Pearl Jam Play First Full Show of 2026 with Abe Laboriel Jr. on Drums: Video + Setlist

After playing a surprise mini-set at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival on Friday night with drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., Pearl Jam played their first full show at the same festival on Sunday evening, also with Laboriel Jr. behind the drum kit, plus a guest appearance by Billy Strings on a few songs. Pearl Jam played an 18-song set, with Strings joining for “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” and a cover of Neil Young’s “Throw our Hatred Down” during the main set, and again for a rendition of Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” during the encore. The Friday and Sunday sets marked Pearl Jam’s first shows since drummer Matt Cameron amicably left the band last year. While longtime Paul McCartney stickman Laboriel Jr. manned the kit for both Ohana sets, it’s still not 100% clear if he’s indeed Pearl Jam’s permanent new drummer. During the show, Vedder told the audience, “We’re very honored that a Beatle no less, Paul McCartney, would allow us to borrow [Abe] to help us. Well, because here’s the thing. There’s an old musical adage that I do believe, and that is that you cannot be — and we’ve had the best — but you cannot be a great band without a great drummer. So, we thank Abe f...