1990

5 April 1990 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
supporting: Beast Penis, Jarvik 8
set: Low / Belong / Fall On Me / Begin The Begin / Get Up
notes: R.E.M. celebrate their 10th anniversary by opening for two local bands

21 April 1990 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
notes: Earth Day show with Billy Bragg and 10,000 Maniacs. Stipe sang with the Maniacs on A Campfire Song and Hello In There

22 April 1990 - 'A Performance For The Planet' - Earth Day Show, The Mall, Washington, DC
sets included: What's The Matter Here? (10,000 Maniacs) / Dustbowl (10,000 Maniacs) / Trouble Me (10,000 Maniacs) / A Campfire Song (10,000 Maniacs/Stipe) / Closer To Fine (Indigo Girls) / World Falls (Indigo Girls) / Kid Fears (Indigo Girls/Stipe) / Summertime (Indigo Girls/Stipe) / Get Together (Indigo Girls/Stipe/Merchant/Woody Harrelson) / Waiting For The Great Leap Forward (Billy Bragg) / Hello In There (Stipe/Bragg) / Dallas (Stipe/Bragg) / Disturbance At The Heron House (Buck/Stipe/Bragg) / Fall On Me (Buck/Stipe/Bragg/Merchant)

3 June 1990 - Big Day Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
audience: 2,000 approx.
set: Disturbance At The Heron House (Stipe/Bragg) / Don't Talk (Merchant/Bragg) / Hello In There (Stipe/Merchant/Bragg)
notes: Michael Stipe performing with Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant

16-20 July 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Throughout July and August, many sessions were attended at John Keane's studio. The following Out Of Time songs and outtakes were demoed and recorded: Half A World Away / Fretless (instrumental) / Mandolin Strum (vocal version) / Texakarna (Stipe vocals) / It's A Free World, Baby / Low / Endgame / Radio Song (acoustic) / I Walked With A Zombie / Country Feedback / Losing My Religion / Speed Metal / Organ Song (vocal version) / Near Wild Heaven / Shiny Happy People / Belong (instrumental) / Radio Song (electric version) / Me In Honey / Ghost Reindeer In The Sky / Night Swim / Kerouac #4 / Love Is All Around / Rotary Eleven / Fretless / Summertime
These demos can be found on the CD bootlegs 'Outtakes Of Time' and 'Slightly Out Of Time', and on the vinyl bootleg 'Peace and Love, Anyone?'

31 July 1990 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
notes: Show by Berry, Buck and Mills only

2-3 August 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Further Out Of Time sessions

13-17 August 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Final Out Of Time demo sessions

September 1990 - Studio A, Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY
notes: Three weeks in September were spent writing, working and recording work on Out Of Time tracks with producer Scott Litt
3 September - tracks recorded: Texarkana / Near Wild Heaven
5 September - tracks recorded: Me On Keys (Me In Honey) / Fretless / New Fast Song / Blackbirds (Half A World Away) / Mandolin Strum
6 September - tracks recorded: Me On Keys / Radio Song (acoustic version) / Near Wild Heaven (vocals)
8 September - tracks recorded: Radio Song (electric version) / Shiny People (sic - Shiny Happy People)
10 September - tracks recorded: Fretless / Losing My Religion (vocals)
11 September - tracks recorded: Texarkana / Chinese Soundcheck / Losing My Religion / Fretless
12 September - tape slaves produced for all tracks recorded so far
13 September - more slaves produced for: Losing My Religion / Shiny People / Near Wild Heaven / Radio Song (electric version)
14 September - tracks mixed: It's A Free World, Baby / Mandolin Strum / Near Wild Heaven / Shiny People / Country Feedback
14 September - tracks recorded: Shiny People (vocals) / Radio Song (vocals/bass/organ)
15 September - vocal tracks recorded for: Radio Song (electric version) / Belong
17 September - further work on: Belong / Blackbirds
18 September - further recording work on: Me On Keys / Shiny People / Blackbirds / Losing My Religion
19 September - further recording work on: Mandolin Strum / It's A Free World, Baby
20 September - tracks recorded: Slow Sad Rock / Blackbirds / Forty Second Song / Near Wild Heaven
21 September - further recording work on: Near Wild Heaven / Me On Keys / Losing My Religion / Texarkana
22 September - rough mixing: Texarkana

24 September 1990 - 'Rockline', US Radio, Hollywood, CA
notes: FM Broadcast. Michael and Jim McKay talking about Tourfilm. The One I Love, Stand and It's The End Of The World from Tourfilm are played.

25 September 1990
event: Tourfilm released in the US

1-5 October 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Overdubs and vocal tracks recorded for Out Of Time

8-10 October 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Further recording sessions for Out Of Time

11-12 October 1990 - Soundscape Studios, Atlanta, GA
notes: String parts recorded for the following Out Of Time tracks: Radio Song / Losing My Religion / Low / Near Wild Heaven / Endgame / Shiny Happy People / Half A World Away / Texarkana

15-19 October 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Recording sessions for Out Of Time continue

22-24 October 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA

28-30 October 1990 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Final overdubs and vocal tracks recorded for Out Of Time

November 1990 - Paisley Park Studios, Minneapolis, MN
notes: Final mixing sessions for Out Of Time took place throughout November

19 December 1990 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Losing My Religion (Buck/Mills/Stipe) / Scarred But Smarter (Kinney/Buck) / I Often Dream Of Trains (Hitchcock) / The House Above Tina's Grocery - That's All Right - Mystery Train (Kinney/Buck) / So You Think You're In Love (Hitchcock/Buck) / Lobster Man (Hitchcock/Buck) / Ballad Of Hollis Brown (Kinney/Buck) / Listening To The Higsons (Hitchcock/Buck/Mills) / You Ain't Going Nowhere (Hitchcock/Buck/Mills)
notes: Kevin Kinney and Peter Buck, joined by Robyn Hitchcock, Mills and Stipe. Losing My Religion is played live for the first time

1991

7-11 January 1991 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Session booked to record b-sides, including 'First We Take Manhattan'

March 1991 - 'Rockopop', Spain
set: Losing My Religion / Interview / Shiny Happy People
notes: Performance for Spanish tv

5 March 1991 - NDR Studio, Hamburg, Germany
set: World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / Belong / Fretless / Radio Song (2 false starts) / Radio Song (with intro) / You Are The Everything / Losing My Religion / Radio Song (breakdown) / Radio Song (version 2/without intro)
notes: This show can be found on the CD bootleg "Radio Songs"

11 March 1991 - 'Countdown', Veronica TV, Bussum, Holland
set: Losing My Religion / Shiny Happy People
notes: R.E.M. mime the song, minus the Kate Pierson vocals

11 March 1991
event: Out Of Time is released

12 March 1991 - Bulletsound Studios, Nederhorst den Berg, Holland
set: World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / You Are The Everything / Fretless / Radio Song / Losing My Religion / Belong / Love Is All Around
notes: Interview and live set

12 March 1991 - 2 Meter Vara Studios, Amsterdam, Holland
notes: Interview

13 March 1991 - 'Into The Night' (with Nicky Campbell), BBC Radio 1, Maida Vale Studios, London, England
set: World Leader Pretend / Fretless / Half A World Away / Radio Song / Losing My Religion / Love Is All Around / Unknown
notes: This show can be found on the CD bootleg 'Poets of The Wheat', minus World Leader Pretend. Don't be fooled by the inclusion of Me In Honey on the CD thinking it is from this radio broadcast, it's actually the album version (another reason why bootleggers suck)

14 March 1991 - 'The Late Show', BBC2 TV, London, England
set: Losing My Religion / Half A World Away / Belong

14 March 1991 - The Borderline, London, England
support: Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
R.E.M.: Pop Song 89 / World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / Fretless
Peter Holsapple: Why Did You Sleep With My Girlfriend? / Darby Hall / White Train
R.E.M.: Swan Swan H / You Are The Everything / Love Is All Around
Billy Bragg: Love Has No Pride / The Old Triangle / Reason To Believe / Hello In There (w/ Stipe)
R.E.M.: Dallas / Radio Song / Low / Losing My Religion
Robyn Hitchcock: Pretty Girl / Birds In Perspex / Balloon Man / So You Think You're In Love
R.E.M.: Disturbance At The Heron House / Belong / Fall On Me / Dark Globe / Get Up
encore - R.E.M., Hitchcock and Bragg:You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
notes: First of the 2 nights playing under the name Bingo Hand Job

15 March 1991 - The Borderline, London, England
support: Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
R.E.M.: World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / Fretless / The One I Love
Billy Bragg: Cindy Of A Thousand Lives / The Old Triangle / Reason To Believe / Hello in There (w/ Stipe) / My Youngest Son Came Home Today (w/ Stipe)
R.E.M.: Jackson / Dallas / Disturbance At The Heron House / Belong / Low / Love Is All Around
Peter Holsapple: Come Dance With Me/ Lonely Is As Lonely Does / Neverland / Wire Train
R.E.M.: You Are The Everything / Swan Swan H / Radio Song / Perfect Circle
Robyn Hitchcock: Oceanside / Ultra-Unbelievable Love / Birdshead / Queen Of Eyes
R.E.M.: Endgame / Pop Song 89 / Losing My Religion / Fall On Me
Stipe solo: classical organ piece / waltz organ piece
R.E.M., Hitchcock and Bragg: Tom's Diner / Listening To The Higsons / You Ain't Going Nowhere - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
encore - R.E.M.: Get Up / Moon River
notes: Second of the 2 nights playing under the name Bingo Hand Job. This show can be found on the double CD bootleg "From The Borderline", as well as the vinyl bootleg "R.E.M. As Bingo Hand Job", minus the solo tracks from Peter Holsapple, Billy Bragg and Robyn Hitchcock

22 March 1991 - Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
set: Disturbance At The Heron House / Half A World Away / Swan Swan H / Belong / Driver 8 / Low / Fretless / Love Is All Around / Losing My Religion / Fall On Me / Get Up
notes: This show can be found on the CD bootleg "Low", as well as an edited version of it on "From The Borderline"

1 April 1991 - 'Rockline', US Radio, Los Angeles, CA
rehearsals: Radio Song / Half A World Away / Love Is All Around #1 / Love Is All Around #2
set: Half A World Away / Radio Song / Love Is All Around / Losing My Religion
notes: The rehearsal can be found on the cd bootleg 'Latex, Or Oil Based?'. The actual radio set can be found on the double cd bootleg 'Half A World Away'

3 April 1991 - Snap, KCRW Studios, Santa Monica, CA
set: World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / Fretless / Disturbance At The Heron House / Radio Song / Low / Love Is All Around / Andy Griffith Show Theme / Banana Splits Show theme / I Enjoy Being A Boy / Smiling Faces Sometimes / Academy Fight Song / Ben / Tusk / Dallas / Losing My Religion / Bandwagon / Endgame / Jackson / Swan Swan H / Spooky / Ghost Dance / Fall On Me
notes: This show can be found on the cd bootlegs 'Half A World Away' and 'Acoustic Tour 1991', and the vinyl bootleg 'Harmonics In Eternity'

5 April 1991 - 'Command Performance', Eastern Sound Studio 1, Toronto, Ontrario, Canada
set: World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / Radio Song / Fretless / Love Is All Around / Losing My Religion
notes: FM Broadcast, which was aired on 9 May

10 April 1991 - 'Unplugged', Chelsea Studios, New York, NY
set: World Leader Pretend / Half A World Away / Disturbance At The Heron House / Spooky / Fretless / Swan Swan H / Smiling Faces / Radio Song / Low / But It's All Right / Perfect Circle / Fall On Me / Belong / Egyptian Reggae / Love Is All Around / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Losing My Religion / Pop Song 89 / Get Up / World Leader Pretend [take 2] / Disturbance At The Heron House [take 2] / Endgame
notes: World Leader Pretend, Spooky, Fretless, Swan Swan H, Smiling Faces, But It's All Right, Egyptian Reggae and Get Up were not broadcast. Another version of World Leader Pretend and Heron House were recorded, apparently due to sound problems. The song 'But It's All Right' appears to be a 60s/70s soul song which is sung by Mike, however that may not be its correct title.
This show can be found on many bootlegs, including "Pluggelectric", minus the songs that were cut from the broadcast.

13 April 1991 - 'Saturday Night Live', NBC TV, New York, NY
set: Losing My Religion / Shiny Happy People
notes: This show can be found on the cd bootleg 'Half A World Away'

25 April 1991 - WXRT Studios, Chicago, IL
notes: FM Broadcast

28 April 1991 - Cultural Center Auditorium, Charleston, WV
R.E.M. set 1: World Leader Pretend / Radio Song / Fall On Me / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Larry Groce: Positively 4th Street
Robyn Hitchcock: Oceanside / Arms Of Love / Wild Mountain Tyme / So You Think You're in Love
Clive Gregson and Christine Collister: The Minute You're Gone / Here I Go Again / I Shake, I Rattle and I Roll / I Know Something
Bob Thompson: Brother's Keeper
Billy Bragg: The Marching Song Of Covert Batallions / Accident Waiting to Happen / Tank Park Salute / Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
Twister Sisters: All You Ever Think About Is You
R.E.M. set 2: Half A World Away / Belong / Love Is All Around / Losing My Religion
encore - everyone performing: Dallas
R.E.M. set 3 with Peter Holsapple: Radio Song / Disturbance At The Heron House / Low / Swan Swan H
Peter Holsapple: White Train
Robyn Hitchcock: If You Go Away / Birdshead
Michael Stipe and Billy Bragg: My Youngest Son Came Home Today / Hello In There
Billy Bragg with Clive Gregson and Christine Collister: Dark End Of The Street
R.E.M. with Peter Holsapple: Pop Song 89 / Get Up
notes: Performance for Mountain Stage radio program, up to Dallas was broadcast on national radio, the rest was broadcast only on local radio. After Dallas, the governor of West Virginia came out and announced the day to be REM Day for REM's support of National Public Radio.

18 May 1991
event: Out of Time hits number 1 on the Billboard chart

29 May 1991 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Love Is All Around [only song featuring Buck/Mills/Stipe]
notes: Kevin Kinney, Burren Fowler, Peter Buck and John Keane, with guests Mike Mills and Michael Stipe for the one song listed above. Mills also guested on the song 'Chico and Maria'

15 June 1991 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
support: Vic Chestnutt
set: Endgame / World Leader Pretend / Disturbance At The Heron House / Half A World Away (Part 1) / Tom's Diner / Unknown / Half A World Away (Part 2) / Swan Swan H / Slippin' and Slidin' / Unknown / Fretless / Fall On Me / Belong / Love Is All Around / Losing My Religion / Get Up / Country Feedback
notes: Performing under the name "William". Ben Reynolds from Chickasaw Mudd Puppies guests on Slippin' and Slidin' and the unknown song

9 November 1991 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: R.E.M. recording session, possibly for b-sides

10 November 1991 - 'MTV Tenth Anniversary Special', MTV/ABC TV, Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
set: Losing My Religion (w/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

24 November 1991 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: R.E.M. recording session, possibly for b-sides

8 December 1991 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: R.E.M. recording session, possibly for b-sides