Mike will play at the upcoming Alex Chilton memorial show at Levitt Bandshell in Overton Park, Memphis, May 15. The show is a tribute to Chilton who passed away from a heart attack on March 17th. Ken Stringfellow, a member of Big Star since 1993
Here’s a photo of Mike and Scott with legendary New Orleans Queen of Soul Irma Thomas last night prior to her show at The Precinct. Scott says, “Amazing show!!! And the boiled shrimp was good too…”
photo:
Mary Winzig
Check out Michael’s TRIBUTE TO YOUTUBE 5 YEARS, a cool series of clips shot in New Orleans.
(A tip of the HQ hat to murmurs.com for their early post…)
photos: Bob Whittaker
Michael and Peter joined Patti Smith onstage last night at her show in New Orleans at Tipitina’s for a handful of songs. Peter came out first and played guitar on The Seeds “Pushin Too Hard.” Later on, Peter and Scott McCaughey jumped on stage for a cover of
Today is Record Store Day. If you have a favorite independent record store in your town, please stop by and support them. As we reported last week, a limited edition and individually numbered, blue vinyl 12″ re-issue of R.E.M.’s long out of print debut e.p., Chronic Town,
Lots going on leading into the weekend as R.E.M. finishes up week one of their 2010 return to the studio. Stay tuned for a report from the studio later today. In the meantime, here are some of the various things of note we’ve rounded up
Peter, Mike, and Michael are back in the studio this week and have resumed work on their next record with Jacknife Lee and his team. As we reported back in November 2009, the band recorded demos with Lee in New Orleans in the Fall for what will
Athensmusicjunkie has a nice recap of the recent five-hour R.E.M. radio marathon put together by WUOG at the University of Georgia in celebration of the band’s 30th anniversary. The station has also posted the playlist from the April 5th show.
REM @ 30
All the best
A limited edition and individually numbered, blue vinyl 12″ re-issue of R.E.M.’s long out of print debut e.p., Chronic Town, will be available at select independent record stores on Record Store Day, April 17th. Click on the link just below for a list of participating stores:
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Colin Meloy of the Decemberists reported via Twitter recently that Peter played alongside the Portland-based band at one of their recent recording sessions: “First official day of #6 practice; made Peter Buck play my fake-REM riffs and he didn’t seem perturbed. Nor litigious.” Read more about the
Click on the video below to watch Mike playing “Sing Their Souls Back Home,” a Billy Bragg song which Mike covered for The Voice Project. The Voice Project is a song-driven movement inspired by the women of Uganda who are using their voices and songs as
With the onset of the 30th anniversary of R.E.M., we asked a few photographers who have worked with the band over the years to send along the image they like the best for the occasion. Four answered the call, Sandra Lee Phipps and Laura Levine from the early days
Happy birthday to R.E.M. who started out thirty years ago to the day on April 5th, 1980. To commemorate the milestone, we’ve posted a photo essay including shots by a few of the essential photographers who have chronicled R.E.M.’s past in pictures. Also be sure to
The festivities surrounding the 30th anniversary of R.E.M.’s first performance conclude tonight with the final screening of the “R.E.M. @ 30: A Video Retrospective” at Cine at 7:30 p.m. The 90ish-minute collection includes clips of rare footage, interviews, performances, and other videos since the band’s beginnings up through more recent