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R.E.M., Interpol, Death Cab For Cutie featured on LA wildfire recovery album 'Good Music To Lift Up Los Angeles'
Also featured on the 90-artist compilation are Blondshell, Modest Mouse, Perfume Genius and more
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Manic Street Preachers nod to The Waterboys and R.E.M. on new single 'Brushstrokes Of Reunion’
It marks the latest single from upcoming album ‘Critical Thinking’
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Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and friends to play R.E.M.’s 'Fables Of The Reconstruction' on 2025 UK tour
"Each show will have unique setlists. We love celebrating the music of this great band"
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R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe calls for Facebook and Instagram blackout in protest against advance of American far right
“Or are we too addicted we can’t log off even for one week?”
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Karen O, Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, Flea to perform at Patti Smith tribute show
A benefit concert that will donate 100% of net ticket proceeds to music education for underserved youth
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Listen to soul icon Al Green's heartfelt cover of R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts'
”I could really feel the heaviness of the song and I wanted to inject a little touch of hope and light into it"
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Watch Michael Stipe and Jon Bon Jovi perform R.E.M.'s 'The One I Love' at Kamala Harris rally
Stipe also mocked Donald Trump's use of The Village People's 'YMCA'
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R.E.M. share new lyric video for 'I Believe' to encourage people to vote in US election
“I believe the choices in this election could not be more stark or more important"
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Watch Michael Stipe play R.E.M.'s 'Wendell Gee' for first time since 1985
Stipe performed at a Kamala Harris campaign event in R.E.M.'s hometown of Athens, Georgia on Thursday (October 10)
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Watch Michael Stipe and Jason Isbell tell Doug Emhoff why they endorse Kamala Harris
The two musicians played at a campaign concert for Harris last week