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For those who don't remember, this would be yesterday's news:

Denver Fans Walk Out of Pearl Jam Show

DENVER - Dozens of fans walked out of a Pearl Jam
concert after lead singer Eddie Vedder (news) took a
mask of President Bush (news - web sites) and impaled it on a microphone stand.

Several concertgoers booed and shouted Tuesday night for Vedder to shut up as he told the crowd he was
against the war and Bush. He impaled the mask during
the encore of the band's opening show of a U.S. tour.

"It was like he decapitated someone in a primal ritual
and stuck their head on a stick," fan Keith Zimmerman
said.

Vedder used a Bush mask in Australia and Japan to
perform the song "Bushleaguer," from the band's latest
album, "Riot Act." The song's lyrics say, "He's not a
leader, he's a Texas leaguer."

During the show, Vedder said: "Just to clarify... we
support the troops."

"We're just confused on how wanting to bring them back safely all of a sudden becomes non-support," he said. "We love them. They're not the ones who make the foreign policy .... Let's hope for the best and speak
our opinions."

Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis could not immediately
be reached for comment Thursday.

The Dixie Chicks (news - web sites) were the target of
boycotts and bans after their lead singer made
anti-Bush statements on a London stage last month.

Thanks for the ping. I've never even heard their music. Now I guess I never will. I can bump this for you a bit.