WATCH: Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder sings Tom Petty for The Oscars’ In Memoriam segment
Eddie Vedder performed at The Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood last night (4th March).
After an introduction from actor Jennifer Garner, Eddie, dressed in black, took to the stage with his guitar to perform a poignant cover of Tom Petty’s ‘Room at the Top’. Petty, of course, passed away last autumn.
Backed by a pianist, Eddie’s stripped-back and emotionally-charged version of the 1999 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers track accompanied an on-screen montage of film industry figures who have died in the past year.
Late stars who appeared in the segment included Roger Moore, Chuck Berry, Harry Dean Stanton, John Heard, Martin Landau, George A Romero, Sri Devi and Jerry Lewis.
You can watch Eddie’s performance at the 90th Academy Awards in its entirety here:
Two years ago at The Oscars, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl performed an acoustic version of The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ for the In Memoriam segment.
Pearl Jam play two sold-out shows at London’s The O2 this coming June.
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