12 February 1985 - Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA
set included: Mostly new Fables songs, along with The Rolling Stones song 'Under My Thumb'
notes: Playing under the pseudonym Hornets Attack Victor Mature

17 February 1985 - Broad Street Garage Studio, Athens, GA
tracks recorded: Old Man Kensey / Driver 8 / Hyena / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Wendell Gee / Maps And Legends / Just A Touch / Green Grow The Rushes / Good Advices / Can't Get There From Here / When I Was Young / Life And How To Live It / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Kohoutek / Theme From Two Steps Onwards / Bandwagon / Burning Hell
notes: Recorded with Joe Boyd

18 February 1985 - Moonshadow Saloon, Atlanta, GA (L.E.A.F. Benefit)
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Hyena / Old Man Kensey / Laughing / Maps And Legends / Letter Never Sent / Kohoutek / Pretty Persuasion / Bandwagon / Good Advices / Driver 8 / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Little America-Windout
encore: Wendell Gee / Life And How To Live It / See No Evil

February-March 1985 - Livingstone Studios, London, England
tracks recorded: Fables of the Reconstruction tracks, plus Bandwagon, Burning Hell, Crazy, When I Was Young, Theme From Two Steps Onward, Driver 8 (acoustic)

April 1985 - Waveform Media Rehearsal Studio, Atlanta, GA
notes: The band rehearse Fables material for the upcoming tour

Pre-Construction tour begins

22 April 1985 - Legion Field, Athens, GA
support: Alex Chilton
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / So. Central Rain / Hyena / Seven Chinese Brothers / Good Advices / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Kohoutek / Can't Get There From Here / Laughing / Maps And Legends / Crazy / Old Man Kensey / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / When I Was Young / Little America
encore 1: Last Date / Ghost Riders In The Sky / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville) / Just A Touch
encore 2: Talk About The Passion / Life And How To Live It
notes: Taken from the actual written setlist for the show, so as was often the case with R.E.M. shows back then they often varied from the setlist, so it might not be 100% accurate but it should be close. Last Date was not on the written setlist, however it was played, possibly before Ghost Riders but it may not have been

25 April 1985 - Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
support: The Neats
set included: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / So. Central Rain / Seven Chinese Brothers / Talk About The Passion / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Paint It, Black

26 April 1985 - Men's Gym, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
support: The Neats
set:Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Seven Chinese Brothers / Hyena / Good Advices / Talk About The Passion / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / So. Central Rain / Maps And Legends / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Just A Touch
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Pale Blue Eyes / Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
notes: First known performance of Theme From Two Steps Onward

27 April 1985 - Pembroke Field, Brown University, Providence, RI
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Life And How To Live It / So. Central Rain / Green Grow The Rushes / Harborcoat / Good Advices / Hyena / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Driver 8 / Maps And Legends / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / When I Was Young / Little America
encore: Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout / Theme From Two Steps Onward
notes: Michael introduces Gardening at Night in the by saying "This song goes out to my papa who's somewhere in south Georgia right now. Papa. I never call him that. It's really dad. (Mike says something not fully intelligible) Nonetheless this is his."

28 April 1985 - Busch Student Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / So. Central Rain / Good Advices / Hyena / Seven Chinese Brothers / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Sitting Still / Maps And Legends / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / When I Was Young / Little America
encore 1: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Life And How To Live It
encore 2: White Tornado / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout
notes: This was a free show

30 April 1985 - Baldwin Gym, Drew University, Madison, NJ
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Good Advices / Seven Chinese Brothers / Driver 8 / Pale Blue Eyes / Can't Get There From Here / Laughing / Maps And Legends / So. Central Rain / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Life And How To Live It / California Dreamin' / We Walk
encore 2: All Right Now / Sloop John B / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
notes: Peter Holsapple guests on California Dreamin', Sloop John B and All Right Now

2 May 1985 - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
support: The Neats

3 May 1985 - New Athletic Center, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravity Pull / Second Guessing / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Laughing / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Good Advices / Maps And Legends / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It / Pretty Persuasion / Home On The Range - Little America
encore 1: Harborcoat / Camera / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Just A Touch
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout
notes: The recording of this show is cut during Gardening At Night, but you can assume 9-9 and Windout were also played. Click here for a review of this show

4 May 1985 - Lansing Arena, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Laughing / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Good Advices / Maps And Legends / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Last Date / Just A Touch / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / Harborcoat
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Wild Thing
notes: This setlist may or may not be correct - there is some evidence it may not be correct. For the first minute of Just A Touch, the song is played in a totally different style, beginning wth just Stipe singing, then the rest join in shortly after

5 May 1985 - Alumni Arena, University of Buffalo, Amherst, NY
support: The Neats, Billy Bragg
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Talk About The Passion / Hyena / Good Advices / Seven Chinese Brothers / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / So. Central Rain / Maps And Legends / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Life And How To Live It
encore: Second Guessing / Route 66 / Wild Thing / Hang On Sloopy / Louie, Louie / Wild Thing
notes: Billy Bragg guests on Route 66

7 May 1985 - Wittenberg Fieldhouse, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
support: The Neats

8 May 1985 - McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Kohoutek / Driver 8 / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / So. Central Rain / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Just A Touch
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Laughing / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Unknown / Windout
encore 3: We Walk / Sitting Still

9 May 1985 - Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Good Advices / Driver 8 / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / So. Central Rain / Green Grow The Rushes / Laughing / Hyena / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: The Lion Sleeps Tonight / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Just A Touch
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Harborcoat / We Walk / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout

10 May 1985 - Stock Pavillion, Madison, WI
support: The Neats
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Seven Chinese Brothers / Hyena / Good Advices / Talk About The Passion / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / So. Central Rain / Maps And Legends / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Second Guessing-Tired Of Singing Trouble / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / Just A Touch
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout
encore 3: Pale Blue Eyes / Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
notes: This show can be found on the CD bootleg "Welcome To The Hoedown" minus Feeling Gravitys Pull, Old Man Kensey and Pale Blue Eyes. The full show can be found on the vinyl bootleg "Radio Free Georgia"

27 May 1985 - Merideth College Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
audience: 3,000
other acts performing: The Pressure Boys, The Connells, Xenon, Don Dixon, Bill Lyerly Band
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Seven Chinese Brothers / Hyena / Good Advices / Talk About The Passion / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / So. Central Rain / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Ghost Riders In The Sky / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Wild Thing
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / 9-9 / Windout / Gardening At Night
notes: African Relief concert which R.E.M. headlined. Don Dixon joined the band on stage for Rockville and Wild Thing

10 June 1985
event: Fables of the Reconstruction released

22 June 1985 - "The Longest Day", Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, England
supporting: U2, other artists performing were Faith Brothers, Spear of Destiny, Billy Bragg, The Ramones
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
notes: Opening for U2 in front of 50,000 people. From the book Remarks - The Story of R.E.M. by Tony Fletcher (pg.82), "The 50,000-strong crowd was in no mood for a band opening a set with as downbeat a song as 'Feeling Gravitys Pull', and the group spent the entire set dodging missiles, the most common of which were plastic bottles full of urine"

23 June 1985 - Piccadilly Radio, Manchester, England
notes: Interview with Peter Buck, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills. Available on the interview bootleg cd 'Shiny Chatty People"

24 June 1985 - International Ballroom, Manchester, England
set: Boy (Go) [Stipe a capella] / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Hyena / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / So. Central Rain / Have You Even Seen The Rain? / Driver 8 / Good Advices / Talk About The Passion / Can't Get There From Here / Cushy Tush / Maps And Legends / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Home On The Range-Little America
encore 1: Femme Fatale / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Broken Whisky Glass / Second Guessing - Respect
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / 9-9 / Windout
notes: At the start of the show Stipe sings lyrics from '(Boy) Go'. As an intro to Little America Stipe sings 'Home on The Range' a capella with help from the crowd. Cushy Tush is played while Stipe asks the crowd to step back ('Simon says two steps back').
A slightly different setlist appears in the book "It Crawled From The South" - this setlist was taken from the tape of the show so they changed the encores slightly from the written setlist

25 June 1985 - The Venue, Edinburgh, Scotland
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Laughing / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / Seven Chinese Brothers / Hyena / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Just A Touch / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Life And How To Live It / Pretty Persuasion
encore 1: Unknown / Talk About The Passion / See No Evil / Second Guessing
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9

26 June 1985 - Tiffany's Ballroom, Newcastle, England
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / King Of The Road (sort of) / Letter Never Sent / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain / Good Advices / Hyena / Sitting Still / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / Just A Touch / Moon River - Unknown - Rave On / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Boy (Go) / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / 1,000,000
encore 2: Medicine Show / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Windout
notes: Just before Rave On, Auctioneer was aborted as Bill leaves the kit (you can hear the sticks go down) to go use the bathroom. There were a lot of requests for Moon River, Stipe sang about half a note then said he didn't want to do it, he also tried another song, sang a few words, stopped and said "Nah thats too easy". The intro to 'Windout' was the usual intro they used on the 1985 shows, "Amen brother ben shot the rooster killed the hen".
There is some confusion about a song called 'Guns For Punishment' at the start of encore 2, apparently it is Mike Mills saying 'you're gluttons for punishment' after numerous requests were shouted out, before they played Medicine Show

27 June 1985 - Workroom, University Of Warwick, Coventry, England
support: The Jazz Butcher, Jonathon Richman, Green On Red
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Green Grow The Rushes / Laughing / Maps And Legends / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Hyena / 1,000,000 / Old Man Kensey / Just A Touch / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Pretty Persuasion
encore 1: Jimmy Crack Corn-Behind Closed Doors / Harborcoat / California Dreamin' / Mystery To Me
encore 2: Barney Miller Theme / Theme From Two Steps Onward / We Walk / Little America
notes: Peter played with Green on Red during their set

29 June 1985 - Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
supporting: U2, Squeeze, The Alarm, In Tua Nua

6 July 1985 - Rock Torhout Festival, Torhout, Belgium
other acts performing: The Ramones, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Style Council, Depeche Mode, Joe Cocker, Paul Young And The Royal Family, U2
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America

7 July 1985 - Rock Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium
other acts performing: The Ramones, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Style Council, Depeche Mode, Joe Cocker, Paul Young And The Royal Family, U2
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Driver 8 / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Can't Get There From Here / Life And How To Live It / Talk About The Passion

Reconstruction I begins

11 July 1985 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
support: True West
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Laughing / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Have You Ever Seen the Rain? / Letter Never Sent / Can't Get There From Here / Driver 8 / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore: Harborcoat / Good Advices
notes: Incomplete set

12 July 1985 - Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
support: True West
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Laughing / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Have you Ever Seen The Rain? / West Of The Fields / Can't Get There From Here / Driver 8 / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Second Guessing / Talk About The Passion / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / 1,000,000
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Radio Free Europe

13 July 1985 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
support: True West
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Driver 8 / Talk About The Passion / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen the Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout / Little America
encore 1: Afterhours > Femme Fatale / Second Guessing / Don't Go Back To Rockville / Life And How To Live It
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Wild Thing > Louie Louie

15 July 1985 - S.U.B. Theater, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
support: True West

16 July 1985 - McEwan Hall, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
support: True West

19 July 1985 - Warnors Theater, Fresno, CA
support: True West, The Three O'Clock
set included: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Radio Free Europe / Can't Get There From Here / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / We Walk

20 July 1985 - Greek Theatre, University Of California, Berkeley, CA
audience: 4,555
support: True West, The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Moral Kiosk / Maps And Legends / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Seven Chinese Brothers / Sitting Still / Driver 8 / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America / Radio Free Europe
encore 1: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Harborcoat / We Walk / See No Evil

21 July 1985 - Rockline interview (FM Broadcast)

23 July 1985 - Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
support: True West, The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / John The Revelator / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Laughing / Driver 8 / Bandwagon / Seven Chinese Brothers / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Femme Fatale / 9-9 / Windout
encore 2: Boy (Go) - Singing Cage / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Radio Free Europe

24 July 1985 - Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
support: True West
set included: Feeling Gravitys Pull / There She Goes Again / Wild Thing

26 July 1985 - Open Air Theater, University Of California, San Diego, CA
support: True West, The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Barney Miller Theme / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Unknown / Laughing / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Moral Kiosk / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Behind Closed Doors / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Second Guessing / See No Evil / So. Central Rain / Red Rain
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9-Hey Diddle Diddle-Frogmore / Windout
notes: So. Central Rain is played twice, the first time gets messed up, leading into the unknown song

27 July 1985 - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
support: True West
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Letter Never Sent / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Moral Kiosk / Pilgrimage / Can't Get There From Here / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Harborcoat / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Radio Free Europe / So. Central Rain [Stipe and Buck]
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / The Factory / Frog Went A Courtin'-Wendell Gee / Sitting Still
encore 3: Boy (Go)-Singing Cage / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
notes: Warren Zevon guests on lead vocals on The Factory

28 July 1985 - Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine Meadows, CA
support: True West, The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / So. Central Rain / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There from Here / Sitting Still / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / After Hours / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / Talk About The Passion / Just A Touch
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Radio Free Europe /
encore 3: Boy (Go) / Moon River / We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Hey Diddle Diddle-Frogmore / 1,000,000

29 July 1985 - Palace West, Phoenix, AZ
support: True West
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Green Grow The Rushes / Maps and Legends / Hyena / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / West Of The Fields / Driver 8 / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Moral Kiosk / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Boy (Go) / For The Love Of Money / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / 1,000,000
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / See No Evil
encore 3: Unknown / Wild Thing
notes: For The Love Of Money is played with Stipe singing Boy(Go) and Tighten Up in falsetto over it. Unknown track is Stipe solo singing, "There's an old song that the young people know..." which he probably just made up on the spot

31 July 1985 - Majestic Theater, San Antonio, TX
support: True West
set included: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Green Grow The Rushes / So. Central Rain / Little America

1 August 1985 - City Coliseum, Austin, TX
support: True West
notes: Presumably the debut show of Fall On Me, given what Stipe said the next night

2 August 1985 - Cullen Auditorium, Houston, TX
support: True West
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Letter Never Sent / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Talk About The Passion / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / 1,000,000 / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Harborcoat / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Little America
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout / Boy (Go) / Femme Fatale
notes: Stipe announced this is second time they have played Fall On Me (untitled at the time)

3 August 1985 - Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TX
support: True West
set included: Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Can't Get There From Here / Wild Thing

4-5 August 1985 - Nicollet Studio, Minneapolis, MN
notes: Ages Of You, Burning Down and Crazy are remixed by Steve Fjelstad

5 August 1985 - Civic Center Forum, St. Paul, MN
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Sitting Still / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Last Date / Old Man Kensey / Laughing / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Boy (Go) / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Second Guessing / We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Behind Closed Doors / See No Evil
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Just A Touch / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Paint It, Black-12XU
notes: Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü guests on Paint It, Black-12XU

6 August 1985 - Mecca Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI
set included: Feeling Gravitys Pull / So. Central Rain / Maps And Legends / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Old Man Kensey / Chicken Train

7 August 1985 - Circle Pavillion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pilgrimage / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / West Of The Fields / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Moral Kiosk / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Radio Free Europe / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Seven Chinese Brothers / Second Guessing
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Talk About The Passion / Home On The Range / Little America / Boy (Go) / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)-12XU

9 August 1985 - State Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
support: The Three O'Clock
soundcheck: Catapult / Green Grow The Rushes / Fall On Me
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Green Grow The Rushes / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Moral Kiosk / Good Advices / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Seven Chinese Brothers / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / See No Evil
encore 2: Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out) / Theme From Two Steps Onward / We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Behind Closed Doors / After Hours / Crazy

10 August 1985 - Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
support: The Three O'Clock, The Replacements

12 August 1985 - Public Music Hall, Cleveland, OH
support: The Three O'Clock

13 August 1985 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Pilgrimage / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Skip A Rope / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Sitting Still / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Walk, Don't Run / Femme Fatale / Second Guessing / Smokin' In The Boys Room / Crazy / See No Evil
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Radio Free Europe

15 August 1985 - Auditorium Theater, Rochester, NY
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Letter Never Sent / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Moral Kiosk / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / 1,000,000 / Femme Fatale / Radio Free Europe
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Behind Closed Doors / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / Tired Of Singing Trouble / See No Evil

16 August 1985 - Concert Hall, Toronto, Canada
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Pilgrimage / Femme Fatale / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: California Dreamin' / King Of The Road / Bandwagon / Skip A Rope / 20th Century Boy
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Broken Whiskey Glass / Wild Thing-Louie Louie-12XU / See No Evil / Pale Blue Eyes

17 August 1985 - Barrymore's, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
support: The Three O'Clock
soundcheck: Catapult / Feeling Gravitys Pull
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Radio Free Europe / Letter Never Sent / Pills / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Laughing / Driver 8 / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / West Of The Fields / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Moral Kiosk / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Moon River / I Can't Control Myself / 1,000,000 / I Can Only Give You Everything
encore 2: Tired Of Singing Trouble-Boy (Go) / Paint It, Black / In The Year 2525 / Smokin' In The Boys Room / Sweet Home Alabama / (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone - 12XU / Secret Agent Man / The Lion Sleeps Tonight / God Save The Queen / Roadrunner - 12XU / 20th Century Boy / Skank
encore 3: Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
notes: After heckling during Moon River in which Mike Mills has to be restrained from attacking an audience member, R.E.M. decide they'll play cover songs for the rest of the night. This is how it went:
Stipe is in the middle of singing Moon River...
audience member: "fuck off!"
Mills: "You come up here and..."
Stipe: "I can see you..."
Mills: "Come on! Come on! Come up here and say it"
(audience cheers and claps)
Stipe: "Are you blushing yet? You feeling stupid?"
Mills: "Easy for you from down there isn't it, come on up here and say it"
Then later on after 1,000,000...
Buck: "The guy who yelled 'fuck you' during Moon River meet me backstage you asshole"
After a shocking version of Sweet Home Alabama in which Stipe sings that he can't remember the 2nd verse...
Stipe: "Guitar players can't sing for shit!"
Buck: "Singers can't play guitar for shit either"
This show would have to be one of the most unusual and memorable R.E.M. shows of all time (in my opinion anyway), the amount of cover versions and the fact they were ready to beat up an audience member (as well as the fact they must had a little too much to drink) all adds up to an incredible show.

18 August 1985 - La Grande Tente Au Vieux Port, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Sitting Still / Pale Blue Eyes / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / Femme Fatale / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / See No Evil
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Just A Touch

20 August 1985 - Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
audience: 3,000
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Skip A Rope / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Moral Kiosk / Life and How to Live It
encore 1: Crazy / Harborcoat / Behind Close Doors > (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / See No Evil
encore 2: Watch Your Step [correct title unknown] / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Radio Free Europe / Seven Chinese Brothers / Just A Touch / Little America

21 August 1985 - Walter Brown Arena, Boston, MA
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Sitting Still / Auctioneer / Old Man Kensey / Femme Fatale / Pretty Persuasion / Life and How To Live It
encore 1: White Tornado / Talk About The Passion / Little America
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Unknown
encore 3: Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / Unknown
notes: The unknown song in encore 2 is possibly See No Evil or Just A Touch, and the unknown song in encore 3 is possibly Skank (can't be confirmed)

23 August 1985 - Leroy Theater, Pawtucket, RI
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / West Of The Fields / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Pale Blue Eyes / Moral Kiosk / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Radio Free Europe / Camera / Paint It, Black
encore 2: Singing Cage-Theme From Two Steps Onward / Just A Touch / We Walk-After Hours / See No Evil
encore 3: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Little America

24 August 1985 - West Hartford Agora Ballroom, Hartford, CT
audience: 3,500
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Maps And Legends / Wendell Gee / Hyena / Letter Never Sent / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Sitting Still / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Harborcoat / Seven Chinese Brothers / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Just A Touch
encore 2: Singing Cage / Theme From Two Steps Onward / We Walk / Satisfaction / Tired Of Waiting / Wild Thing

25 August 1985 - JB Scott's Theater, Albany, NY
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Laughing / Time After Time (Annelise) / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / PSA (Bad Day) [part] / West Of The Fields / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America / Femme Fatale
encore 1: Ghost Riders In The Sky / Second Guessing / Time Is On My Side / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / Skip a Rope / See No Evil
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Singing Cage / Life And How To Live It
encore 3: We Walk / Satisfaction / Tired Of Waiting / Wild Thing / Louie, Louie
notes: The only known time the Rolling Stones song 'Time Is On My Side' is covered by the band.
PSA (Bad Day) isn't the full song, just Stipe singing 'it's been a bad day please don't take my picture' and some other lyrics that are thrown into the short song as well.

26 August 1985 - Lyric Theater, Baltimore, MD
support: The Three O'Clock

28 August 1985 - Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Talk About The Passion / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Fall On Me / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / So. Central Rain / Time After Time (Annelise) / Sitting Still / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: We Walk-Skip A Rope / Second Guessing / Crazy / Little America
encore 2: Singing Cage / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Just A Touch / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
encore 3: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

29 August 1985 - DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Laughing / Maps And Legends / West of The Fields / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Fall On Me / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / So. Central Rain / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: White Tornado / Skip A Rope / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / See No Evil
encore 2: Singing Cage / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Second Guessing / Seven Chinese Brothers / Paint It, Black - 12XU - Wild Thing - 12XU - Louie Louis - Strange - Wild Thing - I Can Only Give You Everything
notes: The end of the second encore is a mad medley, going into and out of songs at random

30 August 1985 - Capitol Theatre, Passiac, NJ
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Letter Never Sent / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Last Date / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: White Tornado / Pills / Skip A Rope / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Moral Kiosk
encore 2: Singing Cage / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Broken Whisky Glass / Radio Free Europe / Femme Fatale

31 August 1985 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
audience: 5,800
support: The Three O'Clock
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Skip A Rope / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Pills / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Behind Closed Doors / See No Evil
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Sitting Still / Time After Time (Annelise) / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / Moon River / Windout

Reconstruction II begins

1 October 1985 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: After Hours / Theme From Two Steps Onward / Second Guessing / See No Evil
encore 2: Toys In The Attic / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / There She Goes Again / Paint It, Black

2 October 1985 - 'Rockpalast', Die Zeche, Bochum, Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Sitting Still / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / King Of The Road / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Toys In The Attic / See No Evil / Second Guessing
encore 2: Ghost Riders In The Sky / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Behind Closed Doors / Paint It, Black
notes: This show was recorded for the German TV show 'Rockpalast' WDR-TV and it's well worth finding a copy of it to see Stipe's blonde hair, some great cover songs and the hilarious moment when Stipe goes out into the crowd during We Walk and pats a big bearded guy on the head.

3 October 1985 - Rotterdam Arena, Rotterdam, Holland
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Toys In The Attic / Hyena / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Sitting Still / Talk About the Passion / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / West Of The Fields / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pills / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore: White Tornado / Smokin' In The Boys' Room / Tired Of Singing Trouble-Freddie's Dead / Broken Whiskey Glass / Bandwagon / Burning Hell / See No Evil / Femme Fatale

5 October 1985 - Vooruit Concert Hall, Gent, Belgium
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Moral Kiosk / Maps And Legends / Sitting Still / Fall On Me / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Seven Chinese Brothers / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Harborcoat / Skip a Rope / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Pretty Persuasion / Second Guessing
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Toys In The Attic / See No Evil
encore 2: In the Year 2525 / California Dreamin' / Wild Thing-Louie Louie

6 October 1985 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, West Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Sitting Still / Green Grow The Rushes / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / Can't Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Driver 8 / Toys In The Attic / Second Guessing / Just A Touch / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Harborcoat / We Walk-Behind Closed Doors / Daydream / See No Evil
encore 2: Ghost Riders In The Sky / Talk About The Passion / Tired Of Singing Trouble / 20th Century Boy / Little America

7 October 1985 - Alabmahalle, Munich, West Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Sitting Still / Green Grow The Rushes / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore: Toys In The Atiic / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / See No Evil

9 October 1985 - Metropol, Berlin, West Germany

10 October 1985 - Markthalle, Hamburg, West Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Driver 8 / Femme Fatale / Letter Never Sent / Maps And Legends / Toys In The Attic / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Pretty Persuasion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Little America / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Daydream / Burning Hell / Smokin' In The Boys' Room / I Can Only Give You Everything / I Can't Control Myself
encore 2: In The Year 2525 / Radar Love / Be-bop A Lula / See No Evil

11 October 1985 - Luxor Ballroom, Köln, West Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Radar Love / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Sitting Still / Seven Chinese Brothers / Pale Blue Eyes / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Little America / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: So. Central Rain / Toys In The Attic / Tired Of Singing Trouble / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Paint It, Black
encore 2: Second Guessing / See No Evil

13 October 1985 - University Aula, Saarbrucken, West Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Radar Love / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Femme Fatale / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / West Of The Fields / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Toys In The Attic / Talk About The Passion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Ghost Riders In The Sky / Second Guessing / See No Evil
encore 2: Moon River / We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Behind Closed Doors-Freddie's Dead / Little America

14 October 1985 - L'Eldorado, Paris, France
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Driver 8 / Letter Never Sent / Radar Love / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / Pretty Persuasion / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Moral Kiosk / Little America
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Second Guessing / Tired Of Singing Trouble-(Don't Go Back To) Rockville
encore 2: Life And How To Live It / Singing Cage-We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Daydream / Toys In The Attic / See No Evil

15 October 1985 - Salle Maleire, Lyon, France
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Talk About The Passion / Sitting Still / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / West Of The Fields / Can't Get There From Here / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore: California Dreamin' / Toys In The Attic / Radar Love / Paint it, Black

16 October 1985 - Salle du Faubourg, Geneva, Switzerland

18 October 1985 - Alter Feuerwache, Mannheim, West Germany
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Gardening At Night / Fall On Me / Pretty Persuasion / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / There She Goes Again / Radar Love / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / We Walk-Falling In Love Again-Behind Closed Doors / Tired Of Singing Trouble-After Hours / Toys In The Attic
encore 2: 20th Century Boy / Second Guessing / Femme Fatale / See No Evil

20 October 1985 - Ritz Ballroom, Manchester, England
support: The Faith Brothers, Misdemeanor, The Jazz Butcher
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Gardening At Night / Fall On Me / Pretty Persuasion / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Femme Fatale / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Little America
encore 2: Singing Cage / Toys In The Attic / See No Evil

21 October 1985 - Rock City, Nottingham, England
support: The Faith Brothers
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Sitting Still / Good Advices / West Of The Fields / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Walk Don't Run / Radar Love / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Tired Of Singing Trouble / Second Guessing / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
encore 2: Boy (Go) / I Can Only Give You Everything / Toys In The Attic / See No Evil

22 October 1985 - Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England
support: The Faith Brothers
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Hyena / Green Grow The Rushes / Sitting Still / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star / 20th Century Boy / In the Year 2525 / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore: Second Guessing / Little America / Toys In The Attic / Paint It, Black / See No Evil

23 October 1985 - Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
support: The Faith Brothers
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Laughing / Hyena / Green Grow The Rushes / Seven Chinese Brothers / Driver 8 / Talk About The Passion / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Pale Blue Eyes / Second Guessing / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
encore 2: See No Evil / Toys In The Attic / Little America

25 October 1985 - "The Tube" (TV), Tyne Tree Television Studios, Newcastle, England
other acts appearing: Tom Waits, The Smiths
set: Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here

26 October 1985 - Royal Court, Liverpool, England
support: The Faith Brothers, Grown Up In Public
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Pilgrimage / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Pretty Persuasion / Seven Chinese Brothers / So. Central Rain (Buck and Stipe) / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout
encore 1: Time After Time (Annelise)/ (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Little America
encore 2: Toys In The Attic / Life And How To Live It

27 October 1985 - The Powerhouse, Birmingham, England
support: The Faith Brothers
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Laughing / Green Grow The Rushes / Pilgrimage / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Sitting Still / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / White Tornado and guitar bit / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Just A Touch / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / John The Revelator / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Toys In The Attic / Can't Get There From Here / 20th Century Boy / Broken Whiskey Glass / See No Evil
encore 2: Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Can't Control Myself / Little America

28 October 1985 - Hammersmith Palais, London, England
support: Misdemeanor, The Faith Brothers, The Jazz Butcher
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Pilgrimage / Driver 8 / Sitting Still / Good Advices / John The Revelator / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Toys In The Attic
encore 2: What's New Pussycat? / Radar Love / Burning Hell / Talk About The Passion / Little America
notes: This show can be found on the vinyl bootleg "Can't Get There From Here"

29 October 1985 - Hammersmith Palais, London, England
support: The Jazz Butcher, The Faith Brothers, Misdemeanor
set: Feelings Gravitys Pull / Moral Kiosk / Letter Never Sent / Laughing / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Talk About The Passion / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / West Of The Fields / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Gardening At Night / Little America
encore 1: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Radio Free Europe
encore 2: We Walk-Falling In Love Again / Pretty Persuasion / See No Evil
encore 3: Toys In The Attic
notes: This show can be found on the CD bootleg "These Days", albeit incompletely. A new complete version of this show taken from the same source has recently surfaced on the trading circuit

Reconstruction III begins

2 November 1985 - C.U. Events Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Pilgrimage / Just A Touch / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Frogmore / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Singing Cage / Second Guessing / Daydream / Toys In The Attic / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville - Tired Of Singing Trouble
encore 2: See No Evil / Talk About The Passion / 1,000,000 / Little America

encore 3: Skank 3 November 1985 - Arts and Science Auditorium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Second Guessing / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Green Grow The Rushes / See No Evil / Seven Chinese Brothers / Sitting Still / Fall On Me / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / West Of The Fields / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Feeling Gravitys Pull / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Driver 8
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Toys In The Attic / Wild Thing / Life And How To Live It

5 November 1985 - Music Hall, Omaha, NE
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set included: Moon River
notes: The crowd was very rowdy, as it seems that as the band became more well-known, people who knew little of their music now started showing up and wanted to see whatever they perceived "new wave" to be. Michael kept shushing them during quieter moments, and finally had enough. He picked up the mike stand and walked to the curtains in the back and started singing "Moon River". Some people got it, others were stunned into silence, but after that, people behaved.

6 November 1985 - Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
support: 10,000 Maniacs

7 November 1985 - Assembly Auditorium, Champaign, IL
support: 10,000 Maniacs

8 November 1985 - IU Auditorium, University Of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Harborcoat / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Maps And Legends / Old Man Kensey / Pilgrimage / Little America / Driver 8 / Life And How To Live It / Green Grow The Rushes / So. Central Rain / Pretty Persuasion / Second Guessing / Fall On Me / Swan Swan H / Sitting Still / See No Evil / Laughing / Radar Love / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / We Walk / Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / Can't Get There From Here / Toys In The Attic
notes: Probably missing Feeling Gravitys Pull as the first song

9 November 1985 - CMJ Awards, Beacon Theater, New York, NY
acoustic set: The Wayward Wind / Driver 8 / Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / Angel / Swan Swan H / Time After Time (Annelise) / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble
electric set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Second Guessing / Can't Get There From Here / Moon River (Stipe a capella)
notes: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville features Peter Holsapple on guitar and Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles on backing vocals. This show was made infamous due to Peter Buck throwing his guitar at one of the television crew members and storming off the stage after Can't Get There From Here.

11 November 1985 - Memorial Coliseum, University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
support: 10,000 Maniacs

12 November 1985 - Memorial Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
audience: 4,400
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Fall On Me / Sitting Still / Hyena / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Toys In The Attic / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Broken Whiskey Glass
encore 2: Rave On / Boy (Go)-Second Guessing / See No Evil / Life And How To Live It
notes: Jason from Jason and the Scorchers guests on (Don't Go Back To) Rockville and Broken Whiskey Glass.
'During the encore, when Jason from Jason and the Scorchers was on stage, Michael Stipe went back to Bill Berry's drum set, picked up a beer bottle (looked like a Michelob) and poured the contents on Berry's head. Berry stood up, reached over the drum kit and grabbed Stipe by the collar or throat while Stipe grabbed Berry. Jason had to pull them apart. I remember he said in his twangy accent, "Come on boys! Settle down now."
Then after the concert, when most of the crowd had left, Berry ran back out on stage, grabbed a microphone and yelled "Fuck Michael!". Stipe came running out of the wings and tackled Berry and they rolled around on the floor of the stage for a minute while a couple of roadies tried to pull them apart. Order was soon restored. It was very surreal to say the least.' - Scott Martin

13 November 1985 - Orpheum Theater, Memphis, TN
support: 10,000 Maniacs

15 November 1985 - CY Stephens Auditorium, University of Iowa, Ames, IA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Letter Never Sent / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Sitting Still / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Gardening At Night / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Singing Cage / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / See No Evil / John The Revelator-Counting Song (w/ Natalie Merchant) / Toys In The Attic / (All I Have to Do Is) Dream
encore 2: Moon River / Paint It, Black - 12XU
notes: After Toys In The Attic the band starts to play We Walk, and when Stipe starts singing Dream the band adjusts

16 November 1985 - Foelinger Auditorium, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set included: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pilgrimage / Driver 8 / Can't Get There From Here / Letter Never Sent / Green Grow The Rushes / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / See No Evil / Toys In The Attic / Pills
encore 2: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Last Date / Bandwagon
notes: Michael lectured the audience on the history of the ginkgo tree, an example of which was growing outside the auditorium on the quad. The band played "Rawhide" while Michael laid flat on his back in the middle of the stage. Letter Never Sent was introduced by stating that there's more than one Athens. The guitar only version of So. Central Rain was played at this show, while a gumby doll was on Mike's amp and a Budweiser tall boy was resting on Pete's

17 November 1985 - Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set included: (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

19 November 1985 - Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pilgrimage / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Gardening At Night / Seven Chinese Brothers / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore: Second Guessing / Radar Love / I Can't Control Myself / We Walk-Falling In Love Again / Little America / Tired Of Singing Trouble
notes: Another song is played before Little America, but the recording only features the end few seconds of it. It could be Just A Touch, See No Evil, Toys in the Attic or Rockville. Natalie Merchant guests on The Counting Song, not sure where it fits in the set

21 November 1985 - Foster Auditorium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
support: 10,000 Maniacs

22 November 1985 - Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL
support: The Minutemen
notes: This performance was cancelled after Hurricane Kate tore the roof off the arena

23 November 1985 - Swisher Gymnasium, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
support: The Minutemen

24 November 1985 - James L. Knight Centre, Miami, FL
support: The Minutemen

26 November 1985 - Bayfront Theater, St. Petersburg, FL
support: The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Driver 8 / Pilgrimage / Green Grow The Rushes / Sitting Still / Maps And Legends / Laughing / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Seven Chinese Brothers / The Wayward Wind / Can't Get There From Here / West Of The Fields / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore: Second Guessing / Shaking Through / So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star / Toys In The Attic
notes: Peter Buck sings lead on The Wayward Wind(!), and Roger McGuinn guests on Shaking Through and So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star. This show can be found on the vinyl bootleg "Rapid Eye Movements, The Georgia Peaches"

27 November 1985 - Civic Center, Savannah, GA
support: The Minutemen

29 November 1985 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
support: Jason and the Scorchers, The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Pilgrimage / Hyena / Sitting Still / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / West Of The Fields / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / We Walk - Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / See No Evil
encore 2: Toys In The Attic / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Little America

30 November 1985 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
support: Jason and the Scorchers, The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Sitting Still / Laughing / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Can't Get There From Here / Shaking Through / Just A Touch / Cuyahoga - Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Second Guessing / See No Evil / Boy (Go) / Toys In The Attic / Born To Run / Life And How To Live It
notes: Large chunks of the lyrics of would become Cuyahoga form Stipe's spoken intro to Auctioneer. Boy(Go) is a brief acapella intro. Born To Run starts off a capella and ends up being a full band version

2 December 1985 - Civic Center, Raleigh, NC
support: The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Pilgrimage / Driver 8 / Letter Never Sent / Hyena / Green Grow The Rushes / Born To Run / Moral Kiosk / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / West Of The Fields / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: White Tornado / Pills / (Don't Go Back to) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / See No Evil
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / Toys In The Attic / Second Guessing / Little America
review

3 December 1985 - Township Hall, Columbia, SC
support: The Minutemen

4 December 1985 - Chrysler Auditorium, Norfolk, VA
support: The Minutemen
soundcheck: Catapult / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Ages Of You
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Letter Never Sent / Hyena / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Bandwagon / Sitting Still / Good Advices / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: See No Evil / Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Toys In The Attic / The Counting Song
encore 2: Second Guessing-Born to Run / Talk About The Passion / Little America

5 December 1985 - The Mosque, Richmond, VA
support: The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Shaking Through / Maps And Legends / Hyena / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Can't Get There From Here / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Walk, Don't Run / Toys In The Attic / Radio Free Europe / Time After Time (Annelise) / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
encore 2: Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Little America

6 December 1985 - Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
support: The Minutemen
electric set 1: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Maps And Legends / Pilgrimage / Talk About The Passion / Sitting Still
acoustic set: Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / Driver 8 / Swan Swan H / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Tired Of Singing Trouble
electric set 2: So. Central Rain / Time After Time (Annelise) / Can't Get There From Here / Pretty Persuasion / Old Man Kensey / Life And How To Live It
encore: Toys In The Attic / Second Guessing / Bandwagon / See No Evil
notes: The band stopped playing after Sitting Still due to issues with the crowd pushing to the front. However, they quickly returned to play an acoustic set and then continued the show

8 December 1985 - Reynolds Auditorium, Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, NC
support: The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Crazy / Maps And Legends / Shaking Through / Driver 8 / Good Advices / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout / The Counting Song / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
encore 2: Tired Of Singing Trouble / Little America / See No Evil
notes: Mike Watt guests on See No Evil

9 December 1985 - Dedmon Center, Radford University, Radford, VA
support: The Minutemen
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pilgrimage / Maps And Legends / Just A Touch / Green Grow The Rushes / Driver 8 / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Can't Get There From Here / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Windout / Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
encore 1: Ghost Riders In The Sky / Second Guessing / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Bandwagon / Burning Hell / Little America
encore 2: This Land Is Your Land / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Toys In The Attic / Life And How To Live It / Talk About The Passion
notes: Boxcars is only performed part way through then mysteriously abandoned and the band leave the stage. Gardening At Night is prefaced by a "poem" of some kind, quite possibly extemporised by Stipe on the night

10 December 1985 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH
support: The Minutemen

11 December 1985 - Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
audience: 1,400
support: The Minutemen

13 December 1985 - Park Center, Charlotte, NC
support: The Minutemen
set:Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pills / Maps And Legends / Sitting Still / Fall On Me / Green Grow The Rushes / Hyena / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Can't Get There From Here / Seven Chinese Brothers / Dream (All I Have To Do Is) / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Gardening At Night / 9-9 / Pretty Persuasion / Little America
encore 1: Second Guessing / Time After Time (Annelise) / See No Evil (w/The Minutemen)
encore 2: Just A Touch / Driver 8 / Life And How To Live It