Mike will host this Sunday’s Live Hour on Xfm where he will be introducing tracks recorded at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre in July 2007. The famed series of shows were used as ââ¬Ëlive rehearsals’ ahead of recording sessions for R.E.M.’s fourteenth album, Accelerate.
The tracks broadcast on Sunday are from
We’re in the final stretch leading up to the release of Live At the Olympia (due out October 26th internationally and October 27th stateside). As announced earlier today, Mike Mills will be Xfm’s guest host this Sunday, when, beginning at 8pm UK time, he’ll be playing tracks from
To celebrate the release of LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA, the band has teamed up with ShareMyPlaylists.com and Spotify to give away an exclusive piece of signed artwork.
To enter and to have a chance at winning, all you need to do is upload your dream R.E.M. setlist as a
With the release date of LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA just under a week away (Oct. 27th), we are pleased to announce that NPR.org is hosting an exclusive “First Listen” of the entire 39-song record beginning today. Visit npr.org now and have a listen…
Our good friend Ken Stringfellow hits the road with his sonic powerhouse of a band The Disciplines for a few dates this month and next in support of their truly fine disc Smoking Kills. See dates below, check out this video, and stop by their
THIS IS NOT A SHOW will screen in Vienna at 9pm at Votiv Kino on Wednesday, October 21st. For more information on the exclusive screening please visit derstandard.at.
The concert-documentary by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah is also scheduled to screen tomorrow in São Paulo at Studio SP
Late last week, Mike was on the Steve Lamacq show to discuss LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA. The show is now posted on the BBC6 Music site. If you’d like to hear the interview, you will need to scroll forward once the program has loaded, as Mike
Here’s your R.E.M. weekend roundup:
1) I’M COLLECTING VINYL?: A lot of people of late have been asking if LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA will be available on vinyl. Our answer is a definitive “Yes”! It is coming on vinyl, and in fact, Chris Bilheimer showed us the vinyl “plus/plus “
We are excited to be able to offer a Special Edition of R.E.M. LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA containing all 39 songs on 4 LPs in gatefold sleeves for preorder. A third gatefold sleeve contains 2 CDs of the show, as well as a DVD of the film THIS IS NOT
Last week, Mike and I spent a few days in Washington, DC for the annual Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit:
Greg Kot’s takeaway pretty accurately described the proceedings.
It was a very worthwhile conference and all the presentations I attended were thought-provoking and interesting, and
We hope you enjoy the new trailer for This Is Not A Show…
New This Is Not A Show Trailer by Bill Berg-Hillinger
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This Is Not A Show, the concert documentary which chronicles R.E.M.’s five-night stand in Dublin, Ireland, in the summer of 2007, is now showing in select theaters in the USA and Europe this month and next. The hour-long film, directed by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, recently
Writer Pete Paphides takes a look at the impact of the 2007 working rehearsals on R.E.M.’s creative process in this excellent article today in the Times Online.
Crooks and Liars Late Night Music Club has the exclusive video stream on Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) from R.E.M. LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA. It’s another taste of what’s to come on October 26th when the live CD from R.E.M.’s working rehearsals in Dublin will be released.
This Saturday, October 10th, The Times newspaper will include a special iTunes card that will allow UK readers to download 10 free R.E.M. songs. Five of the songs are from R.E.M.’s forthcoming record, LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA (due out October 26th), while the other five include live classics like Man