Pearl Jam remember killed fans

Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder took a moment during the band's show at Cincinnati's U.S. Bank Arena on Saturday night (June 24th) to pay tribute to the memory of 11 fans killed at the venue 27 years ago. The concertgoers were trampled to death at the facility, then called Riverfront Coliseum, during a Who concert in 1979. Vedder dedicated "Wishlist" to them, calling it a "little prayer for those who passed and all the survivors." The singer also made a reference to a similar event in Pearl Jam's own history, when nine fans were crushed to death during the band's set at a Danish festival in 2000.

Vedder said that the Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend both called his band after the Danish tragedy to help them deal with the aftermath.

The vocalist wore a vintage Who T-shirt for Saturday night's show, which Pearl Jam finished with a version of the British band's classic "Baba O'Riley."

In other news, VH1 will premiere Pearl Jam's episode of Storytellers on July 1st at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The show was taped on May 31st in New York.

Pearl Jam will perform at a July 20th benefit in Portland, Oregon for the Northwest Chapter of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Guitarist Mike McCready has worked closely with the organization since revealing in 2002 that he has Crohn's Disease.

The band continued its current North American tour on June 27th, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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