Artwork by Renowned Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow

Bonus Content, Exclusive Tracks, Live Concert Audio and More Available Across Multiple Platforms

SEATTLE – Pearl Jam release their highly anticipated ninth studio album, Backspacer, Sunday, September 20, 2009. Produced by Brendan O’Brien, this highly-charged new disk marks Pearl Jam’s first independent release in the U.S. through the band’s own MonkeyWrench label.

“With the release of Backspacer, Pearl Jam is making good on its longstanding desire to release its
music on its own terms,” said band manager Kelly Curtis. “Through a handful of collaborative
partnerships, we were able to make the music accessible across multiple platforms for our fans and
work with businesses – big and small – supportive of our overall sensibilities.”

Backspacer will be available in the U.S. through Target – the exclusive mass retail partner, Pearl Jam’s own Ten Club, independent retailers, iTunes and Rock Band. Internationally, the album will be available via Universal/Island Records.

For Backspacer, Pearl Jam reunited with producer Brendan O’Brien who produced three of Pearl Jam’s earlier albums (Vs., Vitalogy, No Code), co-produced Yield and oversaw the re-mastering and remixing of their seminal debut Ten which was re-released earlier this year.

The lyrics for Backspacer were penned by Eddie Vedder with music written by Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder and recorded and mixed at Henson Studios in Los Angeles and Southern Tracks in Atlanta.

Released on August 24th, the album’s first single, “The Fixer,” debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart and marked Pearl Jam’s highest sales week for a single download.

‘Backspacer’ is available to order now at Target.com, iTunes, independent retailers and online at www.pearljam.com. The first single, “The Fixer,” is available now for digital download at iTunes. The limited 7” vinyl of “The Fixer” is also available at Ten Club, independent music retailers and select Target stores.

Pearl Jam is set to kick-off its U.S tour in its hometown of Seattle, Washington on Monday, September 21, 2009 at the Key Arena with a subsequent Australia/New Zealand tour set to begin November 14, 2009 in Perth, Australia.

Since their inception in 1991, Pearl Jam has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide including millions of live bootlegs. The band has released eight (8) previous studio records, two (2) live records, one (1) double-disc b-side record, one (1) double-disc greatest hits record and five (5) live/touring DVDs.

BACKSPACER HIGHLIGHTS

Rolling Stone (September 14, 2009)
**** (4 stars)
Backspacer, Pearl Jam's ninth album, backspaces to that boyish spirit, with the shortest, tightest,
punkiest tunes they've ever banged out.

SPIN (August 15, 2009)
“Gonna See My Friend,” “Got Some,” and “The Fixer” nearly upend each other rushing out the gate, exploiting Pearl Jam’s leanest, punkest tendencies.

BILLBOARD (August 28, 2009)
“Backspacer" is the leanest and meanest Pearl Jam album yet.

VILLAGE VOICE (September 15, 2009)
The first five songs are brilliantly sequenced, wide-ranging in texture, and ridiculously melodic.

MOJO (October 2009)
**** (4 stars)
“…one of Pearl Jam's most satisfying albums. Listen without prejudice.”

LOS ANGELES TIMES (September 18, 2009)
**** (4 stars)
Accessible without sacrificing sophistication, aggressive without flailing, the music on "Backspacer" testifies to the skill of a group locked into its groove but refusing to be bored with it.

GUARDIAN (August 13, 2009)
Pearl Jam: 'People get that this means something'

New York Times (September 8, 2009)
Mirroring the album’s straightforward, mainstream-rock sound, the nine-panel grid on the cover is rendered in Mr. Perkins’s [aka Tom Tomorrow] characteristically clean, lucid lines. But unlike those of “This Modern World,” the images are more surrealistic than political.

PEARL JAM’S BACKSPACER
BACKGROUND AND PARTNERS

TOM TOMORROW

Tom Tomorrow is the pen name of editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins whose weekly comic strip This Modern World appears in nearly 90 newspapers across the U.S. and Canada. His work has printed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Spin, Mother Jones, Esquire, The Economist and The American Prospect and is a returning weekly contributor to The Village Voice.

Perkins’ unique Pearl Jam album artwork collaboration arose through his friendship with lead singer Eddie Vedder. Backspacer is Perkins’ first album cover and marks the first time Pearl Jam has gone outside its circle to find a cover artist.

For more information on Dan Perkins and Tom Tomorrow, please visit www.thismodernworld.com.

PEARL JAM, TARGET, LOOMSTATE AND FEEDING AMERICA

Pearl Jam and Target are partnering with eco-friendly clothing designer, Loomstate, to create an exclusive Pearl Jam Backspacer t-shirt to be sold in select Target stores with all proceeds going to Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. The limited-edition shirts are created from all US-made organic cotton and will feature Backspacer artwork from renowned cartoonist Tom Tomorrow.

Pearl Jam Backspacer shirts will be in-stores at select Target stores, online at Target.com and through exclusive Target merchandise retailers on September 20, 2009.

For a complete list of where you can purchase the Pearl Jam Backspacer t-shirt, please visit www.pearljam.com/backspacer.

For more information on Loomstate, visit www.loomstate.org and for details on Feeding America visit www.feedingamerica.org.

ITUNES

Pearl Jam premiered its new music video for "The Fixer" in the U.S. iTunes Store as a free, limited-time-only download alongside the digital download of the single.

Fans are also able to now pre-order Backspacer from the U.S. iTunes Store where all pre-orders will receive "The Fixer" (studio version) single instantly.

In addition, Pearl Jam Backspacer is featured in iTunes new iTunes LP Store where the album visual experience is reborn. Fans will not only be able pre-order new digital versions of the album but will have access to animated lyrics and liner notes, artist performance videos, photos and more.

For more information visit www.itunes.com/backspacer

ULTIMATE ACCESS PASS

Fans who purchase Backspacer on CD or digitally from most stores will also be entitled to download recordings from their choice of two (2) Pearl Jam concerts. Making this possible, most versions of Backspacer worldwide will feature “Ultimate Access Pass” utilizing eBridge technology, which gives fans nearly five (5) hours of additional audio including the opportunity to preview 11 live shows, download two (2) selected shows and visit and join the Ten Club. This is in addition to receiving exclusive future offers, news updates and more.

This exclusive giveaway is unique as in it allows fans to access the artists’ live music vault while purchasing a new album. In turn, it also continues Pearl Jam’s long tradition, first established through its Bootleg Series, of providing high quality CDs and MP3 versions of their live concerts to fans.

The Backspacer “Ultimate Access Pass” functionality is accessed by inserting the CD into a PC/Mac, or by a secure web-link delivered to most digital buyers via digital booklet or post-purchase email. A groundbreaking new technology, eBridge optically embeds every CD with a unique serial-coded application which, when launched, enables the artist to deliver bonus content.

The gigs available for download with the purchase of ‘Backspacer’ are Halifax (22/09/05), Philadelphia (03/10/05), Santiago (21/11/05), Chicago (17/05/06), Grand Rapids (19/05/06), Camden (28/05/06), E Rutherford (06/03/06), San Francisco (16/07/06), New York (25/06/06), Hartford (27/06/08) and Mansfield (28/06/08).

ROCKBAND

Backspacer will be available at the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ console surrounding the album’s retail release. The album hits shelves September 20th, and will be added to the Rock Band Music Store for Xbox 360 on September 20th, for Wii on September 22nd and for Playstation 3 on September 24th.

In addition, Pearl Jam will offer a special edition CD set at select Target stores nationwide that will include the Backspacer album disc and a code that enables owners of the special edition to download the entire album for Rock Band or Rock Band 2 gameplay.

Pearl Jam’s reissue of Ten became available for download in the Rock Band Music Store day-and-date with the reissue of the album March 24, 2009 and has sold more than 850,000 downloads to date.

INDEPENDENT MUSIC RETAIL

Following a long-standing tradition, Pearl Jam’s Backspacer will also be available at local indie music stores through Junketboy, the distribution arm of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS).

The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a group of some of the best independent music stores in America. CIMS was founded in 1995 and its current membership is made up of 29 accounts that handle 59 stores in 21 states. Many of these independent stores have been recognized by the music industry and their local communities for their outstanding dedication to customer service and developing artist support.

For more information on CIMS, please visit www.cimsmusic.com

VERIZON

Exclusive Backspacer ringtones and ringback tones are available only through Verizon Wireless.
Kicking off July 30th, Verizon Wireless made available one exclusive ringtone and ringback tone from VZW Tones (www.vzw.com/mp3) for download and purchase each Thursday leading up to the album release. The final three songs will be available the week of September 17th.

For more information on mobile music from Verizon Wireless, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or visit www.verizonwireless.com/music.

TOUR DATES

Pearl Jam's North American and Australia/New Zealand tour dates in support of Backspacer are detailed below. For a full list of dates and updated tour information, please visit www.pearljam.com.

TOUR BOOTLEGS

Pearl Jam's official website (www.pearljam.com) will be the exclusive distributor for live bootleg recordings from their upcoming tour in support of Backspacer.

Shows will be available in three formats- MP3, flac and Burn-on-Demand Compact Discs and will be mixed and mastered and available within weeks of the show date.

Go to http://pearljam.com/tour for upcoming shows.

***Not all shows available*** Check https://www.pearljam.com/max for availability.