R.E.M rocked Magdeburg, Germany tonight on what Bertis described as “a cool, clear, beautiful night in front of Magdeburgâs Dom Platz (cathedral square)–we are making a habit of those…”
SET LIST:
(MAGDEBURG 6.1.2005)
I TOOK YOUR NAME
KENNETH
SO FAST SO NUMB
ANIMAL
OUTSIDERS
WANDERLUST
LEAVE
BAD DAY
ME IN
R.E.M is confirmed to play Bob Geldof’s Live 8 concert on July 2nd; The concerts, scheduled for Berlin, London, Paris, Philadelphia, and Rome, are aimed at drawing attention to the need for political justice for the world’s poor and will occur a few days before the G-8 leaders hold
R.E.M is in Gijon, Spain, for a show at the Complejo Deportivo De Las Mestas. Tonight’s opening band is Fabula.
Here is the setlist for last night’s show in Zaragoza, Spain:
I TOOK YOUR NAME
KENNETH
ANIMAL
LEAVE
WANDERLUST
ME IN HONEY
OUTSIDERS
EVERYBODY HURTS
ELECTRON BLUE
After Wednesday night’s summer tour opener in Granada, in which the band kicked off the concert with jaw-dropper/show stopper “Leave” from “New Adventures in Hi-Fi” for the first time ever, R.E.M stands poised for a big weekend in Spain with shows coming up in Torrevieja, Zaragoza, and Gijon.
The band just completed their first show of the Summer Tour tonight in Granada including the first ever live performance of Leave and the first since 1995 of Me in Honey. By all accounts it was a great show and the guys are excited to be back on stage.
Hey hello were back on tour and rested from the time off. I wanted first to say THANK YOU! to all the THANKYOUREM.com people, everyone who worked on it[it’s awesome]and then all the posts and photos that you all sent were really great and it made us all really
We’ve just received the first wave of photos from Spain as the band rehearses in Granada for tomorrow night’s show at Estadio De Los Carmenes. Wednesday night’s show will be the first of 30 shows R.E.M. will play over the next month and a half including stops in Austria,
Ever since I heard that Clash song Spanish Bombs off London Calling, back in law school days (also early R.E.M. days), I have wondered what Andalucia would be like….as we are starting this last part of the tour in Granada, I am getting to find out. What a great
After a bit of going back and forth, we have finally gotten the much-anticipated show posters up in the THRIFTSTORE! Although this epic project took quite a bit of logistical work, it was well worth it. As you scroll down to the bottom of this article, you will notice as
The transcript from Michael’s interview with Australian TV show host Andrew Denton has been posted on the website for Enough Rope. Please click the link to read this most interesting bit of repartee between Michael and Andrew Denton. We’ve been told a video stream of the
Continuum will release the latest book in its popular 33 1/3 series on May 1st, 2005. R.E.M.’s Murmur is written by J. Nimi and checks in at 128 pages.
Description from Continuum’s website:
R.E.M.âs debut album, released in 1983, was so far removed from the prevailing trends of American popular
For the international portions of the tour, the band commissioned 18 different show posters to be designed. You may recognize the names of some of these artists from past R.E.M. projects:
Michael Lachowski (photographer from Reveal special package)
Bruce Licher (designer of many Fan Club packages)
Matt Houston (included in the Around The
Congrats on 25 great years, R.E.M.!
R.E.M celebrated their 25th anniversary yesterday in Australia during a day off in Adelaide. The celebration included dinner, toasts, and a lot of reminiscences about the night when it all started back on April 5th, 1980, at a birthday party in Athens, Georgia.
Swedish rockers, Mando Diao, will support R.E.M in Graz, Austria, this summer. The show will take place on June 5th at Freizeitzentrum Schwarzl. Please visit mando diao’s website for more information.
We have a couple of days off before the final two shows of this part of the tourâ in Adelaide Wednesday night and Perth on Friday, then home for a spring break and a chance to rest, revive and get ready for the summer fun in Europe starting in Spain