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Eddie Vedder
Eddie Jerome Vedder is an American musician who is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the rock band Pearl Jam. He was previously a guest vocalist for supergroup Temple of the Dog, a tribute band dedicated to singer Andrew Wood.
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entertainment · American musician (born 1964) · singer-songwriter · guitarist · singer · also Eddie Vedder, Eddie Jerome Vedder, Edward Louis Severson III, Ed Vedder, Edward Mueller, Vedder
Born 23 December 1964 · Q221535
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2026· 33 entries
“t know what to do if there was no more fighting. When I ask Vedder what he”
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“My body's nobody's body but mine...You run your own body, let me run mine.”
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“sang half of that song not even knowing that I”
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rocktotal.com: Eddie Vedder presenta videoclip oficial de «Better believe»
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Far Out Magazine: The shocking 1970 album that “scared the shit out of” Eddie Vedder
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET: EDDIE VEDDER Releases Official 'Better Believe' Music Video
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Published video “Eddie Vedder - Better Believe (w/Guitars Over Guns at the Obama Presidential Center)”.
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YouTube: Eddie Vedder - Better Believe (w/Guitars Over Guns at the Obama Presidential Center)
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uDiscoverMusic: Chicago Students Join Eddie Vedder in ‘Better Believe’ Video
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Yahoo: Eddie Vedder’s ‘Better Believe’ Video Goes Behind The Scenes
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London Evening Standard: Bono and Eddie Vedder join stars for funeral of ‘true Dub’ Glen Hansard
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Mshale: Eddie Vedder - My City Of Ruins (Bruce Springsteen Tribute) - 2009 Kennedy Center Honors Buon Lunedi 11 Maggio 2026 (gmCGrD7GxQ)
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The North State Journal: Bono, Eddie Vedder among mourners at funeral of songwriter Glen Hansard
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Wikimetal: Eddie Vedder lança músicas inéditas; ouça agora “Matter of Time” e “Say Hi”
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IMDb: Eddie Vedder and Markéta Irglová Sing Together at Glen Hansard’s Funeral
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Far Out Magazine: The tragedy that forged Glen Hansard’s bond with Eddie Vedder: “Blood pouring from his eyes”
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Audacy: Eddie Vedder, Pittsburgh institutes team up to battle rare diseases
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The Business Journals: Richard King Mellon Foundation invests $25M in rare disease venture backed by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder
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VICE: The Wry Remark From a Famous Comedic Actor That Helped Eddie Vedder Finally Quit Cigarettes
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Hotpress: Eddie Vedder pays tribute to Glen Hansard by busking on Grafton Street
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Billboard: Eddie Vedder Pays Tribute to Glen Hansard By Busking at Late Singer’s Old Grafton Street Spot in Dublin
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NME: Eddie Vedder pays tribute to friend Glen Hansard by busking in his spot in Dublin city centre
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Contactmusic.com: Watch: Eddie Vedder performs at famous Dublin busking spot in honour of the late Glen Hansard
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Far Out Magazine: Watch Eddie Vedder honour Glen Hansard by busking in Dublin
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Nova.ie: WATCH: Eddie Vedder Busks In Dublin City Centre In Sweet Tribute To Glen Hansard
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RockFM: Eddie Vedder rinde homenaje a Glen Hansard tocando en su lugar siempre en Dublín
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The Irish Sun: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder reeling over heartbreaking loss of pal Glen Hansard
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Futuro Chile: El emotivo homenaje de Eddie Vedder a Glen Hansard en las calles de Dúblin que se volvió viral
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Public attention spiked: 14,541 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 3,667, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Watch Eddie Vedder and Bono perform at the funeral of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard” (Yahoo).
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Public attention spiked: 44,095 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12× the usual 3,667, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “Better Believe (Chicago, 2026)”.
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Public attention spiked: 15,101 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 3,667, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
Published video “Matter of Time | Official Teaser”.
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When Vedder designed a trophy to be given to the winner of the series, while the two teams agreed to support Vedder's charity, the EB Research Partnership, in return
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2024· 2 entries
Published video “Eddie Vedder - Save It For Later (Official Audio)”.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “After Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder went on an anti-Harrison Butker rant, the front office at Arrowhead Stadium canceled three of the band’s upcoming shows.” False.
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2023· 3 entries
Published video “Eddie Vedder - One (U2 Cover)”.
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Published video “Eddie Vedder - Elevation (U2 Cover)”.
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Rolling Stone ranked Vedder at number 105 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
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2022· 7 entries
Released album “Earthling Expansion: The Adventurous Cuts”.
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Released album “Earthling Expansion: The Calm Cuts”.
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Released album “Earthling Expansion: The Rock Cuts”.
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Published video “Eddie Vedder's "Invincible" - NASA Artemis I Rollout”.
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Published video “Eddie Vedder in Conversation with Bruce Springsteen”.
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Published video “Eddie Vedder - The Dark (Lyric Video)”.
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Released album “Earthling”.
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2021· 2 entries
And "Brother the Cloud" on January 14, 2022
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Released album “Flag Day: Original Soundtrack”.
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2020· 2 entries
Released ep “Matter of Time”.
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Vedder explained that their show started on a high because they had just been told about her birth, until about 40 minutes into their performance when the tragedy happened
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2017· 4 entries
Released album “Ohana Fest 2017”.
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Vedder talked for the first time about Cornell since his death on May 18, 2017, saying that "he wasn't just a friend, he was someone I looked up to like my older brother" and "I will live with those memories in my heart
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Expounded that "Rage" is the fundamental component of rock 'n roll and said, "Some great rock’n’roll tends to have that, which is why the Who were such a great band
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Vedder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam
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2016· 1 entry
Which would have been Staley's 49th birthday; "It's the birthday of a guy called Layne Staley tonight, and we're thinking of him tonight too
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2014· 1 entry
Vedder and McCormick co-founded the EB Research Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for the genetic skin disorder epidermolysis bullosa
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “The Lonely Pearl”.
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2012· 2 entries
Released ep “Reggae Celebration E.P.”.
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Released album “Soldier Of Love”.
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2011· 5 entries
Vedder and Natalie Maines attended the release hearing of the West Memphis Three
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Released album “Water on the Road”.
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Released album “Ukulele Songs”.
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Released album “2011-03-16: Civic Theatre, Newcastle, Australia”.
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McCormick appeared in the music video for Vedder's solo single, "Longing to Belong"
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2010· 2 entries
Vedder married his longtime girlfriend, model Jill McCormick, whom he had been dating since 2000
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Vedder recorded a new song, "Better Days", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2010 film Eat Pray Love
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2009· 4 entries
Released album “Live At The Lyric Opera House”.
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Its tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt, in 2013, its eleventh studio album, Gigaton, in 2020, and its twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, in 2024
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“That was the first time I heard myself on a real record. It could be one of my favorite songs that I”
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Said, "People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “2008-08-22: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL”.
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Released album “Acoustically Wild”.
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And was composed of ten dates focusing on the West Coast of the United States
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2007· 5 entries
Damien Echols, who was then on death row for the murders, said that Vedder had been the "greatest friend a person could have" and that he had collaborated with him while in prison
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Released album “Into the Wild: Music for the Motion Picture”.
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Vedder released his first solo album as a soundtrack for the film Into the Wild (2007)
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Made a cameo as himself in the comedy film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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A few days before performing with Pearl Jam in Chicago for Lollapalooza, he threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs
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2006· 2 entries
"Even though there are three guitars, I think there's maybe more room now
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Released album “Innocent Bystander”.
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2005· 3 entries
Was nearly lost at sea trying to paddle from Molokaʻi to Oʻahu
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“s 2005 film Last Days – a fictionalised account of Cobain”
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During Pearl Jam's first South American tour, Vedder said, "next time we come to Brazil, the world will be a better place to live, as George Bush will no longer be the President of the United States
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “The Molo Sessions”.
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“s first South American tour, Vedder said,”
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Keep On Setting Free”.
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(though Staley had died over two weeks earlier on April 5, his body was found on April 19)
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2000· 3 entries
And 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time
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The band released its sixth studio album, Binaural, and initiated a successful and ongoing series of official bootlegs
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And played at Green Party super rallies in Chicago and New York City
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1998· 2 entries
Pearl Jam recorded "Last Kiss", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J
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Saying "We've had the luxury of writing our own job description
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “One Step Back”.
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1995· 2 entries
Vedder was carried 250 feet (76 m) off the coast and had to be rescued by lifeguards
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Released album “Bad Radio Demos”.
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1994· 3 entries
Vedder married Hovercraft bass player Beth Liebling, whom he had dated since he was a teenager, circa 1984
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The band began a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster, which lasted for three years and limited the band's ability to tour in the United States
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Of the gruesome murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas
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1993· 2 entries
Released ep “The Doors with Eddie Vedder”.
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Vedder supported fellow Surfrider Foundation member/environmentalist, Aaron Ahearn who had gone AWOL from the United States Navy in protest of the Navy's at sea dumping policies
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1992· 4 entries
During the band's appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1992, Vedder stood up on his stool during the instrumental break of the song "Porch" and wrote "PRO-CHOICE" on his left arm with a magic marker.
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This is the modern world!" In 1992, Spin printed an article by Vedder, titled "Reclamation", which detailed his views on abortion.
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Vedder stood up on his stool during the instrumental break of the song "Porch" and wrote "PRO-CHOICE" on his left arm with a magic marker
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Spin printed an article by Vedder, titled "Reclamation", which detailed his views on abortion
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1991· 1 entry
Becoming Pearl Jam, and instead naming their debut album Ten after Blaylock's jersey number
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1990· 2 entries
By Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, who then recruited Vedder as lead singer but hired and fired three different drummers
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Irons gave him the demo tape of a Seattle band looking for a singer
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1988· 1 entry
Vedder became the vocalist for Bad Radio, a San Diego–based progressive funk rock band
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1984· 1 entry
Vedder returned to San Diego with his girlfriend Beth Liebling and his friend Frank
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1965· 1 entry
When Vedder was an infant
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1964· 2 entries
Born 1964-12-23.
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In Evanston, Illinois, to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson Jr
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