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Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Ringo Starr will feature on Eddie Vedder’s new album
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14 Jan 2022, 13:52
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The Pearl Jam frontman’s new solo album is dropping next month, and it includes some impressive guest appearances.
Elton John will appear on a track towards the end of the record, called Picture, and it shouldn’t be any surprise to us that the legendary singer has teamed up with Eddie Vedder for a song, as he is very fond of a collaboration.
Indeed, the Rocket Man’s own recent album, 2021’s The Lockdown Sessions, saw him join forces with a number of artists, including… Eddie Vedder!
Elsewhere on the new LP, entitled Earthling, contributors include other musical royalty in the form of Stevie Wonder and Ringo Starr. And there are some other notable names as well, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and former RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who is currently part of Pearl Jam’s touring band.
As well as revealing some of the star contributors to the album, Eddie Vedder has also just released the latest taste from it. Brother The Cloud dropped January 14th, and you can check it out here:
In an interview with MOJO, the Pearl Jam singer also revealed that the new album features his late father, who he says he only met “maybe three or four times as a kid” before he died when Vedder was 13.
However, a few years ago, the singer met one of his father’s friends, who gave him “five songs of my dad singing, on a disc.”
Vedder told MOJO: “I carried that disc around for two, three months in my suitcase, not ready to hear it. Finally, I got the guts, and after a couple bottles of wine played it one night in Argentina. And he was good. It was incredible – like he left a message for me.”
Some of the recordings have been put together in “a little collage” and will appear towards the end of the 13-track album.
Earthling will be released on February 11th.
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