From nme.com:
The four original members of REM reformed at the weekend (October 8) to perform at the wedding of one of their roadies. The performance marks only the second time Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills have performed with drummer Bill Berry since he left the band in 1997. The four played seven songs at Kingpins Bowl And Brew in Athens, Georgia, at technician Dewitt Burton's wedding.
"It was awesome to look behind me and see Bill on drums," bass player Mills said afterwards. "By the time they got to the first chorus it was packed shoulder-to-shoulder," owner Ed Connolly told Billboard.com . "Nobody really knew it was going to happen. They didn't know if Bill was going to make it, and I don't know if they had a chance to rehearse."
According to Connolly, the group decided to play while the real wedding band were taking a break. Lead singer Stipe toasted the bride and groom during the set and invited requests from the 300-strong crowd. The bride requested 'Begin The Begin' from the 1986 album 'Life's Rich Pageant'.
The set was:
'Sitting Still'
'(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'
'Wolves, Lower'
'Begin The Begin'
'The One I Love'
'Permanent Vacation'
'Radio Free Europe'
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Nice choices! And it sounds like the bride likes to rock, but then, what do you expect from the wife of a roadie. I've always wondered why Bill Berry quit altogether. Seems like he would enjoy making albums and letting someone else play drum while he remains in Georgia being a gentleman farmer. Oh well.
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