Pearl Jam are always there to give back to fans. During a concert last week in Berlin, the band helped make the dreams of one particular fan, Roland Mandel, come true. READ MORE: Fan Sits In With Pearl Jam After Drummer Matt Cameron Tests Positive For COVID-19 Mandel originally bought a ticket way back in 2019 for the band’s 2020 tour, which was pushed back to 2022.
During that time, he was also diagnosed with terminal ALS. Confined to a wheelchair, the fan wasn’t able to get an accessible seat at Berlin Waldbühne, because the 12 accessible seats out of the venue’s over-22,000 capacity were already sold.
Mandel’s family and friends wrote a letter to the venue about the problem, and also started a campaign on social media asking Pearl Jam to play his favourite song, 1993’s “Rearviewmirror”.
Not only did the campaign succeed in getting Mandel a seat with a view of the concert from the side of the stage, Eddie Vedder and the band actually brought the fan onstage. READ MORE: Pearl Jam Releases 1992 Uncensored Version Of ‘Jeremy’ For The National Gun Violence Awareness Day’s #WearOrange Campaign “He should also experience this special night.
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