REM - Cuyahoga @ Madrid, Spain - 9 May 2001

What this video is

Captured during R.E.M.'s 'Reveal' promo tour (May 2001), a deliberately non-traditional promotional campaign in which the band substituted major touring with targeted television and radio appearances across Europe and North America. 'Cuyahoga,' originally from the 1986 album 'Lifes Rich Pageant,' was a notable inclusion in a setlist otherwise dominated by 'Reveal'-era material, signalling the band's continued…

Why it matters

Documents R.E.M.'s sustained relevance as a legacy alternative rock act in early-2000s European pop media. The inclusion of the environmentally and politically themed 'Cuyahoga' (1986) within a 2001 promotional television context illustrates the band's practice of bridging their IRS-era college…