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- The gold medal winning bobsledder played bass on Yellow Ledbetter

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Big Pearl Jam fan

Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of Pearl Jam, is a big baseball fan.

And Monday night at the Sprint Center, where Pearl Jam performed, Vedder showed he also is a Royals fan. Or at least a fan of a former Royal.

Vedder put on a Royals jersey and announced to the crowd: “This isn’t some jersey from Sears. I got this from a legend. No. 6. Willie Wilson. It’s his first Pearl Jam concert tonight.”

Then the crowd started chanting “Willie, Willie!”

Vedder even dedicated a song to Willie, “Given to Fly,” which is fitting.

First, Eddie started the first encore with a Royals Jersey on and told a story about being friends with Willie Wilson. Then, at the end of 'Given to Fly', he kind of mimiced taking a lead off of a base, then sprinted to the other side of the stage following the last note. People behind me were 'geeking out' to it.

The second tidbit came at the end of the show. Mike was finishing the Star Spangled Banner, and at the very last note, the crowd around me all screamed 'Chiefs.' I laughed because the crowd ALWAYS does that at Aarowhead.

Two more great moments were during song introductions. Before Evenflow, Eddie said "Here's a new song called Mixed Metaphor." Then Evenflow ripped and was a great version I thought...... Before God's Dice, Eddie said how Jeff had wrote it and brought it to the table, but had it titled "God's Balls" The crowd laughed and Eddie started rambling about how they had to change the title in case God was a woman. Then he said, but she would have balls. Then he said it had to be something that dangled. Then he added around something stiff. Eddie seemed to be in a great mood!

And Eddie did wear the gold medal for a while when that USA bobsledder came up to play Yellow Ledbetter......