R.E.M. ripped through a muscular 27-song set Saturday at Atlanta’s Lakewood Amphitheatre on a balmy Georgia night, the last of the sixteen dates on the band’s North American leg of their current world tour. It was arguably the finest show on a tour replete with stellar performances and highlights.
The band is in Atlanta tonight for the finale of the North American leg of their world tour. Tonight’s show is at Lakewood Amphitheatre (Hi Fi Buys), a venue R.E.M. has never previously played. After Saturday night’s concert, R.E.M. will take a short break and return to the
Saturday night’s concert at Atlanta’s Lakewood Amphitheatre will be the finale on the North American leg of R.E.M.’s world tour in support of ACCELERATE which began May 23rd in Vancouver. Through New York City, R.E.M. has played a total of fifteen dates with support each night from Modest Mouse
R.E.M. took home the 2008 Flagpole Best Album Award for ACCELERATE Thursday night, besting a trio of stellar local releases including the Drive-By-Trucker’s “Brighter Than Creation’s Dark,” Elf Power’s “In a Cave” and The Whigs “Mission Control.” R.E.M.’s Art Director Chris Bilheimer was on hand to accept the award
If you’ve seen one of the band’s shows during their current tour, then you’ve experienced the amazing visual component of the show brought to you by the stunning video screens which accompany the music. Last night at their sold-out concert in New York City at Madison Square Garden, the band
Don’t forget to tune into the Late Show With David Letterman tonight at 11:35PM ET. Tonight’s show will feature a performance by The Baseball Project (Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Peter Buck) who will play their single “Past Time” (from the forthcoming Baseball
R.E.M. plays their penultimate show on the North American tour at NYC’s Madison Square Garden tonight after another barnburner at the Mann Center in Philadelphia Wednesday (read review). On Saturday, the band returns “home” for the final North American show at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, just down
Check out Peter’s recent interview with Gordon Lamb of Flagpole right HERE.
The Colbert Report will re-air the band’s “extra” performance of Hollow Man tonight at 11:35PM ET. If you can’t make it then, then check it out here and visit their web site for more information:
We all have a little Fathers Day break to rest up for the Big Week ahead–the mad dash through North America is almost over with shows later this week in Philadelphia, New York and Atlanta. Peter and Scott go on Letterman tonight with the Steve Wynn-led Baseball
You can now check out Peter’s Out of the Box interview with Jonathan Clarke of Q104.3 HERE.
The Colbert Report will air R.E.M.’s performance of Hollow Man tonight at 11:30PM ET. When R.E.M. was on the Colbert Report the week of the release of ACCELERATE the guys performed both lead single Supernatural Superserious and Hollow Man (which had just been designated as the second single)…there
The band went onstage at 10:15 tonight, almost an hour later than scheduled due to a pretty intense storm that rolled in off the water toward the end of Modest Mouse’s set. Most of the crowd seems to have stayed around and there appears to be some topical