1987

January 1987 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
tracks recorded: Document Demos: Finest Worksong / Exhuming McCarthy / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Fireplace / Lightnin' Hopkins / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / King Of Birds
notes: These tracks can be found on the LP bootleg 'Finest Worksongs', and on the CD bootleg 'Sleeping Songs'

23 January 1987
event: Lifes Rich Pageant certified gold

4 February 1987 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
track recorded: The One I Love (demo)

20 February 1987 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Begin The Begin / Oddfellows Local 151 / Lightnin Hopkins

25 March 1987 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
support: Charlie Pickett and the MC5

27 April 1987
event: Dead Letter Office released

31 March - 2 May 1987 - Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN
tracks recorded: Document tracks

May 1987 - Master Control, Los Angeles, CA
Document is mixed

24 May 1987 - McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA
Steve Wynn: Merritville / Drinking Problem / One More Cup of Coffee / Days of Wine and Roses
Natalie Merchant: Don't Talk / Hello Stranger (w/ Jenny Homer and Michael Stipe)
Stipe and Geof Gans: The One I Love
Stipe and Peter Buck: Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Finest Worksong / Maps And Legends
Stipe: Harpers / Damaged Goods (w/ Merchant)
Stipe and Buck: Leaving on a Jet Plane-Sunday Morning-I'll Be Your Mirror (w/ Merchant, Homer & friends)
Wynn: 50 In A 25 Zone / How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? / Killing Time / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (w/ Buck) / Stage Fright / Too Little, Too Late (w/ Kendra Smith)
Merchant: More Than A Paycheck (w/ Homer, Smith) / Hear The Wind Blow (w/ Smith) / A Campfire Song / The Counting Song (w/ Stipe)
Peter Case: Walk, Don't Run / Baby Please Don't Go / 1,000,000 Miles Away
Stipe and Buck: Trains / The One I Love
Stipe, Buck and Mills: Spooky / Disturbance At The Heron House / Finest Worksong / Fever / So. Central Rain
notes: This show is available on many bootlegs, none of which offer the complete show. The most complete bootleg is the CD "TMOQ", but even that finishes after The Counting Song. If you get the TMOQ and Acoustic 87 bootlegs however, combined these offer every song from the show.

19 August 1987 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Finest Worksong / Welcome To The Occupation / The One I Love / Begin The Begin / Orange Crush / Disturbance At The Heron House / Title / Superman / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: This version of Orange Crush features a totally different vocal arrangement, with Stipe just singing/rambling various army and war statements etc. Mike Mills & Bill Berry's usual backing vocal is not present in this version. Mike Mills thanks The Silent P's (or Pea's?) for letting R.E.M. open the show for them.

31 August 1987
notes: Rockline interview with Buck and Mills

1 September 1987
event: Document released in North America

3 September 1987 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Title / I Believe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Unknown / Disturbance At The Heron House / The One I Love / Begin The Begin
notes: Michael says the unknown song is a new song that was written at rehearsal in the morning, which doesn't seem to have been played at any other known time

4 September 1987 - John Keane Studios, Athens, GA
track recorded: Last Date

4 September 1987 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: These days / Title / I Believe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Unknown / Disturbance At The Heron House / The One I Love / Begin The Begin
notes: According to Stipe during the show, the unknown track was written at 9:20 pm that evening. Also, at the end of R.E.M.'s set, Mike Mills says Smokin' Dave & The 3 Modo's (or possibly Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes) are up next

12 September 1987 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Driver 8 / Orange Crush / The One I Love / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Begin The Begin / Exhuming McCarthy / Wipe Out / Title / Wolves, Lower / Superman / Just A Touch / Oddfellows Local 151 / Lightnin' Hopkins / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
encore 1: Strange / Life And How To Live It
encore 2: I Believe / Disturbance At The Heron House / Fall On Me
encore 3: Harpers / Funtime (w/ Robyn Hitchcock)
encore 4: Radio Free Europe

14 September 1987
event: Document released in the UK

14 September 1987 - Muziekcentrum, Utrecht, Holland
support: Railway Children
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Lightnin' Hopkins / Welcome To The Occupation / Driver 8 / Feeling Gravitys Pull / I Believe / The One I Love / Exhuming McCarthy / Wolves, Lower / Fall On Me / Superman / Just A Touch / Oddfellows Local 151 / Little America / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Disturbance At The Heron House / Funtime
encore 2: Harpers-Moral Kiosk / Life And How To Live It
encore 3: Time After Time (Annelise) - Red Rain / So. Central Rain
notes: This show is available on many bootlegs, the best being the CD's "Red Rain" and "Losing My Religion Volume 1 and 2" as they offer the complete show

16 September 1987 - La Cigale, Paris, France
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Orange Crush / Lightnin' Hopkins / Welcome To The Occupation / Maps And Legends / Exhuming McCarthy / The One I Love / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Superman / Just A Touch / Oddfellows Local 151 / Little America / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Disturbance At The Heron House / Life And How To Live It / After Hours
encore 2: Fall On Me / Funtime
concert ticket

18 September 1987 - Tor 3, Dusseldorf, West Germany
support: Railway Children
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Lightnin' Hopkins / Driver 8 / Orange Crush / White Tornado / The One I Love / Feeling Gravitys Pull / I Believe / Exhuming McCarthy / Title / Maps And Legends / Superman / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Just A Touch / Oddfellows Local 151 / See No Evil / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Fall On Me / Disturbance At The Heron House / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Little America
encore 2: Harpers / 20th Century Boy / Life And How To Live It
encore 3: Angel / Funtime / 1,000,000 / After Hours

September 1987 - The Library, Knoxville, TN
notes: A local Grateful Dead cover band were playing at a bar and R.E.M. jumped on the stage and played a few songs (R.E.M. songs that is)

1 October 1987 - Stokley Athletic Center, Knoxville, TN
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Exhuming McCarthy / Cuyahoga / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / I Believe / The One I Love / Title / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Fireplace / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Midnight Blue / Disturbance At The Heron House / See No Evil
encore 2: Just A Touch / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Little America
encore 3: Ain't No Sunshine / Angel / Sitting Still / 1,000,000

2 October 1987 - Little John Coliseum, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
support: 10,000 Maniacs
soundcheck: Catapult / I Believe / King Of Birds
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / West Of The Fields / Exhuming McCarthy / Wolves, Lower / Orange Crush / The One I Love / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Driver 8 / Title / King Of Birds / Fireplace / I Believe / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Fall On Me / Disturbance At The Heron House / Little America
encore 2: Welcome To The Occupation / Midnight Blue - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Peace Train / Just A Touch
encore 3: Harpers / Ain't No Sunshine / Life And How To Live It
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on Ain't No Sunshine and Life And How To Live It

3 October 1987 - Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Pilgrimage / Welcome To The Occupation / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Fireplace / I Believe / Driver 8 / Superman / Moral Kiosk / Maps And Legends / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Midnight Blue - Heartbreak Beat - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Peace Train - Bad / Disturbance At The Heron House / Fall On Me
encore 2: With A Girl Like You / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / See No Evil / The One I Love

4 October 1987 - Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Cuyahoga / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Flowers of Guatemala / Sitting Still / Title / I Believe / Fireplace / Ain't No Sunshine / Driver 8 / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The One I Love / Fall On Me / See No Evil
encore 2: King Of Birds / Disturbance At The Heron House / Life And How To Live It
encore 3: Harpers / Crazy / Radio Free Europe / Time After Time (Annelise)
encore 4: Time After Time [Stipe and Buck]
notes: Guatemala is prefaced by stipe announcing flatly, "This ain't rock and roll, this is genocide", a quote from David Bowie's Diamond Dogs

6 October 1987 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Cuyhahoga / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Sitting Still / Title / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Fireplace / Driver 8 / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Disturbance At The Heron House / Fall On Me / The One I Love
encore 2: Midnight Blue / Ain't No Sunshine / Just A Touch
encore 3: Harpers / Wolves, Lower / Life And How To Live It

7 October 1987 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Pilgrimage / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Fireplace / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Title / Fall On Me / We Walk / 1,000,000 / See No Evil
encore 2: Harpers / Crazy / The One I Love
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on We Walk

9 October 1987 - William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
soundcheck: Catapult (instrumental) / I Believe / King Of Birds / Welcome To The Occupation
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Exhuming McCarthy / Disturbance At The Heron House / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Fireplace / Driver 8 / Title / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Fall On Me / See No Evil
encore 2: Midnight Blue / Just A Touch
encore 3: Harpers / The One I Love

10 October 1987 - Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Lightnin' Hopkins / Exhuming McCarthy / Disturbance At The Heron House / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / White Tornado / King Of Birds / Sitting Still / Title / I Believe / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Midnight Blue / Angel / See No Evil / The One I Love
encore 2: Life And How To Live It / After Hours / John The Revelator
encore 3: Wolves, Lower / Crazy / Just A Touch / Time After Time (Annelise) - Red Rain / So. Central Rain
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on John The Revelator. Time After Time onwards was just Peter on guitar and Michael vocals

11 October 1987 - Penn State University, State College, PA
support: 10,000 Maniacs

12 October 1987 - University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Disturbance At The Heron House / Lightnin' Hopkins / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Title / Driver 8 / Sitting Still / Cuyahoga / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Welcome To The Occupation / Fall On Me / Auctioneer (Another Engine)
encore 2: Midnight Blue / Ain't No Sunshine

14 October 1987 - Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, WV
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Fireplace / Driver 8 / Cuyahoga / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Lightnin' Hopkins / Fall On Me
encore 2: The One I Love / 1,000,000
encore 3: Red Rain - So. Central Rain

16 October 1987 - Spectrum Theater, Philadelphia, PA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Pilgrimage / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin / Strange / Fall On Me / Crazy / 1,000,000
encore 1: John The Revelator / The One I Love / Midnight Blue-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-Addicted to Love / Radio Free Europe
encore 2: Harpers / So. Central Rain
encore 3: Wolves, Lower
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on John The Revelator

17 October 1987 - Veterans War Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Pilgrimage / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Sitting Still / I Believe / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Cuyahoga / Fall On Me / The One I Love
encore 2: Wolves, Lower / Crazy / 1,000,000
encore 3: Singing Cage / Harpers / So. Central Rain
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on Singing Cage

18 October 1987 - The Centrum, Worcester State College, Worcester, MA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Maps And Legends / I Believe / Title / White Tornado / Driver 8 / Cuyahoga / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Fall On Me / See No Evil
encore 2: Harpers / The One I Love / Crazy / Just A Touch

19 October 1987 - Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Moral Kiosk / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Driver 8 / Maps And Legends / Cuyahoga / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Harpers / The One I Love / Wolves, Lower
encore 2: Ain't No Sunshine / Crazy / Fall On Me / See No Evil
encore 3: Strange / Sitting Still / Just A Touch / After Hours

21 October 1987 - War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Sitting Still / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Pretty Persuasion / See No Evil
encore 2: Harpers / Just A Touch / After Hours / Swan Swan H
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on Swan Swan H

22 October 1987 - Louis Brown Athletic Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Title / Driver 8 / White Tornado / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Swan Swan H / Fall On Me
encore 2: Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Midnight Blue
encore 3: Harpers / The One I Love / Crazy / See No Evil / 1,000,000
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on Swan Swan H. A whole verse of Driver 8 is sung solo by stipe before the band kicks in and the song is performed in its entirety. Michael is hit in the face with a glowstick during Midnight Blue

23 October 1987 - Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / West Of The Fields / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Title / Moral Kiosk / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Fall On Me / See No Evil

24 October 1987 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Pilgrimage / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Title / I Believe / Moral Kiosk / Superman / Cuyahoga / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Fall On Me / Ain't No Sunshine / Auctioneer (Another Engine)
encore 2: The One I Love / Swan Swan H
encore 3: Crazy / 1,000,000

26 October 1987 - MSU Auditorium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set included: Finest Worksong / Exhuming McCarthy / Fall On Me / Superman / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / So. Central Rain / Swan Swan H (w/ Natalie Merchant) / Lightnin' Hopkins / Oddfellows Local 151 / Midnight Blue
notes: During the 10,000 Maniacs set, Stipe wheeled a birthday cake complete with lit candles onto the stage and the whole auditorium sang "Happy Birthday" to Natalie Merchant

27 October 1987 - Elliot Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Sitting Still / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / White Tornado / I Believe / Title / Cuyahoga / Pretty Persuasion / Time Of The Season / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Fall On Me / See No Evil / Swan Swan H
encore 2: Pop Song 89 / The One I Love
encore 3: Harpers / Crazy / So. Central Rain-Red Rain
notes: Natalie Merchant guests on Swan Swan H. First known performance of 'Pop Song 89', albeit with different melody and lyrics as to what appeared on Green

29 October 1987 - Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Fall On Me / Exhuming McCarthy / Disturbance At The Heron House / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Title / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Cuyahoga / Ain't No Sunshine / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Pretty Persuasion / Pop Song 89

30 October 1987 - Millet Hall, Oxford, OH
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Pilgrimage / Exhuming McCarthy / Disturbance At the Heron House / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Title / Fall On Me / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Sitting Still / Pop Song 89
encore 2: Just A Touch / The One I Love / Crazy
encore 3: Harpers / Swan Swan H / Pretty Persuasion / After Hours-Born To Run / See No Evil / After Hours

31 October 1987 - Palmer College, Davenport, IA
support: The dB's

2 November 1987 - Civic Center, St. Paul, MN
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Fall On Me / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / White Tornado / Sitting Still / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The One I Love / Wolves, Lower / See No Evil
encore 2: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Pop Song 89 / 1,000,000
encore 3: Harpers / Crazy / Born To Run / After Hours

2 November 1987
event: Document certified gold

3 November 1987 - Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / Moral Kiosk / Welcome To The Occupation / Fall On Me / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / I Believe / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Cuyahoga / We Walk / Underneath The Bunker
encore 2: The One I Love / See No Evil / Crazy
encore 3: Harpers / So. Central Rain

4 November 1987 - Circle Pavillion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Harborcoat / Disturbance At The Heron House / Fall On Me / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / White Tornado / Cuyahoga / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Maps And Legends / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Wolves, Lower / Driver 8 / Just A Touch
encore 2: The One I Love / Pop Song 89 / See No Evil
encore 3: Harpers / Crazy / After Hours

5 November 1987 - Circle Pavillion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Moral Kiosk / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / The Flowers Of Guatemala / I Believe / Sitting Still / Driver 8 / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / King Of Birds / Pop Song 89 / Auctioneer (Another Engine)
encore 2: Swan Swan H / The One I Love
encore 3: Harpers / Midnight Blue - Heartbreak Beat - Bad - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Ghost Rider / 1,000,000

7 November 1987 - Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Fall On Me / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Driver 8 / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / We Walk / Underneath The Bunker / Pop Song 89 / Auctioneer (Another Engine)
encore 2: Harpers / Wolves, Lower / Ghost Rider
encore 3: The One I Love / Crazy / After Hours

8 November 1987 - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Pilgrimage / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / I Believe / Sitting Still / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Fall On Me / Pop Song 89 / Just A Touch
encore 2: We Don't Need Another Hero / The One I Love / Swan Swan H / Ghost Rider / Crazy

9 November 1987 - Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE
support: The dB's

10 November 1987 - Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / West Of The Fields / Fall On Me / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Flowers Of Guatemala / Cuyahoga / I Believe / Maps And Legends / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Wolves, Lower
encore 2: Dark Globe / King Of Birds / See No Evil
encore 3: Midnight Blue-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Ghost Rider / Just A Touch
notes: The recording of this show has the start of Just A Touch before it is cut off. Presumably at least The One I Love and Pop Song 89 were also played after this, and possibly Crazy

13 November 1987 - Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Sitting Still / Driver 8 / Pretty Persuasion / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Wolves, Lower / See No Evil
encore 2: Strange / Just A Touch
encore 3: Dark Globe-Harpers / The One I Love / Pop Song 89 / Crazy
notes: Warren Zevon guests on Strange and Just A Touch. Just before Driver 8, Michael sang "tis a joy to be sinple tis a joy to be free tis a joy to be on the way to where I ought to be" that is an except from an old Shaker hymn titled "Simple Gifts"

14 November 1987 - Bren Events Center, Irvine, CA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange - Rollers Show - Saturday Night / Pretty Persuasion / See No Evil
encore 2: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Cuyahoga / Fall On Me
encore 3: Harpers / The One I Love / Crazy / Pop Song 89 / Just A Touch / After Hours
notes: Simple Gifts is an adapted version the 1848 Shaker movement song/hymn; "Tis a joy to be simple, tis a joy to be free etc...". Roller Show is not the theme from the Bay City Rollers tv show, it's simply the song "Rollers Show" by Nick Lowe which poked fun at BCR fans, this then segues into a snatch of "Saturday Night" which is a Bay City Rollers song. This show can be found on the vinyl bootleg "Documentary", minus Heron House, Pretty Persuasion, See No Evil and Flowers of Guatemala. A recording of the whole show has now surfaced that merges the Documentary boot with an uncirculated audience recording that provides the complete show

15 November 1987 - Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, CA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Pilgrimage / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Sitting Still / Ghost Riders in the Sky / Pretty Persuasion / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: 1,000,000 / Wolves, Lower / See No Evil
encore 2: Pop Song 89 / Ghost Rider / Cuyahoga / Crazy
encore 3: The One I Love
notes: This show can be found on the vinyl bootleg "Working"

16 November 1987 - Grady Gammage Auditorium, Tempe, AZ
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Cuyahoga / Disturbance At The Heron House / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Sitting Still / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore: Strange / Wolves, Lower / Pop Song 89

18 November 1987 - Moody Coliseum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Moral Kiosk / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Ghost Riders In the Sky / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Fall On Me / What We All Want / See No Evil
encore 2: Dark Globe / The One I Love / Pop Song 89 / Just A Touch
encore 3: Harpers / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Crazy / After Hours
notes: 'What We All Want' is a cover of a Gang Of Four song, previously thought to have been titled 'Can I Be Happy With Someone Else?'

19 November 1987 - Rollie White Coliseum, College Station, TX
support: The dB's
set included: Finest Worksong / We Walk / So. Central Rain
notes: Stipe sings the lyrics to Underneath The Bunker during We Walk (during a part of the song he doesn't normally sing), but the band never plays Underneath The Bunker

20 November 1987 - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / West Of The Fields / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / I Believe / Maps And Legends / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Driver 8 / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Cuyahoga / Fall On Me / What We All Want / Just A Touch
encore 2: Harpers / The One I Love / Swan Swan H / See No Evil
encore 3: Pop Song 89 / Superman / Crazy / Dark Globe

22 November 1987 - University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
support: The dB's

23 November 1987 - Auburn University, Auburn, AL
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Sitting Still / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The One I Love / What We All Want / Fall On Me / See No Evil
encore 2: Dark Globe / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Pop Song 89 / Just A Touch
encore 3: Harpers / Crazy / After Hours

24 November 1987 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Pilgrimage / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Fall On Me / Wolves, Lower / Just A Touch
encore 2: The One I Love / What We All Want / See No Evil
encore 3: Dark Globe / Harpers / Pop Song 89 / Crazy

25 November 1987 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Harborcoat / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / Ghost Riders In The Sky / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Driver 8 / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Sitting Still / Ghost Rider
encore 2: Auctioneer (Another Engine) / We Walk / 1,000,000
encore 3: Dark Globe / The One I Love
encore 4: Harpers / Pop Song 89 / Crazy / After Hours

27 November 1987 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / West Of The Fields / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / White Tornado / Tired Of Singing Trouble / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Cuyahoga / Driver 8 / Superman / Auctioneer (Another Engine) [very long intro] / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: Strange / Fall On Me / Ghost Rider
encore 2: Little America / Swan Swan H / See No Evil
encore 3: Dark Globe / The One I Love / Pop Song 89 / Crazy
encore 4: Harpers / So. Central Rain

28 November 1987 - Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
support: The dB's
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Disturbance At The Heron House / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / King Of Birds / Cuyahoga / Simple Gifts - I Believe / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Superman / Pretty Persuasion / Oddfellows Local 151 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin
encore 1: The Flowers Of Guatemala / Fall On Me / What We All Want / Auctioneer (Another Engine)
encore 2: Dark Globe-Harpers / Sitting Still / See No Evil / The One I Love
encore 3: Pop Song 89 / Crazy / After Hours

1988

25 January 1988
event: Document certified platinum

February 19888 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
demo recordings for Green: Pop Song 89 / Orange Crush / I Remember California / Get Up / You Are The Everything / Untitled Instrumental #1 / Untitled Instrumental #2 / Great Big / Title / Hairshirt / Eleventh Untitled Song / Stand

12 March 1988 - Rockline, Los Angeles, CA
set: Superman (album track) / Interview/Calls / Disturbance At The Heron House (album track) / Interview/Calls / Time After Time Etc. (live from Utrecht, Holland - 14 Sept. 1987) / Interview/Calls / Interview / The Ballad Of Cat Ballou / Interview/Calls
notes: FM radio interview by Bob Coburn with Peter Buck and Mike Mills. The Ballad Of Cat Ballou was the only live in studio song played, sung by Mike

20 April 1988
event: R.E.M. signs with Warner Brothers Records

11 May 1988 - Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA
set: My Back Pages / You Showed Me / Dont' You Write Her Off Like That / 5D / Ballad Of Easy Rider / It's Allright Ma / American Girl / Sunshine Love / The Tears / Chestnut Mare / Tiffany Queen / You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Mr. Spaceman / Bells Of Rhymney / Mr. Tamborine Man / Turn Turn Turn / Eight Miles High / Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Feel A Whole Lot Better
notes: Roger McGuinn show, with You Ain't Goin' Nowhere onwards featuring Roger McGuinn backed by the "Southern Gentlemen" (Mills, Buck & Berry)

20 May 1988 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Orange Crush / Stand / Pop Song 89 / The One I Love / I Remember California / You Are The Everything
notes: Stipe introduce's the band as 'Toast'. He also mentions that Vic Chesnutt will be playing after their set. The version of 'The One I Love' is very different and lasts less than a minute

8 July 1988 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
supporting: The Primates, Lou Siffer
set: Pop Song 89 / Orange Crush / Hairshirt / You Are The Everything / Stand / Finest Worksong
notes: According to Stipe during the show, Peter Buck would be helping with the backing vocals during 'Stand'.

25 July - 3 September 1988 - Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN and Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY
notes: The following dates show which songs were recorded and on which day, and are also broken down into which studio was used A (recording) or B (overdubbing and editing). Recording took place in Memphis, mixing in Woodstock
25 [A] Carnival
26 [A] New Song #1 / Mozart (The Wrong Child) / Get Up / New Song #2
27 [A] New Song #2 / I Remember California / World Leader Pretend
28 [A] Pop Song 89 / Stand / You Are The Everything
29 [A] Get Up / You Are The Everything

August
1 [A] Hairshirt / Mozart / Get Up
1 [B] Turn You Inside-Out / Mozart
2 [A] Get Up / World Leader Pretend / I Remember California / Mozart
2 [B] Larry Graham / World Leader Pretend / I Remember California
3 [A] Orange Crush / Get Up / Turn You Inside-Out
3 [B] You Are The Everything / Turn You Inside-Out
4 [A] Turn You Inside-Out / Orange Crush / Hairshirt
4 [B] Turn You Inside-Out / Pop Song 89
5 [A] Hairshirt / You Are The Everything
5 [B] Pop Song 89
6 [A] Turn You Inside-Out / Get Up
6 [B] Pop Song 89
7 [B] Stand
8 [B] Stand
10 [B] Stand / You Are The Everything
11 [B] You Are The Everything / Mozart / Pop Song 89
12 [B] You Are The Everything (mixing)
13 [B] Turn Your Inside-Out (mixing) / Hairshirt (mixing)
15 [B] I Remember California (mixing)
16 [B] I Remember California (mixing)
17 [B] I Remember California (mixing) / Mozart (mixing)
18 [B] Mozart (mixing)
19 [B] Mozart (mixing) / Orange Crush (mixing)
20 [B] Orange Crush (mixing)
22 [B] Orange Crush (mixing)
23 [A] Michael Stipe Counting (fifteen minutes) / Interviews (four hours) for the 'Should We Talk About The Weather' promo CD/LP
23 [B] Orange Crush (mixing)
24 [A] Orange Crush / Turn You Inside-Out
24 [B] World Leader Pretend (mixing)
25 [A] Orange Crush / Turn You Inside-Out
25 [B] World Leader Pretend (mixing)
26 [A] Orange Crush / Turn You Inside-Out
26 [B] World Leader Pretend (mixing) / Get Up (mixing)
27 [B] Get Up (mixing) / Turn You Inside-Out (mixing)
28 [B] Turn You Inside-Out (mixing)
29 [B] Turn You Inside-Out (mixing)
30 [A] Carnival
30 [B] You Are The Everything (mixing) / Hairshirt (mixing)
31 [B] Hairshirt (remix) / Carnival

September
1 [B] Carnival (mixing)
2 [B] Stand (remix)
3 [B] Pop Song 89 (remix) / World Leader Pretend (remix) / Memphis Train Blues (mixing)

25 September 1988 - Athens Music Festival, Athens, GA
set: Ain't No Sunshine / First We Take Manhattan / Hairshirt / I'll Give You My Skin / Midnight Train To Georgia / Prince Of Darkness / Eleventh Untitled Song / Kid Fears / Harpers / All Along The Watchtower / Dark Globe / Summertime
notes: Benefit show with Michael Stipe and Indigo Girls. This show can be found on the bootleg CD "Under The Moonlight" which also includes an advert for the show spoken by Stipe, and 3 songs from the Big Day Festival in Glasgow on 3 July 1990 with Natalie Merchant and Billy Bragg

17 October 1988
event: Eponymous released in the UK

18 October 1988
event: Eponymous released in the US

7 November 1988
event: Green released in the UK

8 November 1988
event: Green released in the US