Pearl Jam Plays with Abe Laboriel Jr. at Ohana Festival

Pearl Jam closed the 10th-anniversary Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, with guest appearances by guitarist Billy Strings and drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. Strings joined Eddie Vedder and the band for “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town,” which Vedder recalled Strings performing in a fourth-grade talent show, and Neil Young’s “Throw Your Hatred Down”; he also returned during the encore for “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Laboriel, Paul McCartney’s longtime drummer, played with Pearl Jam on Sunday after first joining the group during a surprise Friday performance. Vedder thanked Laboriel and described him as helping the band while it adjusts to Matt Cameron’s 2025 departure, but Pearl Jam has not said whether Laboriel is its permanent replacement.