Back in March, during their promotional tour for ACCELERATE, the band performed a concert for fan club members and other contest winners at MTV Milano. Beginning tomorrow night (8/20), the concert will get its first airing in the US on Palladia, the MTV HD channel (formerly MHD), at 10PM
Well a day off in this ethereal city– that is a good thing. The first couple of shows back have all been fun and right back to the July excitement level. Our first time in Salzburg at the Frequency– great place to start and a very cool site
After headlining the Frequency Festival on Thursday in Salzburg and the Sziget Festival in Hungary last night, R.E.M. is in the Czech Republic tonight for a concert at Prague’s Slavia Stadium with support from London’s Duke Spirit (who last played with the guys at the ICA benefit at
R.E.M. has added a show at the Nokia Theatre in Dallas to their current world tour in support of ACCELERATE. The show will take place on October 24th and will include support from Dallas band Old 97s. Tickets will go on sale to the
Thanks to David Belisle for these amazing photos of the band’s first night back after a two week break. Tonight’s show: Salzburg, Austria…the Frequency Festival.
After a quick two-week break, the band returns to action this Thursday at the Frequency Festival in Salzburg, Austria. The Salzburg show is the first of thirty upcoming European shows R.E.M. will play from August through October featuring stops in Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, the United
The Baseball Project, yet another manifestation of Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck’s penchant for musical revelry, has garnered massive kudos in the month since its debut release on Yep Roc Records (U.S.) and Blue Rose (Europe). Since the band’s national TV appearances on David
After a quick two-week break, the band returns to action this Thursday at the Frequency Festival in Salzburg, Austria. The Salzburg show is the first of thirty upcoming European shows R.E.M. will play from August through October featuring stops in Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, the United
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
Here are some of David Belisle’s favorite shots of the first two months of the tour. David is a busy man, juggling a few jobs on the road with us, and he does them all well but always finds a way to snap the best upclose and funny
We are very excited to announce that R.E.M. will play a concert at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City on November 18th. Tickets for the Mexico City show will go on sale to the general public next Wednesday, August 6. For more information, please click here.
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In a summer of uncommonly gorgeous settings for R.E.M. concerts (Bilbao, Lyon, Verona, Locarno, and Dresden immediately come to mind), last night’s outside Udine (in the far northeastern corner of Italy), stood out in its unique beauty: the show was in the huge interior courtyard of a centuries’ old