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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 year’s 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 ’08 Festival

6th: Spain–Doctor Loft 05.00 Festival, Castello d’Empuries,

(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.

R.E.M. will kick off their 2008 European Tour in support of ACCELERATE in July in Amsterdam. The tour will be preceded by a special engagement at the Royal Albert Hall in London, one week prior to the release of Accelerate, on March 24th.

The band

The Seattle rockers are in…

Word just in that Supernatural Superserious will be played on Jonathan Clarke’s Out of the Box show on Q104.3 NYC at 9pm ET tonight; you can “tune in” online and listen to R.E.M.’s new single (which you can also listen to on remhq.com) here.

Here’s the first wave of blogreaction to Supernatural Superserious which has been streaming on various sites around the internet, including, of course, yours truly:

Sonic Slang

Shufflebeard

Discord/Harmony

ZME Music

Sonic Itch Music

Waved Rumor

Music Filter

Cinematically Correct

A Special

Both the regular and special editions of ACCELERATE are now available for pre-order. Please click the links below for more information:

ACCELERATE

ACCELERATE Special Edition

You’ve heard the thirty second clip, you’ve seen the trailer and the

behind the scenes footage from the video shoot of Supernatural

Superserious. Now it’s time to listen to R.E.M.’s next single in its

entirety. Click on the LISTEN button in the right hand banner and check it out!

Tonight i ride with the rolling Elvii. We roll with the Muses, the all female krew with the shoe fetish. Though it may be cold, I will be well-insulated by the thrill of seeing Mardi Gras for the first time, and from the inside at that.

Support for the band’s SXSW show at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q on March 12 has been confirmed. R.E.M. will be joined by Dead Confederate, Papercranes, Johnathan Rice, and Summerbirds in the Cellar.

Please visit SXSW for more information.