10-22-2012, 02:46 AM
$tevie wrote:
Pearl Jam last weekend busted out a set 29-song set packed with fan favorites and politically-tinged covers at the Adams Center in Missoula, Montana, in support of Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat who's currently seeking re-election in a hotly contested race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate, Billboard reports.
While the members of Pearl Jam aren't shy about voicing their political beliefs – frontman Eddie Vedder recently performed at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama – the connection to Tester is more personal: bassist Jeff Ament, a Montana native, is a childhood friend of the senator's.
"I grew up with Jon and I can vouch for how much he cares for Montana, how much he cares for the country," Ament said at a pre-show event. "I couldn't be prouder to be up here with the band."
Although the show was not a traditional fundraiser, Tester's campaign did sell some premium ticket packages, and of course the senator and his wife sat alongside Pearl Jam fanclub members to watch the show. It wasn't the first time the band has thrown its support behind Tester: Pearl Jam played a benefit in 2005 when he was first seeking office.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/p...r-20121002
Thanks. Thinking it had to have been some sort of joke or parody.