1985


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28 April 1985
Rutgers The State University Of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull [cut] / Green Grow The Rushes [drop outs] / So. Central Rain
notes: Pre-broadcast raw footage


20-28 May 1985
Various Locations, Athens & Philomath, GA
notes: Snippet of outtakes/behind the scenes footage from the Can’t Get There From Here video shoot, directed by Michael Stipe, Aguar Bros. Films & Hartley Schilling


27 May 1985
McIver Amphitheater, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Green Grow The Rushes / 7 Chinese Bros. / Hyena / Good Advices / Talk About The Passion / Driver 8 / Can’t Get There From Here / Maps And Legends / So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It / Little America
encore 1: Riders In The Sky / Second Guessing / (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville / Wild Thing
encore 2: Theme From Two Steps Onward / 9-9 / Windout / Gardening At Night
notes:  USA For Africa benefit concert which R.E.M. headlined. Don Dixon joined the band on stage for (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville and Wild Thing


27 May 1985
McIver Amphitheater, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
notes: Raw footage


May 1985
Week In Review, MTV
notes: Live footage & short Peter Buck interview clip from the 27 May 1985 USA For Africa benefit gig in Raleigh, NC


Spring 1985
MTV News, MTV
notes: Interview clips & live footage from the 28th April Rutgers show


Spring 1985
MTV News, MTV
notes: Interview clips & live footage from the 28th April Rutgers show


June 1985
MTV News, MTV
notes: News report focusing R.E.M.’s college tour, including interview clips &  live footage


June 1985
IRS Records, Los Angeles, CA
notes: Promotional Fables of The Reconstruction TV spot


1 July 1985
Musik Convoy, Friebad Hiltrup, Münster, West Germany
set: Driver 8 / Interview
notes: Michael Stipe interviewed by Alan Bangs


11 July 1985
Two At Four, Portland, OR
notes: Interview with Peter Buck & Mike Mills


13 July 1985
Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada
notes: Raw interview footage of Michael Stipe prior to that nights performance


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