LISTEN TO MIKE AND MICHAEL TONIGHT ON BBC RADIO 4’S “FRONT ROW,” ONLINE AT 7.15pm
Please be sure to tune in to BBC Radio 4 tonight from 7:15 PM (UK) to listen to an interview with Mike and Michael. More details can be found here.
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ATHENS LISTENING PARTIES ROUNDUP!
We’re just over a week away from the listening party extravaganzas which will be held here in Athens on November 13th and 14th to celebrate the release of the band’s hits retrospective R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. These events (listed below) will be the
2ND L.A. SHOW ADDED THIS SUNDAY ON JOHN WESLEY HARDING/MINUS 5 TOUR
Peter and Scott McCaughey hit the road Saturday performing double duty with John Wesley Harding & The King Charles Trio and The Minus 5. Opening night is this Saturday at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco. Sunday’s show at McCabe’s in Santa Monica has sold out, so
WATCH MIKE AND MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH XFM
This morning Mike and Michael met with Danny Wallace of XFM to discuss the forthcoming greatest hits retrospective, life after R.E.M., and a bunch of other interesting topics. You can watch the full interview at XFM’s site:
Check out Part 1 of the interview here followed by Part
“FALL ON ME” UNPLUGGED
LISTEN TO MIKE AND MICHAEL ON DRIVETIME WITH SIMON MAYO TODAY
Mike and Michael are in the UK doing press and interviews for the band’s forthcoming retrospective R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. Tonight, the pair will be on Simon Mayo’s Drivetime program which airs 17:00-19:00 UK time (5 and 7pm, GMT) on BBC Radio 2.
BBC NEWSNIGHT TO FEATURE MIKE AND MICHAEL LIVE IN STUDIO TONIGHT
In addition to their interview on Drivetime with Simon Mayo this evening, Mike and Michael will appear LIVE in the studio tonight on BBC TV news program Newsnight at 11PM. Visit bbc.co.uk for more information.
The show will also air on BBC Worldwide this weekend so
R.E.M. HITS WEBSITE LAUNCHED
R.E.M. fans can contribute all of their amazing memories, thoughts, comments, personal videos, covers and photos spanning R.E.M.’s 31 years as a band at the new remhits website. Each memory is tagged to a certain song, so choose which song which you’d like to contribute something to and
WATCH CLIP OF MIKE AND MICHAEL FROM BBC NEWSNIGHT INTERVIEW
Watch a clip from tonight’s interview with the BBC’s Gavin Esler on Newsnight. In the segment, Mike and Michael discuss the band’s decision to call it a day after 31 years, American politics, activism, and the role of politics in songwriting. Go HERE to watch.
“FALL ON ME”: LINER NOTES & VINTAGE FOOTAGE
“Fall On Me” I wrote immediately after Fables, and we played it the entire Fables tour. And pretty much every day Michael had different lyrics or a different melody; we changed the bridge a hundred times. On the Lifes Rich Pageant anniversary box set, there is a version that is
LISTENING PARTIES UPDATE
LISTENING PARTY SOLD OUT: TOAST OF CHRONICTOWN.COM
LP lot of excitement,l locally, and out of town. super VIP $75 version has almost sold out…
small venues with great bands, great auction items, please get your tickets now
NEW TRAILER FOR R.E.M., PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE, 1982-2011
WEEK 3 SONG OF THE WEEK: “FALL ON ME”
Our “Song of the Week” series continues today with another track from the band’s upcoming release, R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011, due out on November 15.
This week’s song is “Fall on Me” and, as with weeks one and two, we’re asking fans to submit their
“LOSING MY RELIGION” ROUNDUP: PERFECT SQUARE, TIMEPIECE, ACOUSTIC, AND COVERS
TWO NEW FILMS: “WE ALL GO BACK TO WHERE WE BELONG”
Directed by Michael Stipe and Dominic DeJoseph