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Watch Pearl Jam & Stephen Colbert Rock OUT In A Free World
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 24, 2015
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This coming Saturday, Pearl Jam and Stephen Colbert will be throwing down in Central Park as part of the Global Citizen Festival, but last night they shared the much smaller Ed Sullivan Theater stage together. The band ended their appearance with Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World," and Colbert grabbed a mic and joined in:
"What an honor. You don't get to do that every day, you don't..." Colbert repeated over and over again, as the crowd chanted for him.
Prior to the 5-minute rendition of "Rockin'," the band played "Mind Your Manners" (sans any vocal accompaniment from the host):
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