Pearl Jamis Mike McCready fell over on stage at a recent gig – but in true rockstar style, continuing with his guitar solo from the floor.
The 58-year-old and his bandmates kicked off their 2024 world tour in Vancouver, Canada on Saturday with their characteristic enthusiasm.
They played a set of 25 songs, including nine from their most recent album, Dark Matter.
But two-thirds of the way through the energetic set – while playing his impressive solo in front of a thunderous crowd – lead guitarist Mike ended up on the floor.
A fan filmed the moment – about 3 minutes and 20 seconds into the video – when the musician disappeared from the stage, leaving only the Gibson Les Paul guitar held by the rocker above the crowd's bobbing heads.
Of course, he barely missed a note and continued to play with his guitar in the air as a security guard rushed over to help him up.
Fortunately, Mike – and his guitar – appeared to emerge from the incident unscathed, as he appeared to smile to himself and continue with his solo as the security guard watched him from the wings.
The Alive rockers continue their world tour in the US and land on British soil on June 22 when they perform at Dublin's Marlay Park.
Then head to the Co-op Live arena (when there is no more delay) on June 25, before playing at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 29.
After Britain, the band will travel to Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon before returning to the US in August and finishing in New Zealand and Australia in November.
The first night of their tour comes after frontman Eddie Vedder praised Taylor Swift as “incredibly productive” in a recent podcast interview with Bill Simmons.
Vedder said, “She is an artist who respects her audience and I know from my daughter that she is really incredible at planting these little hidden codes for them to pick up on.
“And then all of a sudden it activates all those people who are listening and gets them involved.”
He continued: “I think it was done in a very creative way. She changes it up and people talk about what she played that night.
“The other thing that's worked so well for her is she's incredibly productive, so she can just keep putting out music and putting out music.”
After attending Swiftie concerts with his daughter, Eddie previously said in an interview with Mojo that the experience reminded him of punk crowds.
'They had found their tribe, they all agreed on something. The craziest part was that it reminded me of the punk rock crowd, of hooking up with all the misfits in our city, back in the day,” he said.
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