It has been an eventful week, with the rounding up of Peter’s guitar consuming many of us–when a commuter plane carrying Dewitt and the Beloved Rickenbacker, showed up early yesterday morning here in Luxembourg, the task was complete and we were ready for what promised to be a great show
We are very, very thrilled to announce that Peter’s prized Rickenbacker guitar was returned to the band by an anonymous source late yesterday. The guitar had been missing since September 9th after it disappeared from the stage following the band’s concert in Helsinki, Finland. With this sudden turn
Tonight’s concert at Konig-Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen is the first of the band’s three remaining shows in Germany this tour. On Thursday, the guys will play the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, and, after shows in Luxembourg and Switzerland this weekend, the band will return to Germany for a
For the past year, Matthew Perpetua, host of popsongs.wordpress.com, has written his interpretation of virtually every song in the R.E.M. canon prior to March 2007. It was a formidable project which concluded on September 9th with Matt’s interpretation, appropriately enough, of “It’s the End of the World As We
The band finishes their Nordic run tomorrow night in Vilnius Lithuania, a city they have never played before, and wrapping up many great shows throughout Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic States the past two weeks. Today Michael talked to lrytas.lt and here are the links to the interview .
R.E.M. returned to Riga, Latvia, tonight where they served up an intense set for a charged-up crowd described by guitarist Peter Buck as “the best of the tour.” You can read a blow-by-blow account of the show at the Riga Tour page. Check back for photos
As we reported late last night Peter’s guitar went missing from the Finnair Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. Though the guitar has not yet been located, there is an active investigation and we are all hopeful that the guitar will eventually be returned. We still would like
Sadly, Peter’s signature Rickenbacker guitar was stolen from the stage immediately following tonight’s performance in Helsinki, Finland. This is Peter’s infamous signature Rick, which has been the staple of Peter’s arsenal both live and in the studio since the band released Chronictown in 1982. Needless to say, this
XFM.co.uk is streaming part one of their exclusive interview with Peter, Mike and Michael whom the station caught up with during the band’s recent tour through the UK. You can click HERE to access part one of the five part documentary and stay tuned to this space
We enjoyed a day and night off here after a couple of fun shows in Norway–indoors in Oslo and an amazing site in Bergen. Both are interesting cities–Oslo, home of Ibsen, Munch and the awesome Literature House, we know from many trips
We are very pleased to announce that the band has added ten new Fall dates in South America to their ongoing world tour. In addition to previously announced dates in Dallas, New Orleans, and Mexico City, R.E.M. will now take their tour in support of Accelerate to Colombia, Argentina,
What a week it was in the UK– we were in and around London most of the week, except for the hop over to Paris for the Rock En Seine Festival (great one by the way) (and many of us pulled an all-nighter to watch Barack rock Denver– wow!).
In celebration of the band’s return to London Saturday night at Twickenham, we’ve put together a little video essay below which chronicles a small slice of R.E.M.’s vast performative history in the city, spanning the early 80s to their most recent stop in March 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Londoners will have an opportunity to have their copies of David Belisle’s book R.E.M.: HELLO signed tomorrow night at the Waterstone’s in Piccadilly. Michael Stipe and David will be at the store for the event which begins at 6:00PM. For more information about the book and for details
The band is in Southampton, England this evening for a concert at the Rose Bowl, home of the Hampshire Hawks Cricket team. Support tonight is from Editors and Guillemots. For more information, please click here.
R.E.M. plays the Rock en Seine Festival in Paris tomorrow