R.E.M. has posted a second preview of its upcoming 39-song, 2CD Live at the Olympia album, a video of the band performing Automatic for the People opener “Drive.” Due out Oct. 26, the CD/DVD package was culled from five nights of “working rehearsals” in Dublin in 2007 that preceded the recording of last year’s Accelerate.
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Video: R.E.M., ‘Living Well is the Best Revenge’ from ‘Live at the Olympia’
- R.E.M. ‘Live at the Olympia’ tracklist revealed; 39-song, 2CD set due Oct. 26
- Peter Buck, Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey plan triple-bill band-swapping tour
- Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Frank Black pay tribute to Miracle Legion’s Mark Mulcahy
- R.E.M. previews live album with ‘Reckoning Songs From the Olympia’ digital EP
- R.E.M. planning ‘Reckoning’ reissue, ‘Dublin Working Rehearsals’ live album
- R.E.M. crashes its own tribute concert, plays surprise song with Patti Smith
