R.E.M. On This Day II

R.E.M. (1980-2011)
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5 April
1980 - St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Athens, GA
Support: The Side Effects
Supporting: The $windle$
Possible set:
Set 1: I Can’t Control Myself / God Save The Queen / Narrator / Baby I / Action / Needles And Pins / Hippy Hippy Shake / There She Goes Again / All The Right Friends / Shakin’ All Over / Secret Agent Man / A Girl Like You / Permanent Vacation / I Can Only Give You Everything / Dangerous Times / Different Girl / Mystery To Me / (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone / Lisa Says / Nervous Breakdown / Schéhérazade
Set 2: Honky Tonk Women / One Nation Under A Groove / Roadrunner / California Sun / Gloria
Notes: First ever R.E.M. performance. According to the band they thought about using ‘Twisted Kites’ as a band name, but they decided to perform without one. Song order is not known (although ‘I Can’t Control Myself’ and ‘God Save The Queen’ have been acknowledged to be the first two songs played). - R.E.M. Timeline

I recalled the Fanclub 20th Anniversary newsletter from the year 2000. If I remember right, this was the first fanclub newsletter I got when I joined after the release of Up.

“The music still stands”

R.E.M. April 5th
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22 April
1990 - Earth Day Rally, Earth Day, West Lawn, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Michael and Billy Bragg perform ‘Disturbance at The Heron House’.

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13-14 May
1983 - Paradise Gardens, Summerville, GA
(R.E.M. Timeline) Notes: Filming ‘Radio Free Europe’ music video, with Howard Finster, directed by Arthur Pierson.

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June 10
1985 - 40 years ago on this day R.E.M. released their third studio album Fables of The Reconstruction. The sessions took place at Livingston Studios in London with producer Joe Boyd.
I love this acoustic performance of “Driver 8” the second single from the album, which I believe is from a earlier live performance July 1984 (I.R.S. Records "The Cutting Edge)

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