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Pearl Jam aims to tap into youth movement with Montana show

Pearl Jam aims to tap into youth movement with Montana show | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2016 file photo, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament reacts as he is introduced during an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Utah Jazz in New York. One of the four cities in Pearl Jam's North American tour this summer will be tiny Missoula, Mont., Ament's part-time home. The pioneering grunge rock band plays the venue each time Ament's hometown friend, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, is up for election, and this time the band plans to give some of the proceeds of the show to four groups that support youth and Native American voting, land conservation and women's health. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)

HELENA, Mont. – One of the four cities in Pearl Jam’s brief North American tour this summer will be tiny Missoula, Montana, the part-time home of bassist Jeff Ament.

The politically active band has dubbed the sold-out Aug. 13 concert “Rock2Vote” and plans to give a portion of its proceeds to four Montana organizations that support youth and Native American voting, land conservation and women’s health.

Ament told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he’s been inspired by the national youth movement led by survivors of the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

It’s the third time the pioneering grunge rock band has played in Montana when Ament’s childhood friend, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, is up for election.

Pearl Jam also will play two shows each in Seattle, Chicago and Boston this summer.

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