Hollywood star Bradley Cooper recently joined Pearl Jam on stage for a cover of Neil Young's Rockin' In the Free World, plus a bonus acoustic rendition of from . The Bradley Cooper and Pearl Jam collaboration took place at Napa Valley’s BottleRock festival on May 25. Vedder introduced the Hollywood star as “my great, great pal Bradley Cooper,” after which Cooper joined him for .
The two traded verses and came together to sing the chorus. Vedder also accompanied Cooper on guitar. Cooper's guest appearance didn't end there.
Towards the end of the set, he joined the band on backing vocals and tambourine for a raucous rendition of Neil Young's . Eddie Vedder previously covered in 2019 at Innings Festival in Tempe Arizona. Back then, songwriter , “Holy shit Eddie Vedder sang my Bradley Cooper song in his set tonight.
That is by far the strangest sentence I’ve ever composed but it’s certainly a huge honor. I was 12 when came out and by god I learned how to play every song on it.” A year later, Vedder revealed Cooper had shadowed him ahead of shooting .
The rock veteran also gave Cooper advice on nailing the rock star persona. In an interview on , he said, “I told him things like, you know, ‘Make sure your guitar covers your balls at all times. I think sometimes the guitar gets a little high.
It looks more like a bib." In that same interview, he also revealed that he was initially skeptical about Cooper playing a rockstar, but was mindblown after seeing the finishe.