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Pearl Jam Not Receptive To Crowdfunded Concerts

05/04/2015
. (Radio.com) Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters don't share a whole lot in common other than having roots in Seattle's grunge scene--and now they share one less thing in common: their reaction to crowdfunded concerts.

While the Foos embraced the post-millennial show approach, playing a show in Richmond last summer after it was crowdfunded, Pearl Jam have decided against going down the same route.

After one Pearl Jam fan, Daniel Sheffer, pushed to get the band to play the newly renovated Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, locking down 578 backers and raising over $140,000 in the process, management responded with a soft but firm no.

"We love the passion and enthusiasm of the fans who have spearheaded Pearl Jam crowdfund efforts," Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis told the Village Voice. "However, with more and more of these crowdfunded show proposals cropping up, we want to be clear before fans invest their hard-earned money into these efforts that they are unlikely to happen." Read more here.

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