The spring day dawned crisp and clear this morning in central London, but it is now flurrying snow, so our mid-winter’s promo-tour continues after a rare and welcome day “off” here in the capital a week before ACCELERATE is finally released (not counting the iLIKE.com stream that
The Brett Eliason mixed version of R.E.M.’s SXSW performance is now streaming at NPR.org…Check it out!
Visit interviewmagazine.com and click on the “Music” link in the navIgation bar to read and listen to Michael’s interview with Jane Pratt…
Be sure to tune into NPR’s MORNING EDITION in the AM Monday for an interview with R.E.M. You can also check out this story on the band at NPR.org.
It’s night 81 of NINETYNIGHTS.COM which means that ACCELERATE is a mere 9 days from release. R.E.M.’s 14th studio record continues to rack up impressive reviews in papers and magazines everywhere. With so many reviews and interviews to choose from, we’ve rounded up a
The band arrives this weekend in London for Monday’s big show at the Royal Albert Hall after a concert earlier this week at the Rolling Stone Club in Milan for an invited audience that included R.E.M. Fan Club members. While in London, R.E.M. will also play a set at
Between March 21 and 24, the ICA (institute Of Contemporary Arts) in London will exhibit photographs and artwork created for and by R.E.M., including some truly striking shots by Anton Corbijn. The photo exhibition has been curated by the New Yorkerâs resident photographer, Steve Pyke following a
Q Magazine’s web site, Q4music.com, has posted a very cool feature called the R.E.M. RADIO SHOW. The April issue of Q features a cover mount CD–the R.E.M. Jukebox–for which the band selected 15 tracks. In Q’s special R.E.M. RADIO SHOW, Peter, Mike, and Michael play
R.E.M.’s penultimate show on the upcoming North American tour in support of ACCELERATE has been confirmed for Madison Square Garden. The band will play at the Garden on June 19th in between shows in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
REMHQ can now confirm that R.E.M. will play a set at the London Apple iTunes Store on Wednesday, March 26th. The iTunes one-off will be the band’s second appearance in London during their two-week European promotional tour. There are a few competitions in the works for tickets, most notably
Wow! What a week we just enjoyed in Austin for South BY Southwest.
Among the highlights were:
-Playing our showcase at Stubbs, which was joined by a bunch of other great bands and the whole night carried live and now streaming on NPR.org. Bob Boilen, music
Michael talks a little about one of his favorite places to visit in the new issue of Travel+Leisure.
Tonight (Thursday, March 13 at 8p-9p CST) the band will be part of a Live Radio Premier of a few songs off ACCELERATE. Below are the current participating stations, but check local listings to be sure.
WRXP / New York
KDLD / Los Angeles
KYSR / Los Angeles
WXRT / Chicago
WMMR / Philadelphia
WRFF /