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LIVE CLIP OF OH MY HEART AT STEREOGUM


Stereogum.com has posted a live video of the band performing Oh My Heart at Hansa Studio in Berlin. Click here to listen to Michael describe the song and to watch the performance.

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COLLAPSE INTO NOW PRE-LISTENING PARTY SLATED FOR MARCH 7TH IN ATHENS


R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Pre-release Listening Party in Athens, GA

Benefiting Community Connection of Northeast Georgia & Family Connection / Communities in Schools of Athens / Whatever It Takes

Monday, March 7, 2010

Doors at 6:30 p.m. (event begins promptly at 7 p.m.)

40 Watt Club

285 West Washington Street

Athens, GA 30601

All ages

Tickets: $10 advance

Advance

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MIKE TALKS ABOUT COLLAPSE INTO NOW


Earlier this week Mike did an interview with Rich McLaughlin in which he discusses the making of the new record and a few other topics.

Please click here to read the interview.

UBERLIN LYRIC VIDEO AT HUFFINGTON POST


The lyric video for Ãœberlin, R.E.M.’s first International single from Collapse Into Now, has been posted at Huffingtonpost.com. The lyric video, which features a subway map with the lyrics marked as destination points, is also accompanied by producer Jacknife Lee’s thoughtful commentary (above the clip) on the track.

UBERLIN WORLD PREMIERE MONDAY JANUARY 24TH


BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce Show will play the world exclusive of Ãœberlin on Monday, January 24th between the hours of 9:00AM and Noon. Listeners should tune into the Ken Bruce Show here.

Irish listeners can catch Ãœberlin on the Colm Hayes Show Monday just after

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COLLAPSE INTO NOW 4-SONG SAMPLER


We’ve posted a 4-song sampler from COLLAPSE INTO NOW in the HQTV player which you can access by clicking on the “Listen Now” banner at the top of the right-hand side of the banner column. Songs included are “Mine Smell Like Honey,” “Discoverer,” “It Happened Today,” and “Oh My

A SALUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR (UPDATED)


All I’m saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you

REMIX IT TODAY!


Fire up your laptops and get ready to remix your own version of “It Happened Today.” Jacknife Lee has just delivered all the multi-track files and we are posting them here for you to download, remix, reimagine, remake. They are in AIFF and Garageband formats, so pick

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FIRST U.S. SINGLE “MINE SMELL LIKE HONEY” DUE OUT JANUARY 18TH


The band’s new single, “Mine Smell Like Honey,” will be released to radio in the USA on January 18th. The single, from R.E.M.’s forthcoming record Collapse Into Now, will also be available for sale at iTunes and other music outlets that same day.

For a sneak peek of “Mine Smell Like

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IMAGINE FASHION INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL


Imagine Fashion has posted a fantastic interview with Michael in which he discusses a number of topics: the emergence of his interest in art, the visual nature of his lyrics, how his series of bronze camera sculptures function as permanent ephemera, and, among other things, his latest artistic

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MICHAEL TO PERFORM AT TIBET HOUSE CONCERT


Michael will perform at the 21st Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 3rd along with Philip Glass, Angelique Kidjo, James McCartney, The Roots, Patti Smith (with Jesse Smith) and Michael Campbell. Tickets for the concert are on sale now and can be purchased online