Original R.E.M. Members Rock Club Show, Hit The Studio
Jonathan Cohen reports for Billboard.com:
It’s shaping up to be a banner week for the original four members of R.E.M., who have reconvened to rehearse for a three-song performance at their Saturday (Sept. 16) induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
In addition to hitting an Athens, Ga., studio with producer David Barbe to record a song for an as-yet-unannounced purpose, the foursome turned up last night at the city’s venerable 40-Watt Club to join several local acts in performances of R.E.M. classics.
While there, vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry also took the stage themselves to perform “Begin the Begin” and “So. Central Rain.” Berry retired from R.E.M. in 1997 and has made only a handful of live appearances with his bandmates since then.
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