Pearl Jam played in Denver last night and the Rocky Mountain News reports that some weren't thrilled by their anti-Bush display:

Incensed fans walked out of Pearl Jam's concert Tuesday after lead singer Eddie Vedder impaled a mask of President Bush on a microphone stand, then slammed it to the stage. Most of Vedder's antiwar remarks earlier in the Pepsi Center show were greeted with mixed cheers and scattered boos. But dozens of angry fans walked out during the encore because of the macabre display with the Bush mask, which he wore for the song Bushleaguer, a Bush- taunting song from the band's latest album, Riot Act.

We're on our way to the Pepsi Center shortly to see Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls. We're not expecting any political displays from either group, but if we're wrong, we'll report back here later tonight. Update: Vedder expressed his support for the troops during the concert.

"Just to clarify . . . we support the troops," Vedder said to cheers. "Our problem is certainly not with anybody over there doing something that not too many of us would do right now, not for these reasons. "So to the families and those people who know those folks and are related to those folks and are married to those folks, we send our support. We're just confused on how wanting to bring them back safely all of a sudden becomes nonsupport. We love them, we support them. They're not the ones who make the foreign policy. . . . Let's hope for the best and speak our opinions."

Atrios notes the unhappy fans didn't leave until the encore

Update: Bon Jovi was outstanding. Non-stop energy from start to finish--over 2 hours. Goo Goo Dolls were terrific too. Great show. Only one war mention--Bon Jovi introduced a song they wrote for "the men and women over there," and said, "We're there, let's get it over with." Tons of patriotic cheers when he mentioned the men and women over there.

Update: Hessiod comments on the other side of the Pearl Jam story.