PEARL JAM Guitarist Wants To Jam With JACK WHITE

June 4, 2008

The Pulse of Radio reports: PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready recently told reporters on a teleconference call that the band won't be premiering any new material during its upcoming performance at Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival, but McCready was open to the idea of being joined onstage by one of the other performers at the event. Asked whom he himself would like to jam with, McCready had one person in mind: "I'd love to have Jack White up. I just, I think he's just a phenomenal guitar player and I'd love to see him play up close. I've seen THE WHITE STRIPES in Europe, but it was kind of far away. But I'd love to have him up there and jam because he's got a killer voice and he's a great lead player too. So that would be exciting to me."

PEARL JAM will be performing at Bonnaroo along with METALLICA, JACK JOHNSON, Jack White's band the RACONTEURS, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, KANYE WEST, WIDESPREAD PANIC and dozens of others.

The Manchester, Tennessee event takes place from Thursday, June 12 to Sunday, June 15. PEARL JAM will play on Saturday night (June 14).

The show is part of a three-week U.S. tour for PEARL JAM that begins on June 11 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Following the tour's end on June 30, the group will play a benefit concert on July 1 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Proceeds will go to the Robin Hood organization, which fights to alleviate poverty in New York City.

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