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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 22h

One of the four songs recorded for the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland on this day in 2003.

R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Later… with Jools Holland on BBC1, 14 October 2003)

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 22h

A photo of the band taken backstage at Eldorado in Paris on this day in 1985.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 2d

Recorded on this day in 1999, directed by Liz Friedlander.

R.E.M. - The Great Beyond (Official Music Video)

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 1998, ‘Daysleeper’ was released in as the first single off Up, with ‘Emphysema’ as the B-side on the 7” and CD releases.

REM BBC Later with Jools Holland 1998

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 5d

The Rolling Stones made slightly more at the end of their American tour this year: $35 million.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 5d

On this day in 1981, R.E.M. played Von Henmon’s in Columbia, South Carolina. “We came back from one tour and found that we’d only made $37,” remembered Peter. “So three of us got evicted. We said, ‘What are we going to do?’ So we got back in the van and went back on tour.”

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 8d

On this day in 1981, mixing for Chronic Town was in progress. “I think we only worked two or three days,” Peter recalled. “It was a really fast thing. It was the first time we went into the studio where we could hear the end result kind of sounding like the way we wanted it to sound.”

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 15d

On this day in 1983, R.E.M., supported by The Community Trolls, performed at Stitch Craft, Inc., an old sewing factory on Oconee Street in Athens, opposite the church.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 15d

Remembering Bill Rieflin on what would have been his 65th birthday.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 16d

On this day in 1984, R.E.M. played the Auditorium at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The concert is featured on the bootleg Philadelphia 1984, naturally.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 20d

On this day in 1990, Tourfilm, which documents the final five nights of the Green World Tour, was released in the U.S. It features 17 songs, recorded in Roanoke and Hampton, Virginia; Greensboro, North Carolina; and Macon and Atlanta, Georgia.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 21d

On this day 30 years ago, Patti Smith joined the band onstage for the first time, at the New World Music Theater in Tinsley Park, Illinois, for a version of ‘Dancing Barefoot’ during the encores.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 23d

Re: Near Wild Heaven. @millsish.bsky.social

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 24d

On this day 14 years ago, R.E.M. announced, via their website, that after 31 years, five months and seventeen days together, they were “calling it a day” as a creative unit. They had released fifteen studio albums and 63 singles during their career.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 24d

On this day in 1996, New Adventures in Hi-Fi entered the UK charts at #1. A week later, the album only managed #2 in the U.S.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 24d

A photograph from this day in 1982, when R.E.M. played The Drumstick in Lincoln, Nebraska, supported by Charlie Burton and the Cutouts.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 25d

Photographs taken by Peter Anderson on this day in 1986, before the band's show at the Fair Park Bandshell in Dallas, Texas.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 29d

On this day in 1981, R.E.M. played the New Pilgrim Theatre in New York City, supporting The Bloods. ‘1,000,000’ and ‘Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)’ were performed live for the first known time.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 15

On this day in 1995, R.E.M. played The Woodlands in Houston, Texas. ‘Wichita Lineman’, recorded during the concert, was released as a B-side on the ‘Bittersweet Me’ single the follow year.

Wichita Lineman (Live From Houston, TX / 9/15/1995) by R.E.M. on Apple Music

Song · 1996 · Duration 3:19

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 15

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 15

On this day in 1981, the band travelled to New York City to promote their demo tape. While there, George DuBose photographed them at their first professional photo shoot.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 13

On this day thirty years ago, R.E.M. played the Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ‘Binky the Doormat’ was performed live for the first known time.

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Dave @vip-223.bsky.social · Sep 12

Another from the R.E.M. shoot by Paul Natkin in 1983, as seen in @mojomagazine.bsky.social 's excellent Collectors Series edition.
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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 9

On this day in 1996, R.E.M. released their tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 9

On this day in 1991, a week-long recording session with The Troggs began at John Keane Studio, with the R.E.M. musicians and Peter Holsapple all contributing. The album, titled Athens Andover, was released in March the following year.

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