July 16th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Eddie Vedder and the rest of Pearl Jam will play at the London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on August 11

Pearl Jam are already set to perform at two major UK arenas as part of their European tour but will now also play a much more smaller venue for a more intimate atmosphere to their live show.

It was already announced at the end of April this year that Pearl Jam were going to perform at the Manchester Evening News Arena (August 17) and the London O2 Arena (August 18).

However, it has now been announced that Pearl Jam will also perform at the London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on August 11.

Pearl Jam tickets for the new show will go on general sale on Thursday July 23 at 9am.

Pearl Jam are also set to release their ninth studio album titled Backspacer in September featuring the new single The Fixer.

Backspacer was produced by Brendan O’Brian, who worked with Pearl Jam for their 1998 album Yield and has also recently also worked with Bruce Springsteen.

Pearl Jam spoke of how in the past, they and Brendan O’Brian did not agree sometimes on how a song should sound, but now Brendan O’Brian was one of the very few people outside the band they could trust with their music and they like how honest he is when it comes to deciding what is good and what is bad.

Pearl Jam decided it was time to work with him again since Bruce Springsteen had recently listened to his ideas.

Pearl Jam tickets for the now sold out UK arena dates are still available to compare at tixdaq.com