MICHAEL HOSTS FOOD BANK FOR NYC LUNCHBOX AUCTION


Michael hosted the Food Bank For New York City’s Annual Lunchbox Live Auction last night in Manhattan. Over 150 artists, actors, musicians, and personalities have decorated lunchboxes for the fundraiser which will continue through December 21st online.

Michael’s lunchbox went for a whopping $35,000 at the event last

MILLS IN DC FOR WEEKEND HOUSE PARTY


The Future of Music Coalition will host a house party tomorrow night to benefit New Orleans musician Al “Carnival Time” Johnson and Sweet Home New Orleans, an organization that seeks to bring musicians back to the city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Mike will be on

Athens Dust Bowl: Drought Awareness and Benefit Concert


Local Musicians Sing Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads and Originals

Tuesday, November 27, Athens, GA

40 Watt and Flicker – Two Stages!

FREE ($5 suggested donation)

Doors open at 7pm

In 1940, Woody Guthrie recorded Dust Bowl Ballads, an album about the struggles of common people during the great dust bowl. The album

POSTCARD FROM ATHENS


We are just back from several weeks in Europe. First Michael covered a lot of ground and air in promoting the new LIVE record everywhere from Jools Holland and Radio 2 in London, to the MTV Awards show in Munich. . .with a few whistlestops in between in favorite cities

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MIKE TO PLAY HOPE FOR HOME


To find the roots of American music, you need look no further than New Orleans. The city’s rich and vibrant culture has contributed to almost all of our nation’s musical idioms, from jazz and funk to rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ roll. At the heart of it all are

ANTON CORBIJN: SIRIUS AND IN CONTROL!


Our good friend Anton Corbijn, legendary rock photographer and director of Control, is planning on taking over SIRIUS’ Left Of Center channel 26 on November 21 at 10pm EST.

Anton will talk about Control and will play songs that are featured on the film’s soundtrack. For more information, please visit

R.E.M. TO PLAY LANGERADO FESTIVAL


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

MICHAEL AT HUFFINGTONPOST.COM


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 R.E.M. BLOGS


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 STIPE ON GERMANY’S TV TOTAL


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.