PEARL JAM ON THE MEND, EURO FESTS KEEP DANCING

ON THE MEND: Back on the road after scrapping three major European shows due to an unspecified illness, Pearl Jam (ITB) is among the headliners this week for Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival and Lisbon's Nos Alive—traditionally two of Live Nation’s biggest and best outings during the European festival season.

This year, Mad Cool also boasts Dua Lipa (WME), Måneskin (ITB) and The Killers (WME) at the top of the bill, while Nos Alive has Lipa, Arcade Fire (CAA) and Sum 41 (Wasserman). Arcade Fire will also headline Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live festival (7/11-13) along with The Prodigy (Wasserman) and Massive Attack (WME).

Over the past week-plus, Pearl Jam canceled a gig at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and two at Waldbuhne in Berlin while unnamed band members recovered. Frontman Eddie Vedder told the audience earlier this week in Barcelona, "It was very uncomfortable, and it got frightening. It felt like bronchitis. It felt like maybe you couldn’t breathe, and maybe you wouldn’t make it through the night, and maybe you’d have to go to the hospital.” Keep that Emergen-C at your bedside, folks.

ON THE HORIZON: For more than 15 years, the Airbeat One gathering has been drawing thousands of people to Neustadt, Germany, for a taste of the harder side of electronic music. The dance fest, which runs 7/10-15, features epic light shows, tremendous stages and acts like this year's headliners, Tiesto (Paul Morris), Afrojack (UTA) and Armin Van Buuren (David Lewis). Also this weekend, Serbia’s long-running Exit Festival (7/10-14) in Novi Sad will feature Gucci Mane (Wasserman), Black Eyed Peas (CAA) and Tom Morello (CAA).

France’s biggest music festival of the summer, Les Vieilles Charrues (7/11-14), started in 1992 in Carhaix as a 500-person party and has since exploded into the largest event of its kind, with 280,000 attendees expected. This year, it will be topped by David Guetta (CAA), Sting (CAA) and Kings of Leon (WME). Elsewhere, Live Nation’s Wireless Festival—another epic London confab (2023 capacity: 50,000), this one in Finsbury Park—will bring together such talent as Nicki Minaj (WME), Future (Wasserman), 21 Savage (CAA) and Doja Cat (CAA).