September 2, 1993 –
Neil Young and Pearl Jam performed Young’s song Rockin’ In The Free World at the MTV Video Music Awards on this date.
Pearl Jam have performed this song from time to time with Young, who is their musical mentor. The first time they performed it together was at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, where the Jeremy video won four awards. Young came on as a surprise guest after the band played a new song, Animal. By the end of the performance, Vedder had tossed his mic stand into the audience, Mike McCready had smashed his guitar, and the crowd went crazy.
