The Tennessean reported that REM has been confirmed for the Ryman on October 22.

Is it cool to take a 2 week old baby to a concert? Or leave Mom home with the Peace Pollywog? Just asking....

Uh-oh. I really want to go to that. But that's going to be a hard ticket to get. Maybe the hardest ever, in fact. I mean, the Monster Tour show at Starwood sold out in like half an hour. Maybe they'll do like 2 or 3 nights.

I can't really even describe how excited I am about this. R.E.M.... Nashville... The Ryman! Thank god for the fan club and its guarantee of great seats. If I wasn't in it I would be freaking out right now.

I wonder if it will be acoustic?

may the ticket gods be with us all. but especially me and iwantelvis.

Yes! Only people who have made REM collages deserve special consideration.

You can always get tickets... for a price. For R.E.M., I'll spend the money.

EDIT: I'm a bad R.E.M. fan. I didn't even realize their new album, Around the Sun, will be released at the beginning of October. I was thinking it would be a 2005 release. Anyway, this show is part of a tour to support that new album. The first single will be "Leaving New York." Has anyone heard it?

(Edited by Tom Foolery at 12:15 pm on Aug. 5, 2004)

I'll make the plans to pay the money.

i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm extremley happy right now......i think i might play some REM tunes at our show tonight......

Leave the babe at home, or get her some serious earmuffs. I really think concert-level noise can damage their ears. Plus, their immune system is not mature enough to handle the onslaught of germs, esp. from REM fans. Mom would probably appreciate the night out at that point, although she'll probably fall asleep.

Yes, but are you shiny as well?

I've really got to stop taking advice from Carl's joke writers.

YaY!!!!!! I'm so happy. I'll probably be able to go to both shows since it's on the weekend. Oh, I'm so poor! But I would rather miss a meal than miss REM!!!

Front row center! Smee, you better be sitting next to me!

Damn! Sounds like REM takes better care of the fans than Pearl Jam. Congrats, IWE! Do you need a date?

Yep, REM is really great to their fans.

Thanks for the offer but Ghostflower will be going with me. He owes me. Big time.

I think Ghostflower needs an alternate. I mean, we would all hate it if something were to happen to him. If you know what I'm getting at.

5th row. sure, it's no 1st row, but we can't all be as lucky as iwantelvis!

If you take me with you, I guarantee you'll be lucky.

Well, I'm a happy girl. I got tickets for Nashville and Atlanta and the Nashville show is already sold out. Thank you James Riot, love you baby.

i guess this means that i need to watch my back..........


iwantelvis is the coolest girl in the world and i owe her my life.

i'm going to cry if they play "half a world away"

Pricey ticketing service, here I come!

They already had the public onsale!?!

They're not supposed to go on sale until August 21.

So, fan club tickets are sold out... or all tickets have been sold before the public got a stab at it? I just want a seat.

I'm pretty sure that BittersweetMe was referring to the fanclub pre-sale. According to their website :

"Tickets sold through this online outlet for this event are SOLD OUT. Please contact the box office or promoter for other available ticket outlets. Tickets may be available elsewhere".

Looks like you guys still have a shot.

By the way, TLW and I got tickets! We're in MF-4, row T. Special thanks go to the kind customer service employee at Kroger in Tullahoma for his advanced knowledge of the Ticketmaster system and his fast fingers.

It's been over a week since the show, and no one's reported on it. How was it? What songs were played?

I'll take this one. The Ryman show was fantastic. We had great seats but we eventually moved to the front of the stage. Stipe was a little grumpy b/c people had their beer cups on stage, plus since this is the bible belt, the crowd didn't take too kindly to him wearing his Kerry t-shirt during the encore (I thought his shirt was great!). Great setlist that I unfortunately don't have in front of me including Electrolite, Don't Go back to Rockville, Walk Unafraid, What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Exhuming McCarthy, So Fast So Numb, and several new songs like Boy in the Well, Final Straw and the Aftermath. Leaving New York sounded great live. It truly is a beautiful song. Also listening to Stipe sing the rap vocals for The Outsiders was a treat. I will always remember this concert as the first that I touched Mike Mills' foot and that Stipe was gyrating right in front of me during the encore.
The Deluth Show was great. We weren't as close but the guys put on a hell of a show and the crowd wasn't offended as much as the Nashville show crowd by the Kerry shirt. Let's just say I will be a happy girl for a long time.
Good to see you Ghostflower and I want Elvis. Hope you had fun! It was nice to stalk the band afterwards with you even though it didn't work.

I thought the show was okay. Katie and I agreed though that it was pretty anticlimactic after seeing them play the amazing, long, great-set-list-of-a-show last October in Atlanta. It WAS great seeing them at the Ryman, but the setlist in my opinion was mediocre. Electrolite was a nice highlight. I enjoyed stipe's dancing and crazy smiling more than anything, honestly. Good show..but...comparatively, just okay.

it was amazing.....i don't know how else to describe it...i got very teary during "losing my religion". and we went crazy for the majority of the show.....it was a great experience.....i can die now....

Setlist:

Finest Worksong
Begin the Begin
So Fast So Numb
Animal
Boy in the Well
I've Been High
Make it All OK
One I Love
Aftermath
Bad Day
Outsiders
Don't Go Back To Rockville
Electrolite
She Just Wants to Be
Final Straw
Losing My Religion
Walk Unafraid
Life and How To Live It
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What's The Frequency Kenneth?
Leaving New York
Exhuming McCarthy
I Wanted to Be Wrong
Permanent Vacation
I Wanna D.J.
Man on the Moon