WHO KNEW Celebrates R.E.M.'s Out of Time Adds Seating for Friday's Show at City Winery

Due to popular demand, additional seating has been added at the City Winery for the Friday, October 7, WHO KNEW Celebrates R.E.M.'s Out of Time. Mike Mills, of R.E.M., will be the featured guest at the one night only event. R.E.M. fans will not want to miss this intimate conversation on the band's iconic album and the performance by The Long Players of Out of Time and other R.E.M. hits.

"Out of Time always felt like the sign of the times, then and now. As a band we decided to do this record differently. Everybody was doing whatever part they felt like playing. It was unlike anything else we had done before. We were very lucky that our music was able to reach so many people and I look forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of our album with WHO KNEW on Oct. 7," adds Mike Mills, bassist of R.E.M.

Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of this chart-topping album and support Notes for Notes a non-profit organization dedicated to providing youth with free access to musical instruments, instruction and recording studio environments.

Tickets are selling fast, so advance purchase is suggested. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the program begins at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for the event, which benefits Notes for Notes, are available here: bit.ly/whoknewREM.

This special WHO KNEW event combines all three of these amazing artistic elements into a totally unique, one-time only night to remember. Noted music journalist Craig Havighurst will conduct a thorough, engaging interview with Mike Mills. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask Mike questions, learn more about the inner workings of R.E.M. and hear The Long Players perform the record note for note as only they can do. They will also perform a set of R.E.M.'s greatest hits as well.

Mike Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire also includes keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments. He contributed to a majority of the band's musical compositions.

Out of Time is the seventh studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991. With Out of TimeR.E.M.'s status grew from that of a cult band to a massive international act. The record topped the album sales charts in both the U.S. and the U.K., spending 109 weeks on American album charts and enjoying two separate spells at the summit, and spending 183 weeks on the British charts and a single week at the top. The album has sold over four and a half million copies in the U.S. and over 18 million copies worldwide.The album won three Grammy Awards in 1992: one as Best Alternative Music Album, and two for the first single, "Losing My Religion."

The Long Players are a group of Nashville-based professional musicians who have, since 2004, taken classic albums and performed them live in their original sequence. Recruiting guest artists from their exceptional musical community, the band has celebrated over 50 seminal albums over the last seven years and gained national notoriety with feature news stories by NPR Radio ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, The Associated Press andReuters / Billboard Magazine.

Notes for Notes is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that designs, equips, and staffs after-school recording studios inside Boys & Girls Clubs offering youth the opportunity to explore, create, and record music for free.

WHO KNEW is Nashville's premier networking and speaker series exploring who is among some of the music industry's most interesting organizations and companies.

WHO KNEW Celebrates is produced by Tom Truitt. The event is presented by the College of Media and Entertainment at Middle Tennessee State University, MusicRowSearch, with support from Dell Nashville, Stites & Harbison, The Nashville Sign, Uncle Classic Barbershops, Kraft CPA's, Morgan Samuels, Jammber Music, Anacrusis, Do615, Lightning 100, Jive! Printing, Media Visions, Four Roses Bourbon, Sign Me Up, Make It Pop Creations and Richlyn Marketing.

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