Eddie Vedder and company have a pair of benefit shows lined up at the Key Arena in their hometown of Seattle on December 8 and 9. To help get into the swing of things, the band will play two “warm up” shows at the intimate Seattle venue, Showbox. The club dates will take place tomorrow (12.05.02) and Friday (12.06.02) and sorry to tell you this, but don’t even think about buying tickets. According to Launch, tickets for the Showbox dates took only half an hour to sell out when they went on sale Monday. Pearl Jam will take a short break following the Key Arena shows before jetting off to the land down under to wrestle koalas, drink Fosters, and perhaps play a few shows.

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