March 11, 2010

By By Chris M. Walsh, N.Y.

Pearl Jam will kick-off an 11-date run May 3 at Sprint Center in Kansas City and eventually wrap with a pair of shows on May 20-21 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Band of Horses will open all shows except the May 20 MSG engagement, where the Black Keys will open.

Pearl Jam's U.S. tour follows the band's previously announced headlining appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Festival on May 1.

After Kansas City, the band will visit, St. Louis (May 4), Columbus, Ohio (May 6), Noblesville, Ind. (May 7), Cleveland (May 9), Buffalo (May 10), Bristow, Va. (May 13), Hartford (May 15), Boston (May 17) and then New York. One show, slated for May 18, is listed as TBD.

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