Pearl Jam to close Spectrum

As a concert venue, the Spectrum will not live to see Halloween. The Pearl Jam shows Oct. 28 and 30 announced last week will be the Spectrum's last.

Comcast-Spectacor said yesterday that the dates by Eddie Vedder and crew (on sale tomorrow on ComcastTIX.com and LiveNation.com) will be the final shows at the venue, which is being replaced by an entertainment complex.

Since the plan to destroy the Spectrum was announced last year, a number of big names have returned to play it rather than the spiffier, more cavernous Wachovia Center. They include Alan Jackson, Neil Young, the Dead, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who did two shows in April and will return to play the South Philadelphia building Oct. 13-14. (Tickets go on sale July 27.) Green Day plays a sold-out show there Tuesday.

Other big names are expected to be announced. Phish is one rumor; Bon Jovi wouldn't be a big surprise. When Pearl Jam last played the Spectrum in 2003, Vedder said: "It's really great to play a place with so much history and so much integration of culture. To be able to play the Spectrum is very memorable for us."