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==Live performances== "Man of the Hour" was first performed live at the band's [[Live at Benaroya Hall|October 22, 2003]] concert in [[Seattle]] at [[Benaroya Hall]].<ref name="fanclub">[http://www.pearljam.com/songs/song.php?song=ManOfTheHour Lyrics and performance trivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720041250/http://pearljam.com/songs/song.php?song=ManOfTheHour |date=July 20, 2006 }} from the website of the band's official [[fan club]]</ref><ref name="billboard"/> Since the death of [[Ramones]] guitarist [[Johnny Ramone]], Vedder has dedicated live performances of the song to him.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090322181417/http://www.twofeetthick.com/concert-chronology/pj2005/ "Pearl Jam Concert Chronology: 2005"]}}. TwoFeetThick.com.</ref> Live performances of "Man of the Hour" can be found on the live album ''[[Live at Benaroya Hall]]'', various [[Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs|official bootlegs]], the ''[[Live at the Gorge 05/06]]'' box set and the [[Eddie Vedder]] DVD ''[[Water on the Road]]''. On October 27, 2013 at their [[Lightning Bolt Tour|show in Baltimore]], the band dedicated the song to [[Lou Reed]] who had died earlier that day.<ref name="Baltimore">{{cite web | url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bal-after-23-years-pearl-jam-finally-comes-to-baltimore-20131028,0,7370922.story | title=After 23 Years Pearl Jam Finally Comes to Baltimore | date=2013-10-27 | access-date=2013-10-27 | publisher=Baltimore Sun}}</ref> During a show in Chicago on August 22, 2016, Vedder dedicated the song to his late friend [[Layne Staley]], lead singer of [[Alice in Chains]]. That day would have been Staley's 49th birthday; "Itโs the birthday of a guy called Layne Staley tonight, and weโre thinking of him tonight too. 49 years old", Vedder told the crowd before dedicating the song to his friend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-eddie-vedders-heartbreaking-tribute-layne-staley-pearl-jams-us-show/ |title=Watch Eddie Vedder's Heartbreaking Tribute To Layne Staley During Pearl Jam's US Show |date=26 August 2016 |work=Music Feeds | access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref>
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