Article: Pearl Jam rocks perfect storm of restraint, trademark angst.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: JED GOTTLIEB

PEARL JAM, with TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS

At the Comcast Center, Mansfield, last night and tomorrow.

If you told Eddie Vedder in 1991 that his band would be the new Grateful Dead, he would have bristled. Or maybe he would have socked you in the jaw. But almost two decades into its career, Pearl Jam has become an evergreen touring act capable of filling the Comcast Center twice over.

Last night, at the first of the Seattle megaband's Comcast gigs - Vedder and crew play tomorrow as well - its cult was in full effect. A nearly 20,000-strong army of fans was as devoted as any Deadhead crowd. (What? You thought String Cheese Incident was ...

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