VH1 News — Pearl Jam's Mike McCready praised the "phenomenal" Beatles, but he might not be so good at the just-released "Beatles: Rock Band": "I need to work on my skills." more info

Undercover, Australia — Pearl Jam is offering downloads of two entire US shows for anyone who purchases their new album Backspacer. more info

411 Mania — "The fans just have to trust us.” more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Million Dollar Quartet, Gorillaz • Them Crooked Vultures Announce U.S. Tour • Madonna Unleashes “Celebration” Video • Kurt Cobain’s Guitar Hero 5 Nightmare • Neil Young Announces New Live Album • Whitney Stumbles at G... more info

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Rolling Stone — Photo: Dyson/WireImage Pearl Jam’s management has discussed why the band agreed to an exclusive big box retail deal with Target for their upcoming album Backspacer, and now Eddie Vedder and Co. have opened up to Billboard. The bottom line: the agre... more info

Reuters — These are not phrases often used to describe Pearl Jam, the 30 million-selling purveyor of angst-ridden guitar rock now approaching its 19th year of existence. And yet these are the words being used on blogs to describe "The Fixer," the first song fr... more info

Rolling Stone — • M.I.A., Dead Weather Heat Up Outside Lands • DMB Team With Fergie at Outside Lands • Mars Volta, Mastodon Pummel Outside Lands • Pearl Jam Ignite Outside Lands • Blink-182 Pay Tribute to DJ AM • Incubus, The National Rock Outside Lands ... more info

Live Daily — The promoters of San Francisco’s second annual music and arts festival, Outside Lands, must have good karma. Day one of the three-day event was perhaps the city’s most beautiful summer day in years. Attendees arrived to a sunshine fille... more info

Mercury News, California — Second time for San Francisco's Outside Lands is a charm. Black Eyed Peas, Silversun Pickups and Pearl Jam impressed our critic the most. more info