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Playing The Saturn in Birmingham tonight! Modeling my truck stop purchases. Photo Linda Pitmon

Peter and Mike joined Kevn Kinney for songs and stories at the Rialto Room in downtown Athens last night. You never know what might happen on a Sunday night in Athens! Photos: Karen Ryan  

Peter’s project Drink The Sea will be playing @lollapaloozacl March 2026! Drink The Sea @drinktheseaofficial is super excited to announce that we will be playing the Lollapalooza Festival in Santiago, Chile this coming March 2026! What a line up too! We’re going to book a little South American tour around this because we recorded several songs in … Continued

️ “A proud day in my life! Here we are holding the first fruits of our hot sauce collaboration. Called Blow Your Mind—it’s a hot sauce sold at our gigs and online. The money goes to a worthwhile charity. Details below.” – Peter Pick up Blow Your Mind hot sauce to benefit UK charity, Music … Continued

Aye, a wee postcard from the working vacation mode— I flew over to London in time to see Peter Buck playing on his tour with Luke Haines as they celebrate their new album with two weeks of dates around the UK .  A packed club south of the river with lots of friends, family and … Continued

“A photo of Luke Haines, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon and Nick Fowler rockin the Omeara in London. Lots of old friends at the show! We were hurried out afterwards because there was a sex party scheduled for later in the evening. I wasn’t invited. Ageism I reckon.” – Peter Photo by Jason Narducy

Very lucky to attend the Luke Haines and Peter Buck show at OMEARA in South London tonight. Great rocking versions of songs from the new album and other ones too. Lots of friends and family here.  Good fun – Bertis

Here’s the new single from Drink The Sea, Peter’s latest project with Barrett Martin. It’s called “Rose Crested Sky.” Check out more videos from the band at their Vevo video channel and listen to all 8 singles on your favorite streaming platform.   Peter’s bandmate, Barrett Martin describes the new song: This song was recorded … Continued

Check out Ben Cardew’s interview with Peter who discusses the latest collaboration with Luke Haines and a whole lot more. You can also listen to it on Spotify (link in the article). Read it HERE.

An update from Peter about his new group with Barrett Martin: “Finally, the day has come! Drink The Sea is taking orders for vinyl copies of our two records. Details below (from Barrett), and we will see you on the road.” – Peter “We are finally doing presales for the gatefold double LP album for … Continued

The new studio album from Luke Haines and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck is out now. Going Down To The River …To Blow My Mind is available on CD, vinyl, streaming and download cherryred.co/BlowMyMind

Another year around the sun for Bertis and wishes from all of us here at HQ for a great birthday celebration!

Peter and Scott McCaughey’s version of “MacDougal Blues” is included on the latest installment of the ‘Let’s Go Dancing’ collection: “Said the Falling Rain to the Open Flame” —It’s out today on vinyl. Other artists contributing tracks are Athens’ own Futurebirds, T. Hardy Morris, David Barbe plus many more. Visit Tasty Goody Records for more … Continued

“This weekend marks yet another leg of Kevn Kinney’s and my comprehensive tour of the Rialto Room! Sunday the sixth is sold out, but there are a few tickets left for the recently added Monday the seventh. I’m pictured here helpfully pointing at the tour poster. Probably didn’t need to point, but I couldn’t figure … Continued

Hear the new single from the new Luke Haines & Peter Buck album. 56 Nervous Breakdowns is taken from the new studio album Going Down To The River …To Blow My Mind. Available on CD, vinyl, streaming and download from 25th July 2025. Luke and Peter tour the UK in August 2025. Stream / Download: … Continued