Or at least they were there for a combination of the two. Shannon, guitarist Jason Narducy and a backing band performed R.E.M.’s 1985 album “Fables of the Reconstruction” in its entirety in Chicago in ...

He’s performed Samuel Beckett on Broadway and memorized scripts for Oscar-nominated movies and Emmy-winning TV shows. So it ...

R.E.M. just keep reuniting. Thursday night, Feb. 27, the band that has repeatedly insisted they'll never do a full-fledged ...

Eisen asked Leary if he was originally asked to star in the video for the single ‘Shiny Happy People’.

“This is not a tribute band,” insists indie rocker Jason Narducy, referring to the group he and actor Michael Shannon have put together. That might seem like a curious thing to say, considering the ...

Michael Stipe dismisses any possibility of R.E.M. reunion as he attends the New York premiere of “Black Bag.” Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

REM's early career wasn't anywhere near as filled with success as their output in the late-1980s and '90s, but the band may not have existed if it was.

From college rock phenoms in the '80s, R.E.M became global superstars in the '90s — and they did it all on their own terms.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy's R.E.M. tribute band on March 8, 2025 (photo: Lauren Krohn).

Oscar-nominated actor Shannon and guitarist Jason Narducy jammed with Bob Mould Band, Superchunk and Wilco members at Turner Hall Ballroom Thursday.