Author Archives: David Bell

R.E.M. WEEKEND ROUNDUP


A few quick highlights from earlier this week:

HOLLOW MAN VIDEO PREMIERE

The premiere for the Hollow Man video took place on Monday at myspace.com, and you can now view a high resolution stream of the video, directed by CRUSH, here at REMHQ.COM.

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL TOUR STOP

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LONDON iTUNES BROADCAST THIS SUNDAY


On April 27th (Sunday) at 10PM CET, Radio FFN in Germany will broadcast the band’s recent performance at the Apple store in London which took place on March 26th. Be sure to check it out.

You can click HERE to link to Radio FFN’s audio player.

HOLLOW MAN VIDEO PREMIERE


The video for “Hollow Man,” the second single from ACCELERATE, is now streaming at remhq.com (click on the “Hollow Man” banner on the main page) and at myspace.com.

BEHIND THE VIDEO

The video was created by CRUSH — a cutting edge graphic-design and production studio based in Toronto.

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CELEBRATE RECORD STORE DAY


Saturday April 19th is Record Store Day throughout the land, and, like those of us here in Athens, Georgia, many of you live in a town fortunate enough to have a great independent, mom-and-pop record store. Heck, let’s not forget that Peter and Michael met over records in

ACCELERATE REDUX


As ACCELERATE continues to excel both critically and commercially in its second week since release, we wanted to take a look back at some of the highlights from the recent promo tour the guys did in Europe and the USA. Here are a few links highlighting some of the big

GWEN BEGINS AGAIN


For Athenians who, like us, follow the politics with a keen eye, take note that Gwen O’Looney, our good friend and former Athens Mayor, has launched her campaign to become a delegate for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention. We enthusiastically support Gwen’s bid and would like to

EUROPEAN FESTIVAL UPDATE


French festival Rock en Seine and the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, have been added to the band’s summer tour. For more information on tickets and tour details, please visit the LIVE page at remhq.com.

FRESH AIR TODAY


Be sure to tune in to FRESH AIR today as the band will discuss ACCELERATE and other topics with host Terry Gross. If you miss the broadcast you can listen to audio from today’s show at 3pm ET HERE.

Also, NPR has a podcast of the

ACCELERATE CHARGES UP THE CHARTS


This just in…ACCELERATE has entered the charts at #1 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic and Switzerland after its first week of release. The record also claimed #2 chart positions in the United States, Austria, Holland, Germany, Italy, and Israel. Exciting news all around!