Pearl Jam were joined on drums by an 18-year-old at their Oakland, California show this weekend – see footage below.The Seattle legends’ drummer Matt Cameron is out of action on the band’s current tour after testing positive for COVID, so they’ve been enlisting stand-in drummers.Pearl Jam were joined by a fan on drums at their Oakland show on Thursday (May 12), with touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer also stepping in on drumming duties for a series of tracks including Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’, ‘Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town’, ‘Why Go’ and ‘Corduroy’.With Cameron still isolating, Saturday’s (May 14) show also saw the band recruit another stand-in drummer for a song.Kai Neukermans joined the band for 2013 song ‘Mind Your Manners’, and told the San Fransisco Chronicle that, after hearing that Cameron was unavailable to play the show, he texted Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder‘s daughter Olivia, who he had met on a previous occasion.He was then invited to send a video of him drumming along to a Pearl Jam track, which he skipped school to do, and ended up on stage at the Oakland Arena.Fan-shot footage sees Vedder telling the crowd during the show: “Everybody this is Kai; Kai this is everybody! You’re leading the band, brother.”See footage below.Last week, Pearl Jam honoured Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins during their LA concert at The Forum by performing 2005 song ‘Cold Day In The Sun’.The original version of the track featured Hawkins on lead vocals and, for the Seattle band’s performance of it, Cameron took on singing duties.Cameron and Hawkins previously worked together in the band Nighttime Boogie Association, releasing two songs together
Parents Charged With Torture & Murder After Allegedly Killing 1-Year-Old Son & Leaving His Body In Their Car During Family Function
03.05.2022 - 21:15 / perezhilton.com
A couple in Barstow, California has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly killing their 1-year-old son.
Ricardo Mendez and Antanita Miller were jailed on charges of torture, assault of a child, and murder late last week following a police investigation into their disturbing alleged activities in the California city.
Now, family members are coming forward to remember the deceased little boy — identified as 1-year-old Jamari Mendez (pictured above) — and recount what happened when they first discovered his lifeless body.
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Jamari’s aunt, Leslie Mendez, spoke to KABC about the tragic situation involving her beloved nephew. According to Leslie, her 27-year-old brother Ricardo and his 24-year-old girlfriend Antanita unexpectedly showed up at a family member’s home in the city of Pomona, California, with their two other children. When asked about Jamari, the couple allegedly told family members that he was with Miller’s mother.
Leslie recalled:
After some time, the grieving aunt claims Ricardo soon confessed to his family that Jamari was dead. Leslie also alleged that her brother fessed up to having stashed Jamari’s body in the trunk of their car. Horrified, Leslie rushed outside to retrieve her nephew, as she explained to the outlet:
Leslie and another family member rushed the boy to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead there after first responders were unable to revive him.
Ricardo and Antanita stayed behind at the family home. Police were called, and they immediately began to investigate the child’s suspicious death. In their investigation, detectives found Jamari’s body had been “covered in lesions, bruising, and burn marks,”
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