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Mike’s concerto is featured at the Guardian.com today. Check out the full article here:   https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/27/rem-mike-mills-classical-music-concerto

As we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Out Of Time, Michael discusses the lyrics to “Losing My Religion.”

Watch NRK’s documentary on “Losing My Religion” at nrk.no/rem

“We wanted to be famous – but on our own conditions!”

Birgit Fuss of Rolling Stone Germany interviews Michael for the latest issue’s cover story on Out Of Time (including a 7″ cover mount single):

Peter’s new band with Corin Tucker, Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, and Bill Rieflin is called Filthy Friends, and they premiered a great track, “Despierta,” at 30 Days, 30 Songs today. Said Filthy Friends: “We wrote ‘Despierta’ a couple of years ago, before Trump announced his candidacy, as a sort of forecast for where the country might be changing culturally … Continued

I’m sitting here on the Oregon coast, watching the storm of the century blowing past my window. This is the second storm of the century this week, so I’m not sure where that leaves us, but I’ll carry on. Y’all might have noticed that R.E.M. had a live version of “World Leader Pretend” appear on … Continued

From Rollingstone.com: “Beethoven and I share a birthday,” Mike Mills says with a laugh. “I have a big bust of Ludwig on my piano glaring at me to practice more.”

As we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Out Of Time, Michael and Mike talk about lyrics.

Watch NRK’s documentary on “Losing My Religion” at nrk.no/rem

The band has contributed a live version of “World Leader Pretend” to 30 Songs, 30 Days, a voter initiative comprised of tracks the Washington Post calls “A Playlist of songs that Donald Trump will hate.” “World Leader Pretend” is #9 and premiered today.   Check it out here: http://www.30days30songs.com/9

Longtime friend and R.E.M. collaborator Damien Schaefer has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Damien came on board to help us with our fledgling website in 2001 and has helped us with everything online ever since. From building remhq.com from the ground up to grand experiments like the supernaturalsuperserious video site and non-R.E.M. sites like Michael’s … Continued

Look inside our latest newsletter for Out of Time & Concerto News… Out Of Time Deluxe & 25th Anniversary Edition Contents Revealed Here are the contents for the various packages of the Out Of Time 25th Anniversary releases… all of which feature the remastered album, 19 previously…

Video clip of The Origin of the title “Losing My Religion”

Good news from Chelsea Manning today who reports being ok and in the groove of things after not having been heard from in nearly a week.

Mike’s “Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra” with Robert McDuffie will be released on October 14 on Orange Mountain. Their tour kicks off on October 20 in Miami, Florida.

News of Mike’s concerto album, CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, ROCK BAND, AND STRING ORCHESTRA, and upcoming tour with Robert McDuffie and band, the Fifth House Ensemble, has been abuzz of late in the press (we’ve got a round up of the latest articles just below for your reading pleasure) and for good reason…

R.E.M. will be among several acts (including Filthy Friends, Peter Buck’s project with Corin Tucker, Kurt Block, Scott McCaughey, and Bill Rieflin) contributing songs to 30 Days, 30 Songs, an independent website that will release one song per day from October 10 until Election Day.