1998
September 13, 1998	Hartford		Meadows Music Theater
September 15, 1998	Mansfield		Great Woods
September 16, 1998
September 18, 1998	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 19, 1998	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall	Hovercraft
September 22, 1998	West Palm Beach		Coral Sky Amphitheatre	Rancid
September 23, 1998

Band members

• Jeff Ament – bass guitar
• Stone Gossard – rhythm and lead guitar
• Mike McCready – lead guitar
• Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar
• Jack Irons – drums (warm-up shows and South Pacific leg)
• Matt Cameron – drums (North America legs 1 and 2)

Songs performed

Originals

• "Alive"
• "All Those Yesterdays"
• "Animal"
• "Around the Bend"
• "Better Man"
• "Black"
• "Blood"
• "Brain of J."
• "Breath"
• "Corduroy"
• "Daughter"
• "Dead Man"
• "Dissident"
• "Do the Evolution"
• "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
• "Even Flow"
• "Faithfull"
• "Footsteps"
• "Given to Fly"
• "Go"
• "Habit"
• "Hail, Hail"
• "Hard to Imagine"
• "I Got Id"
• "I'm Open" (snippet)
• "Immortality"
• "In Hiding"
• "In My Tree"
• "Indifference"
• "Jeremy"
• "Last Exit"
• "Leatherman"
• "Long Road"
• "Lukin"
• "Mankind"
• "MFC"
• "No Way"
• "Not for You"
• "Nothingman"
• "Oceans"
• "Off He Goes"
• "Once"
• "Pilate"
• "Porch"
• "Present Tense"
• "Push Me, Pull Me"
• "Rats"
• "Rearviewmirror"
• "Red Mosquito"
• "Release"
• "Smile"
• "Sometimes"
• "Spin the Black Circle"
• "State of Love and Trust"
• "Tremor Christ"
• "Untitled"
• "W.M.A." (snippet)
• "Whipping"
• "Who You Are"
• "Wishlist"
• "Yellow Ledbetter"

Covers

• "Act of Love" (Neil Young)
• "Androgynous Mind" (Sonic Youth) (snippet)
• "Angie" (The Rolling Stones) (snippet)
• "Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd) (snippet)
• "Baba O'Riley" (The Who)
• "Beast of Burden" (The Rolling Stones)
• "Beginning to See the Light" (The Velvet Underground) (snippet)
• "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John) (snippet)
• "Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young) (snippet)
• "Come Together" (The Beatles) (snippet)
• "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams)
• "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Gerry & the Pacemakers) (snippet)
• "Dueling Banjos" (Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel) (snippet)
• "Fuckin' Up" (Neil Young)
• "Happy Birthday" (traditional)
• "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Neil Young) (snippet)
• "Hunger Strike" (Temple of the Dog) (snippet)
• "I Am a Patriot" (Steven Van Zandt) (snippet)
• "I Believe in Miracles" (Ramones) (snippet)
• "I Got You" (Split Enz) (snippet)
• "I Hope I Never" (Split Enz) (snippet)
• "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts" (X) (snippet)
• "I Wanna Live" (Iggy Pop) (snippet)
• "I Want You to Want Me" (Cheap Trick) (snippet)
• "I've Been Tired" (Pixies) (snippet)
• "Institutionalized" (Suicidal Tendencies) (snippet)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" (Pink Floyd) (snippet)
• "Jersey Girl" (Tom Waits) (snippet)
• "The KKK Took My Baby Away" (Ramones)
• "Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran)
• "Leaving Here" (Edward Holland, Jr.)
• "Magic Bus" (The Who) (snippet)
• "MLK" (U2) (snippet)
• "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (Pixies) (snippet)
• "Mother" (John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band) (snippet)
• "My City Was Gone" (The Pretenders) (snippet)
• "My Generation Blues" (The Who)
• "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) (snippet)
• "The Noise of Carpet" (Stereolab) (snippet)
• "Outshined" (Soundgarden) (snippet)
• "Pebbles" (Shudder to Think) (snippet)
• "Philadelphia Freedom" (Elton John) (snippet)
• "Rain" (The Beatles) (snippet)
• "Ray of Light" (Madonna) (snippet)
• "The Real Me" (The Who) (snippet)
• "Roam" (The B-52's) (snippet)
• "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young)
• "Save It for Later" (The Beat) (snippet)
• "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" (Arthur Alexander)
• "Sonic Reducer" (The Dead Boys)
• "Stuff and Nonsense" (Split Enz) (snippet)
• "Suck You Dry" (Mudhoney) (snippet)
• "Surrender" (Cheap Trick) (snippet)
• "Sweet Home Alabama" (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (snippet)
• "Talk About the Passion" (R.E.M.) (snippet)
• "Three Little Birds" (Bob Marley & The Wailers) (snippet)
• "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (Hunters & Collectors)
• "Time Bomb" (Rancid) (snippet)
• "Trouble" (Cat Stevens)
• "White Girl" (X) (snippet)
• "The Whole of the Moon" (The Waterboys) (snippet)
• "The Wrong Child" (R.E.M.) (snippet)
• "Yeastie Girls Song" (Yeastie Girls) (snippet)

Gallery

• 
  Mike McCready on stage with Pearl Jam in Columbia, Maryland on September 18, 1998.