Gigaton Tour


The Gigaton Tour is an upcoming concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The tour was scheduled to consist of seventeen shows in North America, and fourteen shows in Europe during 2020. It would have been the band's first tour since 2018. However, on March 9, 2020, the band announced that the first leg of North American shows would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to reschedule them for a later date. On April 10, 2020, Pearl Jam announced that the European leg had been postponed until June/July 2021, also due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 23, 2020, Pearl Jam announced rescheduled dates for the European leg in the Summer of 2021.
The North American leg of the tour was going to coincide with the release of the band's eleventh studio album, Gigaton. The first show would have taken place in Toronto, with the leg concluding with two shows in Oakland. Prior to the first show in the United States, the band were due to play at the Apollo Theater in New York City. It would have been an invitation-only show, for Sirius XM listeners and subscribers to Pandora.
Pixies, IDLES and White Reaper were announced as supporting the band across the dates in Europe 2020. The 2020 European leg was also scheduled to include several indoor shows, as well as outdoor festival shows at Rock Werchter, Lollapalooza in Stockholm and Paris, and the BST Hyde Park concert in London. The show at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen would have been on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Roskilde tragedy. However, on April 8, 2020, the show in London was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tour dates

Postponed shows

The following dates were announced before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rescheduled shows

The European dates were announced in July 2020.