No Rock And Roll Fun

IT'S LIKE SUPPORT ROULETTE: If you're planning on going to see REM on their 'in your face, Bono' world tour next year, you'll have a chance of seeing Bright Eyes or - slightly less excitingly - the Thrills in support. ("Seeing" is a bit of a stretch, of course, as the venues are so huge you're not really likely to "see" anything much). On the other hand, you might get a set from Joseph Arthur or Brainstorm. If you want to check if you're one of the lucky ones, here's the REM dates and supports announced so far:

Lisbon Atlantico Arena - January 7 with Joseph Arthur;
Madrid Palacio Vistalegro - 8 with Joseph Arthur;
Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi - 8 with Joseph Arthur;
Marseille Dome St Just - 11 with Joseph Arthur;
Geneva Arena - 12 with Joseph Arthur;
Basle St Jakobshalle - 13 with Joseph Arthur;
Milan Forum di Assago - 15 with Joseph Arthur;
Bolzano Palaonda - 16 with Brainstorm;
Ljubljana Hala Tivoli - 17 with Brainstorm;
Zagreb Dom Sportova - 19 with Brainstorm;
Belgrade New Arena - 21 with Brainstorm;
Budapest Sport Arena - 22 with Brainstorm;
Prague Sazka Arena - 23 with Brainstorm;
Riga Kipsa Exhibition Hall - 25 with Brainstorm;
Tallinn Saka Suur Hall - 26 with Brainstorm;
St Petersburg Ice Arena - 27 with Brainstorm;
Helsinki Hartwell - 29 with Brainstorm;
Stockholm Globe - 31 with The Thrills;
Oslo Spektrum - February 1 with The Thrills;
Rotterdam Ahoy - 3 with The Thrills;
Oberhausen Kopi Arena - 4 with The Thrills;
Hannover Preussag Arena - 5 with The Thrills;
Antwerp Sportpalais - 7 with The Thrills;
Paris Bercy - 8 with The Thrills;
Vienna Stadhalle - 11 with The Thrills;
Stuttgart Schleyerhalle - 12 with The Thrills;
Liepzig Arena - 13 with The Thrills;
Berlin Velodrom - 15 with The Thrills;
Copenhagen Forum - 16 with The Thrills;
Hamburg Color Line Arena - 17 with The Thrills;
Carling Apollo Hammersmith - February 19;
Sheffield Hallam FM Arena - 21;
Glasgow SECC - 22;
Birmingham NEC - 23;
Belfast Odyssey - 25;
Dublin Point Theatre - 26/27;
Cape Town Bellville Velodrome - March 3;
Durban ABSA Stadium - 8;
Johannesburg Coca-Cola Dome - 10;
Tokyo Budokan - 15;
Nagoya Geijyutsu Gekijyo - 17;
Osaka Grand Cube - 18;
Hong Kong - Wanchai; Convention & Exhibition - 20;
Christchurch Westpac - 24 with Bright Eyes;
New Plymouth Bowl Of Brooklands - 26 with Bright Eyes;
Brisbane Entertainment Centre - 29 with Bright Eyes;
Sydney Entertainment Centre - 31 with Bright Eyes;
Melbourne Rod Laver Arena - April 3 with Bright Eyes;
Adelaide Entertainment Centre - 6 with Bright Eyes;
Perth Burswood Dome - 8 with Bright Eyes;
Graz Freizeitzentrum - June 5;
Lancashire County Cricket Ground - 17;
Loch Lomond Balloch Country Park - 18;
Gothenburg Tragarn - 21;
Oslo Ullevall Stadium - 22;
Stavanger Viking Stadion - 23;
Bonn Museumplatz - 28;
Dresden Elbufer - 29;
Hull The KC Stadium - July 5;
Nottingham Forest Football Club - 6;
Ipswich Town Football Club - 8;
London Hyde Park - 9;
Cardiff Millennium Stadium - 10;