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Pearl Jam and Chicago Cubs combine in film ‘Let’s Play Two’

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2012 file photo, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival in Philadelphia. In the new documentary “Let’s Play Two,” the bands two concerts at Wrigley Field became the soundtrack for the Chicago Cubs ending their 108-year World Series drought, tied together by band frontman Eddie Vedder, a lifelong Cub fan. Photo: Associated Press/(Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP, File)

MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — To many fans of Pearl Jam, the band’s two-concert stand last summer at Wrigley Field in Chicago was epic. What happened a few months later at that hallowed venue was also pretty epic to baseball fans. Filmmaker Danny Clinch combined them.

In the new documentary “Let’s Play Two,” the concerts became the soundtrack for the Chicago Cubs ending their 108-year World Series drought, tied together by band frontman Eddie Vedder, a lifelong Cubs fan.

Clinch’s cameras captured a dozen live Pearl Jam songs performed Aug. 20 and Aug. 22, 2016, including “Last Exit,” ”Jeremy” and “Inside Job,” while also charting the electrifying World Series run that fall and celebrating the city of Chicago.

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