Pearl Jam Offering Bootleg Recordings

Pearl Jam has teamed up with Verizon Wireless to offer Verizon customers exclusive mobile access to the U.S. rock band’s bootleg recordings.

Pearl Jam will also be supporting Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine program, which makes wireless phones available to victims of domestic violence, by holding phone collection drives at each venue on its 12-city U.S. tour, Verizon said.

The band’s live concert performance will be recorded each night of the tour.

Afterward, Pearl Jam’s studio engineer will mix three songs, which will then be released on V CAST Music.

Verizon Wireless will offer one of the full-length tracks for free on V CAST Music; the other two full-length songs will be available, as well as the ringtones and ringback tones for all three songs, at standard costs.

Each free mobile bootleg will be available until the following show; however, customers will be able to access and purchase all of the mobile bootlegs as they become available through the end of the tour.

Verizon Wireless delivers the opportunity for artists to interact directly with fans — they can download music, win tickets to the show and now get the world’s first mobile bootlegs from this legendary band, Ed Ruth, director of digital music for Verizon, said in a statement.