Glastonbury Festival (R.E.M.)
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To date, R.E.M. have headlined the annual Glastonbury Festival on two occasions:
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[edit] 1999
R.E.M.'s debut at the festival took place on Friday, June 25, 1999. They performed on the Pyramid Stage alongside The Beautiful South, Hole, Bush, Blondie, Barenaked Ladies, Ian Dury, and Björn Again (for a complete list of performers, see here). They were touring in support of their eleventh album, Up.
[edit] Setlist
- 'Lotus'
- 'What's the Frequency, Kenneth?'
- 'So Fast, So Numb'
- 'The Apologist'
- 'Fall on Me'
- 'The Great Beyond'
- 'Daysleeper'
- 'The Wake-Up Bomb'
- 'The One I Love'
- 'Sweetness Follows' (dedicated to Jean Eavis, wife of organiser Michael, who died from cancer a few weeks earlier)
- 'At My Most Beautiful'
- 'Losing My Religion'
- 'Everybody Hurts'
- 'Walk Unafraid'
- 'Star 69'
- 'Finest Worksong'
- 'Man on the Moon'
- 'Why Not Smile' (Stipe solo on acoustic guitar) (encore)
- 'Crush With Eyeliner' (encore)
- 'Tongue' (encore)
- 'Cuyahoga' (encore)
- 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' (encore)
[edit] Personnel
R.E.M.
- Peter Buck - electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, keyboard
- Mike Mills - bass, keyboard, vocals
- Michael Stipe - vocals, acoustic guitar
Auxiliary musicians
- Scott McCaughey - electric and acoustic guitars, keyboard, vocals
- Ken Stringfellow - keyboard, bass, vocals
- Joey Waronker - drums, percussion
"They did a storming set," Michael Eavis recalled five years later to Q. "They played all the old favourites, and Michael Stipe was having a ball. Afterwards, he was lying down, but when he saw me he sat bolt upright and said, 'You've got something special here. Any time you want us back, just pick up the phone.'" It seems Eavis took him up on the offer...
[edit] 2003
R.E.M.'s second Glastonbury appearance occurred on Friday, June 27, 2003, during their tour in support of their Warner Bros. best-of In Time. (For a complete list of the other performers on the Pyramid Stage, see here.)
[edit] Setlist
- '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'
- 'Everybody Hurts' (encore)
- 'Final Straw' (encore)
- 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' (encore)
[edit] Personnel
R.E.M.
- Peter Buck - electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, banjo, keyboard
- Mike Mills - bass, keyboard, vocals
- Michael Stipe - vocals, harmonica
Auxiliary musicians
- Scott McCaughey - electric and acoustic guitars, keyboard, vocals
- Ken Stringfellow - keyboard, bass, vocals
- Bill Rieflin - drums, percussion
