Recently, Eddie also discussed his friendship with power forward Dennis Rodman, and how they flew to Las Vegas for a spontaneous trip to see Jane's Addiction following the Bulls' practice in Seattle one evening.
"I said, 'What the fuck is that?'" recalled Eddie of the moment he was presented with the tickets. "I said, 'I thought we were going to go up, I brought a book!' And he said, 'Jane's Addiction is playing in Las Vegas.' And I'm like, 'Jesus Christ, it's like fucking 6 o'clock. He's like, 'We'll get there by 9, they don't go on until 9:30.'"
The frontman continued: "We end up going through the fucking Seattle Airport. I mean, old ladies loved Dennis Rodman. I mean, we're just like running through the airport. People are like creating a running trail behind him like this river. 'Dennis! Dennis!' screaming. And he's going, 'Eddie Vedder right here! Eddie Vedder right here!' He's pointing at me."
Naturally they made it, and as they were watching the gig with a beer, Eddie revealed the hilarious punchline to the whole story: "Dennis looks over at me and he goes, 'It's relaxing, right?'"
Amazing.