Before the tour started on May 23, with a show in Lisbon, Portugal,[1] two warm-up concerts were performed in Bellingham, Washington, on May 10,[2] and Vancouver on May 11.
[3] Pearl Jam's 2000 European tour ended in tragedy on June 30, 2000, with an accident at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
On performing after the Roskilde tragedy, vocalist Eddie Vedder said that "playing, facing crowds, being together—it enabled us to start processing it.
"[8] The song "Alive" was purposely omitted from all shows on this tour until the final night on November 6, 2000 in Seattle at KeyArena.
The European and North American tours were documented by a long series of official bootlegs, all of which were available in record stores as well as through the band's fan club.