It’s safe to say Pearl Jam will never forget their first time in Connecticut. It was 24 years ago this month a riot ensued at the end of Pearl Jam’s sold out 1996 concert at The XFINITY Theatre (then known as The Meadows Music Theatre). According to the Hartford Courant, Hartford Police arrested 30 people and ejected 78 people from the venue after fans tried to rush the stage. An ugly scene, no doubt. The incident even made MTV News:
Today we look back at the show itself, which for Pearl Jam fans, was simply spectacular. Pearl Jam hit the road in support of its fourth studio album, No Code.
Pearl Jam
Tour: No Code North American Tour 1996
Special Guest: Fastbacks
October 2, 1996
The XFINITY Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut
Setlist*
- Long Road
- Hail Hail
- Animal
- Last Exit
- In My Tree
- Corduroy
- Better Man
- Not For You
- Jeremy
- Red Mosquito
- Black
- Rearviewmirror
- Lukin
- Elderly Woman Behind The Counter in a Small Town
- State of Love and Trust
- Footsteps
- Alive
- Blood
- Porch
- Who Are You (encore I)
- Even Flow (encore I)
- Daughter (encore I)
- Leaving Here (Edward Holland Jr. cover / encore I)
- Present Tense (encore I)
- Yellow Ledbetter (encore II)
*source: setlist.fm
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