Pearl Jam Plot Music Festival for Summer 2011

Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary celebration is shaping up to be a gift that keeps on giving. In addition to the 'Live on Ten Legs' concert album slated for Jan. 18, some potential reissues and a slew of Eddie Vedder solo tour dates already set for March in Australia, the band has now announced that it will lead and curate its very own music festival next summer. Perhaps taking a page out of the Phish handbook, Vedder and company are apparently looking for a smaller, centralized town in Middle America where their grunge-tinged brand of classic rock can reign supreme.

The rumored festival was confirmed by longtime Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis on the group's new Sirius XM radio station earlier this week. Using the far-reaching satellite radio platform to break the news, Curtis only revealed that festival would be "somewhere in the middle of the country." He did rule Seattle, the band's hometown, out of the mix.

Additional details on the festival -- additional bands, length, etc. -- are being withheld by the band until they can make a bigger announcement.