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TUESDAY NIGHT IN MEXICO CITY: ENCORE STREAMING NOW!


As a little remembrance of a great 2008, we thought it would be fun to post up the final encore of the tour Tuesday night in Mexico City. The guys were in fine form as they picked some songs they rarely play but wanted to that particular night.

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R.E.M. TOUR FINISHES STRONG


R.E.M.’s world tour finished on a strong note Tuesday night with a stirring show in front of an energized, packed crowd in Mexico City. The finale featured a surprise six-song encore highlighted by two rarely-played gems, “Life and How To Live It” and “I Believe.” The Mexico City concert

QUICK POSTCARD FROM VENEZUELA ON THE WAY TO MEXICO


Final stretch of a great year coming tomorrow night at the storied Auditorio Nacional, where some of us saw Coldplay on their last tour. Last night’s show outside Caracas was on the hillside campus of Simon Bolivar University and featured a raucous crowd for which the band put the

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TUATARA TEAMS WITH POET COLEMAN BARKS ON LATEST CD


Experimental band Tuatara, formed in 1996 by Barrett Martin, Peter Buck, and Scott McCaughey, is proud to announce the upcoming release of its first collaboration with esteemed poet and Rumi scholar Coleman Barks . The album, titled “The Here And The Gone” will be released worldwide on November

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LOVE YOU LIMA


35,000 strong turned out in Lima last night for R.E.M.’s maiden performance in the Peruvian capital at the Lima Hot Festival, which also included superb sets by Travis, Cementerio Club, and Turbopotomas. The band now heads to Venezuela for the Musica Movistar Festival on Sunday in Caracas.

QUICK POSTCARD FROM SAO PAULO (UPDATE)


The first week of the Obama administration has been our chance to really discover South America as we made our way from the celebratory spirit of Santiago, traversed through a nice stay in Porto Alegre, a short one in Rio de Janeiro, with rocking, boisterous shows in both cities, alighting

TWO NIGHTS IN SAO PAULO


R.E.M. continues their tour through South America this evening with the first of back-to-back shows in Sao Paulo at Via Funchal. Support is from Wilson Sideral. Following the two shows in Brazil, R.E.M. has three remaining shows on their tour in support of ACCELERATE: Lima, Caracas,

SAO PAULO SLIDE SHOW


Click HERE for an amazing slide show from R.E.M.’s Monday night show in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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R.E.M. RETURNS TO BRAZIL


The band’s show in Porto Alegre tonight at Estadio Sao Jose marks R.E.M.’s first time in Brazil since the storied Rock in Rio headline performance in 2001, attended by over 200,000 fans. Tonight’s show will be followed by concerts in Rio de Janeiro on November 8th and two concerts

YES!


Here’s a special clip from tonight’s show in Santiago, Chile, when the band found out that Barack Obama’s victory was imminent and indisputable. A celebratory version of “I Believe” followed…Yes!

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POSTCARD FROM THE DAY AFTER


Fired up ready to go: wired, tired, inspired.

It was quite a night in Santiago:

I really admired the band for the show and their ability to pour themselves into the music for the moment, especially as focused as all of us are on the election. We all watched in

INTRODUCING JIM MARTIN


Based on the latest information at hand, our friend and fellow Georgian Jim Martin appears to be in a runoff for the United States Senate. As a progressive, Jim is the clear choice for Georgia in this race and could certainly benefit from your support.

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NOVEMBER 4TH, 2008


November 4th: the day the people of the United States choose a new President and here at remhq.com and somewhere in Santiago, Chile, we are all on pins and needles awaiting the outcome of an election for which no adjective–not even monumental, nor historic, nor superserious–seems to really do justice.

BUENOS AIRES REVIEWS AND VIDEO


Following up on Bertis’ post from the Personal Fest concert in Buenos Aires Saturday night are a few reviews, including one English translation and a fantastic video of “Losing My Religion”:

Clarin

La Nacion

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