R.E.M. concert tours
| Tour by R.E.M. | |
| Location | North America, Europe |
|---|---|
| Associated album | Murmur |
| Start date | March 26, 1983 |
| End date | November 25, 1983 |
| Legs | 4 |
| No. of shows | 96 in North America 5 in Europe 101 in Total |
| Tour by R.E.M. | |
| Location | Europe, North America, Asia |
|---|---|
| Associated album | Reckoning |
| Start date | April 8, 1984 |
| End date | December 6, 1984 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 32 in Europe 73 in North America 4 in Asia 109 in Total |
| Tour by R.E.M. | |
| Location | North America, Europe, South America |
|---|---|
| Associated album | Accelerate |
| Start date | May 23, 2008 |
| End date | November 18, 2008 |
| Legs | 4 |
| No. of shows | 19 in North America 48 in Europe 10 in South America 77 in Total |
The following is a listing of R.E.M. tours.
R.E.M. traveled extensively, mostly around the Deep South, during their first few years of being a unit. Their first real, albeit relatively local, tour took place in 1981. Mistakenly nicknamed "Rapid.Eye.Movement.Tour.1981" by the band's manager at the time, Jefferson Holt, the tour was arranged by Bill Berry, and its main aim was to help raise the necessary funds to keep the band operating. The tour was in support of their "Radio Free Europe" single, which was to be released on David Hibbert's Hib-Tone label in July 1981.
The tour kicked off on March 26, 1981 at K. O. Jam's in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
In August, the band's first true national tour, in support of Chronic Town, began in San Diego, California. It finished in Florida four months later.
A tour in support of Murmur got underway in March. The band made their first live television appearance during the tour, on Late Night with David Letterman on October 6. The tour concluded in Europe in late November.
This set list is representative of the performance in Rouen, France. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
R.E.M. returned to Europe in April 1984, this time in support of their second studio album, Reckoning, with a tour titled the "Little America tour" ("Little America" being a track on the album). They tour their homeland between June and November, before visiting Asia for the first time in mid-November. This was followed with a few more shows in the UK and Norway during late November and early January 1985.
This set list is representative of the performance in Rouen, France. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
A "Pre-Construction" tour in April and May took the band around several eastern states. After the release of Fables of the Reconstruction in June, the band traveled to Europe. The following month, they returned to North America for a two-month tour. The "Reconstruction I" tour began in Oregon in July and ended in New Jersey in August.
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