Eddie Vedder Opens Ohana Festival With The Earthlings Pearl Jam Songs

Eddie Vedder opened the ninth Ohana Music Festival on Friday at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California, headlining the first of three nights with his solo band The Earthlings and appearing throughout the bill alongside a roster that included Kings of Leon, Garbage, Stereophonics, Lukas Nelson and The Breeders. Vedder, who founded and curates the festival, led a set heavy on covers and guest appearances that underscored the event's celebratory, community-minded tone.

The Earthlings, performing together for the first time in two years, featured drummer Chad Smith, guitarists Josh Klinghoffer and Andrew Watt, Frames frontman Glen Hansard and bassist Chris Chaney. The group opened with DEVO's Gut Feeling and mixed Pearl Jam songs such as Corduroy, Rearviewmirror and Better Man with covers by The Who, Led Zeppelin, George Harrison, the Mono Men and Neil Young. They also performed material from Vedder's 2022 Earthling album, including Long Way and Brother the Cloud. Several guest musicians joined onstage, including Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones and saxophonist James King from Fitz and the Tantrums.

Vedder framed the night with personal remarks about the festival and music's...