Well its over and we did it. It was 24 hours ago that we completed our last show of the tour at hyde park, rescheduled due to the immense sadness and tragedy of the london bombings. To witness first hand a city and people pull themselves up after
Be sure to read Murmurs.com’s stellar review of the Cardiff Show R.E.M played on Sunday at Millenium Stadium in Wales. Click here to read the concert review by murmurs.com correspondent Robert Andrews.
Also, murmurs gives a nice heads up on Live 8 video footage which you can view
A different kind of opening tonight in Ipswich, as Michael made a statement of commemoration and expressed the hope that the music tonight could, as it often does, be a form of healing, of remembrance, of a celebration of life…the band then went into what should be an inspired set:
Early reports from Hull indicate R.E.M is pulling out all the stops on another rain-soaked evening, � la New Plymouth, New Zealand, and Rock am Ring Germany, having already played Reveal’s beautiful paean to the heavens, I’ll Take the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Have You Ever Seen the Rain,
We have had quite a week…
Horsens, Denmark was quite a revelation. A 2-hour train ride from Copenhagen, near Aarhus in Jutland, it seems Horsens has been using concerts as a tourist/destination attraction. From what I am told, since the main prison of the country is there, some enlightened
This just in: Michael is one of several artists, including Kanye West and Destiny’s Child, asking British Prime Minister Tony Blair questions on G8 Summit themes on MTV’s program “All Eyes on Tony Blair,” which premieres at 8pm (ET) tonight. Please click here
for more detailed
After two exciting gigs in Germany, the band will enjoy back-to-back days off as they prepare for a whirlwind day of music and travel on July 2nd, including both a 4:05pm scheduled performance at Live 8 in London’s Hyde Park and a headlining slot later that night (10:30pm) in Switzerland
Be sure to look for a wave of R.E.M press activity this week and next leading up to the UK dates in July. Uncut Magazine will not only feature three different R.E.M covers in their forthcoming issue but will also showcase three separate cover-mount CDs of songs chosen by
R.E.M headlined the Nijmegen Rockin Park Festival last night, and we have some gorgeous photos to prove it. In the meantime, be sure to visit the Live section where you can browse photos from the entire tour dating all the way back to October 2004.
We are enjoying the Scandinavian swing of the tour. On Tuesday, we dodged a bullet with the thunderstorms prior to the show at the beautiful Botanical Gardens where the band played. Then in Oslo and Stavanger…beautiful sunny evenings and packed, enthusiastic football stadiums greeted the band, and full-throttled,
The R.E.M taxi has returned to the United Kingdom after a nearly 10 year hiatus, sporting a new look and traveling the mean streets in celebration of the upcoming shows in July. There are 8 of these beauties currently making the rounds in London where the band will be playing
The Independent UK has a feature on Michael in which he answers fans’ questions about haircuts, Live 8, mistaken identity, British bands, and the role of artists in politics. Please click here to read more.
In some ways, this entire tour, comprising 99 shows so far (since last October), has seemed like a succession of highlightsâsome tremendous shows, wonderful places to visit, friends new and old. To me, this feels like the best R.E.M. tour ever in so many ways; But when we look
Thanks to our photographers David Belisle and Bob Weber for providing us with many spectacular shots from the band’s big weekend in Manchester, Loch Lomond, and Dublin. We’ve posted a few here and have many more in the Live area which you can visit by clicking here.