Eddie Vedder to wrap up solo tour in Hawaii
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I was out in Kaneohe when I noticed the news on Twitter, thanks to KSSK on-air personality Kathy “Kathy with a K” Nakagawa.
Pearl Jam lead singer and part-time Oahu resident Eddie Vedder is coming back to Hawaii in July for a concert on Maui and two shows on Oahu. The visit comes a little more than two years since he shared the stage with Jack Johnson at the 2007 Kokua Festival (pictured).
The performances, scheduled for June 29 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center and July 1 and July 2 at the Hawaii Theatre, will take place in locations drastically different than Pearl Jam’s 2006 concerts at the Blaisdell Arena and Aloha Stadium. Along with the smaller venues, Vedder will play a solo set with New Zealand’s Liam Finn opening each night. They will also be the final stops of a 14-date trek across the United States.
Interestingly, Vedder has no plans to visit Seattle this time around. And in a nod to his familiarity with local customs, the announcement on Pearl Jam’s official Web site informs fans that tickets for the Hawaii dates have “no kama’aina discount” available.
Tickets are listed at $81 each on the site, but are only available to registered members of Pearl Jam’s official fan club (through 2 p.m. Friday) and must be purchased in pairs. The rest of us will get a crack at whatever tickets are left on April 18 via Ticketmaster.
But if you live in Hawaii, heads up – Vedder is looking out for the locals, offering a limited number of discounted tickets at four locations on April 17.
There’s no mention of this on the official site, but Pearl Jam’s MySpace blog contains the following info:
Hawaii Local Ticket Pre-Sale - First-Come, First-Serve on April 17th:
As a mahalo for all of the aloha given to him from the great state of Hawaii, Eddie Vedder is offering an exclusive kama’aina ticket pre-sale on Friday, April 17th for the Oahu and Maui dates.
Local “island price” tickets can be purchased in Oahu at the Volcom Waikiki store or at Tropical Rush in Haleiwa. On Maui, tickets are available at the Volcom store at Whaler’s Village and Hi-Tech Surf Sports in Kahului.
Only 100 tickets per show per location will be made available and are first-come, first-serve. There is a two-ticket limit per person. Valid Hawaii state photo I.D. required.
Participating Hawaii retail locations:
MAUI
Volcom Whalers Village
2435 Kaanapali Parkway #D8-10
Lahaina, HI 96761
Phone: 808-661-6263
Store Hours: 9:00am to10:00pmHi-Tech Surf Sports
425 Koloa Street
Kahului, HI 96732
Phone: 808-877-7750
Store hours: 9:00am to 7:00pmOAHU
Volcom Waikiki
2134 Kalakaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: 808-923-6200
Store Hours: 10:00am to 11:00pmTropical Rush
66-620 Kamehameha hwy
Haleiwa, HI 96712
Phone: 808-637-8886
Store hours: 9:00am to 7:00pm
Gotta love the fact that Eddie is showing some aloha to the residents of this state. He’s out here pretty often and you can tell he truly respects our land and our people.
April 10th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
i was just saying to some friends that I wished more musicians would come to Oahu and play. we get the big concerts like U2, and the local artists, but not much in between. Glad to hear Eddie will be coming!