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MICHAEL STIPE’S LAST STAND: THE QUIETUS INTERVIEW


During his recent round of press in the UK, Michael spoke with Jude Rogers of The Quietus. Here’s an excerpt followed by a link to the full interview just below: You’re a 51-year-old man. Not much hair. Glasses. You’ve been doing the same job for nearly 30 years.

WATCH MIKE AND MICHAEL INTERVIEW ON NORWEGIAN TV


Check out Mike and Michael in this eleven-minute interview on Norwegian TV in which they discuss the forthcoming hits retrospective and the three new songs, politics, the band’s decision to call it a day, as well as other topics. Click here to watch.

Many thanks to Ole for

WEEK 4 SONG OF THE WEEK: “EVERYBODY HURTS”


Our “Song of the Week” series continues today with another track from the band’s upcoming release, R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011, due out on November 15.

This week’s song is “Everybody Hurts” and, as with the first three weeks, we’re asking fans to submit their own

R.E.M. HITS WEBSITE UPDATED WITH ENTRIES FOR ALL 40 TRACKS


The new R.E.M. Hits website has been updated to include entries for all 40 tracks on the upcoming hits retrospective, R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. At the site, fans can contribute their own memories, thoughts, comments, personal videos, covers and photos spanning R.E.M.’s 31

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QUICK POSTCARD FROM LONDON


It’s the last day of press and promo for Mike and Michael here– the same weekend Peter starts his tour with John Wesley Harding and friends. Life marches on . . .

As usual, London has been fun and the guys have enjoyed talking to various TV,

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ATHENS LISTENING PARTIES ROUNDUP!


We’re just over a week away from the listening party extravaganzas which will be held here in Athens on November 13th and 14th to celebrate the release of the band’s hits retrospective R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. These events (listed below) will be the

2ND L.A. SHOW ADDED THIS SUNDAY ON JOHN WESLEY HARDING/MINUS 5 TOUR


Peter and Scott McCaughey hit the road Saturday performing double duty with John Wesley Harding & The King Charles Trio and The Minus 5. Opening night is this Saturday at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco. Sunday’s show at McCabe’s in Santa Monica has sold out, so

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WATCH MIKE AND MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH XFM


This morning Mike and Michael met with Danny Wallace of XFM to discuss the forthcoming greatest hits retrospective, life after R.E.M., and a bunch of other interesting topics. You can watch the full interview at XFM’s site:

Check out Part 1 of the interview here followed by Part

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LISTEN TO MIKE AND MICHAEL ON DRIVETIME WITH SIMON MAYO TODAY


Mike and Michael are in the UK doing press and interviews for the band’s forthcoming retrospective R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. Tonight, the pair will be on Simon Mayo’s Drivetime program which airs 17:00-19:00 UK time (5 and 7pm, GMT) on BBC Radio 2.