R.e.m.

[Frutos]

Anyone else going to see them on their UK dates at the end of August?

I'm going to Cardiff, and I'm very much looking forward to ticking them off of my "bands I want to see before I/they die" list.

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

Who's supporting them ? If it's The Quo or Will Conrad then I might consider it.

 

[Shegull]

Anyone else going to see them on their UK dates at the end of August?

I'm going to Cardiff, and I'm very much looking forward to ticking them off of my "bands I want to see before I/they die" list.

Do you like them as well. My son is fanatical about them. They are headlining Ozygen here this year but he will be in Australia and is fuming he will miss them. Don't know why he has seen all of their other gigs. They will be possibly be playing in Oz when he is there and is trying as we speak to get tickets for them there.

You would do well in our house - Bon Jovi - Eagles - REM - add Metallica In Flames and Sonata Arctica to that pile and you will get a Cead Mile Failte in our house

 

[clippedgull]

Everybody Hurts

 

[crodonilson]

If they did a back catalogue from pre 1995 it would be a great gig but everything they have done since then has been pretty average.

 

[Buzzer]

If they did a back catalogue from pre 1995 it would be a great gig but everything they have done since then has been pretty average.

damn right. Green is my favourite REM album. Awesome and no album fillers either.

Did you know that REM's first ever UK gig was in Worthing?

I could of course be wrong but I swear I read this somewhere once.

 

[Trufflehound]

damn right. Green is my favourite REM album. Awesome and no album fillers either.

Did you know that REM's first ever UK gig was in Worthing?

I could of course be wrong but I swear I read this somewhere once.

Dingwall's, London, 19 Nov 1983.

Unless you count their appearance the day before on The Tube as the first.

They played in Worthing in April 1984.




And yes, I did just look all that up...



Edit: you can even have a setlist for the worthing gig if you like: R.E.M. 1984-04-29 Worthing, En - R.E.M. performances

Ain't the interweb grand?

 

[Buzzer]

Dingwall's, London, 19 Nov 1983.

Unless you count their appearance the day before on The Tube as the first.

They played in Worthing in April 1984.




And yes, I did just look all that up...

"There's always someone somewhere with a big nose who knows...". (apologies to Trufflehound but I love that Smiths line)

I thought it too good to be true. Cheers, Truffers. So....your favourite REM album?

 

[Cian]

You would do well in our house - Bon Jovi - Eagles - REM - add Metallica In Flames and Sonata Arctica to that pile and you will get a Cead Mile Failte in our house

And she's living on the bus route in from the airport Frutos, so I think you need to stop in for a cup of tea when you're in Dublin

 

[Trufflehound]

I thought it too good to be true. Cheers, Truffers. So....your favourite REM album?

I liked Fables of the Reconstruction best for a long time, because that was the one that first got me into them in 1985.

But over the years I'd say Document has come to assume top spot.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Saw them at Warwick Uni. June 1984 playing in my finals exam room!
PG

 

[Wozza]

Saw them at Warwick Uni. June 1984 playing in my finals exam room!
PG

f***ing hell, that must have been offputting?! Did you pass?

 

[Shegull]

And she's living on the bus route in from the airport Frutos, so I think you need to stop in for a cup of tea when you're in Dublin

- 101 days and counting

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

He He...got tickets for the Royal Albert Hall next month.Might try and get some for Twickers as well though.

Saw them at the millenium stadium at the are brilliant live.

 

[Happy Seagull]

Thought this would be a thread about the unbeatable Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Messi strike force

 

[elwheelio]

saw them at brixton academy about 3 or 4 years back - they were ace and played loads of older stuff

 

[Frutos]

You would do well in our house - Bon Jovi - Eagles - REM - add Metallica In Flames and Sonata Arctica to that pile and you will get a Cead Mile Failte in our house

Don't mind a bit of Metallica at all, and though I've no idea of what a "Cead Mile Failte" is (I'll ask an Irish friend of mine to translate, I'll trust it's a good thing.

 

[Shegull]

Don't mind a bit of Metallica at all, and though I've no idea of what a "Cead Mile Failte" is (I'll ask an Irish friend of mine to translate, I'll trust it's a good thing.

A hundred thousand welcomes

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I saw them at MK Bowl at the time of the Monster album, supported by Blur and Belly. T'was awesome.

For me the highspots in a brilliant back catalogue are Murmur, Green and Fables.

Driver 8 is a particular favourite.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Hmm I have to say their EARLY stuff was excellent.

But sadly the "commercial" stuff is very samey. Like U2.