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    Pearl Jam's Tribute Act Urges Band to Rescind Legal Threats Over Name

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    Pearl Jamm’s guitarist Tim Love says that he can’t understand why the Eddie Vedder-fronted rock band made the demand for them to hand over email addresses and destroy merchandise.

    Jan 19, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Pearl Jam has threatened London-based tribute act Pearl Jamm with legal action if they don’t change their name.
    The group has received letters from the real band’s lawyers, demanding guitarist Tim Love and his pals hand over email addresses and destroy merchandise.
    “They’ve asked us to change the name of the band,” Love told the BBC.
    The tribute act has over 9,100 followers on Facebook and Love admits he can’t understand why his heroes are so upset.
    “No one’s ever come to a show, got to the end of the show and came up to us demanding their money back because they were expecting to see Pearl Jam play at the Garage in Highbury,” he said.

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    The band has published an open letter to Pearl Jam on Facebook, stating, “You have known of our tribute band for years yet have waited until a global pandemic to have threatening legal letters sent. This isn’t the Pearl Jam we know and love, the Pearl Jam that stands up for social issues and against corporate giants. Yet your lawyers tell us it is indeed you, the band, that are behind this…”
    “We know of at least one other tribute band that decided to call it a day over this. It may have been easier, cheaper and more effective for one of you to reach out to us personally. We would have done that for you. But not like this.”

    “Your actions are out of character and unreasonable yet our love for the music endures. We sincerely hope that, despite confirmation to the contrary, you are blissfully unaware of actions being taken in your name. We invite you to respond either publicly or privately and rescind the legal threats that have been made.”

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      Pearl Jam to Pay Tribute to Parkland Shooting Victim at Charity Livestream

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      The Eddie Vedder-fronted band is going to be joined by the likes of Elizabeth Warren and Dwyane Wade at the upcoming Guacathon honoring the late Joaquin Oliver.
      Aug 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Pearl Jam are among the acts who will be performing at the Guacathon – a 20-hour live event on what would have been the 20th birthday of Parkland school shooting victim Joaquin Oliver.
      Oliver, whose nickname was “Guac”, was one of 17 killed during the horrific mass shooting in 2018. Paying tribute to the late teenager and joining the fight against gun violence in America, Pearl Jam are set to perform during the Facebook Live event.
      Other stars contributing include Michael Franti, Twiddle, and The Specials while politicians including Elizabeth Warren and athletes such as Dwyane Wade will also be making an appearance during the event, taking place on 4 and 5 August (20) here.
      A GoFundMe page, set up to raise $20,000 (£15,000) for Oliver’s 20th birthday, is open here.

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      Pearl Jam's Objections to Ticketing Reform Bill Get Rejected

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      In response to the ‘Given to Fly’ band’s opposition, New Jersey Representative Bill Pascrell Jr. States that they ‘have been led astray’ about his BOSS Act legislation.
      Feb 22, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Pearl Jam’s objections to a bill that would result in an overhaul of the concert ticketing industry in the U.S. have been dismissed.
      In January, the “Given to Fly” group wrote to New Jersey Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. and Frank Pallone, Jr. to oppose the BOSS Act, which aimed to bring greater transparency to the ticketing business and give consumers easier access to tickets through primary and secondary markets.
      The bill included provisions such as banning non-transferable ticketing, and requiring primary ticket sellers to disclose the total number of tickets that would be offered to the general public a full week before the sale.
      However, the group claimed the legislation would hurt, rather than protect, consumers, and scalpers who resell tickets on the secondary market, often at highly inflated prices.
      The “Last Kiss” hitmakers conceded that they agreed with a number of other elements in the bill, including provision that would prevent the use of bots and require disclosing all ancillary fees upfront, but remained opposed to it in its entirety.
      In a response, Pascrell rebutted Pearl Jam’s arguments against the bill, which he and Pallone first introduced in 2009, and reintroduced last June.
      “Pearl Jam may know a thing or two about making great music, but they’ve been led astray about my legislation,” he said in a letter to the band on Thursday, February 20. “I would be happy to speak with the band about why Live Nation-Ticketmaster doesn’t care about their fans and wants to preserve a corrupt marketplace.”
      Pascrell’s letter ends with a summary of the bill’s provisions, including greater transparency from secondary sellers which would inhibit them from knowingly reselling tickets at a higher price.
      Pearl Jam has yet to respond to the dismissal.

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