2003

23 March 2003 - Zulu's Record Shop, Vancouver, Canada
set: Final Straw
notes: One song performance before a Minus Five instore appearance

10 May 2003 - The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
set: Maps And Legends / Get Up / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / At My Most Beautiful / Daysleeper / Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / I've Been High / Bad Day / Tongue / So. Central Rain / Little America
notes: These tracks are part of the pre tour rehearsals, most were made availible on REMhq, and also a few more made availible on Apples Itunes. Around 75-80 songs were rehearsed, these are what are known to have been recorded so far

21 June 2003 - The Tivoli, Utrecht, Holland
set: Begin The Begin / Animal / The Great Beyond / Drive / Welcome To The Occupation / Bad Day / Imitation Of Life / Daysleeper / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / So Fast So Numb / Maps And Legends / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / The One I Love / Life And How To Live It / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Favourite Writer (w/ Linda Hopper) / Little America / People Have The Power-It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Favourite Writer is a Magnapop song. Animal makes its live debut. Assuming they didn't appear at shows where there are no setlists for, first appearance of Maps and Legends since 15 June 1989, Little America since 11 February 1989, Welcome To The Occupation since 19 November 1995 and Drive since 21 November 1995. Also the first time Drive has been performed in the same tempo as the album version (unlike the 'funk' version played on the 1995 tour)

22 June 2003 - Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Holland
support: Pete Yorn
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Animal / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Fall On Me / Bad Day / Daysleeper / Imitation Of Life / I've Been High / The Great Beyond / Exhuming McCarthy / So. Central Rain / Country Feedback / So Fast So Numb / Losing My Religion / She Just Wants To Be / I Believe / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Favourite Writer (w/ Linda Hopper) / Cuyahoga / People Have The Power-It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First appearance of These Days, Exhuming McCarthy and I Believe since 11 November 1989

24 June 2003 - Brixton Academy, London, England
support: Pete Yorn
soundcheck: Star 69 (instrumental only) / Get Up (instrumental with Mike Mills backing vocal only) / Talk About The Passion (with vocals) / Feeling Gravitys Pull (with vocals) / Get Up (with full vocals) / Get Up (with full vocals)
set: Get Up / Wake-Up Bomb / Imitation Of Life / Animal / The Great Beyond / Drive / Pilgrimage / The One I Love / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Maps And Legends / Driver 8 / Life And How To Live It / Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful / Bad Day / Losing My Religion / Star 69 / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: She Just Wants To Be / Everybody Hurts / Little America / People Have The Power-It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First appearance of Feeling Gravitys Pull since 11 November 1989

25 June 2003 - Brixton Academy, London, England
support: Mull Historical Society
soundcheck: Find The River / Orange Crush / Finest Worksong
set: Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Welcome To The Occupation / Animal / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Daysleeper / The Great Beyond / She Just Wants To Be / Begin The Begin / These Days / Fall On Me / Cuyahoga / I Believe / Losing My Religion / Bad Day / So Fast So Numb / Imitation Of Life / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Final Straw / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / People Have The Power-It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First appearance of Carnival Of Sorts since December 1985

26 June 2003 - BBC Radio 1, London, England
notes: Interview with Jo Wiley about their 2 nights at Brixton and their preparation for Glastonbury

27 June 2003 - Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England
other acts performing: David Gray, Suede, The Music, Mogwai, De La Soul, Echo and The Bunnymen, Inspiral Carpets, The Darkness
set: Begin The Begin / Imitation Of Life / Drive / Animal / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Bad Day / What's the Frequency, Kenneth? / The Great Beyond / Fall On Me / Losing My Religion / Finest Worksong / Electrolite / She Just Wants To Be / Little America / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Final Straw / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

29 June 2003 - Rock Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium
other acts performing: Coldplay, Counting Crows, Cypress Hill, The Cardigans, Supergrass, Stereophonics, De La Soul, Das Pop
set: Get Up / Begin The Begin / Drive / Animal / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Bad Day / Finest Worksong / The Great Beyond / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Electrolite / She Just Wants To Be / Imitation Of Life / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Everybody Hurts / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

1 July 2003 - Volkspark, Hamburg, Germany
support: Blumfeld
set: Finest Worksong / Imitation Of Life / Maps And Legends / Drive / Have You Ever Seen The Rain [brief] / Animal / [short improv due to technical problems] / The Great Beyond / Wolves, Lower / Bad Day / Leave [brief, Stipe solo] / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Feeling Gravitys Pull / So Fast So Numb / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Life And How To Live It / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Welcome To The Occupation / Electrolite / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Life And How To Live It and She Just Wants To Be were dedicated to Katherine Hepburn, who passed away the day before

3 July 2003 - Midtfyn Festival, Odense, Denmark
other acts performing: The Flaming Lips, Saybia, Good Charlotte, Big Fat Snake, The Rasmus
set: Begin The Begin / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [snippet] / Imitation Of Life / Drive / Animal / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [snippet] / The Great Beyond / So. Central Rain / Orange Crush / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Country Feedback / Bad Day / The One I Love / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Everybody Hurts / Fall On Me / Daysleeper / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

4 July 2003 - Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
support: Feeder
set: Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Imitation Of Life / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [snippet] / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Maps And Legends / Bad Day / The One I Love / Country Feedback / Fall On Me / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / I Believe / Find The River / So Fast So Numb / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Everybody Hurts / She Just Wants To Be / Exhuming McCarthy / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

5 July 2003 - Konigsplatz, Munich, Germany
support: Feeder
set: Begin The Begin / Get Up / Imitation Of Life / Drive / Animal / So. Central Rain / I've Been High / Fall On Me / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Life And How To Live It / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / These Days / Chorus And The Ring[snippet]-Country Feedback / People Have The Power [part] / Passenger / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

7 July 2003 - Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland
support: The Bambi Molesters
soundcheck: Eat At Home [Paul McCartney song, sung by Scott McCaughey] / Superman / Tongue [part] / Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [brief] / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Drive / Animal / Imitation Of Life / Sitting Still / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Welcome To The Occupation / Losing My Religion / Find The River / The Great Beyond / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Get Up / Driver 8 / Is That All There Is? [brief, Stipe solo] / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

8 July 2003 - Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
support: The Bambi Molesters
set: Begin The Begin / So Fast So Numb / These Days / Drive / Animal / Daysleeper / Maps And Legends / Bad Day / The One I Love / Country Feedback / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / The Great Beyond / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Wow, the first known performance of Permanent Vacation since 23 January 1982! (as REM - it was played as the Hindu Love Gods without Stipe on 14 February 1984 with Bryan Cook)

10 July 2003 - Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland
support: Pudelsi
soundcheck: Lotus (instrumental) / I'll Take The Rain (instrumental) / Stand (instrumental) / Unknown instrumental (possibly a cover?) / Stand (with vocals) / Lotus (with vocals) / I'll Take The Rain (snippet, with vocals) / I'll Take The Rain (with vocals)
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / Stand / Drive / Animal / Daysleeper / The Great Beyond / Bad Day / The One I Love / I'll Take The Rain / Lotus / See No Evil [snippet, Stipe solo] / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / Find The River / I Believe / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Get Up / Imitation Of Life / Permanent Vacation / So. Central Rain / Crazy / Radio Free Europe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Another amazing setlist, particularly the encore! First performance of Crazy since 5 November 1989, and the tour debut of Stand, I'll Take The Rain, Lotus and Radio Free Europe

12 July 2003 - T In The Park Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
other acts performing: The White Stripes, Idlewild, The Cardigans, Proclaimers, Biffy Clyro, Skin, Ashley Hamilton
set: Finest Worksong / Get Up / Begin The Begin / Imitation Of Life / Animal / Cuyahoga / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Bad Day / The Great Beyond / So Fast So Numb / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Country Feedback / So. Central Rain / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Peter Buck joined The Flaming Lips for a rendition of Happy Birthday for Jack White of the White Stripes

13 July 2003 - Move Festival, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
other acts performing: Badly Drawn Boy, Idlewild, John Squire, Athlete, Oranger
set: Begin The Begin / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Final Straw / Bad Day / Orange Crush / Fall On Me / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / The One I Love / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

16 July 2003 - Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland
support: Starsailor, Oranger
soundcheck: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us [instrumental] / New Test Leper [instrumental] / New Test Leper / Strange Currencies [part] / Nightswimming / Make It All Okay (2x) / Strange Currencies [2x, first version with opening lyrics of I've Got You Babe] / Radio Free Europe / Strange [some riffs]
set: Begin The Begin / Get Up / So Fast, So Numb / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Strange Currencies / Final Straw / Bad Day / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [brief] / Orange Crush / Fall On Me / Losing My Religion / Imitation Of Life / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / The One I Love / Radio Free Europe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First appearance of Strange Currencies since 21 November 1995. Unreleased at the time, 'Make It All Okay' was on the setlist, but was replaced with Final Straw

17 July 2003 - Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland
support: Starsailor, Ruby Horse
set: Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Exhuming McCarthy / Drive / Animal / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Bad Day / So. Central Rain / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / The Great Beyond / Country Feedback / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

19 July 2003 - Bowling Green, Wiesbaden, Germany
support: The Bambi Molesters, Blumfeld
soundcheck: All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Maps And Legends / I've Been High (2x) / Begin The Begin / Walk Unafraid [part]
set: Begin The Begin / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Maps And Legends / Drive / Animal / Daysleeper / The Great Beyond / Bad Day / The One I Love / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Orange Crush / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Electrolite / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / So Fast, So Numb / Chorus And The Ring[snippet]-Country Feedback / Permanent Vacation / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: This show was filmed for the DVD/video release 'Perfect Square'

20 July 2003 - Vieilles Charrues Festival, Carhaix, France
other acts performing: Supergrass, Bénabar, Laurent Voulzy, 22 Pistepirkko
set: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Finest Worksong / These Days / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? [brief] / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Welcome To The Occupation / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Orange Crush was on the setlist in the encore but was not played

22 July 2003 - Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy
support: Feeder, Sparklehorse
soundcheck: Superman / Pilgrimage / New Test Leper / I've Been High / So Fast, So Numb
set: So Fast, So Numb / Pilgrimage / New Test Leper / Animal / The Great Beyond / Driver 8 / I've Been High / Bad Day / The One I Love / So. Central Rain / Fall On Me / Daysleeper / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / Cuyahoga / Walk Unafraid / She Just Wants To Be / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Country Feedback / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

23 July 2003 - Stadio Del Conero, Ancona, Italy
support: Feeder, Sparklehorse
set: Begin The Begin / Finest Worksong / Sitting Still / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Exhuming McCarthy / Bad Day-Tongue(snippet) / The One I Love / I Believe / Find The River / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / So Fast, So Numb / Country Feedback / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Beat A Drum(part)-Everybody Hurts / She Just Wants To Be / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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24 July 2003 - Neapolis Festival, Naples, Italy
other acts performing: Sparklehorse, Feeder, Giardini di Mirň, Yuppie Flu, Benzina, Destinazione Neapolis
set: Begin The Begin / Get Up / Drive / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Animal / Gardening At Night / Maps And Legends / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Orange Crush / Talk About The Passion / Losing My Religion / Chorus & The Ring(snippet) - Country Feedback / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / She Just Wants To Be / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Patti Smith sings and plays guitar on It's The End Of The World. Tour debut for Gardening At Night, and first performance of Talk About The Passion (soundchecks excluded) since 13 November 1989

26 July 2003 - Cotes Du Rock, Theatre Antique, Vienne, France
other acts performing: Nada Surf, Overhead, Czar
set: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Begin The Begin / Star 69 / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Fall On Me / Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) / Daysleeper / Bad Day / The One I Love / I've Been High / Losing My Religion / Electrolite / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Chorus And The Ring[snippet]-Country Feedback / Orange Crush / Imitation Of Life / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

27 July 2003 - Paléo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
other acts performing: Athlete, Ibrahim Ferrer, Gotan Project, Le Peuple de l'Herbe
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / Sitting Still / Drive / The Great Beyond / Animal / Fall On Me / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Bad Day / The One I Love / I've Been High / Daysleeper / So Fast, So Numb / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Chorus And The Ring[snippet]-Country Feedback / Life And How To Live It / Permanent Vacation / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Actual written setlist from this show has the encores slightly different, with Life And How To Live it not on there

23 August 2003 - Sessions @ AOL - The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
set: Losing My Religion / Bad Day / Animal / Electrolite / I've Been High / The One I Love / Man On The Moon / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Imitation Of Life / Nightswimming / Outtro Jam / Interview
notes: Performance for AOL. The correct order is not known

29 August 2003 - Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC, Canada
support: Wilco, The Dandy Warhols
set: Begin The Begin / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Drive / The Great Beyond / Animal / Fall On Me / World Leader Pretend / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Orange Crush / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Nightswimming / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Country Feedback / Imitation Of Life / E-Bow The Letter (w/ Thom Yorke) / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (w/ Thom Yorke)
notes: First performance of World Leader Pretend since 15 June 1991. Thom Yorke from Radiohead joins the band for the last two songs. Tour debut for Nightswimming and E-Bow The Letter

30 August 2003 - Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC, Canada
set: Karma Police
notes: Returning the favour from the previous night, Michael Stipe joins Radiohead on stage during their second encore to sing the chorus of Karma Police

31 August 2003 - Adams Center, Missoula, MT
support: Wilco
set: Finest Worksong / So Fast, So Numb / I Believe / Drive / The Great Beyond / Pilgrimage / Animal / Strange Currencies / The One I Love [acoustic] / Final Straw / So. Central Rain / Bad Day / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Cuyahoga / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Show was broadcast over the internet through REM HQ

1 September 2003 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
other acts performing: Wilco, Nickel Creek, Leftover Salmon
soundcheck: World Leader Pretend / Exhuming McCarthy / New Test Leper / Get Up / Begin The Begin
set: Begin The Begin / Finest Worksong / Maps And Legends / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Bad Day / Daysleeper / Exhuming McCarthy / Electrolite / New Test Leper / Nightswimming / The One I Love / At My Most Beautiful / I've Been High / Losing My Religion / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / World Leader Pretend / Get Up / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

3 September 2003 - Amphitheater at Clark County, Ridgefield, WA
support: Wilco
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Drive / Animal / Daysleeper / Orange Crush / Bad Day / Electrolite / The One I Love / I've Been High / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Begin The Begin / Nightswimming / Losing My Religion / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

6 September 2003 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, San Francisco, CA
support: Wilco
set: Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Orange Crush / Bad Day / The One I Love [acoustic] / Daysleeper / Imitation Of Life / So. Central Rain / At My Most Beautiful / Nightswimming / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Losing My Religion / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Welcome To The Occupation / Country Feedback / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Rockville featured Mike Mills on vocals

7 September 2003 - San Diego Street Scene, Streets of Gaslamp/East Village District, San Diego, CA
other acts performing: Wilco, Macy Gray, Switchfoot, Nickel Creek, the subdudes
set: Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Drive / Animal / The Great Beyond / Exhuming McCarthy / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Driver 8 / Orange Crush / I Believe / Losing My Religion / Find The River / Electrolite / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Imitation Of Life / Nightswimming / Get Up / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Eddie Vedder joined the band on stage for End Of The World, singing backup vocals and doing some pogoing
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9 September 2003 - Village Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
set: The One I Love / I've Been High / So. Central Rain / Animal / Bad Day / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon
notes: Show for fanclub members and 98.7 contest winners. Taping for A&E television program 'A & E In Studio with Nic Harcourt'

10 September 2003 - The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
support: Wilco
soundcheck included: Electrolite / Man On The Moon
set: Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / Imitation Of Life / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Bad Day / The One I Love / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / The Great Beyond / Orange Crush / Daysleeper / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Finest Worksong / Nightswimming / Final Straw / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey joined Wilco on stage for 'California Stars' during their set.
Mike Mills became choked up as he dedicated Find The River to Warren Zevon, who died in the L.A. area shortly before the Sept. 7 show. He barely managed to say Zevon's name, had to pause to gather himself to say the name. Rockville was dedicated to June Carter Cash. Band intros started with Ken Stringfellow who Stipe said got married on the 9th. Fall On Me and Final Straw were introduced as e-mail requests.
"Tony Clifton" helped with lead vocals on Man on the Moon, a character of Andy Kaufman's. It wasn't announced who was dressed up as Tony, but he sang a bit in the middle of the song from offstage, walked onstage, argued with Stipe, shoved Stipe halfway across the stage and Stipe fell on his butt. A little later, after more arguing, he threw a cup of water on Stipe and threw the lyric sheets into the air, into the pit. A bodyguard came out and managed to get Tony off the stage, but he came right back out because as he left, Mills kicked him in the butt. He got a cup of water and poured it over Mills' head. Then he went across the stage and threw a cup at Buck, largely missing, who swung his guitar into Tony's back and the song ended, stage emptied for the encore break. Tony's appearance was foreshadowed when Stipe changed the lyric "Fred Blassie" to "Tony Clifton"
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11 September 2003 - Thomas And Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
support: Wilco
soundcheck: World Leader Pretend / Get Up / Pretty Persuasion
set: World Leader Pretend / Finest Worksong / These Days / Drive / Animal / Get Up / Sitting Still / The Great Beyond / Cuyahoga / Bad Day / The One I Love / Electrolite / Find The River / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / Nightswimming / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Peter, Mike and Scott joined Wilco on stage for 'California Stars'. After These Days, Stipe mentions the "bad ass" jacket he wore during the first three songs was in dedication to his 9 year old nephew in Athens. He said that his nephew has just now has come to understand what it is that he does for a living. He also asked Stipe over the phone that day whether or not he would gamble and also if he would wear an "evil warrior suit". He remarked by stating that it would be a gamble to wear such a suit. He said this a few songs later in the set. Nightswimming is played in the memory of September 11. Stipe forgets his lines 3/4 of the way the way through, and to rectify this, he sings 2 lines accapella to bring Mike and Ken back in

13 September 2003 - KBCO Studio C, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
set: Pretty Persuasion / Peter Buck Interview / Losing My Religion
notes: 'On The Road' session for radio station KBCO. Both songs broadcast were from the Red Rocks soundcheck

13 September 2003 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
support: Wilco, Ed Harcourt
soundcheck: Pretty Persuasion [twice] / Losing My Religion / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us
set: Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / Maps And Legends / Drive / Animal / Get Up / Driver 8 / Bad Day / The One I Love / I've Been High / World Leader Pretend / So. Central Rain / Find The River / Losing My Religion / I Believe / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Imitation Of Life was dedicated to Johnny Cash, who passed away the previous day

14 September 2003 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
support: Wilco, Ed Harcourt
set: Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / These Days / Drive / Animal / Pretty Persuasion / Bad Day / The One I Love / Electrolite / The Great Beyond / Exhuming McCarthy / Orange Crush / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Happy Birthday / Imitation Of Life / Country Feedback / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: There was no soundcheck for this show, presumably because everything was still set up from the previous night. All the band joined Wilco on stage for 'California Stars'. Wilco joined the band on stage for Country Feedback and End Of The World. Rockville was dedicated to Johnny Cash. The band sang Happy Birthday to an unknown person. First appearance of Pretty Persuasion for the tour

16 September 2003 - Studio C, Cities 97, Minneapolis, MN
set: Electrolite / World Leader Pretend / Daysleeper / Interview with Peter
notes: Radio performance and interview

16 September 2003 - Xcel Energy Center, Minneapolis, MN
support: Ed Harcourt
soundcheck: Electrolite / World Leader Pretend / Daysleeper
set: Begin The Begin / Finest Worksong / Pilgrimage / Drive / Animal / So Fast, So Numb / Fall On Me / Bad Day / The One I Love / The Great Beyond / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Daysleeper / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Jesse Greene plays violin on Electrolite

17 September 2003 - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
support: Ed Harcourt
soundcheck: Star 69 / Tongue / Let Me In / Animal (2x)
set: Star 69 / These Days / World Leader Pretend / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Gardening At Night / Maps And Legends / Bad Day / The One I Love / The Great Beyond / Daysleeper / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / I've Been High / She Just Wants To Be / Imitation Of Life / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Country Feedback / Walk Unafraid / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

19 September 2003 - NextStage at Grand Prarie, Dallas, TX
support: Ed Harcourt
soundcheck: All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Animal / Strange Currencies / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion
set: Dallas [snippet] / Finest Worksong / So Fast, So Numb / Driver 8 / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Bad Day / The One I Love / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / The Great Beyond / So. Central Rain / World Leader Pretend / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Life And How To Live It / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

20 September 2003 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion, Houston, TX
support: Ed Harcourt
set: Begin The Begin / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Maps And Legends / Drive / Animal / Get Up / Bad Day / The One I Love / Beat A Drum / The Great Beyond / Sitting Still / Daysleeper / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Country Feedback / Final Straw / Galveston [Stipe acapella] / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Maps and Legends and Beat A Drum were requests of someone travelling with the band. Country Feedback was a request of Ed Harcourt. Michael said that this was the first time on tour that they had played Beat A Drum. Michael stopped after starting Beat A Drum because he said he had been talking so much and that messed him up. Michael said that they played Sitting Still for Bertis.

21 September 2003 - Austin City Limits Music Festival, Zilker Park, Austin, TX
other acts performing: Ween, Yo La Tengo, G. Love & Special Sauce, The Shins
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / Imitation Of Life / Drive / Animal / World Leader Pretend / Bad Day / The One I Love / The Great Beyond / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Fall On Me / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Final Straw / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

23 September 2003 - Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
support: Sparklehorse
set: Finest Worksong / So Fast, So Numb / The Wake Up Bomb / Drive / Animal / So. Central Rain / Bad Day / The One I Love / Tongue / The Great Beyond / Daysleeper / Fall On Me / Strange Currencies / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Country Feedback / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

24 September 2003 - Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Pelham, AL
support: Sparklehorse
set: Begin The Begin / These Days / Driver 8 / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / I've Been High / Bad Day / Imitation Of Life / The Great Beyond / Daysleeper / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Exhuming McCarthy / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / The One I Love / Final Straw / Radio Free Europe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

26 September 2003 - United Center, Chicago, IL
support: Sparklehorse
soundcheck: Cuyahoga (instrumental) / Shaking Through / Beat A Drum / Get Up
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / Drive / Animal / Shaking Through / Fall On Me / Bad Day / The One I Love / Imitation Of Life / Daysleeper / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / I Believe / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Nightswimming / Everybody Hurts / Electrolite / Get Up / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First appearance of Shaking Through since 13 November 1989

27 September 2003 - Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH
support: Sparklehorse
set: Begin The Begin / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Pop Song 89 / Drive / Animal / Cuyahoga / Fall On Me / Bad Day / The One I Love / Strange Currencies / Beat A Drum / Orange Crush / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Tour debut for Pop Song 89

28 September 2003 - Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
support: Sparklehorse
set: Finest Worksong / So Fast, So Numb / Driver 8 / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Animal / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Sweet Emotion [snippet] / Shaking Through / Bad Day / The One I Love / Fall On Me / Orange Crush / So. Central Rain / Find The River / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Everybody Hurts / Nightswimming / Imitation Of Life / Radio Free Europe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Sweet Emotion is an Aerosmith song

30 September 2003 - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
support: Sparklehorse
set: Begin The Begin / These Days / Maps And Legends / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Bad Day / The One I Love / Beat A Drum / Everybody Hurts / I Believe / Electrolite / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Nightswimming / Get Up / Sweetness Follows / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Tour debut for Sweetness Follows. Show was broadcast over the internet through REM HQ

1 October 2003 - Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA
support: Pete Yorn
soundcheck: So. Central Rain / Gardening At Night / Pretty Persuasion / Get Up / [New Song]
set: Finest Worksong / So Fast, So Numb / Driver 8 / Drive / Animal / Sitting Still / Daysleeper / Bad Day / The One I Love / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Everybody Hurts / The Great Beyond / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

2 October 2003 - Late Show With David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY
set: Bad Day

3 October 2003 - 'Toyota Concert Series', NBC Today Show, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
soundcheck: Losing My Religion
set: Losing My Religion / Interview / Bad Day / Get Up

3 October 2003 - Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY
support: Pete Yorn
set: Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / The Wake-Up Bomb / Drive / Animal / Sitting Still / Exhuming McCarthy / Bad Day / The One I Love / Strange Currencies / Maps And Legends / Everybody Hurts / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: NYC / Little America / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: NYC is a cover of an Interpol song, covered by Michael solo on acoustic guitar

4 October 2003 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
support: Sparklehorse
set: Finest Worksong / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Driver 8 / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Daysleeper / Bad Day / The One I Love / World Leader Pretend / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / The Great Beyond / Chorus And The Ring [snippet] / Country Feedback / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / NYC / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / Gardening At Night / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: NYC is again Michael solo on acoustic guitar

5 October 2003 - Tweeter Center, Boston, MA
support: Pete Yorn
soundcheck: Laughing [part] / Country Feedback [part] / So. Central Rain [part] / Welcome To The Occupation / Star 69 / World Leader Pretend / Pilgrimage / Nightswimming [part]
set: Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / These Days / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) / Bad Day / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Electrolite / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Orange Crush / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Exhuming McCarthy / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

7 October 2003 - The Charlie Rose Show, New York, NY
notes: Interview with Michael Stipe

7 October 2003 - Clinton Studios, New York
audience: approx. 700
set: Welcome To The Occupation / Electrolite / Bad Day / Man On The Moon / Pretty Persuasion / Losing My Religion / Animal
notes: This is availible on a promo CD called A Joyful Noise - In Time With REM, minus Animal

8 October 2003 - Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
support: Pete Yorn
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / Exhuming McCarthy / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / Daysleeper / Bad Day / The One I Love / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Orange Crush / World Leader Pretend / I Believe / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Imitation Of Life / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

10 October 2003 - Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
support: Pete Yorn
set: Finest Worksong / So Fast, So Numb / Driver 8 / Drive / Animal / Disturbance At the Heron House / So. Central Rain / Bad Day / The One I Love / Electrolite / Begin The Begin / World Leader Pretend / I've Been High / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Nightswimming / Sweetness Follows / Imitation Of Life / Radio Free Europe / Permanent Vacation / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Bill Berry joined REM on stage to sing backup harmony on Radio Free Europe and played drums on Permanent Vacation. Tour debut for Disturbance At The Heron House

11 October 2003 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
support: Pete Yorn
soundcheck: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / You Are The Everything / E-Bow The Letter (2x) / Get Up
set: Finest Worksong / Begin The Begin / So Fast, So Numb / Drive / Animal / Fall On Me / You Are The Everything / Bad Day / The One I Love / Electrolite / E-Bow The Letter / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Find The River / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Gardening At Night / Wolves, Lower / Sitting Still / Radio Free Europe / Permanent Vacation / Imitation Of Life / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First performance of You Are The Everything since 15 March 1991. Pete Yorn sang the Patti Smith part on E-Bow The Letter

14 October 2003 - Later With Jools Holland, Studio TC1, BBC Television Centre, London, England
set: Bad Day / Losing My Religion / Interview / Nightswimming / What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

15 October 2003 - 'Drivetime', BBC Radio 2, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England
set: Bad Day (Album Version) / Interview with Stuart Maconie / Imitation Of Life / Interview / Man On The Moon

15 October 2003 - 'Mark and Lard Show', BBC Radio 1, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England
set: Interview / Bad Day / Interview / Orange Crush

15 October 2003 - Top Of The Pops, BBC Television Centre, London, England
set: Bad Day / Animal

16 October 2003 - Bush Hall, London, England
audience: approx. 250
soundcheck: Unknown song / Bad Day / Get Up [part] / Get Up / Bad Day
set: Bad Day / Life And How To Live It / Drive / Get Up / World Leader Pretend / She Just Wants To Be / Imitation Of Life / Man On The Moon
encore: Animal / Losing My Religion
notes: Midday set for fanclub members and contest winners. The set was changed at the last minute for some reason. Begin the Begin was the original opening track and World Leader Pretend did not feature in the set at all. Life and How to Live It was originally part of the encore. During the performance, Michael also did a short capella of Nelly's "Hot in Here".

16 October 2003 - Parkinson, BBC Television Centre, London, England
set: Losing My Religion / Bad Day

19 October 2003 - 'Quelli che il calcio', Rai Due, Milan, Italy
set: Bad Day / Interview
notes: In a first for the band, REM played a football highlights show airing at 2pm. Michael was asked by the interviewer 'you play a TV anchor in your video—if you could deliver a message to the world, what would it be?', to which Michael's reply was 'Chill the [heck] out', which being a bit too hard to translate into Italian, got translated as 'everybody go to hell'

19 October 2003 - 'MTV Supersonic', E Studio, MTV Italia Studios, Milan, Italy
set: Animal / Get Up / Drive / Electrolite / Orange Crush / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / Nightswimming / I've Been High / Imitation Of Life / The Great Beyond / Bad Day / World Leader Pretend / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man on the Moon

21 October 2003 - Sala Pachá, Madrid, Spain
audience: approx. 400
set: Begin The Begin / Animal / Drive / Bad Day / World Leader Pretend / Find The River / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Star 69 / Nightswimming / Country Feedback / Daysleeper / Life And How To Live It / Imitation Of Life

22 October 2003 - 'Virgin Radio Superstars', Virgin Radio, Hesperia Madrid Hotel, Madrid, Spain
notes: Interview with Michael Stipe, album tracks included: Losing My Religion / Nightswimming / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Man On The Moon / Orange Crush / Bad Day / Everybody Hurts

23 October 2003 - TV Total, Brainpool/Viva TV Studios, Cologne, Germany
set: Interview / Bad Day

23 October 2003 - Brainpool/Viva TV Studios, Cologne, Germany
audience: approx. 150
set: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Animal / Electrolite / Bad Day / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / Orange Crush / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Exhuming McCarthy / Nightswimming (False Start) / Nightswimming / Imitation Of Life / Permanent Vacation
notes: Performance later in the evening after the TV Total show. Recorded by Radio Köln

25 October 2003 - Lodalen, Oslo, Norway
audience: approx. 700
set: Pop Song 89 / So Fast, So Numb / These Days / Norwegian Wood [snippet] / Drive / Animal / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Electrolite / Bad Day / The One I Love [electric] / I've Been High / Losing My Religion / Find The River / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Nightswimming / Radio Free Europe / Imitation Of Life
review

27 October 2003
event: In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 is released outside North America

28 October 2003
event: In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 is released in North America

28 October 2003 - The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA
set: Bad Day / Interview [brief]

29 October 2003 - The Charlie Rose Show, New York, NY
notes: Prerecorded interview with all three band members

29 October 2003 - Avalon Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood, CA
set: Finest Worksong / These Days / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Exhuming McCarthy / Animal / Sweetness Follows / Bad Day / World Leader Pretend / Strange Currencies / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / She Just Wants To Be / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Life And How To Live It / Welcome To The Occupation / With The People [snippet] / Nightswimming / Final Straw / Permanent Vacation / Imitation Of Life
notes: Venue was previously known as Palace Theater when R.E.M. played there in 1983 and 1984

30 October 2003 - The Ellen Degeneres Show, Los Angeles, CA
set: Bad Day / Losing My Religion
notes: On the broadcast LMR is cut off after the first verse