Italian gigs chronicled on new Pearl Jam DVD

By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam will release a live DVD on September 25, featuring footage from five Italian shows last fall.

"Immagine in Cornice" (Picture in a Frame) will be released via Rhino Records. The band's Web site will offer a pre-sale with a limited edition T-shirt beginning August 22.

The film's director, Danny Clinch, describes the DVD, which is named after the Tom Waits song frontman Eddie Vedder covered during a show in Milan, as "a collaboration. The band even offered me some music that has never been heard and (guitarist) Mike (McCready) went into the studio to create some more music for the soundscapes. This is a look at Pearl Jam that no one has seen yet."

The main body of the DVD sports 13 songs evenly drawn from early albums like "Ten" and "Vs." as well as last year's self-titled release for J Records. Among the three bonus tracks is Vedder performing the Who's "A Quick One (While He's Away)" with opening act My Morning Jacket.

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