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R.E.M.
31 May 1989
National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham, England

disc 1:
01. Pop Song 89
02. Exhuming Mccarthy
03. Welcome To The Occupation
04. Turn You Inside-Out
05. Wolves, Lower
06. Orange Crush
07. Fall On Me
08. Feeling Gravitys Pull (end cut)
09. Swan Swan H
10. World Leader Pretend
11. Finest Worksong (cut after song)
12. Get Up
13. Pretty Persuasion
14. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
15. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

disc 2:
encore 1:
01. Stand
02. Sitting Still
03. King Of Birds
04. You Are The Everything
encore 2:
05. Harpers
06. Summertime
07. Begin The Begin
08. The Wrong Child (snippet), intros, thanks
09. Perfect Circle
10. Dark Globe
11. After Hours

Notes:
Show begins with MS saying 'Don't...throw...bottles...at...me.  Thank You.'
Nice lead in/out to disc one.  I think the entire break is left unedited.  
MS adds a few seconds of improvised vocal harmony to the into of King Of Birds
MS calls a halt t Begin The Begin midway through, then says 'Can I have my white jacket please?'  After about a minute, the song is resumed where it was cut off
MS assures the crows that unlike Jackie Gleason, who drank bourbon out of his coffee cup, he is having herbal tea
Last show of three consecutive shows, which seems to be about MS's limit.  He seems to be a bit touchy at the beginning, but warms up.
A very long intro/thanks break during which, MS urges the crows to aquire a check from mom, cash it, have a pint--ONE pint, and give the rest to Greenpeace.
This is the last show the Blue Aeoroplanes open for R.E.M., so they are give a few extra lines of thanks for their tolerance, playing well, etc.
static/distortion inthe right channel

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