Michael Stipe News

Last night marked the official opening of Tony Award winner Sam Gold's Macbeth on Broadway, starring Daniel Craig in his return to Broadway as Macbeth and Ruth Negga's Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the big night and you can check out photos from the star-studded pink carpet arrivals below!

Mykki Blanco kicks off 2022 with the release of new single “Family Ties (ft. Michael Stipe).” The track - ethereal, celestial and contemplative - is out today across all DSP’s via Transgressive Records. The video for “Family Ties” was directed by Kit Monteith. Shot in the north of England, it also features a rare appearance from Michael Stipe.

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!

Steve Gunn's Way Out Weather, from 2014 was not only a career highlight for the artist himself, who had formerly travelled most often in more experimental and more improvisatory musical communities, but it was also an important milestone in the story of contemporary independent music of the rock and roll variety in the world at large.

East Village nightspot Drom reaffirms its commitment to presenting the best in jazz and improvisational music, welcoming the acclaimed, NYC ensemble Felix Pastorious & Hipster Assassins on Saturday, January 29th, at 7:30 PM.

An Expanded Edition is also available as a 2-CD or digital collection, including the remastered album along with B-sides and rarities.

Simone Istwa was born into music. When your parents are Sam Phillips and T Bone Burnett, life revolves around the masterful creation of pop records with a pre-digital approach. But starting at a young age, Istwa mined for their own left-of-center sounds.

In addition to the 7” single, R.E.M.’s 1981 demonstration tape—titled Cassette Set—is also being made available for the first time. This ultra-rare collection will be available exclusively via the official R.E.M. store as a bundle with the 7”, limited to 1,500 copies worldwide.

Simone Istwa was born into music. When your parents are Sam Phillips and T Bone Burnett, life revolves around the masterful creation of pop records with a pre-digital approach.

Carleen Donovan, Chloë Walsh, and Jen Appel announce the launch of The Oriel Company.

On Monday evening, leaders from politics, entertainment, and culture gathered for a special digital tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburga??s legacy.

Leaders from across politics, culture, and entertainment will headline a special virtual event on Monday, October 12, at 8 pm to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and legacy and demand the Senate honor her dying wish that her seat be filled after the inauguration next January.

Continuing celebrations around the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival this year, R.E.M.'s historic headline set from the Pyramid Stage in 1999 will be released globally next Thursday (August 6).

Despite the tyranny that spread from Soviet Russia through Eastern Europe in the 20th century, music bloomed and imaginations flew. This March the Australian Chamber Orchestra will perform the music of the great composers who emerged from these oppressive regimes: Russia's Shostakovich and Prokofiev, and Estonia's Arvo Pärt.

The wisdom of folk lore pronounces that bad things happen in threes, but February 8 at 8 p.m. at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) Exile Follies consisting of John Doe(LA band X), Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses)  and Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) prove that a very good thing happens when these three alt-rock icons take the stage together at SOPAC.

Today Maria Taylor has revealed the official for 'Spinning Wheel' with Under The Radar. The track is from her self-titled album out now on Flower Moon Records. About the video Maria Taylor says, 'One of my best friends and long time collaborators, Alan Tanner, directed this video. I love how the video accentuates the dance element of the song. He always adds a sense of levity and humor to his work and I can never watch an Alan Tanner video without smiling.'

Grammy®- winning duo, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, also known as the INDIGO GIRLS will perform in Dayton on March 3 at the historic Victoria Theatre.  Tickets go on sale now Friday, Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at Ticket Center Stage, by phone at 937-228-3630 or online at ticketcenterstage.com.

The New York Times is pleased to announce Forward: Twenty Years of TimesTalks, a new photobook of black-and-white portraits of over 60 influential artists, actors, filmmakers, politicians, authors, activists, and Times reporters that have participated in TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation series, including Marina Abramovic, Tilda Swinton, Nan Goldin, Ai Weiwei, Marc Jacobs, and Rami Malek, along with executive editor Dean Baquet, technology reporter Jenna Wortham, investigative reporter Jodi Kantor, 'The Daily' host Michael Barbaro, and chief White House correspondent Maggie Haberman. Full list below.

A few days before the release of Monster's 25th anniversary edition, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills stopped by YouTube Space New York for an in-depth, live-to-audience conversation with special hosts Adam Scott (Parks & Recreation, Big Little Lies) and Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Between Two Ferns), who also host a dedicated R.E.M. podcast called R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE: ME?.