“I discovered Big Star through Peter Buck’s record collection. They had made two of the best records ever made by a band, as far as I’m concerned.” – Mike Mills Rolling Stone has premiered the Craft Recordings episode of The Memphis Masters on Big Star, which includes interviews with Mike and Jody Stephens of Big … Continued
“Every time that we played Glastonbury I think the band really stepped up. It’s such an august, and such a beloved, and such a legendary event that whatever stars are aligned for us, personally and as a group, we managed to show the best of ourselves at each of the shows we played there.” – … Continued
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival this weekend, the BBC has announced plans to showcase “some of the greatest Glastonbury performances since BBC broadcasts began in 1990”, including highlights from R.E.M.’s headline performances. Tune in from 8PM this Sunday 28th June, live on BBC Two TV & on BBC iPlayer. More details: … Continued
Tuesday night, Michael & Big Red Machine (Aaron Dessner) shared this music video for “No Time for Love Like Now” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Check out this review from RollingStone.com about the performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRWgIFE0CJ0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3ms_Z0OsNi6x1Fo97u2BhKoWXCY-8loZMFBHHm8hnMSBeHWp0Pj2BIT6c
Check out this great interview with Mike and David O’Brien of The Athletic, on sports, fandom, rock ‘n’ roll, learning to play the banjo during quarantine, and a lot more.
Michael will be a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night (6.23) for a performance of the new single “No Time For Love Like Now” with Aaron Dessner of Big Red Machine and The National. The show airs at 11:35e/10:35c. Hope you can tune in! https://bit.ly/jmstonightshow
“Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn” premieres Thursday, 6/18 at 9pm EDT on HBO with an apropos song from R.E.M. in the soundtrack.
We’re so pleased to share a powerful new song from Michael Stipe & Big Red Machine, out now on 37d03d.com. The collaboration came about when Aaron Dessner shared a folder of new Big Red Machine music with Michael last year.
To celebrate the Top 100 R.E.M. Most Played Live Songs Countdown, Chris and Darryl from the R.E.M. Timeline caught up with Bertis Downs to discuss the No.1 played song “The One I Love” & the band’s “amazing live history.”
Sometime in 1991, Nikki Sudden, the great musician-songwriter-rockstar, was living at my house in Athens. In between recording an album, doing some shows and roaming the town, he recorded some of my favorite pieces of music from my collection.
Read GLIDE’s interview with Scott and check out his solo take on the The No Ones track “Gone.”
“From Thursday 25 to Monday 29 June, when the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival was due to take place, the BBC will be bringing the spirit of Glastonbury to viewers at home with The Glastonbury Experience across BBC television, BBC iPlayer, BBC radio and BBC Sounds” –BBC.com In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the … Continued
Happy 125th anniversary to the New York Public Library —Michael is one of 125 people celebrating #NYPL125 by sharing the books that made us #LoveReading. Watch the longer video here: https://nypl.org/125
Check out this great interview Bill did with the new podcast In Weird Cities. Kara Zuaro, who spoke with Bill, says, “I hope this brings a little happiness to my fellow R.E.M. fans during these hard and confusing times.”
In case you missed it, here’s Mike’s full interview with Julie Mason of POTUS Press Pool, SiriusXM Politics from yesterday. The pair chat about the resurgence of “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” Bono’s recent letter to the band, the state of the music industry during the pandemic, … Continued