Thanks to Scott McCaughey for the following update:
The Minus 5, sporting yet another one-time-only line-up of Peter Buck, Scott, current M5 drummer Ezra Holbrook, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Dave Depper (Norfolk & Western, Loch Lomond, Jolie Holland), and Rebecca Gates (Spinanes), performed at a benefit for the LEP (Leadership &
On June 23, 2009, Universal Music will release Reckoning – Deluxe Edition (I.R.S./A&M/UMe), a two-CD set, featuring the original album remastered, plus a bonus disc of a previously unreleased concert recorded during the band’s “Little America” tour at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on July 7, 1984 (broadcast on WXRT) (see
A one-hour version of R.E.M.’s European Tour finale from the original Olympic stadium, Panathinaiko “Kallimarmaro” in Athens, Greece (the concert which launched MTV in Greece) will be re-broadcast worldwide on Friday, April 24th. Please check the program schedule just below the video clips for a time in your area:
Tonight, Peter will join the Normaltown Flyers for their 30th anniversary show at the Melting Point in Athens. The Flyers, longtime fixtures at Athens institution Allen’s in the Normaltown district, are expected to be joined by numerous friends and fellow musicians, including Peter, throughout the night.
On Friday, April 24th, a one-hour version of R.E.M.’s monumental European Tour finale from Athens, Greece, will be re-broadcast worldwide by MTV. Please check the program schedule just below the video clip for a time in your area, and, as always, consult local listings for the latest information: