The Gigaton Tour is a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam. It is the band's first tour since 2018.[1]
The tour was originally scheduled to consist of seventeen shows in North America,[2][3] and fourteen shows in Europe during 2020.[4] However, on March 9, 2020, the band announced that the first leg of North American shows would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to reschedule them for a later date.[5][6] On April 10, 2020, Pearl Jam announced that the European leg had been postponed until June/July 2021, also due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] On July 23, 2020, Pearl Jam announced rescheduled dates for the European leg in the summer of 2021.[8] On October 5, 2020, two dates at BST Hyde Park in London, England were also announced.[9][10] However, on March 30, 2021, the band confirmed that the planned shows for 2021 had been pushed back to 2022 due to the pandemic.[11][12] On November 16, 2021, the band posted an announcement on their website stating that North American tour would start in May 2022.[13]