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!
The Big Issue, the UK weekly, has a cover feature on the band this week. Click HERE to read a portion of the article and pick up the rest on the streets in the UK.
Please click HERE for Michael’s interview with Ben Jones of Sunday Night Live, Virgin Radio.
Support for R.E.M.’s summer tour of Europe is bolstered by a host of strong acts including UK band Editors who are on board for a total of 16 dates. Other acts include Elbow, Modern Skirts, Ludeal, Duke Spirit, The Disciplines, and Guillemots. Locarno support remains TBA. Please see the
April 19 is Record Store Day, and the band will be a part of the festivities along with scores of other bands and hundreds of independent record stores. R.E.M. will release a 7″ limited edition single of “Supernatural Superserious” b/w “Airliner” (non-LP B-side). For more information about
Due to strong sales for the May 31st show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, we are pleased to announce a second show on June 1st has been added to the band’s North American tour. For more information about tickets, please click HERE.
Be sure to tune into NPR’s Fresh Air on Wednesday when host Terry Gross will talk to the band about ACCELERATE. Please check local listings for air times in your area.
R.E.M. will headline XMâs âOffsite,â featuring an exclusive hour of song performances from ACCELERATE, and an in-depth interview with the band, spanning politics, musical interests, touring set lists and more.
âR.E.M. Offsiteâ premieres Sunday, April 6 at 10 p.m. ET on XMâs modern alternative channel âEthelâ (XM 47). Offsite, which airs
FLAGPOLE.COM talks to Jacknife Lee about ACCELERATE in an exclusive interview.
The CBS Sunday Morning piece on the band which aired this past Sunday will air again in a slightly shorter version tomorrow on the CBS Early Show. Please check local listings for air times in your area. Click HERE for more information on the program.
Some (but, by no means, all) of the highlights of ACCELERATE week 1:
COLBERT
As Bertis stated in his tour de force postcard from the end of the promotour, the Wednesday APPEARANCE ON THE COLBERT REPORT was perhaps, in many ways, the coup de grace of
Mog.com continues its outstanding series of interviews with Michael in the following CLIP… an intense exegesis, by the author himself, of SING FOR THE SUBMARINE, ACCELERATE’S eeriest track, and perhaps Michael’s most fully realized foray, at least to this listener, into that uncanny world of dreams from which
Well another strange thing we lovingly call a promotour has come to an end.
Starting in Austin a scant 3 weeks ago (Stubbs at SXSW), R.E.M. has blazed many a new trail through Europe and the States seeking out opportunities to play their music and build awareness for their latest album
Don’t miss the band on the Colbert Report tonight at 11:30 PM ET. For more information, click HERE
R.E.M. has taken control of SIRIUS RADIO’s Spectrum channel this week to coincide with Monday’s release of ACCELERATE.
RADIO R.E.M., hosted exclusively by Michael, Peter and Mike, will include insights from the band on the inspiration for each song on ACCELERATE, as well as conversations covering