R.E.M. :: Viceroy Park, Charlotte, NC, November 7, 1981

We’re rapidly approaching the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s debut single, the epochal “Radio Free Europe,” released on July 8, 1981. The band has a few things in the works to celebrate, but in the meantime, let’s dip into the band’s live archive . . .

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