(from nme.com)
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder reportedly paid €25,000 (($28K USD) ) from his own pocket in order to keep playing past the curfew at a show in Dublin on Friday night.
A post on the official Pearl Jam forum claims that the singer briefly left the stage before stumping up the necessary cash to continue with a mammoth 32 song solo set – which included Bob Dylan covers and duets with Glen Hansard.
One user wrote: “A lad who works at the 3Arena said Eddie walked off stage and signed a check for €25,000 so he could keep playing”. (MORE HERE)