Michael sang a staggeringly moving rendition of David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” both nights of the tribute concerts in NYC this weekend. Accompanied by Paul Cantelon on piano and the hauntingly beautiful vocals of Karen Elson, Michael took the song “somewhere weird and yet ineffably sad” according to the Telegraph. Here’s the excerpt from the … Continued
Michael with Paul Cantelon and Karen Elson during the final run-through before the show at Carnegie Hall last night. Friday’s show at Radio City Music Hall will be available to stream athttp://musicofdavidbowie.com/ … proceeds from the concert benefit music and arts education.
Bertis sent this photo from the road of Michael and pianist Paul Cantelon rehearsing David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” at Carnegie Hall…
Michael made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where he sang David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World”. Watch his performance here.
Mike will join members of Wilco, Yo La Tengo, and Kronos Quartet on 4/27 at the Alex Theater in Los Angeles to perform Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers with Jody Stephens. Other musicians performing include Mitch Easter of Let’s Active, Robyn Hitchcock, Semisonic’s Dan Wilson, Chris Stamey of the dB’s, Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer (also of … Continued
Michael is set to make an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Tuesday, March 29. The program airs at 11:35 EDT. Please be sure to check local listings. More details here…
R.E.M.’s longtime art director is profiled in this video: http://helmlife.com/2016/03/14/the-story-behind-the-reid/
R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck discusses the band’s extensive archive, his friendships with his fellow members and why he’s happy to be done with major labels. On September 21st, 2011, singer Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills and guitarist Peter Buck of the Athens, Georgia–born rock group R.E.M. issued a statement on their website, declaring that they … Continued
From Rollingstone.com: Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M. released Out of Time, which eventually sold over four million copies in the United States and transformed longtime college radio darlings into a mainstream concern. It was the album’s first single “Losing My Religion” that definitively turned the group to artistic and commercial leaders of the burgeoning alternative rock movement. Up until … Continued
From Pitchfork.com: R.E.M.’s 1991 LP Out of Time might not be their masterpiece, but it’s arguably their most important album for the way it broke them on mainstream radio, reaching far beyond the commercial potential displayed on 1988’s Green. Out of Time was an LP that redefined R.E.M. as both artists and icons of pop culture, one … Continued
Three months after R.E.M pulled their famous catalogue from Warner Bros to sign with Concord Music Group, the band has inked an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with UMPG. That means leaving behind a long-standing publishing agreement with another WMG company, Warner/Chappell. The new deal with UMPG was agreed between the band, their long-time manager Bertis … Continued
Twenty-five years ago this month, R.E.M. released what would become it’s biggest breakthrough album. Though the Georgia band has already graduated from college-rock darlings to major-label stars with the release of Green three years earlier, it’s 1991 album Out of Time took R.E.M. to new heights. Fueled by hit singles Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People,Out of … Continued
Here’s an interesting article we wanted to share with references to the great Andy Kaufman and another performer who has been in the news of late: Read it…
Here is the complete and unedited Q&A about Michael’s support of Bernie Sanders which ran in Rolling Stone earlier: IN SUPPORT OF BERNIE SANDERS —MICHAEL STIPE When did you first hear about Bernie Sanders and under what circumstances? I became aware of Sanders because of his ‘outsider-insider’ position in congress. He’s the senator who … Continued
From Rolling Stone: Michael Stipe first heard about Bernie Sanders after the then-Vermont representative voted against the Patriot Act, shortly after 9/11. “I became aware of his ‘outsider-insider’ position in Congress,” Stipe tells Rolling Stone in an email. “He’s the senator who has consistently voted the way I would if I were a politician, and who has stood … Continued