2nd single: Hollow man

as confirmed by Michael Stipe on Virgin radio.
let's hope for some good b-sides

Accelerate reviews

a very nice web page, with all the existing Accelerate reviews to date, here:
http://remring.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=52&Itemid=26&PHPSESSID=b3ae8d24261d2e04a89e0807a0227f0e

side note: the sticker on the front of the cd says:
"includes Supernatural Superserious, Hollow man and Until the day is done".
maybe we have singles number 2 and 3. but maybe not (the ATS sticker mentioned "Boy in the well", which has never been released as a single)

Accelerate is out now

in Italy.
my personal full review to follow soon

listen to accelerate in full

here:
http://ilike.com/rem
the album is available in streaming for a week

Royal Albert Hall setlist

Living Well Is The Best Revenge
Accelerate
Drive
Man-Sized Wreath
Electrolite
Houston
Hollow Man
Supernatural Superserious
Final Straw
Losing My Religion
The Great Beyond
I'm Gonna DJ
Horse To Water

Imitation Of Life
Until The Day Is Done
Man On The Moon

living well is the best revenge

listen to the album version of the song here:
http://streamos.wbr.com/qtime/wbr/remhq/accelerate/lwitbr.mov

there's also an acoustic "driving around" version here:
http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewVideo%253Fid%253D275502791%2526s%253D143441

mtv live in Milano setlist

Living Well Is The Best Revenge
Man-Sized Wreath
Drive
Second Guessing
Accelerate
Animal
Hollow Man
Electrolite
Houston
Supernatural Superserious
Bad Day
Final Straw
The Great Beyond
Losing My Religion
I'm Gonna DJ
Horse To Water
Imitation Of Life
Until The Day Is Done
Man On The Moon

Austin city limits setlist

Living Well is the best revenge
Man-Sized Wreath
South Central Rain
Drive
Supernatural Superserious
Hollow Man
Fall on Me
Electrolite
Houston
Accelerate
Bad Day
Losing my Religion
Imitation of Life
Final Straw
Horse to Water
Walk Unafraid
Until the Day is Done
Im Gonna DJ
Supernatural Superserious (reprise)
Man on the Moon

ninetynights: nights 73-80

sorry for the lack of updates.
michael talks about getting the adrenaline of the recording process and makes clear that he is the "perfectionist" in the studio, along with Mike.
then snss is played, when it still was "disguised".
Mr. richards live in Dublin sounds great, as Hollow man live in the studio does (the album version gives all the roughness of the live take, and you can hear it clearly from Michael's voice).
we also get to know that an acoustic version of "Sing for the submarine" has been recorded for the Vincent Moon project.
finally, night 80: Michael singing "On the fly" a cappella. I can't help thinking about this song as an r.e.m. classic. If well produced, it could be their best ballad ever (but this is only a personal opinion). I'm not really sure I want to see it pop up as ab-side; I'd rather think of it as a middle part of a new album

man-sized wreath 2nd single ?

source:
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1033157
this is not official news

SXSW 2008

setlist:

Living Well is the Best Revenge
Man-Sized Wreath
Second Guessing
Drive
Hollow Man
Animal
Auctioneer
Mr. Richards
Fall On Me
Great Beyond
Houston
Electrolite
Accelerate
Until the Day is Done
Final Straw
Bad Day
Horse to Water
Walk Unafraid

Supernatural Superserious
Imitation of Life
I'm Gonna DJ
Man on the Moon

you can listen to the show here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88155007

ninetynights: nights 71 & 72

staring down the barrel of the middle distance & man-sized wreath live in Dublin.
2 songs I'm really looking forward to. msw has improved (you can find a snippet of the song in the murmurs boards), and the chorus soars high thanks to Mike Mills' organ and backing vocals.
something tells me sdtbotmd will be on a future record; certainly, it doesn't sound like b-side material

ninetynights: nights 69 & 70

again 2 Horse to water nights.
you can find a snippet of the song @ www.remaccelerate.com; other available snippets include Until the day is done, Hollow man and Man-sized wreath, which you can find in the murmurs boards (send in mp3's thread).
they're really worth a listen. in particular, I'm really impressed with Man-sized wreath

langerado show blog reactions

and you'll hardly find a bad one:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/streeter/?cxntfid=blogs_leslie_gray_streeter

http://www.grooveshark.com/blog/2008/03/09/langerado-day-3-the-resurrection-of-rem/

http://blogs.trb.com/music/blog/piccoli/reviews/


also, check out some new pics here:
http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/langerado-2008-photos/


and a downloadable version of Hollow man live @ Langerado here:
http://remring.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=670&Itemid=26

r.e.m. to debut new album on ilike

on march 24.
link:
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080310005311&newsLang=en

ninetynights: nights 67 & 68

night 67 is a fun story narrated by Peter Buck, which you can find here:
http://remring.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=661&pop=1&limit=&limitstart=#commentAnchor
night 68 is that 10 seconds of Hollow Man played in Dublin when it still was meant to be called Tomorrow, and to contain the same chorus of the "friends" theme

Langerado 08/03/2008

setlist:

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Bad Day
Drive
Hollow Man
So. Central Rain
Fall on Me
Imitation of Life
Man-Sized Wreath
Begin the Begin
Orange Crush
Accelerate
Electrolite
Houston
Losing My Religion
Horse to Water
Walk Unafraid
The One I Love

Supernatural Superserious
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
I'm Gonna DJ
Man on the Moon

also, check out this interview with Mike Mills about the show and the new album:
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/445831.html

photos of the event can be found here:
http://filmmagic.com/ItemListing.aspx?cgl=307915&evntI=0

r.e.m. month on q4music.com & other magazine news

here's
a
bunch
of stuff
about
Accelerate
and
r.e.m.
recently
found
online.
check
it out:

http://promo.emapnetwork.com/q4music/rem/remhome.shtml

http://www.spin.com/reviews/rem-accelerate-warner-bros

http://onlineathens.com/stories/030608/living_2008030600330.shtml

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/08/sm_rem08.xml

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/03/rem_accelerate_a_review_of_the.php

ninetynights: nights 65 & 66

combine toghether nights 65 & 66, and you'll have two-minutes of Until the day is done live in Dublin. This song is one of the "old" ones; part of it has been written by Peter Buck during the "Automatic for the people" era. check out the snippet @ www.remaccelerate.com. it seems it will be soon joined by a few other previews

ninetynights: nights 63 & 64

Living well is the best revenge was born during the 2005 tour, at least its chorus (night 63).
It's interesting to note how many songs that ended up to be on Accelerate are taken from the recent past (not only Living well, but also DJ and Until the day is done - which Peter once played during a radio show in 2004 or 2005 - ).
if they decided to give also a chance to On the fly, we would have had half an album of "old" songs (to be more precise, ATS era songs).
so I wonder: why bashing all the ats-related stuff ?
the same people who did so in the past, are now referring to Living well as (one of) the best new songs. Living well was born in the ATS era.
night 64 is another live take of the song, which sounds absolutely great

ninetynights: nights 61 & 62

night 61 is one of the most enjoyable so far: a minute of Living well is the best revenge live in Dublin. reviewers pick the first track of Accelerate as the best on the album. from what was heard in Dublin, certainly you can say this is one of the best in the bunch (standing there with accelerate, horse to water, houston).
night 62 is about having a hit single (a top ten single), and how much this is futile

accelerate tracklenghts

Living Well Is The Best Revenge (3:11)
Man-sized Wreath (2:31)
Supernatural Superserious (3:23)
Hollow Man (2:39)
Houston (2:05)
Accelerate (3:33)
Until The Day Is Done (4:08)
Mr. Richards (3:46)
Sing For The Submarine (4:50)
Horse To Water (2:18)
I'm Gonna Dj (2:07)

leap night

a special gift for hardcore r.e.m. fans:
29 February 1984 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA support: Wheel O'Cheese (AKA Love Tractor) set: Up On The Cross / Boom Boom Mancini / Trouble Waiting To Happen / Werewolves of London / Gonna Have A Good Time Tonight (w/ Cook) / Little America (w/ Stipe) / Second Guessing (w/ Stipe) / Gloria / Rebel Rebel / Wild Thing
notes: Hindu Love Gods - Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Bryan Cook and Warren Zevon