European tour dates will be announced on Tuesday
Source: R.E.M.hq
R.E.M.hq reported that the dates of the first phase of the 2005 European Tour will be announced on
www.remhq.com on Tuesday, September 7th at 12 Noon UK time (1pm CET).
Fan Club members who got postcards containing an unique key code and registered on the R.E.M.hq website, received an e-mail today with detailed information on the pre-sale offer. If you received an unique key code and haven't registered yet, you can still go to the remhq.com and fill in the registration form.
R.E.M. secret gig details revealed
Source: NME.com
R.E.M. are the top secret headliners of a charity show in London, NME.com revealed.
Besides the band, Razorlight and Jamelia are among the stars who have signed up for the show at the London Hammersmith Apollo (September 14), which is in aid of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign.
NME.com revealed that the "very special headline artist" is the American band. A similar event in October 2002 at the London Astoria saw Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher and Ms Dynamite perform live.
A statement reads: "Make Trade Fair LIVE has been organised by Oxfam to highlight the impact of unfair trade rules on poor farmers in the developing world. Oxfam is working to make trade fair and lift people in the developing world out of poverty."
All profits from will go to Oxfam. Tickets are on sale now, and are priced £25 standing, and £30 seated. The ticketline number is 0870 606 3400.
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2000: Stoke. 2001: Huddersfield, Cardiff. 2002: London. 2003: Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Manchester, London.
2006: Dusseldorf, Glasgow, Manchester, Coventry, Southampton, MK x2, Hull, NJ x3.
2007: London JBJ Q&A, London, NJ x3. 2008: Dublin, Manchester, Coventry, Bristol, London x2.
2010: NJ x3, London x4. 2011: Munich, Manchester, London, Dublin x2, Lisbon. 2012: RS London.
2013: Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin, London. 2014: RS Belfast. 2016: London. 2019: Dublin x2, Liverpool, London