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■ＲＥＭ2005の記録！
On arrival in Kiwi country, R.E.M. were warmly welcomed by a band of Taranaki's Maori locals (not so warmly by the region's hoteliers). That wasn't as bizarre as it would get, however - the entire gig was played with a duck-filled pond sandwiched between the band and the audience. When the rain started pouring down during a spiritual set that night, many gig-goers waded waste-high into the pond for a closer glimpse, as R.E.M. struck up Have You Ever Seen The Rain? and Nightswimming. Rain, in fact, was reawakened as a dominant theme for R.E.M. in 2005 - the band was deluged in Hull and, gloriously, Cologne. That blue stripe sure can run, Michael (maybe it's Maybelline?).
R.E.M. turn 25 on Adelaide's sunny shore (April 6)
And they had cake, too. Cheering anyone still with an eye on solidarity and times gone by, R.E.M. took time off to celebrate their own achievements over the last quarter-century. It almost went unnoticed, but that was because the band was in the middle of a tour in which they were presenting themselves as vivacious, enthusiastic and relevant - time flies when you're having fun. Murmurs, too, marked the occasion with a live tribute back to the band, the ThankYouREM website. Here's to 25 more!
More after the jump
That's It, I'm Leaving Murmurs (May 25)
And he meant it. Sort of. Murmurs founder Ethan Kaplan, having scored a funky day job at R.E.M. label Warner Bros. Records, announced he was to take a back seat to avoid conflicts of interest. Ethan joined the throng of homesteaders on the electronic frontier when he started a web homage to his favourite band in 1996. Nine years and 20,000 members later, Murmurs is the biggest single online gathering of R.E.M. fans and, usually, a very beautiful place. Kaplan recently implemented a whole site upgrade from the sidelines.
R.E.M. stand with Suu Kyi in Dublin-Burma broadcast (June 19)
Not ones to let earlier political events get them down (what election?), R.E.M. joined other artists and politicians expressing solidarity with detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi when they picked her 60th birthday to dedicate three personal bravery anthems at Ardgillan Castle, Dublin. In delicious globalised-media irony, the concert was beamed right into Burma, which has a military government, via an Oslo-based TV network.
R.E.M. join Live8 acts on big gig day and R.E.M. complete second gig of back-to-back Saturday (June 30)
Already booked to play Switzerland's St Gallen Festival that evening, R.E.M. couldn't turn down the invitation, when it came, to join the summer's big G8 rock fest. Mimicking Phil Collins' jetsetting antics at the original Live Aid, the band dropped a favourites set to rave reviews from one of their largest ever audiences, before flying across Europe to make good on their tour schedule. Watching live around the world, Murmursians, too, covered both events with several marathon posting sessions.
London blasts force postponement of Hyde Park show (July 7)
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