1999

20 January 1999 - 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart', Comedy Central, NEP Studio 54, New York, NY
notes: Television appearance by Michael Stipe on 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' on Comedy Central. 'The Definitive Interview' with Michael Stipe by Jon Stewart & preceeded by a clip of R.E.M.'s new video for 'Lotus'.

22 January 1999
event: 'Up' is certified Gold (sales of 500,000) in the US

29 January 1999 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
set included: Murder Of Maria Marten / Hard Times Of Old England / Percy's Song / The Hills Of Greenmore / The Famous Flower Of Serving-Men / Minstrel In The Gallery
notes: John Wesley Harding show. Performers include: John Wesley Harding, Kurt Bloch, Jim Sangster, Jed Critter, Alison Faith Levy & Mike Musburger, with Peter Buck joining from 'Hard Times In Old England' onwards, introduced as Friar Buck!.

February 1999 - La Casa Del Elefante, Seattle, WA
tracks recorded included: Glockenspiel - (Feb 99 #1) (All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)) (Instrumental) / Feb 99 #2 / Feb 99 #3
notes: Peter Buck's home studio Demo Recording Sessions.

17 February 1999 - 'Party Of Five' Episode Taping, The Palace, Hollywood, CA
TV taping: At My Most Beautiful (6 takes)
set: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Lotus / Daysleeper / Country Feedback / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion / Parakeet / The Apologist / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Man On The Moon
notes: Filming for the 'Party Of Five' episode 'Fragile'. 'At My Most Beautiful' is filmed for the TV episode, the rest was a separate show for the fans, with Michael solo on guitar on 'I'm Not Over You'.

19 February 1999 - 'Intimate And Interactive', MusiquePlus/Much Music, MusiquePlus Studios, Montreal, Canada
set: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Lotus / Interview w/ Genevieve Borne / At My Most Beautiful / Walk Unafraid / Interview / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / Parakeet / Man On The Moon / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
encore: Country Feedback / The Apologist / Electrolite / Pretty Persuasion / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
notes: Television performance for 'Intimate And Interactive' for MuchMusic. Up to 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' was filmed for TV, the rest was just for the people at the taping.

22 February 1999 - 9th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert, Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
set:
Philip Glass: Welcome
Robert Thurman: Remarks
Chakasam-Pa: Purification Dance
Cibo Matto: Tempo Tempo / Sci-Fi Wasabi / Birthday Cake / Moon River (w/ Shawn Colvin)
Shawn Colvin: 84,000 Different Delusions (w/ Peter Kater) / Private Universe (w/ Peter Buck)
R.E.M.: E-Bow The Letter (w/ Patti Smith, Jay Dee Dougherty & Tony Shanahan) / Long Road (w/ Shanahan & Nawang Khechong) / At My Most Beautiful (w/ Colvin, Glass & Shanahan)
Philip Glass: Cremation (w/ Smith) / Streams (w/ Trey Anastasio) / Spring Waterfall (w/ Foday Suso)
Foday Suso: Aldua
Nawang Khechog & Peter Kater: Dance Of Innocence
Trey Anastasio: Brian And Robert (w/ Khechong & Suso) / Dirt / Billy Breathes (w/ Kater)
Chaksam-Pa: Amdoshay & Toe
Patti Smith & Patti Smith Group: 1959 / Boy Cried Wolf / Ghost Dance (w/ Stipe & Khechong)
All: People Have The Power
notes: 9th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert. Patti Smith (& her band) guests on 'E-Bow The Letter' (first time ever performed), Shawn Colvin, Nawang Khechong guests on 'Long Road' & Colvin, Philip Glass & Tony Shanahan guest on 'At My Most Beautiful', Peter Buck returns the favour and plays with Shawn Colvin on a cover of the Crowded House song 'Private Universe'. Michael Stipe joined Patti Smith on 'Ghost Dance'.

25 February 1999 - Festival Della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo, Teatro Ariston - Sanremo, Sanremo, Italy
other acts appearing: Al Bano Carrisi, Eugenio Finardi, Anna Oxa, Mariella Nava, Antonella Ruggiero, Alanis Morrisette, Enzo Gragnaniello & Ornella Vanoni, Gatto Panceri, Marina Rei, Gianluca Grignani, Jose Carreras
soundcheck: Daysleeper / Lotus
set: Daysleeper / Lotus
notes: 49th Annual Sanremo Music Festival 1999. Presented by Fabio Fazio, R.E.M. performed 'Daysleeper' & 'Lotus'. The performances were broadcast on Italian TV channel, RAI1.

28 February 1999 - 'Taratatà..... La Musica In TV', Paladozza, Bologna, Italy
other acts appearing: Biaggio Antonacci
soundcheck included: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us
set: Interview / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Lotus / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Television performance & interview on 'Taratatà..... La Musica In TV' on Raiuno. Interview with the band by Enrico Silvestrin, who discussed their musical influences & political & social activism. The performance was broadcast on Italian TV on 26 March 1999.
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2 March 1999 - Tabernacle, London, England
set: Lotus / Electrolite / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Losing My Religion / Daysleeper / New Test Leper / Parakeet / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Sad Professor / At My Most Beautiful / Country Feedback / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: The Apologist / At My Most Beautiful / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Performance recorded for MTV Europe. 'At My Most Beautiful' is played twice due to some problems with the sound mix first time around. BJ Cole plays slide guitar on 'Daysleeper', 'Country Feedback' & 'Man On The Moon'.

4 March 1999 - Echo Awards, Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany
other acts appearing: Cher, Alanis Morrisette, The Lighthouse Family, Modern Talking
set: Lotus

6 March 1999 - Czech Grammy Awards, CEZ Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
set: Daysleeper / Lotus

8 March 1999 - 'Concert D'un Soir', Grand Studio RTL, Paris, France
set: Losing My Religion / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Daysleeper / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / The Apologist / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Parakeet / Country Feedback / Man On The Moon / I'm Not Over You / Walk Unafraid
encore: Electrolite / At My Most Beautiful (Take 1) / At My Most Beautiful (Take 2) / Lotus (Take 1) / Lotus (Take 2) / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Radio in-studio performance for 'Concert D'un Soir', broadcast on French Radio.

8 March 1999
event: 'At My Most Beautiful' Cassingle & CD Single is released in the UK

9 March 1999
event: 'At My Most Beautiful' Cassingle & CD Single is released in the US

9 March 1999 - 'Nulle Part Ailleurs', Studio 3, Canal+ Studios, Paris, France
set 1 for TV: Interview / Daysleeper / At My Most Beautiful / Lotus
set 2 for fans and later TV airing: Lotus / New Test Leper / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Daysleeper / The Apologist / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Fall On Me / Sad Professor / Losing My Religion / Parakeet / At My Most Beautiful / I'm Not Over You / Country Feedback / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Electrolite / Daysleeper / Losing My Religion / Pretty Persuasion / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Television performance & interview on 'Nulle Part Ailleurs' on Canal, French TV. 'Losing My Religion' and 'Daysleeper' were performed again after they weren't recorded properly the first time. This was broadcast on 27 March 1999.

11 March 1999 - 'Sen Kväll Med Luuk', TV4 Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
other guests appearing: Pernilla August
soundcheck: Lotus (Instrumental) / At My Most Beautiful (Instrumental) / Lotus / At My Most Beautiful
set: Interview with Kristian Luuk / Lotus (False Start) / Lotus / At My Most Beautiful
notes: Television performance & interview on 'Sen Kväll Med Luuk' on TV4, Swedish TV. After an interview with the band by Kristian Luuk, the band performed 'Lotus' & At My Most Beautiful'.

12 March 1999 - 'Wiese', Studio 1, NRK1 Studios, Oslo, Norway
set: At My Most Beautiful / Interview w/ Claus Wiese / Lotus / Everybody Hurts / Happy Birthday To Claus Wiese
notes: Television performance & interview on 'Wiese' on NRK, Norwegian TV. At the end R.E.M. brought out a birthday cake for Claus Wiese and sang happy birthday.

22-27 March 1999 - Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
notes: 'Music Bridges Around The World', Musicians including Michael Franti, David Was, Joan Osbourne, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Mick Fleetwood, Lisa Loeb, Indigo Girls, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Gladys Knight, Montell Jordan, Jimmy Buffett, Burt Bacharach, and Peter Buck, write songs that week & record the results in the Hotel's Conference Rooms.

23 March 1999 - 'Morning Show', Zone 105, Minneapolis, MN
notes: Phone interview with Mike Mills, by Steve Nelsen & Brian Oak.

24 March 1999 - 1999 Reebok Human Rights Awards, Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York, NY
notes: Michael Stipe attends awards & introduces Patti Smith.

28 March 1999 - Karl Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba
set included:
Cachybrache: Come
Michael Franti: Can't Stop This Bus
Mick Fleetwood & Jimmy Buffett: One World
Joan Osbourne: Alone With You
All: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
notes: 'Music Bridges Around The World', Musicians including Michael Franti, David Was, Joan Osbourne, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Mick Fleetwood, Lisa Loeb, Indigo Girls, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Jimmy Buffett, Woody Harrelson, Gladys Knight, Montell Jordan, Jimmy Buffett, Burt Bacharach, and Peter Buck, perform songs written that week, & meet Fidel Castro after the show.

2-3 April 1999 - John Keane Studios, Athens, GA
tracks recorded: The Great Beyond / Draggin' The Line
notes: Recording Session for 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack & movie.

12 April 1999 - 'Monday After The Masters', Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC
set: Desert Mountain / Showdown / Wipeout / Time / What Do You Want From Me Now / Hold My Hand / Wishing / Hannah Jane / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Superman / Only Lonely / Only Wanna Be With You / Michelle Post / Use Me / Long Train Running
notes: Hootie & The Blowfish show. Mike Mills joins on bass and lead vocals for 'Superman' & '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'.

April - May 1999 - Royaltone Studios, Burbank, CA
tracks recorded: The Great Beyond / Tony Thrown Out / This Friendly World (w/ Jim Carrey) / Miracle / Lynne & Andy / Andy Gets Fired / Milk & Cookies / Man On The Moon (Orchestra)
notes: Recording Session for 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack & movie.

6-13 June 1999 - R.E.M.'s West Clayton Street Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Rehearsals for upcoming 1999 Summer Tour.

10 June 1999 - High Hat Music Club, Athens, GA
set included: Apology / Don't Cry No Tears / Vampire Blues / Revolution Blues / Cortez The Killer / On The Beach / Find A Finger / Don't Be Denied / Psycho / Twist And Shout / Barstool Blues / Sedan Delivery
notes: The Minus 5 including Scott McCaughey, Ken Stringfellow. The Possibilities joined by Athens guests, and including Mike Mills on most of the songs listed, which is probably the encore only. The Possibilities opened the night with a 30 or 40 minute set of really happening crunchy pop numbers.

R.E.M. 1999 Summer Tour

Europe

16 June 1999 - Pavilhão Atlântico, Parque Das Naçoes, Lisbon, Portugal
songs rehearsed: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Losing My Religion / Pilgrimage / Cuyahoga / The Wake-Up Bomb / At My Most Beautiful / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / Finest Worksong / Country Feedback / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue
notes: Rehearsals for upcoming 1999 Summer Tour.

17 June 1999 - Pavilhão Atlântico, Parque Das Naçoes, Lisbon, Portugal
support: Suede
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Losing My Religion / So Fast, So Numb / New Test Leper / The Apologist / Daysleeper / Pilgrimage / Electrolite / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / At My Most Beautiful / The Wake-Up Bomb / The Great Beyond / Country Feedback / Life And How To Live It / Walk Unafraid / Pop Song 89 / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First performances of 'So Fast, So Numb' and 'Sweetness Follows'. First appearances of 'Pilgrimage', 'Life and How To Live It' and 'Cuyahoga' in 10 years. For most concerts, 'I'm Not Over You' is Michael Stipe solo with guitar.

19 June 1999 - Gutierrez Festival, La Peineta Stadium, Madrid, Spain
support: Manta Ray, Sexie Sadie, Melon Diesel, Molotov, Orbital, Placebo, Hole
soundcheck included: The Great Beyond
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / At My Most Beautiful / Driver 8 / The Apologist / Daysleeper / Sitting Still / Electrolite / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / Losing My Religion / The Wake-Up Bomb / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Star 69 / Pop Song 89 / Walk Unafraid / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Fall On Me / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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20 June 1999 - Instituto Ferial de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
support: Sexy Sadie
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Suspicion / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / The Wake-Up Bomb / The Apologist / Daysleeper / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / Pilgrimage / Losing My Religion / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Star 69 / Pop Song 89 / Walk Unafraid / Finest Worksong / Suspicious Minds / Man On The Moon
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Tongue / At My Most Beautiful / Life And How To Live It / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Unconfirmed setlist.

22 June 1999 - Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
soundcheck included: Instrumental #1 / Instrumental #2
support: Stereolab
set: Lotus / Crush With Eyeliner / Suspicion / New Test Leper / The Apologist / Pilgrimage / Daysleeper / The Wake-Up Bomb / Electrolite / Driver 8 / Sweetness Follows / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Pop Song 89 / Life And How To Live It / Walk Unafraid / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Gardening At Night / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Gardening At Night' is played for the first time since 1986.
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23 June 1999 - Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Suspicion / The Apologist / Sitting Still / Daysleeper / The Wake-Up Bomb / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / The Great Beyond / Everybody Hurts / Country Feedback / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Finest Worksong / Suspicious Minds (part) / Man On The Moon
encore: Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Parakeet / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Why Not Smile' is played for the first time, with Michael Stipe & Mike Mills only.
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24 June 1999 - GLR 94.9FM, GLR Studios, London, England
set: Interview / Cheese Alarm
notes: Radio interview & live in-studio performance by Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey & Robyn Hitchcock.

25 June 1999 - Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival Of Contemporary Performing Arts 1999, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
other acts performing: Bjorn Again, Ian Dury, Barenaked Ladies, Blondie, Bush, Hole, Beautiful South
set: 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 / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / Star 69 / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Michael dedicated 'Sweetness Follows' to Jean Eavis, wife of the organiser of Glastonbury Michael Eavis, who died of cancer a few weeks before.
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26 June 1999 - Arena Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
support: Wilco, Suede
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Sitting Still / Suspicion / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Driver 8 / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Walk Unafraid / Pop Song 89 / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / The Passenger / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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27 June 1999 - Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
support: Wilco, Suede
soundcheck: Low Desert / E-Bow The Letter / Lotus
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / Crush With Eyeliner / Pop Song 89 / We Don't Need Another Hero - Pilgrimage / Suspicion / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Low Desert / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / Electrolite / Daysleeper / Find The River / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Walk Unafraid / Star 69 / Suspicious Minds (one verse, one chorus) / Man On The Moon
encore: Suspicious Minds (Stipe solo) / I'm Not Over You (aborted due to bad audience clapping) (Stipe solo) / I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Country Feedback / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Low Desert' is played for the first time ever by the band (note Stipe sang it solo in 1996).

28 June 1999
event: 'Suspicion' Cassingle & CD Single is released in the UK

29 June 1999 - SportPark am Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany
support: Catatonia, Suede
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Suspicion / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Low Desert / Daysleeper / The Wake-Up Bomb / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / Losing My Religion / Cuyahoga / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / At My Most Beautiful / Life And How To Live It / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Pop Song 89 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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30 June 1999 - Parkbühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany
support: Catatonia, Suede
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Suspicion / Pilgrimage / Daysleeper / So Fast, So Numb / The Apologist / Electrolite / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Sitting Still / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / Pop Song 89 / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

2 July 1999 - Orange Stage, Roskilde Festival 99, Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark
other acts performing: Nomads, Skunk Anansie, Ulf Lundell
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Daysleeper / The Apologist / Fall On Me / Electrolite / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / The Great Beyond / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / Find The River / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / Finest Worksong / Man On The Moon
encore: Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey write a new instumental backstage at the festival called 'Fake Trumpets Chorus' which eventually became 'Imitation Of Life'.

4 July 1999 - Main Stage, Rock Werchter, Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium
other acts performing: Noordkaap, Stereophonics, Heather Nova, Placebo, Robbie Williams, Faithless, Lenny Kravitz
set: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Sitting Still / Daysleeper / Electrolite / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Find The River / Everybody Hurts / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Black Boys On Mopeds - I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Black Boys On Mopeds' is a Sinead O'Connor song which Michael nearly completes.
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5 July 1999 - Omnisport Palais De Paris Bercy, Paris, France
support: Patti Smith
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Daysleeper / New Test Leper / Suspicion / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / The Yip Song (part) - Pop Song 89 / Begin The Begin / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Black Boys On Mopeds - I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / E-Bow The Letter / Tongue / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Patti Smith guests on 'E-Bow The Letter'. Michael Stipe also managed to get through 'Black Boys On Mopeds' in its entirety.

6 July 1999 - 33rd Montreux Jazz Festival, Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux, Switzerland
support: Ben Harper
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Suspicion / Pilgrimage / So Fast, So Numb / Perfect Circle / Daysleeper / Fall On Me / Electrolite / The Apologist / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / At My Most Beautiful / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Black Boys On Mopeds - I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

8 July 1999 - JazzFest Wien 99, Weiner Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria
support: Patti Smith
set: Lotus / New Test Leper / Electrolite / Suspicion / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Daysleeper / Country Feedback / Parakeet / The One I Love / Half A World Away / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / Suspicious Minds (part) / Man On The Moon
encore 1: Black Boys On Mopeds - I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Tongue / E-Bow The Letter / People Have The Power
encore 2: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Patti Smith guests on 'E-Bow The Letter', and her and her band came on to play 'People Have The Power'.
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9 July 1999 - Corvinus Bar, Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
notes: Michael, Peter & Mike hold separate interview sessions from 12 noon for 2 and a half hours, with interviewers from TV2, Publikum, Latvian TV, Radio Juventus, TV Slovenija, HTV, TV Satelit, Atomic TV, Blikk, Vikend & Zeneszmagazin.

9 July 1999 - Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary
support: Heaven Street Seven, Ülloi Úti Fuck, dEUS
set: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Apologist / Half A World Away / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / Electrolite / Find The River / Losing My Religion / Cuyahoga / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope - I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / The Great Beyond / Tongue / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Hope' was played and sung by Michael solo.
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Peter Hendriks' reviews of Werchter-Belgium, Paris, Montreux, Vienna and Budapest

11 July 1999 - Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy
support: Afterhours, Wilco, Suede
soundcheck included: Pretty Persuasion / Begin The Begin
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Pilgrimage / Suspicion / The Wake-Up Bomb / Half A World Away / The Apologist / Electrolite / Daysleeper / The Great Beyond / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Man On The Moon / Everybody Hurts / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Gardening At Night / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Hope' was again played and sung by Michael solo.
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13 July 1999 - Reitstadion Reim, Munich, Germany
support: Wolfsheim, Wilco
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / Begin The Begin / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Half A World Away / The Apologist / Life And How To Live It / Electrolite / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Pretty Persuasion / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon / Losing My Religion
encore: Hope - I'm Not Over You (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / I Got You Babe (part) - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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14 July 1999 - Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / New Test Leper / Suspicion / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / The Wake-Up Bomb / Everybody Hurts / The Great Beyond / Star 69 / At My Most Beautiful / The One I Love / The Apologist / Country Feedback / Losing My Religion / Walk Unafraid / Pop Song 89 / Man On The Moon
encore: Falls To Climb (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Parakeet / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First time 'Falls To Climb' is played live, performed by Michael Stipe solo.

16 July 1999 - Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
support: Paddy Casey, Divine Comedy
soundcheck: New Test Leper / Lotus / Man On The Moon
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Suspicion / Jesus - New Test Leper / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Electrolite / Everybody Hurts / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Falls To Climb (Stipe solo) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First performance of 'The Great Beyond'. 'Everybody Hurts' was dedicated to Martin from Northern Ireland and Rosemary Nelson, the murdered human rights lawyer from the north. 'Jesus' is a Velvet Underground song sung by Michael solo.
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17 July 1999 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England
support: Teenage Fanclub
soundcheck included: Low Desert
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Low Desert / E-Bow The Letter / Everybody Hurts / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / At My Most Beautiful / Find The River / Losing My Religion / Pop Song 89 / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) - Man On The Moon
encore: Falls To Climb - Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Fall On Me / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Suspicious Minds - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Falls To Climb' and 'Hope' were again played by Stipe solo. Mike does backing vocals on 'E-Bow The Letter' rather than Patti Smith. 'Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)' is an Elvis song which Michael Stipe sings a few verses of.
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19 July 1999 - Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland
support: Feeder
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Electrolite / The Apologist / Half A World Away / Everybody Hurts / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / At My Most Beautiful / Find The River / Losing My Religion / Pop Song 89 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Stipe solo) / Hope - Birdland (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Fall On Me / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: First 2 songs of the encore again were Stipe solo.
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20 July 1999 - Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland
support: Stereolab
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Daysleeper / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Driver 8 / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / E-Bow The Letter / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Pretty Persuasion / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Falls To Climb (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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21 July 1999 - Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland
support: Teenage Fanclub
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Finest Worksong / Pilgrimage / Suspicion / Daysleeper / New Test Leper / Everybody Hurts / Low Desert / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / Country Feedback / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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23 July 1999 - Rockwave Festival, Athletic Stadium, Athens, Greece
support: Pyx Lax
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Suspicion / Fall On Me / Low Desert / Everybody Hurts / Electrolite / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Happy Birthday To Microwave / Star 69 / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Happy Birthday To Joe O'Herlihy / Cuyahoga / Suspicious Minds / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: The band plays Happy Birthday to Joe O'Herlihy even though his birthday was on the 24th, Michael said it wasn't quite midnight yet.
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25 July 1999 - Sport Hall Bonifika, Koper, Slovenia
support: Vlado Kreslin & Mali Bogovi, Bambi Molesters
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Suspicion / Stand / Fall On Me / The Apologist / Electrolite / Everybody Hurts / Daysleeper / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / Pretty Persuasion / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / The Wake-Up Bomb / Tongue / Cuyahoga / Happy Birthday To Joe O'Herlihy / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Suspicious Minds - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Stand' makes an appearance for the first time since 1989, Stipe explaining that they played it because it was their first time in Slovenia and it was meant to be a very popular song there, and it was the final European gig so they made it a one off performance. Before 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)', Mike did some thank you's and Michael took over to wish Happy Birthday to Joe O'Herlihy before singing a quick happy birthday. After a very long 'End Of The World' Michael stopped and sang 'Suspicious Minds', and then the band carried on with 'End Of The World' again for a few more minutes!.
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North America

9 August 1999 - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
support: Mercury Rev
soundcheck included: Lotus
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Suspicion / Fall On Me / E-Bow The Letter / Low Desert / Everybody Hurts / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Find The River / Losing My Religion / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Suspicious Minds / Man On The Moon
encore: Disarm - Falls To Climb (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Suspicious Minds - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Michael told some funny stories before 'Fall On Me' (pointed to a spot in the audience and said he had seen Neil Young from that spot four or so years ago [I think he's referring to the 1992 "Harvest Moon" tour] and came away impressed with one song in particular, 'Pocahontas.' He called Peter that night and asked him if he'd ever heard the song, to which Peter replied, "It's only one of the classic songs of the last 30 years," embarrassing Michael) and 'Falls To Climb' (talked about learning to play the guitar and seeing Billy Corgan at a benefit, told him he had composed a new song with the chords he had learned. Billy replied "That's nice, but it sounds familiar," then came back later and asked Michael if it "sounded like this," playing 'Disarm.' Michael said "You fuck, not only are you taller than me, you went and copied my hairstyle as well!" He then lauded Corgan as one of the best songwriters around, then added that he wouldn't let it pass, so he added a vocal melody to the song and said "try imagining Corgan singing this one!") - Dean Hotta

10 August 1999 - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
support: Mercury Rev
soundcheck included: Life And How To Live It / Lotus
set: Lotus / So Fast, So Numb / Electrolite / Suspicion / Pilgrimage / The One I Love / Jesus - New Test Leper / The Apologist / Daysleeper / E-Bow The Letter / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Life And How To Live It / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Half A World Away / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Gray Squirrel - It's The End Of The World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Jesus' is a Velvet Underground song sung by Michael solo.

11 August 1999 - Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
support: Mercury Rev
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Suspicion / Stand / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Low Desert / Daysleeper / The Apologist / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Pop Song 89 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Stand' is played again after being promised the Slovenia performance was a one off.

12 August 1999 - Royaltone Studios, Hollywood, CA
tracks recorded: The Great Beyond
notes: Recording Session for 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack & movie, with Pat McCarthy & Jamie Candiloro.

13 August 1999 - Shoreline Amphitheatre At Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
support: Mercury Rev
soundcheck included: Sad Professor / Perfect Circle / Lotus / Wolves, Lower
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / Pop Song 89 / Suspicion / Pilgrimage / Daysleeper / Sad Professor / The One I Love / The Apologist / So Fast, So Numb / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / It Don't Come Easy (snippet) / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

15 August 1999 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Red Rocks Park, Morrison, CO
support: Mercury Rev
soundcheck included: Lotus / Driver 8 / Perfect Circle / I'll Take The Rain (Instrumental)
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Jesus - New Test Leper / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Electrolite / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / E-Bow The Letter / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Live For Today (spoken word) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Gardening At Night / Driver 8 / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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17 August 1999 - Retama Park Polo Grounds, Selma, TX
support: Mercury Rev, Wilco
soundcheck: Perfect Circle / Half A World Away / Undertow / Lotus
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Electrolite / Suspicion / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Pilgrimage / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / Everybody Hurts / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Pretty Persuasion / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Cuyahoga / Dallas (part) / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

19 August 1999 - Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Jesus - New Test Leper / Fall On Me / Suspicion / The Apologist / Half A World Away / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / E-Bow The Letter / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / The Wake-Up Bomb / Tongue / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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20 August 1999 - New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL
support: Wilco
soundcheck included: Perfect Circle / Disappear (Instrumental)
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Electrolite / Suspicion / Pilgrimage / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Low Desert / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Pop Song 89 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Falls To Climb (Stipe solo) / Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Big Spender - Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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21 August 1999 - Midway Stadium, St. Paul, MN
support: Wilco
soundcheck: Begin The Begin / Perfect Circle / Wolves, Lower / Lotus
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Train, Train (part) / Fall On Me / Suspicion / The One I Love / Have You Ever Seen The Rain? / Daysleeper / The Apologist / Electrolite / Sweetness Follows / Driver 8 (a capella) (part) / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Crush With Eyeliner / Gardening At Night / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: The encore had to be cut short due to an approaching thunderstorm, so 'Why Not Smile', 'The Wake-Up Bomb' & 'Tongue', had to be cut from the set. During the set trains could be heard going past the venue, so in tribute the band performed a short version of 'Train, Train', & Michael sang part of 'Driver 8' a capella.
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23 August 1999 - Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Suspicion / New Test Leper / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Everybody Hurts / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Losing My Religion / Find The River / E-Bow The Letter / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Walk Unafraid / Man On The Moon
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

24 August 1999 - The Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Canada
support: Wilco
soundcheck: I'll Take The Rain (Instrumental, working title 'Slide Guitar Song') / Sitting Still / Begin The Begin / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Perfect Circle / Camera / Lotus
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Begin The Begin / Daysleeper / The One I Love / Electrolite / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Man On The Moon / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Walk Unafraid / Losing My Religion
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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25 August 1999 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Stand / Daysleeper / Half A World Away / The One I Love / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Live For Today (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / Suspicious Minds - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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27 August 1999 - Alltel Pavilion At Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Electrolite / Everybody Hurts / Daysleeper / Camera / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / E-Bow The Letter / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / [Stipe story telling] / Find The River / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Camera' is played for the first time since 1985.
Before 'Camera', Stipe said: "Last night Peter & I & some friends went to eat in Carrboro, it was directly across the street from the first place that we ever played outside of Georgia, in July 17th of 1980, I think, The Station. So as we were getting carefully and slowly drunk on our delicious wine, we were rolling this around our head and decided tonight we wanted to play a song that we haven't played in 15 years. And these are the words, according to the internet, they're actually really wrong. But I don't know, they look really cool I think. Peter said and he's got a better memory of these things than I do, I'm not guaranteeing its going to sound like anything, this is not CATS, and this is not Mariah Carey here. Apparently the last time that we performed this song Peter said was in Winston-Salem. So that's pretty cool, that's where Mitch Easter lives. We hope you like it", & it was an amazing version as well. After the song, Michael said "well, that was kinda fun huh?, do you think we should offer that to Atlanta?, (cheering) OK, I take your advice" - Chris Hartstonge
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29 August 1999 - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Chastain Memorial Park, Atlanta, GA
support: Elf Power
soundcheck: Take Seven / Wolves, Lower / Sad Professor / Parakeet / Lotus / Nightswimming (x2) (w /Jun-Ching Lin (Violin) & Deborah Workman (Oboe)
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Pilgrimage / Suspicion / Electrolite / Everybody Hurts / Daysleeper / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Nightswimming / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Bill Berry comes out on stage after 'Find The River' to great cheers (but doesn't play anything). 'Nightswimming' makes its debut this tour, with Jun-Ching Lin on Violin & Deborah Workman on Oboe, joining Michael & Mike.
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30 August 1999 - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Chastain Memorial Park, Atlanta, GA
support: Wilco
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / So Fast, So Numb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Welcome To The Dollhouse - Stand / Daysleeper / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / E-Bow The Letter / At My Most Beautiful / Pop Song 89 / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Falls To Climb - Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Nightswimming / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Wolves, Lower / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Wolves, Lower' is played for the first time since 19 September 1989. Before 'Stand' Stipe sings 'Welcome To The Dollhouse'. Jun-Ching Lin on Violin & Deborah Workman on Oboe join Michael & Mike on 'Nightswimming'.

31 August 1999 - Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Chastain Memorial Park, Atlanta, GA
support: Olivia Tremor Control
soundcheck: I'll Take The Rain (Instrumental) / Take Seven / Disappear (Instrumental) / Lotus
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Camera / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Jesus - New Test Leper / The One I Love / Daysleeper / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Begin The Begin / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Long Road (Stipe solo) / Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Nightswimming / Crush With Eyeliner / Gardening At Night / Tongue / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Broadcast live on Atlanta radio station 99X. Jun-Ching Lin on Violin & Deborah Workman on Oboe join Michael & Mike on 'Nightswimming'.

2 September 1999 - Bumbershoot 1999, Memorial Stadium, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
support: Young Fresh Fellows, Saltine, The Picketts
soundcheck: Perfect Circle / Low Desert / Lotus / Take Seven / I'll Take The Rain (Instrumental)
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Everybody Hurts / Electrolite / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Long Road (Michael solo, one verse) / Hope (Stipe solo) / Long Road (Mills & Stipe) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

2 September 1999 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
notes: Bumbershoot after-show Party. Mike Mills & Scott McCaughey joined The Picketts onstage & sang on some songs.

4 September 1999 - Jones Beach Amphitheater, Jones Beach State Park, Wantaugh, NY
support: Spacehog
soundcheck included: Nightswimming (w/ Deni Bonet) / Losing My Religion (w/ Deni Bonet)
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Jesus - New Test Leper / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Fall On Me / Electrolite / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Pop Song 89 / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Nightswimming / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / E-Bow The Letter / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Patti Smith guests on backing vocals on 'E-Bow The Letter', Deni Bonet guests on violin on 'Losing My Religion' & 'Nightswimming'.
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5 September 1999 - Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre At The Waterfront, Camden, NJ
support: John Faye Power Trip, Spacehog
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Pilgrimage / Suspicion / Daysleeper / Crush With Eyeliner / The Apologist / Half A World Away / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Country Feedback / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / The Wake-Up Bomb / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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6 September 1999 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
support: Ben Trovato, Spacehog
set: Lotus / Crush With Eyeliner / The Wake-Up Bomb / Fall On Me / Suspicion / How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us / Stand / Daysleeper / The Apologist / Live For Today [Michael, spoken word] / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Star 69 / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Leave (Michael a capella) - Black Boys On Mopeds - Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Tongue / Wolves, Lower / Ghost Rider / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: 'Live For Today' is Michael reciting most of the lyrics as spoken word.
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8 September 1999 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
support: Patti Smith
set: Lotus / The Wake-Up Bomb / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / New Test Leper / Suspicion / Electrolite / Daysleeper / Fall On Me / The Apologist / The Great Beyond / Sweetness Follows / The One I Love / Happy Birthday To Willie Williams / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Pretty Persuasion / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Suspicious Minds - Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Cuyahoga / Tongue / E-Bow The Letter / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

10 September 1999 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
support: Spacehog
soundcheck included: Camera (x2)
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / The Wake-Up Bomb / Suspicion / Camera / Daysleeper / Low Desert / Everybody Hurts / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / The One I Love / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Finest Worksong / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Pop Song 89 / Tongue / Cuyahoga / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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11 September 1999 - Tweeter Center For The Performing Arts, Mansfield, MA
support: Spacehog
soundcheck: Instrumental #1 / I'll Take The Rain (Instrumental) / Low Desert / Parakeet / Lotus
set: Lotus / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / So Fast, So Numb / Wolves, Lower / Suspicion / Electrolite / Daysleeper / Sad Professor / The One I Love / The Apologist / Sweetness Follows / The Great Beyond / Fall On Me / Find The River / At My Most Beautiful / Losing My Religion / Man On The Moon / Walk Unafraid
encore: Leave - Hope (Stipe solo) / Why Not Smile (Mills & Stipe) / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Radio Free Europe / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
notes: Final show of the tour, and 'Radio Free Europe' finally makes it tour debut. 'Leave' is again Michael a capella for as much as he can remember of the song.
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September 1999 - Studio A, O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, NY
tracks recorded: Miracle / Man On The Moon (Orchestral) / Milk And Cookies / Lynne & Andy
notes: Mixing Session for 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack & movie, with Pat McCarthy.

8 October 1999 - The Museum Of Television & Radio, Beverly Hills, CA
notes: Rapid Eye Movement: R.E.M. On Television. Exhibit of visual & audio material - a 90 minute special featuring clips from music videos 'Man On The Moon', 'Losing My Religion', 'Everybody Hurts', & TV appearances including footage from VH1's Behind The Music, Rough Cut, MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers & Live Wire. This also included a new interview with Michael Stipe filmed earlier that week at the Museum in New York, NY. This 90 minute tribute to R.E.M. was shown on Thursdays at 7:30pm & on Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm. In addition 2 documentaries were screened: This Way Up & Uptake, which were screened on Fridays at 2pm & 3pm respectively. There was an audio tribute to R.E.M. with 'The R.E.M. Radio Hour', the 1996 R.E.M. interview special was available for listening at the Ralph Guild Radio Listening Rooms. This special ran until 28 November 1999.

8 October 1999 - The Museum Of Television And Radio, New York, NY
notes: Rapid Eye Movement: R.E.M. On Television. Exhibit of visual & audio material - a 90 minute special featuring clips from music videos 'Man On The Moon', 'Losing My Religion', 'Everybody Hurts', & TV appearances including footage from VH1's Behind The Music, Rough Cut, MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers & Live Wire. This also included a new interview with Michael Stipe filmed earlier that week at the Museum in New York, NY. This 90 minute tribute to R.E.M. was shown on Thursdays at 6pm & on Saturdays & Sundays at 4pm. In addition 2 documentaries were screened: This Way Up & Uptake, which were screened on Fridays at 7pm & 8pm respectively. There was an audio tribute to R.E.M. with 'The R.E.M. Radio Hour', the 1996 R.E.M. interview special was available for listening at the Ralph Guild Radio Listening Rooms. This special ran until 28 November 1999.

9 October 1999 - NetAid, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
other acts performing: Zucchero, Jewel, Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Puff Daddy, Sting, Cheb Mami, Jimmy Page, Busta' Rhymes, The Black Crowes, Wyclef Jean, Bono
set: New Day
notes: Michael Stipe joins Wyclef Jean, Bono, Sheryl Crow & others on the finale of 'New Day'.

13 October 1999 - Studio 24, Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
notes: Filming 'The Great Beyond' video, directed by Liz Friedlander.

14 October 1999 - West 9th Street & South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA
notes: Filming 'The Great Beyond' video, directed by Liz Friedlander.

20 November 1999 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
support: Sun Ra Arkestra, The Shaggs
set 1: That's Neat, That's Nice / I Want You Bad / If I Don't Have You / Captain Lou / Boarding House Pie / Be Here Now / Want You To Feel Good, Too / North To Alaska / Tommy Plays Guitar / Ain't No Free / Ain't It Alright / Designated Driver / Housekeeping / Come On, Let's Go
set 2: I Got A Rocket In My Pocket / Keep Looking For Tumbleweeds, Danny / Mouthwaterin' / Sail On, Sail On / Birdman / Green Lights / Rain At The Drive-In / Paris / Right String Baby, Wrong Yo-Yo / Daydream / Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? / You Didn't Have To Be So Nice / Get Rhythm / Mule In The Corn / Time To Put That Guitar Down
encore: The Simpson's Theme / 11 Bar Blues
notes: NRBQ show, as part of their 30th Anniversary shows. Joined by the Whole Wheat Horns & members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, & also Captain Lou Albano, John Sebastian & also Mike Mills on guitar for Johnny Cash's 'Get Rhythm'.

22 November 1999
event: 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack is released everywhere else outside of North America

23 November 1999
event: 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack is released in North America

December 1999 - La Casa Del Elefante, Seattle, WA
tracks recorded included: Dec 99 #1 / Peace And Love - (Dec 99 #2 - Trumpets) (Imitation Of Life) (Instrumental)
notes: Peter Buck's home studio Demo Recording Sessions.

7 December 1999 - Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY
notes: 'Man On The Moon' Movie Premiere, attended by Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe, alongside Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, director Milos Forman & others.

11 December 1999 - 'Saturday Night Live', NBC, Studio 8H, NBC Studios, GE Building, New York, NY
other guests appearing: Danny DeVito, Chris Kattan
dress rehearsal: The Great Beyond / Man On The Moon
set: The Great Beyond / Man On The Moon
notes: Television performance on 'Saturday Night Live' on NBC. Michael appeared as a blue fairy in one of the sketches throwing glitter and making fun of the songs 'Everybody Hurts' and 'It's The End Of The World Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)'. The band performed 'The Great Beyond' & 'Man On The Moon'.

13 December 1999 - 'Late Show With David Letterman', CBS, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY
other guests appearing: Courtney Love, Tori Murden
soundcheck: The Great Beyond (Instrumental) / The Great Beyond (with Vocal) (x3)
set: The Great Beyond
notes: Television performance on 'Late Show With David Letterman' on CBS. The band performed 'The Great Beyond'.

15 December 1999 - 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien', NBC, Studio 6A, NBC Studios, GE Buidling, New York, NY
other guests appearing: Julianne Moore, Rob Schneider
notes: Television appearance by Michael Stipe on 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien' on NBC. Interview with Michael Stipe by Conan O'Brien, promoting the 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack & movie.

21 December 1999 - 'Charlie Rose', PBS, Bloomberg Television Studios, Bloomberg Building, New York, NY
other guests appearing: Danny DeVito
notes: Television appearance on 'Charlie Rose' on PBS. Interview with Michael, Mike & Peter by Charlie Rose, discussing 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack, Bill Berry, their way of working, relationship with Warner Bros, & playing live.

22 December 1999
event: 'Man On The Moon' film is released in North America

23 December 1999 - The Queen Latifah Show, New York, NY
other guests appearing: Danny DeVito, Heavy D
notes: Television appearance by Michael Stipe on 'The Queen Latifah Show'. Interview with Michael Stipe by Queen Latifah, promoting 'Music From The Motion Picture Man On The Moon' soundtrack & movie.