Pearl Jam brought the Riot Act Tour to the Pepsi Arena — the band’s first-ever show in Albany proper. This was Pearl Jam at their most committed, touring behind 2002’s Riot Act with the intensity they’d maintained since the beginning. The encore included covers of Patti Smith and The Who. Fan accounts describe it as one of the tightest performances of the 2003 run despite a strict local curfew that made it one of the tour’s shorter sets.
Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York
