June 6th, Chicago, Illinois

All in all, an incredible show and an experience I hope to be able to have again -- here's hoping their next good album and big tour isn't 12 years away.

... Marr of Modest Mouse (and late of the Smiths) during the encore.

... they could do in a smaller space, and the next time they come through to someplace like the Orpheum I may check them out.

... still-small crowd and got more applause than Modest Mouse did when Michael Stipe thanked them both near the end of the show.

... think of it as a cap on the whole 90's alt.

... show) and from the opening line I thought this was going to be the Katrina version of the same song.

... this then-new single came out in 1999, when it seemed their first Bill Berry-less album was just a blip rather than a herald of several years in the wilderness.

... of the both the hard mid-90's and jangly mid-80's versions of the band.

... is what I've read) they recorded for their 2003 best-of-the-Warner-era release.

... hard rock version of the band and began their short reign as perhaps the world's biggest band.

Bit Torrent. Despite declaring plans to now undertake a collaborative effort with BitTorrent Inc.

#remunited Last Friday I got the opportunity to see the soundtrack to my life performed on stage.

#remunited REM Concert Set List Chicago, Illinois 6th June 2008 Venue: United Center This REM concert set list is notable for Johnny Marr playing guitar on Fall on Me in the encore.

#remunited REM played a popular set at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois. Here's some pictures of the show and the REM set list.

#remunited.

Michael Stipe used the above phrase to describe the atmosphere in Chicago, apropos of Obama’s recent nomination, but it also very well summed up the band’s titanic performance tonight.

#remunited. Living Well Is The Best Revenge These Days Begin The Begin What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?

w/ Dream Syndicate

w/ Luscious Jackson