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Edited by Jonathan Cohen
/ October 18,
2001, 4:25 PM
R.E.M. Returns To Athens
For Secret Show
| R.E.M. pulled off a
top-secret, hush-hush concert in its hometown of Athens, Ga., on
Tuesday night (Oct. 16), taking the stage at the Georgia Theatre in
front of a less-than-packed house that had come to see a movie and a
local band.
Only a handful of the 200
or so people in attendance knew the world-famous band would perform
that night. The crowd had come to see a free screening of "Our
Song," the new film by former Athens resident Jim McKay, and a set
by a local band called the Possibilities.
But the buzz began as R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, joined
by Scott McCaughey and Ken Stringfellow, who both perform on the
band's latest Warner Bros. album, "Reveal," took the stage with the
Possibilities.
The band -- Buck, Mike
Mills, and Michael Stipe -- joined by McCaughey, Stringfellow, and
drummer Joey Waronker, walked onstage shortly after 11 p.m. to play
a 15-song set, opening with "Imitation of Life," the first single
from "Reveal."
R.E.M.'s performance --
its first full-band set in Athens since 1992 -- came about as band
members were in town rehearsing for this weekend's 15th annual
Bridge School Benefit Concerts outside San Francisco and the
Groundwork 2001 show in Seattle on Monday (Oct. 22).
"Peter had been really wanting to do a
show while he was in town, and the stars really were just in the
right alignment for this to happen," band manager Bertis Downs
said.
Local organization Community
Connection sponsored the event to thank residents for their
generosity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Here is R.E.M.'s setlist:
"Imitation of Life"
"All the Way to Reno"
"The Great Beyond"
"The Lifting"
"Let Me In"
"Cuyahoga"
"She
Just Wants to Be"
"Lotus"
"Walk
Unafraid"
"Losing My Religion"
"Man on
the Moon"
encore:
"I've
Been High"
"Ghost Rider"
"It's the End
of the World As We Know It"/"People Have the Power"
Copyright
2001 Billboard.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. AP contributed to
this report.
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