Washington 24.05.2008

setlist:

1. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
2. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. These Days
4. Drive
5. Accelerate
6. Auctioneer
7. Man-Sized Wreath
8. Ignoreland
9. Hollow Man
10. Life and How To Live It
11. Houston
12. Losing My Religion
13. Harborcoat
14. The One I Love
15. Final Straw
16. Let Me In
17. Horse To Water
18. Bad Day
19. Walk Unafraid
20. I'm Gonna DJ

21. Orange Crush
22. Supernatural Superserious
23. Man on The Moon

review here:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/papercuts/story/194002.html

Vancouver 23.05.2008

setlist:

1. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
2. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. Ignoreland
4. Second Guessing
5. Gardening At Night
6. Man-Sized Wreath
7. Disturbance At The Heron House
8. Hollow Man
9. Accelerate
10. West of the Fields
11. Houston
12. Electrolite
13. Losing My Religion
14. Time After Time (annelise)
15. Let Me In
16. The One I Love
17. Country Feedback
18. Bad Day
19. Walk Unafraid

20. Supernatural Superserious
21. Sweetness Follows
22. Get Up
23. I'm Gonna DJ
24. Man on The Moon

reviews here:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=3b93537b-a16e-43fd-99e2-2f72b0e92848

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080524.wremreview0524/BNStory/Entertainment/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080524.wremreview0524

tour site launched

a new site where R.E.M. fans can share opinions, photos, blog entries, tweets, and videos on R.E.M.'s 2008 world tour. the first tweets and some nice photos are already on; check them out here:
http://tour.remhq.com/
also, you will find the link on your right.
in other news, 7 new dates have been added to the european leg of the tour:
Sept 17--OBERHAUSEN, KONIG-PILSENER ARENA (general onsale date is May 31st)
Sept 18--HAMBURG, COLORLINE (general onsale date is May 31st)
Sept 20--LUXEMBOURG, ROCKHAL (general onsale date is May 30th)
Sept 21--GENEVA, ARENA (general onsale date is June 2nd)
Sept 23--MUNICH, OLYMPIAHALLE (general onsale date is May 30th)
Sept 24--ZURICH, HALLENSTADION (general onsale date is June 2nd)
Oct 01--MADRID, BULLRING (general onsale date is May 30th)

side note: Vancouver soundcheck, "let me in" made an appearence. I wonder if we'll get the classic album version (which i love) or the 2001 fanclub single live version (which i love)

kick it out

the (real) tour starts this friday. For a quick roundup before the shows, check out:

-http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=766

-http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20830338/page/23

-http://www.murmurs.com/node/2240

-http://remring.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=808&Itemid=1

10 non-r.e.m. albums you should (possibly) listen to

1)the veils - the runaway found
2)radiohead - in rainbows
3)starsailor - love is here
4)coldplay - parachutes/a rush of blood to the head (sorry, couldn't let one out)
5)snow patrol - final straw
6)keane - hopes and fears
7)athlete - beyond the neighbourhood
8)the killers - sam's town
9)editors - an end has a start
10)the verve - urban hymns

hollow man single details

the new single is released on june the 2nd.
Hollow Man will be available in the following formats...Digital download2 track physical release: ‘Hollow Man’ + ‘Horse To Water’ (Vancouver)Maxi DMD single: ‘Hollow Man’ ‘Horse to Water’ (Vancouver), ‘Indian Summer’.
more info here:
http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/music/v/4444-rem-release-new-single-hollow-man.html

also, here's a link to the new video for Hollow man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUsdBl7xBxI