Pearl Jam was the headliner for Day One of the second annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Yet, the honest star of the show was the weather.
It was a splendid day by the Bay, as temperatures remained warm well into the evening on Friday. Indeed, some people could even be heard making the unusual complaint that it was just too hot in San Francisco. Thus, the tens of thousands of fans that turned out to Golden Gate Park for the concert never wanted to put on their jackets and sweatshirts, even after the sun went down.
A brilliant sunset was visible as Pearl Jam took the stage to perform a 2-hour-plus closing set that was chock full of fan favorites. Eddie Vedder, although worried by a sore throat, sounded sensible strong as he raced through the grungy classics “Alive,” “Even Flow,” “Daughter” and “Animal.”
The Seattle band’s set was the highlight for most fans, during a day that came off a little too much like “Pearl Jam and a bunch of other acts.” The lineups for the next two days seem much more equilibriumed with the Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz and the Black Eyed Peas going on Saturday and Tenacious D, M.I.A. and Modest Mouse taking over on Sunday.
In all, things looked to go pretty smoothly on the opening day of the festival. It surely didn’t appear as crowded as last year’s opener, which drew a capacity crowd to see Radiohead. Official presentences figures weren’t released for Friday, but the event is anticipated to draw some 130,000 over the three days.
Although Pearl Jam dominated the day, there were many other performers that released worthy sets most notably, Silversun Pickups, Tom Jones and Q Tip. Tune into this blog for reports of the happenings on Days Two and Three of Outside Lands.
It was a splendid day by the Bay, as temperatures remained warm well into the evening on Friday. Indeed, some people could even be heard making the unusual complaint that it was just too hot in San Francisco. Thus, the tens of thousands of fans that turned out to Golden Gate Park for the concert never wanted to put on their jackets and sweatshirts, even after the sun went down.
A brilliant sunset was visible as Pearl Jam took the stage to perform a 2-hour-plus closing set that was chock full of fan favorites. Eddie Vedder, although worried by a sore throat, sounded sensible strong as he raced through the grungy classics “Alive,” “Even Flow,” “Daughter” and “Animal.”
The Seattle band’s set was the highlight for most fans, during a day that came off a little too much like “Pearl Jam and a bunch of other acts.” The lineups for the next two days seem much more equilibriumed with the Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz and the Black Eyed Peas going on Saturday and Tenacious D, M.I.A. and Modest Mouse taking over on Sunday.
In all, things looked to go pretty smoothly on the opening day of the festival. It surely didn’t appear as crowded as last year’s opener, which drew a capacity crowd to see Radiohead. Official presentences figures weren’t released for Friday, but the event is anticipated to draw some 130,000 over the three days.
Although Pearl Jam dominated the day, there were many other performers that released worthy sets most notably, Silversun Pickups, Tom Jones and Q Tip. Tune into this blog for reports of the happenings on Days Two and Three of Outside Lands.
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