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The CDs continued for the 2003 Riot Act Tour, but they were not available in stores at first. They had to be ordered through the band's website, and were mailed out. After the tour, however, certain standout shows were released in stores, 2/23/03 in Perth, Australia, 3/3/03 in Tokyo, Japan, 5/3/03 in State College, PA, 7/8 and 9/03 in New York, and 7/11/03 in Mansfield, MA. The State College show was a three hour, triple disc show, which lead singer Eddie Vedder vowed to make "the longest Pearl Jam show ever played." It was surpassed by the Mansfield show, from the Tweeter Center Boston , in which the band played 45 songs, including an acoustic set. The New York shows, from Madison Square Garden , were released both separately and as a boxed set. The July 8 show was also released as the Live At The Garden DVD. In 2004, Pearl Jam released Live At Benaroya Hall , and while it came in similar packaging to the bootlegs, it is not considered to be part of the series.

The band took a year-long touring break until the 2004 Vote For Change tour, but they elected not to release bootlegs for the six shows from that tour. They took yet another year off until a fall 2005 tour of Canada and South America. For the first time, the bootlegs were MP3-only, again only available through the band's website. The MP3-only format will continue for the band's 2006 summer tour for their Self-titled Eighth Album .


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