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[BonbonBonanza]

Parken, Copenhagen on September 6, 2008. My first, and so far only, concert in a stadium too.

[Heather]

April 12, 1989. All I really remember is Stipe banging on a metal chair during World Leader Pretend, stripping down to bicycle shorts (and the crowd went wild). Oh, and he told everyone to be quiet for You Are the Everything and of course they did the opposite.

[suspicion]

january 1995, Monster tour in Milan, and then never stopped :-)

[dirk-jan]

99 at Werchter Festival, Belgium. Thought it was late in their career. It appeared differently...

[stipeeyes]

My first time was in 1995.  They played a 3 night stand in Philadelphia at a place called The Spectrum which is sadly being torn down as I type this.  I've seen them 27 times. Including The Vote For Change show, The Ga Music Hall of Fame and in 09 at the R.E.M. tribute show in NYC.

[Fatherjohn]

Milton Keynes Bowl 1995, I was about 18.

Belly were amazing in support (Mazzy Star and Blur were OK too).

I remember sipping warm beer hearing Undertow for the first time.

First and only show. I'm more of a record buyer than gig goer.

[G.K.]

not yet, unfortunately.

[crm114]

October 1st, 1987. Knoxville, Tenn. First show of the Document tour.   Never have I seen anything like it. They definitely felt like playing that night

[2headedcow]

95 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne.  Great show!  Berry gave up his drum kit for some American tennis dude who was competing at the Australian Open at the time.

[fairytale]

November 1998, Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden.

[uppitycrip]

6/16,17 and 18, 1995 in Mansfield Mass right after seeing Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead in VT.

I couldn't get tix for the Green Tour show in Maine...

[fredrik]

fairytale, on 05 March 2011 - 03:16 AM, said:

November 1998, Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden.

Was there! My second gig.

[Duncan_1974]

Stirling Castle, July 1999 - Feeder were the support

2nd and other time so far, Loch Lomond (June 2005) Ambulance LTD - who I don't think have been heard of again!!!, Aberfeldy, Zutons were on stage that day too

[Kurdt67220]

August 17, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic

[MyNameIsDean]

My first gig was this one,not just of REM but ever. I was just 14. Blew my mind seeing the band I first heard of two years prior and knew on that night that I had just seen my favourite life changing band.

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[alchemist2]

Green tour 1989 festival hall Melbourne Australia
But had been a fan since at least a couple of years prior when they started getting more AirPlay on Australia radio and of course Countdown!!

[Mary Alice]

I've seen them only once, October 2003 in Atlanta.  Fun encore, they played you are the everything earlier on, Michael did great with walk unafraid and imitation of life.  We got ebow with Pete Yorn...not too great if I remember right.  Id love to hear a bootleg.  

[angus_hanger]

I had no idea who they were until a mate of mine who worked at Hanes Mall recommended two EP's for me to buy, one was by a band called, "Secret Service", the other was by a band called, "R.E.M." ... the REM EP was a dollar or two more, but I bought it. He then told me, "Hey, it was recorded right here in Winston at Mitch Easter's!" It was only then I put two and two together. Mitch had all kinds of people go through the "Drive-In Studio", in the day, so it seemed the best value. Saw then a couple of times at Friday's over in Greensboro ... sadly, the last time I saw them live was at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, July 20, 1985. I am still looking for a bootleg copy of that gig. There are certain things that happened during that gig that would mark it as the original item. Only the 4,555 souls at the show know for sure.

[Peter Buck Rocks]

Seattle, 1999!!! Great times they were, wish I got to see them more often than 4times tho.😞

[remfan477]

I've never been to an R.E.M show, but my dad saw them 5 times...... He best remembers the '89 show they done at the old Charlotte Coliseum........ He said they were on fire and the crowd was absolutly crazy-gone-nuts........ He was gonna see them in '95 at Charlotte but he caught a stomach bug the day before the show.......