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Click here to watch a great 35 minute video interview with Mike Mills on ManiaTV.

Well, the break’s been nice here in early August, but only a few days to go until R.E.M. is back in action: the first shows are the Frequency Festival in Salzburg and Sziget in Budapest, followed rapidly by Prague, always a favorite, some

These photos from the Berlin Waldbühne show were taken for ‘citybirches photography works’, a book and exhibit project by Stephan Laackman. The show is consists of photography of alternative bands that have performed in Germany. It will be published with the ‘citybirches photography works’ exhibit 2009/2010. Click

We are happy to announce the arrival of the first batch of limited edition showposters from select dates on the ACCELERATE 2008 TOUR. The posters are individually silk-screened and hand numbered in editions of 150. We were lucky to work with some artists from the 2005 tour, as well as

Well every day is different, that is for sure . . . tonight we are in Lyon playing one of the nights of the venerable Les nuits de fourviere . R.E.M. will play in a classic Roman amphitheatre tonight here in Lyon and tomorrow night in Nice.

It is always fun being in the city by the bay.

We have so many memories of this area over the years . . . early days amazement at the vistas and the architecture; an early show at the Warfield Theatre, just days after Michael had had

Check out these great photos from last night’s book signing event at Book Soup in Los Angeles where Michael and David Belisle autographed copies of R.E.M.: HELLO non-stop from 7:00-8:30PM. A really great crowd turned out for the signing on a perfect LA night at a truly great bookstore.

It was an early start of the day for the band today, beginning with a visit to the BBC Radio 1 studios to visit with host Jo Whiley. There were more cameramen and photographers than band members in the tiny studio lounge as the guys played an acoustic version of

As promised, here is the final postcard for the day as the band closes out their whirlwind tour of London. The rain poured on Regent Street as the lucky fans lined up outside the Apple store. Inside, the guys prepared the setlist on a stage so small that it reminded

Michael talks a little about one of his favorite places to visit in the new issue of Travel+Leisure.