Today, as the band puts the finishing touches on the new record, we are pleased to announce that R.E.M. will be appearing at the 6th Annual Langerado Festival at Big Cypress Indian Reservation, (approximately 30 miles west of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) on March 8th. It looks to be
David Fricke of Rolling Stone has written a review of R.E.M.Live which you can read by clicking here.
Scott McCaughey appears in the Seattle Times as a guest columnist, sharing his experience and opinion regarding the FCC, localism and diversity in radio. Click here to read:
Seattle Times
If you didn’t have a chance to read Michael’s Guardian interview when it came out last week, one of our favorite websites, Huffingtonpost.com, has posted a portion of the interview with a link. Click here to read more.
Tony Fletcher, music historian and writer who penned the first book on R.E.M., has posted three interesting articles involving the band which you can read at his website, iJamming.net.
Michael was on hand last night at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich, Germany, where he presented the Artist Choice Award to British singer, Amy Winehouse.
Also, The Guardian has an interview with Michael today which you can check out by clicking here.
Michael was on Germany’s TV Total yesterday for an interview. He talks about the band’s new live album R.E.M. Live, which is currently #5 on the Worldwide European Chart.
Check out the interview here.
Mike will appear on Dan Patrick’s radio show tomorrow. The show airs from 9:00AM to 12:00 Noon at danpatrick.com
Please tune in and enjoy the show.
In the meantime, check out this interview with Mike.
BBC has posted Michael’s interview with Simon Mayo from yesterday. To stream the video, please click here.
Sitting here on the traditional (for me) day of rest after a whirlwind week with Michael of almost a city a day of press around some of the great cities in Europe.
We started by hitting the ground running in London by visiting the studios of Radio 2, where Simon Mayo
ANTON CORBIJN and I wearing each others glasses at the Jools Holland show in London; Anton talked about CONTROL, his just-released film about Ian Curtis. Last Monday Bertis and I went to a theatre in Soho to see it and we agreed it’s the best film we’ve seen in
Michael will be a guest on BBC Radio 2’s The Music Club with Simon Mayo on October 29th at 11:30pm (UK time). Michael will discuss R.E.M. Live, the band’s first live offering in their 27 year history.
To tune in and for more information, please visit Radio2.
R.E.M. Live will screen at the Roundhouse Theatre in London on October 27th at 8:30pm. This is the only UK screening so catch it while you can.
For more information, please click here.
R.E.M.Live will premiere in the following cities on October 24th:
New YorkâChelsea West Theatre
BostonâKendall Square Cinema
DetroitâEmagine Canton
All shows start at 8PM.
For more info and ticket details, go here.
Independent free-form radio station, 91.1, WFMU.org, has archived Trent Wolbe’s Safe and Sound show with guest Matthew Perpetua, R.E.M. historian, fan club member, and music critic, for your listening pleasure. According to Matthew, “We talk a bit about this site, and play about three hours worth of R.E.M.