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.
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. 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 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” 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
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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
Directed by Michael Stipe and Dominic DeJoseph
Here’s the press roundup for the two films Michael and Dominic DeJoseph directed for “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” featuring John Giorno and Kirsten Dunst:
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and co-director Dominic DeJoseph (who has directed previous films for R.E.M.) recruited actress Kirsten Dunst to star in one of the videos for “We All Go Back To Where We Belong.” Dunst is a Golden Globe-nominated performer who has starred in such movies as Sophia Coppola’s
Directed by Michael Stipe and Dominic DeJoseph
Here’s a rare mid-week roundup as we approach the release of R.E.M.–Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011 in less than three weeks:
Thom Yorke speaks on the influence and mystery of R.E.M. at Rollingstone.com.
Five Eight’s Mike Mantione considers R.E.M.’s impact on his life and music at
Peter Buck on “Losing My Religion”:
Funny enough, Warner Bros. did not want “Losing My Religion” as a single. I can’t remember what they wanted as the first single. In those days you could put