Stone Gossard may well be the busiest man in rock music right now. For starters, Seattle legends Pearl Jam are currently in the UK and Europe, touring their incredible, 5/5‑rated new album Dark Matter. They’ve already played a hit-strewn set in Dublin (their first time back there in 14 years) and overcome some tour lurgy in triumphant fashion with help from a truly boisterous Manchester crowd. We’ve also seen a host of surprises in the Dark Matter era live – not least Eddie Vedder covering Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt. “I did not see that coming,” says Stone, updating Kerrang! from his hotel on the road in the UK. “He does a solo song [in the set], that’s kind of what we’ve been doing lately. I love it. First of all, Hurt is unassailable. But I think the f...