Live: R.E.M. at Hollywood Bowl

THE CHANT from the audience at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday welled up after R.E.M. had played seven songs. Was the two-syllable chorus a spontaneous cheer for one of the musicians? A mass request for a particular song? No, as it came into focus, the crowd's message was clear: "Lou-der. . . . Lou-der."

By Richard Cromelin

May 31, 2008