Pearl Jamwrapped up their 2024 world tour Saturday evening at ENGIE Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Near the end of the main set, Vedder thanked the crowd.
You have great voices here, he said.
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at Go Media Stadium on November 08, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand.Dave Simpson/WireImage
Wed like to have you use them with us now.
Soundgarden were also on the bill that night, and Chris Cornell joined the band for it.
It was the final time Cornell and Vedder performed together.
The group werent joined by any guests in Sydney.
Vedder simply handled the Cornell vocal parts on his own, with a little help from the crowd.
In a2016 oral history of Temple of the Dog,Cornell toldRolling Stoneabout the origins of the song.
Hunger Strike came about because of an existential crisis that Soundgarden faced at that moment, he said.
There was a bidding war, which was unusual for any band from Seattle.
We were living our dream, but there was also this mistrust over what that meant.
Does this make us a commercial rock band?
Does it change our motivation when were writing a song and making a record?
When I heard him sing, the whole thing came together in my brain.
I just felt like, Wow, his voice is so great in this low register.
He should sing on it.
Ill sing the first verse and then hell come in.
Even though its the same lyrics, its a different singer and itll feel like two verses.'
Hunger Strike became one of the defining songs of the grunge era.
But its only popped up at 24 Pearl Jam concerts since the groups formation.
The band played 37 shows this year, marking their most active year on the road since 2006.
