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Good news from Chelsea Manning today who reports being ok and in the groove of things after not having been heard from in nearly a week.

Mike’s “Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra” with Robert McDuffie will be released on October 14 on Orange Mountain. Their tour kicks off on October 20 in Miami, Florida.

News of Mike’s concerto album, CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, ROCK BAND, AND STRING ORCHESTRA, and upcoming tour with Robert McDuffie and band, the Fifth House Ensemble, has been abuzz of late in the press (we’ve got a round up of the latest articles just below for your reading pleasure) and for good reason…

R.E.M. will be among several acts (including Filthy Friends, Peter Buck’s project with Corin Tucker, Kurt Block, Scott McCaughey, and Bill Rieflin) contributing songs to 30 Days, 30 Songs, an independent website that will release one song per day from October 10 until Election Day.

NO ONE HAS SPOKEN TO CHELSEA MANNING FOR OVER 6 DAYS NOW. WHERE IS CHELSEA MANNING? Please repost #whereischelsea on twitter and www.freechelsea.com

It’s just about showtime here in Nashville for The Who Knew celebration of Out of Time featuring Mike Mills interviewing and the Long Players rendering of the record. Mike is doing a little press right now. photo by Bernard D

iTunes Pre-orders are now available for MIKE MILLS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, ROCK BAND, AND STRING ORCHESTRA (due out October 14 on Orange Mountain) featuring Robert McDuffie and various artists. Pre-order here: http://apple.co/2dkIbHx #MillsMcDuffieConcerto The Concerto Tour kicks off on October 20. More info here: http://www.cami.com/?webid=2505  

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of OUT OF TIME, listen to Michael discuss his vocal performance on “Losing My Religion” in this clip

Mike’s new piece “Sonny Side Up” from his upcoming album premieres today at Rolling Stone.

Tune in today to “The Vinyl Lunch” on Acme Radio Live at 12:45 CST for an interview with Bertis and host Tim Tibbs who will be discussing the OUT OF TIME reissue and the upcoming WHO KNEW event on October 7th at City Winery in Nashville. Bill Lloyd of The Long Players, Tom Truitt of … Continued

Throughout the band’s thirty-one years together Peter’s mother, Violet, kept a series of scrapbooks chronicling the band’s numerous achievements and mentions in the press. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to be sharing some of them on remhq.com and social media.  Here’s the first… a photo of the review Sassy Magazine did of OUT OF TIME. … Continued

Check out the latest video clip from the NRK documentary on “Losing My Religion” on the band’s Facebook page:

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Out Of Time,” Mike discusses the bass line he crafted for “Losing My Religion” with a nod to Fleetwood Mac’s John McVie in this clip by our friends from NRK in Norway (check out their documentary on “Losing My Religion”: nrk.no/rem). Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxeNgkTqrFU Stay tuned for other clips … Continued

Our friends at NRK in Norway have put together a great documentary on “Losing My Religion,” and we’re featuring clips from it over the course of the next few weeks in celebration of the release of the 25th Anniversary Edition of OUT OF TIME.  The first clip, “The Mandolin in Losing My Religion,” features Michael … Continued

Mike and Robert McDuffie recently met up with Bill Nigut at the GPB studios in Atlanta to discuss their collaborative work on Mike’s Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra.