Tourfilm is a documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

-style concert film

Concert film

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 by American rock band R.E.M. The film chronicles the band's 1989 Green tour of North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

. Produced by frontman Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...

 and director Jim McKay

Jim McKay (director)

Jim McKay is an American film and television director, producer and writer.He has directed episodes of The Wire, Treme, Big Love, and Criminal Intent as well as writing and directing Everyday People and Angel Rodriguez.-Career:...

, the black-and-white film features aspects of avant-garde

Avant-garde

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 and experimental filmmaking

Filmmaking

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, including handheld camera shots and stock footage.

Unlike most films of its genre, Tourfilm is noticeably devoid of standard rock movie staples such as backstage footage and interviews with band members. The DVD

DVD

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 release of this film debuted in August 2000.

Set list

1. "Stand"
2. "The One I Love"
3. "These Days"
4. "Turn You Inside-Out"
5. "World Leader Pretend"
6. "Feeling Gravitys Pull"
7. "I Believe"
8. "I Remember California"
9. "Get Up
   Get Up (R.E.M. song)
   "Get Up" was the fourth and final single to be released by R.E.M. from the band's sixth studio album Green. It was included in the limited edition Singleactiongreen box set released in November 1989. The song was released as a single only in the U.S. but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot...
   
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10. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    "It's the End of the World as We Know It " is a song by the rock band R.E.M., which appeared on their 1987 album Document, the 1988 compilation Eponymous, and the 2006 compilation And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987...
    
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11. "Pop Song 89
    Pop Song 89
    "Pop Song 89" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s sixth studio album Green. It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100, and in the UK "Stand" was re-released instead....
    
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12. "Fall on Me
    Fall on Me
    "Fall on Me" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their fourth album Lifes Rich Pageant . It was the first of two singles released from that LP. It peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Meaning and origin:Though R.E.M...
    
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13. "You Are The Everything"
14. "Begin the Begin
    Begin the Begin
    "Begin the Begin" is the first song on R.E.M.'s fourth album, Lifes Rich Pageant. Lead singer Michael Stipe has called it "a song of personal, political activism." Though never released as a single, it still appears frequently in the band's live performances as a song early in the set...
    
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15. "King Of Birds"
16. "Finest Worksong
    Finest Worksong
    "Finest Worksong" was the third and final single released from R.E.M.'s fifth studio album Document. It peaked at #50 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1988, at the time the group's highest-charting single in the UK....
    
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17. "Perfect Circle
    Perfect Circle (song)
    "Perfect Circle" is an R.E.M. song and is the 6th track from their 1983 debut album Murmur. R.E.M. fans hold this song in high regard and is widely considered a fan favorite. It is one of the few R.E.M...
    
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18. "After Hours
    After Hours (song)
    "After Hours" is a 1969 song written by Lou Reed and originally performed by The Velvet Underground. It is the tenth and final track on their self-titled album. It is one of few songs with lead vocals by drummer Maureen Tucker, as Lou Reed stated the song was "so innocent and pure" that he could...
    
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