It's officially announced : there will be a new REM dvd due for
october, 16th :

On October 16th, R.E.M. will release its first ever live CD/DVD in a
career that has spanned 27 remarkable years. The dual package, titled
R.E.M. Live , features 22 songs from the group's memorable performance
at the Point Theatre in Dublin on February 27th, 2005. R.E.M. Live
was filmed by acclaimed director Blue Leach (Depeche Mode, Snow
Patrol) who accompanied R.E.M. on their 116-date tour into 33
countries in support of Around The Sun . Just two years earlier,
Leach's deft camera work and artistic video mix during R.E.M.'s
Manchester Move Festival performance made a strong impression on the
band. Here, Leach skillfully brings together his signature techniques
to capture R.E.M. doing what they do best at one of the most
celebrated venues on their 2005 worldwide tour.

R.E.M. Live features songs spanning the band's many studio albums,
including rare performances of "I Took Your Name" from 1994's Monster
and "Ascent of Man" from the band's most recent studio album Around
The Sun, as well as the singles ?(Don't Go Back To) Rockville,?
(featuring bassist Mike Mills on lead vocals) from 1984's Reckoning ,
"The Great Beyond" from the Man on the Moon soundtrack, "Imitation of
Life" from 2001's Reveal , and the previously unreleased crowd-pleaser
"I'm Gonna DJ."

R.E.M. Live is not to be confused with R.E.M.'s recent "non-shows" at
the Olympia Theatre in Dublin (June 30th-July 5th 2007). The actual
show with actual songs actually did happen in February 2005, and it is
sheer coincidence that it took place in Dublin other than the fact
that when R.E.M. is in Dublin, great things seem to happen.

Source : REM HQ

Well, it sounds nice, but I supposed this means that the new album
won't be released before the end of this year, which is not a good
news...
Also the live cd release seems to me useless if it's exactly the same
thing that appears on the dvd. There is no mention of special bonus on
the dvd, but maybe there'll be some extras.

TRACKLISTING :

I Took Your Name

So Fast, So Numb

Boy In The Well

Cuyahoga

Everybody Hurts

Electron Blue

Bad Day

Ascent Of Man

Great Beyond

Leaving New York

Orange Crush

I Wanted To Be Wrong

Final Straw

Imitation Of Life

The One I Love

Walk Unafraid

Losing My Religion

What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

Drive

(Don't Go Back To) Rockville

I'm Gonna DJ [previously unreleased]

Man On The Moon

thierry