The year: 2005. The place: Dublin. The band: at peak melancholic perfection.
R.E.M. Live is a live album from R.E.M., recorded at the Point Theatre, Dublin, on February 26 and 27, 2005, the closing nights of the winter European leg of the Around the World Tour in support of their thirteenth studio album Around the Sun released in late 2004. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2007 and in the United States a day later as a two-Compact Disc audio set and a DVD, then released in February 2008 as a triple vinyl set. The performance was filmed by Blue Leach the same director of Depeche Mode DVD "Touring the Angel: Live in Milan". R.E.M. Live features rare performances of "I Took Your Name" from 1994's Monster and "Ascent of Man" from Around The Sun as well as the previously unreleased "I'm Gonna DJ." A studio version of that song would later appear on the band's 2008 effort, Accelerate. On September 26, 2007, the band launched R.E.M. Live Zine to solicit reviews from fans and promote the album.
Direction
Blue Leach captures intimacy in a massive room.
Sound
That "I'm Gonna DJ" debut hits different.
Director
Blue Leach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bill Rieflin's first official release as R.E.M.'s full-time drummer, replacing founding member Bill Berry who retired in 1997.
The Around the World Tour was R.E.M.'s longest ever, and this Dublin finale came right before the band entered their final era with 2008's Accelerate.
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