1996

19 February 1996 - Tibet House Benefit, Carnegie Hall, NY
set: Wonder / The Soul Never Dies / Low Desert / Undertow / Southern Crosses / Wild Leaves / Poem for the Dali Lama / Ballad Of The Skeletons / Freedom
notes: This was a benefit concert, Stipe sings on Low Desert and Undertow

26 April 1996 - VH1 Honors Benefit Show
set: Losing You / End of the Innocence (D. Henley) / Everybody Knows / Red Rain (Stipe, P. Gabriel) / Wonder (Merchant) / Cuts Like a Knife (Adams) / Nobody Knows / Beast Of Burden (Osborne) / Reach (Estefan) / Right Hand Man (Osborne) / Robin Williams Speech / Stipe/Gabriel Speech / Don't Get Fooled Again / Open The Door / Last Day Of Our Acquaintance / In Your Eyes / Robin Williams Speech
notes: Stipe only performing at this benefit performance

9 September 1996
event: New Adventures in Hi-Fi is released in Europe and Australasia

10 September 1996
event: New Adventures in Hi-Fi is released in North America

3 November 1996 - Los Angeles, CA. R.E.M. Radio Hour
notes: FM Broadcast

1997

17 February 1997 - Tibet House Benefit, Carnegie Hall, NY
set: E-Bow The Letter
notes: Patti Smith sings with Stipe on E-Bow The Letter, other performers that night included Ben Harper, Allen Ginsberg, Natalie Merchant and Billy Corgan

31 May 1997 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
set: New Test Leper / Ghost Rider / Wicked Game / Passenger [songs featuring Buck, Mills and Stipe]
notes: The Magnificent Seven vs. The United States. During the final encore Peter, Mike and Michael perform a surprise set

8 June 1997 - Tibetan Freedom Concert, New York, NY
set: Undertow / New Test Leper / Electrolite / Be Mine / Long Road / Ghost Rider / Passenger
notes: Mike Mills and Michael Stipe only. Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam guest on Long Road. Mike McCready guests on Ghost Rider, and Mike D from Beastie Boys plays drums on Passenger

30 October 1997
event: Bill Berry announces he is leaving R.E.M.

1998

February - April 1998 - San Francisco, CA
event: R.E.M. begin recording for their new album

14 June 1998 - Tibetan Freedom Concert, Washington D.C.
set: Airport Man / Losing My Religion / Suspicion / Sad Professor / Be Mine / Parakeet / E-Bow The Letter / Man On The Moon
notes: Thom Yorke guests on Be Mine and E-Bow The Letter

15 June 1998 - Tibetan Rally, Capitol Lawn, Washington DC
set: Fall On Me / Losing My Religion

2 October 1998 - Jewel Heart Concert, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
set: Stipe - I'm Not Over You / New Test Leper / Last Day Of Our Acquaintance / E-bow The Letter / At My Most Beautiful / Patti Smith - Beneath The Southern Cross / [Hank Williams Song] / Ghost Dance / Dead City / Allen Ginsburg Award Joke / Wing / 1959 / Rockin' In The Free World / Footnote To Howl / The People Have The Power (w/ Stipe)
notes: A tribute show to Allen Ginsburg, with Stipe, Patti Smith and Phillip Glass. Stipe plays guitar on I'm Not Over You and New Test Leper and Phillip Glass plays piano for At My Most Beautiful

17 October 1998 - Bridge School Benefit Concert, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA
set: Electrolite / New Test Leper / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Country Feedback / Man On The Moon
notes: R.E.M. also played with Neil Young on his song 'Ambulance Blues' during his set, and Neil joined them for Country Feedback

18 October 1998 - Bridge School Benefit Concert, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA
set: Losing My Religion / New Test Leper / Country Feedback / Daysleeper / At My Most Beautiful / Electrolite / Everybody Hurts / Man On The Moon
notes: Neil Young played guitar on Country Feedback

21 October 1998 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
set: Losing My Religion / New Test Leper / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Lotus / Parakeet / Electrolite / I'm Not Over You / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / E-Bow The Letter / The Apologist / So. Central Rain / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / Fall On Me / Walk Unafraid / Lotus / Radio Free Europe
notes: Performance for MTV Uplink. Patti Smith guests on E-Bow The Letter

22 October 1998 - Late Show With David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY
set: Daysleeper

22 October 1998 - Late Show With David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theater,New York, NY
set: Lotus
notes: This was taped the same night as they played Daysleeper, and broadcast the next day as a separate show (Letterman tapes Thursday and Friday shows on the same night)

23 October 1998 - VH1 Storytellers, New York, NY
set: Electrolite / Suspicion / New Test Leper / Losing My Religion / Parakeet / Daysleeper / At My Most Beautiful / Fall On Me / Walk Unafraid / Sad Professor / I'm Not Over You / The Apologist / Man On The Moon / Electrolite / New Test Leper / Perfect Circle / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Man On The Moon

23 October 1998
event: Up is released in some parts of Europe

25 October 1998 - BBC Radio Theatre, Radio 1, London, England
notes: Interview with DJ Mark Radcliff. During this interview the following album tracks are played: 'Pilgrimage', 'Hope', 'Green Grow The Rushes', 'You're In The Air', 'Falls To Climb', 'Crush With Eyeliner', 'Pretty Persuasion'

25 October 1998 - John Peel Sessions BBC, London, England
set: Daysleeper / Lotus / Suspicion / Walk Unafraid

25 October 1998 - BBC Radio Theatre, Radio 1, London, England
set: Losing My Religion / New Test Leper / Lotus / Parakeet / Electrolite / Perfect Circle / The Apologist / Daysleeper / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon

26 October 1998
event: Up is released everywhere else outside of North America

27 October 1998
event: Up is released in North America

27 October 1998 - Later With Jools Holland, BBC Television Centre, London, England
set: Losing My Religion / Lotus / New Test Leper / Daysleeper / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / The Apologist / Country Feedback / Parakeet / So. Central Rain / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / Parakeet / Perfect Circle / Passenger

29 October 1998 - Uptake, Ealing Studios, London, UK
set: Daysleeper / Lotus / Sad Professor / At My Most Beautiful / Suspicion / Parakeet
notes: Filmed in a warehouse with no audience. This was used to promote the official single of 'Suspicion'

30 October 1998 - Chris Evans' TFI Friday, Channel 4, London, England
set: Daysleeper / Lotus / Driver 8
notes: Driver 8 was performed with Hootie and the Blowfish who also performed on the show (and have recorded their own version of Driver 8)

30 October 1998 - Top Of The Pops, BBC Television Centre, London, England
set: Lotus / Daysleeper / At My Most Beautiful / Man On The Moon

2 November 1998 - Grünspan Club, Hamburg, Germany
set: Losing My Religion / Electrolite / Lotus / Parakeet / New Test Leper / Daysleeper / Sad Professor / Country Feedback / The Apologist / So. Central Rain / I'm Not Over You / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / At My Most Beautiful / Spooky / Perfect Circle
notes: Performance for German TV show Rockpalast, and also broadcast on German and Netherlands radio

4 November 1998 - Septimo De Caballeria TV Show, El Alamo, Madrid, Spain
set: Losing My Religion / New Test Leper / Lotus / Daysleeper / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Country Feedback / Walk Unfraid / I'm Not Over You / Man On The Moon / Everybody Hurts / So. Central Rain / Parakeet / Perfect Circle / The Passenger
notes: During the break, before Everybody Hurts, Mike stayed at the piano and played a nice motif on piano

6 November 1998 - Orpheum, Vienna, Austria
set: Losing My Religion / Lotus / New Test Leper / Fall On Me / Parakeet / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / The Apologist / So. Central Rain / Country Feedback / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / I'm Not Over You / Perfect Circle / Daysleeper / Pretty Persuasion / Strange / Passenger
notes: Another tv broadcast. Pretty Persuasion and Strange are played live for the first time since the Green tour.
Review

9 November 1998 - Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
audience: 400-500
set: Losing My Religion / Lotus / New Test Leper / Daysleeper / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / The Apologist / So. Central Rain / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / I'm Not Over You / Fall On Me / Parakeet / Perfect Circle / Country Feedback / Pretty Persuasion / Strange / Radio Free Europe / Passenger

11 November 1998 - Night Express TV Show, Propaganda Club, Milan, Italy
set: Losing My Religion / Lotus / New Test Leper / Daysleeper / Sad Professor / Parakeet / The Apologist / So. Central Rain / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / Interview / At My Most Beautiful / Country Feedback / Perfect Circle / I'm Not Over You / Fall On Me / Radio Free Europe / Ghost Rider
notes: Peter Buck played drums on Ghost Rider. Broadcast on that great tv channel Italia 1 (I've lived in Italy, they show some real quality programs :)) True to their form, apparently they changed the order of the songs when they broadcast it and didn't show the full thing
show review

12 November 1998 - MTV European Music Video Awards, Milan, Italy
set: Daysleeper

15 November 1998 - Modern Rock Live, New York, NY
set: Electrolite / Parakeet / Perfect Circle / New Test Leper
notes: Mike messed up Perfect Circle going into the second verse, upon which they went into New Test Leper. Album versions of Daysleeper, Lotus and At My Most Beautiful were also played

17 November 1998 - Late Night With Conan O'brien, NBC Studios, New York, NY
set: Daysleeper / Lotus
notes: Lotus is still playing as the show finishes, but 90% of the song is played at least

20 November 1998 - Rosie O'Donnell Show, New York, NY
set: Daysleeper

20 November 1998 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
notes: A Robyn Hitchcock performance, Mike played guitar on Electrolite with Robyn on lead vocals, and Michael apparently holding the lyric sheet for Robyn to read

7 December 1998 - Rockline, Los Angeles, CA
set: Parakeet / Sweet Home Alabama (part) / Losing My Religion
notes: Mostly an interview, Sweet Home Alabama is played on a challenge from the interviewer (obviously he'd seen them perform it in 1985 or heard the tapes!)

10 December 1998 - The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC Stuidos, Burbank, CA
set: Daysleeper