R.E.M. EUROPEAN TOUR KICKS OFF TUESDAY

July 2, 2008

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EUROPEAN TOUR CRANKS UP TUESDAY IN AMSTERDAM

After a quick eleven-day hiatus following their blistering tour of North America, R.E.M. will return to action in Amsterdam on July 2nd.   The band will play 46 dates from early July to October in a total of 22 countries.

We’ve just confirmed the following dates have been added to the tour with support coming from Brooklyn’s We Are Scientists.   Stay tuned early next week for ticket details:

September 11th: Saku Tallinn Arena, Tallinn, Estonia

September 12th: Arena, Riga, Latvia

September 14th: Siemens Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania

September 26th: Palamalaguti Arena, Bologna, Italy

September 27th: Palaolimpico, Torino, Italy

September 30th: Plaza de Toros de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

If you haven’t stopped by the Setlists page, be sure to have a look at the songs the band has been playing during their current tour.   Great stuff and who knows what the Summer holds? For all of your tour needs, please stay tuned to both the Tour Site and the Live page at remhq.com.

MAN-SIZED WREATH SINGLE

At Madison Square Garden, the band debuted a rough clip of the video for "Man-Sized Wreath," the next single from Accelerate. Crush, Inc. out of Toronto, the same folks who created the brilliant clip for "Hollow Man" are currently working on "Man-Sized Wreath."   Stay tuned for more on "Man-Sized Wreath" news and visuals in the coming days on remhq.com and on the upcoming tour.

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HOLLOWMAN TV: GET ON SCREEN

Holloman TV is the latest social networking experiment brought to you by R.E.M. and just like Supernaturalsuperserious.com you’ve got a chance to create something that the whole world might just see. If you’re in the mood, please help us create animations we can use for the European leg of the tour based off the video for "Hollow Man." All you have to do is follow the four steps HERE, and we will turn your digital photographs into an animation that will be shown as part of our stage show.

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