Today we have a special treat in store for fans at ninetynights.com in recognition of February 29th’s anomalous place in the calendar this year; click here to watch Mike Mills introduce our Leap Year feature presentation as we take a brief time out from our ninety nights
NME.com reports that BBC Radio 2 will carry a live broadcast of the band’s Royal Albert Hall concert on March 24th.
R.E.M. and Friends, a benefit concert for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, will feature performances by R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock, Foals, and Duke Spirit.
R.E.M. will be one of the headliners at this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington state. The festival takes place over Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26. Tickets go on sale March 8.
Stay tuned to remhq.com for the
The band has now added four dates in the U.K. to their upcoming tour of Europe this summer. The dates are as follows:
Sunday, Aug. 24: Manchester, L.C.C.C.
Monday, Aug. 25: Cardiff, Millennium Stadium
Wednesday, Aug. 27: Southampton, Rosebowl
Saturday, Aug. 30: London, Twickenham Stadium
National Public Radio will webcast and broadcast (and possibly podcast!) R.E.M.’s performance at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q on Wednesday, March 12. The web/broadcast, set for 8pm (CT), is one of two SXSW 2008 Showcase Concerts, and will also include performances by supporting bands, Dead Confederate, Johnathan Rice, Papercranes, and Summerbirds
We have just launched a mini site for ACCELERATE today which you can access by clicking on the banner on the left-hand side of the main page at remhq.com. The site features artwork, track list details, information on pre-ordering, Supernatural Superserious audio and video, tour information, and more. We
ACCELERATE Pre-Release Party Benefitting Community Connection of Northeast Georgia & Family Connection/Communities in Schools
TICKETS are $10.00 advance ( $1.50 processing fee via Athensmusic.net) – $15.00 at the door
Event begins promptly at 8:15 p.m.
Featuring:
Preview of full ACCELERATE album
Live auction featuring R.E.M.-signed Gretsch guitar & other items
Silent auction
Special videos screening
Giveaways
Videos from the “Supernatural Superserious” Mashup project are rolling in at the You Tube page set up for submissions. Click on the play button below to watch the videos submitted thus far. If you are currently working on one, be sure to post it to the group so
Check out CNN.com’s story on the Supernatural Superserious video director by clicking HERE.
Tickets for the European leg of R.E.M.’s 2008 tour in support of ACCELERATE go on sale to the public tomorrow at 9AM UK time (10AM European time). The following shows will be included in tomorrow’s on sale:
MARCH
24th: UK: London, Royal Albert Hall
JULY
2nd: Holland: Amsterdam, Westerpark
9th: France:
R.E.M. will appear on the acclaimed PBS live music television series Austin City Limits next month. The concert, which takes place on March 13 during this yearâs annual SxSW Music Conference, also marks the first taping of the 34th season of the show. The televised broadcast will air on
R.E.M. has added seven European festival dates to their 2008 tour in support of ACCELERATE, set for release on April 1st.
The festival dates are as follows:
JULY
3rd: Belgium–Werchter Festival
5th: Spain–Bilbao Live â08 Festival
6th: Spain–Doctor Loft 05.00 Festival, Castello dâEmpuries,
(North Barcelona)
8th: France–Le Nuits de Fourvieres (Theatre Romain), Lyon
12th: Ireland–Oxegen, Dublin
13th:
During the last week of January, R.E.M. spent several days in New York where they filmed a video for Supernatural Superserious, the first single from ACCELERATE. The video was shot by director Vincent Moon (ninetynights.com) who captured the band spontaneously performing the song in various locations around the city. In
Michael did a brief phone interview with Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 yesterday evening which is now archived on their web site. Please click here to listen to the show.